# Help for new player
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [September 27, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505 "2019-09-27T06:56:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Teh\_Overmnind](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Teh_Overmnind)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/1 "2019-09-27T06:56:48Z")
Hey hey people, new player here.
so i’m like 3 months in to this Awesome game and i think i got most of the gist.
But i seem to have a problem with encumbrance. i get a -5% penalty torso and no idea why. even on 0 encumbrance. biotics? mutation? no idea. heres my cry for help!
thanks in advance!
(posted on reddit as well didn’t
 know this sub existed!)
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### Author:  [@Zepher79](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zepher79)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/2 "2019-09-27T07:05:12Z")
I am not sure, though I am a little confused, you say it’s a 5 point encumbrance with absolutely nothing equipped? You screenshot shows you still having encumbrance on various body parts, so I take it you’re still wearing some clothes. Perhaps try to capture one where you have dropped all items on the ground and stepped away from them? I mean, if you still have it the only thing I can think of is one of your mutations or bionics, but I can’t tell which one it could be.
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### Author:  [@Teh\_Overmnind](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Teh_Overmnind)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/3 "2019-09-27T07:11:42Z")
hey man thanks for the repay!
here’s a pic with my clothes off ( ugly mofo i know )
if u look at the description, it says -5 to attack rolls movement and such. as if i was +5 encumbered
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### Author:  [@Zepher79](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zepher79)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/4 "2019-09-27T07:30:51Z")
Interesting, checking my own save file and taking everything off myself, I have the same malus to my torso effects as well, though starting a fresh character finds that the malus can go right to 0. My suspicion is it has to do with a bionic, but I’m not certain. More testing!
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### Author:  [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/5 "2019-09-27T07:40:21Z")
One of mutations or one of the bionics.
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### Author:  [@Teh\_Overmnind](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Teh_Overmnind)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/6 "2019-09-27T07:40:52Z")
I think i got it, saved my save file and removed all my biotics, it dropped to 0. i think its the gasoline since it adds 5 liter of liquid
it doesnt say that on the info tho
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### Author:  [@Zepher79](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zepher79)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/7 "2019-09-27T08:00:51Z")
You are 100% correct, Teh\_Overmnind! Looking at data/json/bionics.json shows that the Gasoline Fuel Cell is the only positive CBM that introduces an encumbrance penalty. It is a little odd that it is an outlier in that regard, as no other CBMs do that.
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### Author:  [@Teh\_Overmnind](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Teh_Overmnind)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/8 "2019-09-27T08:06:58Z")
Awesome thanks for the help. gonna miss that gaso, one of the biotics i really liked ☹
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### Author:  [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/9 "2019-09-27T08:08:34Z")
The shotgun arm one should too iirc.
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### Author:  [@Zepher79](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zepher79)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/10 "2019-09-27T08:14:12Z")
Right you are, crazykiddeath. It would be nice if they made mention of that, but… a little bit of encumbrance really isn’t that harmful, and compared to wearing a full backpack or other looting gear, I’d personally say it’s worth the very potent power density. Much better than having to run laps with joint torsion!
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### Author:  [@Teh\_Overmnind](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Teh_Overmnind)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-for-new-player/21505/11 "2019-09-27T08:28:36Z")
joint torsion really sucks i admit. i just have it on bc “why not?” u know. Tho i just got back from raiding a lab and got me a Battery system. so it looks like i wont need it as much.
I’ll have to say that that bionic is really awsome tho, sad to see it go