# How do I craft Hexamine?

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631 "2015-05-19T22:40:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exqupalaquateql](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Exqupalaquateql](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Exqupalaquateql)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/1 "2015-05-19T22:40:34Z")

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I am dying to know what kind of crater a keg of rdx can make. Problem is, I cannot find the hexamine in my crafting list. I can craft any other component and I believe that I have every book on the topic. Or have I? Did I miss something? Thanks for your help guys!

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**Author:** ![Shopkeeper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/shopkeeper/32/453_2.png) [@Shopkeeper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shopkeeper)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/2 "2015-05-20T01:56:37Z")

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According to the Item Browser you can’t craft Hexamine. I’ve only ever found it scattered throughout labs.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/3 "2015-05-20T16:13:14Z")

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You’d think it’d be in sporting goods or military surplus stores too, but never seen them there. \>w\>

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**Author:** ![jokermatt999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jokermatt999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokermatt999)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/4 "2015-05-20T17:31:54Z")

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Add it to the spawn list then!

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/5 "2015-05-20T20:49:42Z")

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Am I gonna have to PR it as mainline, or in More Survival Tools? o3o

Wait, do we have esbit stoves?

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**Author:** ![Shopkeeper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/shopkeeper/32/453_2.png) [@Shopkeeper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shopkeeper)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/6 "2015-05-20T22:17:20Z")

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Nope, both the military and standard version of the mess kits specifically mention using electric heating elements instead of esbit stoves though.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/7 "2015-05-20T22:20:29Z")

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Mayve I’ll mod in esbit stoves… owo

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**Author:** ![Shopkeeper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/shopkeeper/32/453_2.png) [@Shopkeeper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shopkeeper)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/8 "2015-05-20T22:31:22Z")

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Maybe you could make them like a cooking tool version of the acetylene torch, really useful and efficient but unrefuelable. Find em in like mil surplus stores, school science labs and the like.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/9 "2015-05-20T22:48:28Z")

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It’s a folding piece of sheet metal, making them unreloadable would be moronic. \>w\>

Now if you mean making the fuel a valuable yet uncraftable resource like the acetylene itself, that’s basically what I suggested.

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**Author:** ![Shopkeeper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/shopkeeper/32/453_2.png) [@Shopkeeper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shopkeeper)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/10 "2015-05-20T23:03:16Z")

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I meant the latter as a fuel, yes.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/11 "2015-05-20T23:16:07Z")

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Hmm. Any suggestions on the volume and capacity of such an item?

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**Author:** ![Shopkeeper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/shopkeeper/32/453_2.png) [@Shopkeeper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shopkeeper)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/12 "2015-05-20T23:48:16Z")

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Sorry, turns out I’m an idiot and should really google something before I post. I thought esbit was just a brand name version of the usual gel fuel canisters I use when camping. So I really have no idea on charges, but 4 volume would put such a stove around the size of a oil lamp, which sounds reasonable.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/13 "2015-05-20T23:50:20Z")

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Hmm, possibly. Other than that, unsure how to make hexamine stoves more comparable to hotplates in terms of efficiency without causing undue edits to the hexamine item, as it has a meager stack size of 20.

EDIT: Here, have a thing. [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/12405](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/12405)

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**Author:** ![Lexx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df705f/32.png) [@Lexx](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lexx)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/14 "2015-05-22T10:45:47Z")

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> [@Shopkeeper](#):
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> According to the Item Browser you can’t craft Hexamine. I’ve only ever found it scattered throughout labs.

You can also find it rarely in kitchens I have found. But yeah. labs and some basements are best places.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/15 "2015-05-22T15:13:51Z")

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Series 6 to More Survival Tools is merged, so now you can find it in more places if you use the mod, and the esbit stove gives it additional purpose. owo

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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:** [May 23, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/16 "2015-05-23T09:33:18Z")

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Ammonia and Formaldehyde in solution. That’s how it’s made.

Wait, formaldehyde isn’t in the game.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-craft-hexamine/9631/17 "2015-05-23T17:02:22Z")

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Ah yes, that would be interesting if we had formaldehyde. owo