# HALP! Toxic clouds in the weed basement!

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/halp-toxic-clouds-in-the-weed-basement/9841>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [June 19, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/halp-toxic-clouds-in-the-weed-basement/9841 "2015-06-19T10:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Graphical](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/graphical/32/12739_2.png) [@Graphical](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Graphical)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/halp-toxic-clouds-in-the-weed-basement/9841/1 "2015-06-19T10:46:13Z")

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One of those toxic fat sh\*ts just exploded in my basement as I was occupying my new base. Now the toxic cloud is obstructing half my basement and wont go away. Open doors and windows upstairs dont help.

HALP!

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/halp-toxic-clouds-in-the-weed-basement/9841/2 "2015-06-19T10:53:45Z")

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Wait it out. It will take a while, but once it all turns into “hazy cloud” it stops spreading and just hangs in the air. After a while it disappears.

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**Author:** ![Azrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/halp-toxic-clouds-in-the-weed-basement/9841/3 "2015-06-19T13:59:18Z")

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An hour waiting in the area should do. Wear a gas mask if possible.

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**Author:** ![Belteshazzar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Belteshazzar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Belteshazzar)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/halp-toxic-clouds-in-the-weed-basement/9841/4 "2015-06-19T15:24:46Z")

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Just to let you know, almost nothing done upstairs will affect downstairs so you can close your doors and windows (hell, I can’t even recall if that would help if the cloud was upstairs.)

Z-levels might as well be separate, non-intersecting dimensions you can portal to with the use of stairs (and occasionally traps.) There’s the odd clever exception like monsters following you down a flight of stairs ,but that’s just a range/line of sight check with a timer attached after you make it down as I recall.

In short, for the cloud to clear you have to be downstairs and waiting as the reality bubble is more like a flat circle and doesn’t extend upward or down.

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**Author:** ![DooMJake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@DooMJake](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DooMJake)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/halp-toxic-clouds-in-the-weed-basement/9841/5 "2015-06-20T08:19:55Z")

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Jepp it helps to open windows/dors if the cloud is in the same z-level. The same applies to smoke.

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**Author:** ![Azrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/halp-toxic-clouds-in-the-weed-basement/9841/6 "2015-06-20T08:35:15Z")

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One thing I noticed with the experimentals that there’s smoke on the first floor around the stairs, and in the basement there’s a smoker standing there as well.

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**Author:** ![TheWumpus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thewumpus/32/263_2.png) [@TheWumpus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheWumpus)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/halp-toxic-clouds-in-the-weed-basement/9841/7 "2015-06-26T20:50:44Z")

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You don’t have to wait in the same basement for it to disipate. Find a nearby basement in the reality bubble on the same z level and wait there if its safe, it should clear out.