# How can I create a campfire and do survivaly things?

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [December 25, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620 "2013-12-25T15:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tilion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tilion/32/63_2.png) [@Tilion](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tilion)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/21 "2014-01-24T21:47:48Z")

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> [@keldoclock](#):
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> [quote=“Icecoon, post:18, topic:4620”]Does fire actually help you to keep warm in cold weather? I remember once my character was feeling very cold while standing at a fireplace.

Yes, but you may need to build a bigger fire.[/quote]

If my little crafted campfire idea (should it make it’s way into the game thanks to some nice coder), a fireplace or any other fire you build not be enough to keep you warm, maybe we need to add a radiant heat reflector to the crafting too? - Just a metal sheet and a couple of chunks to prop it up should be all that’s needed to form a big one, even less metal for something smaller & lightweight - a couple of cans perhaps, or maybe just a log in the right spot - though a reflector’s in-game mechanic of throwing the heat back opposite to placement I don’t even wanna think about…

Barring that there’s always the options to either stand near lava or empty a gallon of gasoline on the floor & light it - both guaranteed to warm you up sharpish!

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**Author:** ![Fish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fish/32/249_2.png) [@Fish](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/22 "2014-01-25T00:14:33Z")

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[quote=“Sentinel, post:16, topic:4620”][quote=“Fish, post:14, topic:4620”]WAIT! Before you go make a campfire make a camp fire make sure it is isolated!  
Otherwise nearby brush may catch fire and toast you. (I’ve done it before with lighting bushes on fire to make a insta fire to cook meat.)[/quote]

[quote=“John Candlebury, post:15, topic:4620”]Why not just carry a brazier around?

Not that i actually do that, I often just light nearby bushes on fire and roast a few pieces of meat before it becomes a raging inferno, If i still need more food I just move to the next bush.[/quote]

Smokey the Bear must love you guys XD

![](http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/fsm9_005403.jpg)[/quote]

Uhhhhh while we are on the topic of fire don’t light gas pumps…  
My friend however loves to. Hes over kingdom come and hes not in an airplane.

_EDIT_ I found out about nearby brush catcing fire when I went to sleep next to my fire… In the end not a good idea.

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2014, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/23 "2014-01-25T09:19:14Z")

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[quote=“Tilion, post:21, topic:4620”]If my little crafted campfire idea (should it make it’s way into the game thanks to some nice coder), a fireplace or any other fire you build not be enough to keep you warm, maybe we need to add a radiant heat reflector to the crafting too? - Just a metal sheet and a couple of chunks to prop it up should be all that’s needed to form a big one, even less metal for something smaller & lightweight - a couple of cans perhaps, or maybe just a log in the right spot - though a reflector’s in-game mechanic of throwing the heat back opposite to placement I don’t even wanna think about…

Barring that there’s always the options to either stand near lava or empty a gallon of gasoline on the floor & light it - both guaranteed to warm you up sharpish![/quote]

I like those ideas a lot.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/24 "2014-01-26T06:40:09Z")

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Last I heard, fire also doesn’t spread if it’s in a pit. Not sure if Shallow works.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/25 "2014-01-26T15:12:10Z")

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> [@KA101](#):
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> Last I heard, fire also doesn’t spread if it’s in a pit. Not sure if Shallow works.

WHAAATTTT!?!?!?!

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**Author:** ![Inadequate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Inadequate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Inadequate)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/26 "2014-01-26T15:14:15Z")

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You could just, you know, smash all the bushes/small trees around you. Takes much less time and energy than digging a pit. Well, in game anyway, it would probably take more button presses player-wise.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/27 "2014-01-27T03:36:15Z")

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> [@FunsizeNinja123](#):
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> [quote=“KA101, post:24, topic:4620”]Last I heard, fire also doesn’t spread if it’s in a pit. Not sure if Shallow works.

WHAAATTTT!?!?!?![/quote]

Just tested:

Shallow keeps a small fire contained. Adding 200 gasoline lets the fire spread to the adjacent Shrub and rum puddle.

Deep stops the gasoline-fueled fire from spreading.

One more reason to carry an entrenching tool. 😉

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**Author:** ![Labtop\_215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Labtop\_215](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Labtop_215)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/28 "2014-01-30T05:23:08Z")

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I usually just set a big stick on fire if I need a convenient fire to cook from unless I have the Mini-Flamethrower bionic. In which case I just go home and cook at my ENTIRELY METAL HOUSE.

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**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/29 "2014-01-30T05:36:35Z")

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> Posted by: Labtop\_215 « on: Today at 05:23:08 AM » I usually just set a big stick on fire if I need a convenient fire to cook from unless I have the Mini-Flamethrower bionic. In which case I just go home and cook at my[u][i][b] ENTIRELY METAL HOUSE[/b][/i][/u].

Oh you lucky! I can’t even make it far enough into surviving to even think about building a house!

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**Author:** ![The\_Lone\_Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/the_lone_badger/32/8063_2.png) [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-can-i-create-a-campfire-and-do-survivaly-things/4620/30 "2014-01-30T10:01:31Z")

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For crafting-grade fires I currently use a single skewer. Weighs almost nothing and a single skewer will burn long enough and hot enough to grill some meat and boil some water.

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