# Handful of construction items that would be awesome

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**Created:** [April 23, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/handful-of-construction-items-that-would-be-awesome/9467 "2015-04-23T20:50:22Z")
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### Author: ![Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Coyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coyote)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/handful-of-construction-items-that-would-be-awesome/9467/1 "2015-04-23T20:50:22Z")

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So, acidia’s working on fleshing out NPCs as a viable force to be reckoned with. Here’s a few construction items that might be useful in terms of scaling up infrastructure:

1. Evaporation pans – Allow you to turn large quantities of salt water into salt easily. Should probably function somewhat like the large standing charcoal kilns.
2. Tarp walls – 3x two by four OR 3x pipe, 1x tarp OR 2x sheet – Incredibly fragile, but easy/quick to put up, and preferably tarp is pretty common/easy to make-- home improvement stores would probably have a lot.
3. Large P.A. system – Allow you to make a TON of noise. Far, far more than anything short of large explosions. More importantly, allows you to do so repeatedly, over a long period of time. (Large scale horde distraction-- Or, if you’re secure in a base you’ve built, large scale loot magnet.)
4. Light pole – It’s a lantern, with a large reserve, on a pole. Large light radius. Doesn’t block movement.
5. Ladder – Quick, portable, fragile “staircase”