# Is there any way to smash concrete floors?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [November 14, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876 "2014-11-14T03:18:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Closet\_Pankin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/closet_pankin/32/376_2.png) [@Closet\_Pankin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Closet_Pankin)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/1 "2014-11-14T03:18:14Z")

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I’ve found a nice spot for a base in a power substation, with a river not too far away and a town on the other side. Everything is perfect, assuming that zombies can’t break down the fence - which I am, again, assuming they won’t, save for a hulk knocking on my front door. However, I found a nice bunch of definitely-not-cannabis seeds and I would love nothing more than to plant some where the useless power equipment is. However, I’m unsure how to destroy the concrete flooring in the substation as well.

Will a jackhammer do it? Sledgehammer? What button to attack ground? If you will help me I will name my canna-err, tomato plants after you.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/2 "2014-11-14T04:44:05Z")

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Pick ax, jackhammer, or jacqueshammer.

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**Author:** ![Closet\_Pankin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/closet_pankin/32/376_2.png) [@Closet\_Pankin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Closet_Pankin)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/3 "2014-11-14T04:53:08Z")

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Thanks man!

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/4 "2014-11-14T05:11:07Z")

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np

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**Author:** ![Closet\_Pankin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/closet_pankin/32/376_2.png) [@Closet\_Pankin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Closet_Pankin)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/5 "2014-11-14T05:13:39Z")

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I’m naming this motherfucking garden after you, you helpful badass you.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/6 "2014-11-14T05:37:08Z")

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Name it after my avatar, Angelus 🙂

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**Author:** ![Closet\_Pankin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/closet_pankin/32/376_2.png) [@Closet\_Pankin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Closet_Pankin)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/7 "2014-11-14T05:45:41Z")

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> [@HunterAlpha1](#):
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> Name it after my avatar, Angelus 🙂

Sure m8, I always thought Angel was a good show anyway.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/8 "2014-11-14T05:51:27Z")

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> [@Closet Pankin](#):
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> [quote=“HunterAlpha1, post:6, topic:7876”]Name it after my avatar, Angelus 🙂

Sure m8, I always thought Angel was a good show anyway.[/quote]It was bitchin’ alright, wish they’d done a sequel movie, I would’ve liked to have seen Angel fight a dragon.

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**Author:** ![Closet\_Pankin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/closet_pankin/32/376_2.png) [@Closet\_Pankin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Closet_Pankin)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/9 "2014-11-14T05:59:21Z")

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> [@HunterAlpha1](#):
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> [quote=“Closet Pankin, post:7, topic:7876”][quote=“HunterAlpha1, post:6, topic:7876”]Name it after my avatar, Angelus 🙂

Sure m8, I always thought Angel was a good show anyway.[/quote]It was bitchin’ alright, wish they’d done a sequel movie, I would’ve liked to have seen Angel fight a dragon.[/quote]

Who wouldn’t?

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**Author:** ![vultures](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vultures/32/69_2.png) [@vultures](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vultures)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/10 "2014-11-14T18:42:38Z")

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Got a woodaxe, fell a tree right onto the pavement. Got around 80 rocks.  
This was 0.9, if my mind isn’t mislead by a spell of some sort.

😉

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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:** [November 14, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/11 "2014-11-14T20:36:17Z")

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Zombies can break down fences.

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**Author:** ![Closet\_Pankin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/closet_pankin/32/376_2.png) [@Closet\_Pankin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Closet_Pankin)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/12 "2014-11-14T20:40:51Z")

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Oh no. I’ve never seen them do it, but I’ve seen them all go against in trying to get to me. Does it just take a long time?

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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:** [November 14, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/13 "2014-11-14T20:42:40Z")

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> [@Closet Pankin](#):
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> Oh no. I’ve never seen them do it, but I’ve seen them all go against in trying to get to me. Does it just take a long time?

A little less than thirty minutes.

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**Author:** ![Valpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valpo/32/341_2.png) [@Valpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valpo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/14 "2014-11-14T20:43:15Z")

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> [@Closet Pankin](#):
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> Oh no. I’ve never seen them do it, but I’ve seen them all go against in trying to get to me. Does it just take a long time?

depends how strong the z trying is… zombie children will take ages. also : afaik if a zombie cannot break down a certain obsticle it will not hit it… so if they are bangin against the fence that means they ll probably eventually break it down.

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**Author:** ![IcedPee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/icedpee/32/259_2.png) [@IcedPee](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/IcedPee)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/15 "2014-11-14T20:50:53Z")

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The substation fences seem to be tougher for some reason… in all the times I’ve raided them the shockers and z-technicians inside have never been able to bring the fence down, even after hours of waiting out of curiosity. Shockers don’t shoot electricity through them, either.

And that’s how I plinked a shocker brute to death with a nail rifle that one time.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/16 "2014-11-14T23:16:35Z")

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Note that in order to break down a fence the zombies have to be within your reality bubble to make any progress.

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**Author:** ![Closet\_Pankin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/closet_pankin/32/376_2.png) [@Closet\_Pankin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Closet_Pankin)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/17 "2014-11-14T23:19:00Z")

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> [@Valpo](#):
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> [quote=“Closet Pankin, post:12, topic:7876”]Oh no. I’ve never seen them do it, but I’ve seen them all go against in trying to get to me. Does it just take a long time?

depends how strong the z trying is… zombie children will take ages. also : afaik if a zombie cannot break down a certain obsticle it will not hit it… so if they are bangin against the fence that means they ll probably eventually break it down.[/quote]

They don’t hit it at all, they just stand there.

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**Author:** ![TheCondor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheCondor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheCondor)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/18 "2014-11-15T05:10:58Z")

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> [@Closet Pankin](#):
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> [quote=“Valpo, post:14, topic:7876”][quote=“Closet Pankin, post:12, topic:7876”]Oh no. I’ve never seen them do it, but I’ve seen them all go against in trying to get to me. Does it just take a long time?

depends how strong the z trying is… zombie children will take ages. also : afaik if a zombie cannot break down a certain obsticle it will not hit it… so if they are bangin against the fence that means they ll probably eventually break it down.[/quote]

They don’t hit it at all, they just stand there.[/quote]

I have noticed this in earlier versions, however in the most recent experimental they can and will break down that fence.

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**Author:** ![Closet\_Pankin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/closet_pankin/32/376_2.png) [@Closet\_Pankin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Closet_Pankin)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/19 "2014-11-15T05:39:30Z")

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Oh shit, thanks. I’m scared to update now.

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**Author:** ![ThinkSome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-smash-concrete-floors/7876/20 "2021-02-08T23:20:30Z")

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6 years later … this is no longer an option? Jackhammer cannot make a hole in concrete floor?

How am I supposed to dig downstair to make a small basement in my garage? Edit the savegame json to turn a tile into dirt?

EDIT: the smash-halfbuilt-wall method still works at the expense of some nails and planks.

EDIT2: hehe, you get more material from smashing half-built walls than what was used to make them.