# Making cordage from trees, would you say this is (badly) cheating?

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**Created:** [December 12, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-cordage-from-trees-would-you-say-this-is-badly-cheating/13123 "2016-12-12T08:08:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gaelstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Gaelstrom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gaelstrom)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-cordage-from-trees-would-you-say-this-is-badly-cheating/13123/1 "2016-12-12T08:08:39Z")

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Not sure where to put this, this isn’t a mod or suggestion.

As I understand it, IRL, you can make string from oak bark. I edited the recipe file a bit, and the best way I could represent this was by using branches to make plant fibers with. I’m not sure how strong or reliable bark cords are, but this would help the wilderness mostly playthrough I wanted to do, since the other natural materials for plant fiber aren’t all that abundant unless you’re by a swamp.

And I do try to balance it a little by requiring two branches instead of just one. And this does seem mostly fair, the other materials are much more efficient if I can find them, but even so, the guys making the game are better at balancing it, and so I can’t help but feel a little guilty.

What do you guys think?

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**Author:** ![Gnorse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gnorse/32/561_2.png) [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-cordage-from-trees-would-you-say-this-is-badly-cheating/13123/2 "2016-12-12T09:34:59Z")

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[quote=“Gaelstrom, post:1, topic:13123”]Not sure where to put this, this isn’t a mod or suggestion.

As I understand it, IRL, you can make string from oak bark. I edited the recipe file a bit, and the best way I could represent this was by using branches to make plant fibers with. I’m not sure how strong or reliable bark cords are, but this would help the wilderness mostly playthrough I wanted to do, since the other natural materials for plant fiber aren’t all that abundant unless you’re by a swamp.

And I do try to balance it a little by requiring two branches instead of just one. And this does seem mostly fair, the other materials are much more efficient if I can find them, but even so, the guys making the game are better at balancing it, and so I can’t help but feel a little guilty.

What do you guys think?[/quote]  
its actually pretty good, the only way i could think of balancing it is giving less plant fiber  
Also: GIVE ME THE CODE FOR THIS OH MY GOD THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR

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**Author:** ![survivornaginata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@survivornaginata](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/survivornaginata)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-cordage-from-trees-would-you-say-this-is-badly-cheating/13123/3 "2016-12-12T13:05:09Z")

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i rember you can find dogbane in woods but i rember it as horrible inefficent for getting plant fiber.dont know if farming it yields better results…

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**Author:** ![Alec\_White](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/alec_white/32/509_2.png) [@Alec\_White](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Alec_White)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-cordage-from-trees-would-you-say-this-is-badly-cheating/13123/4 "2016-12-12T13:37:32Z")

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> [@survivornaginata](#):
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> dont know if farming it yields better results…

It’s painfully slow.

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**Author:** ![deoxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@deoxy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deoxy)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-cordage-from-trees-would-you-say-this-is-badly-cheating/13123/5 "2016-12-12T20:35:24Z")

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The only time-efficient thing I’ve found for farming plant fiber is marijuana. Everything else is WAY WAY WAY too time consuming, and I don’t even turn the MJ into fiber, I just take what the dissambly of the plant itself drops.

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**Author:** ![Gaelstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Gaelstrom](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gaelstrom)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-cordage-from-trees-would-you-say-this-is-badly-cheating/13123/6 "2016-12-13T07:19:36Z")

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[quote=“Gnorse, post:2, topic:13123”][quote=“Gaelstrom, post:1, topic:13123”]Not sure where to put this, this isn’t a mod or suggestion.

As I understand it, IRL, you can make string from oak bark. I edited the recipe file a bit, and the best way I could represent this was by using branches to make plant fibers with. I’m not sure how strong or reliable bark cords are, but this would help the wilderness mostly playthrough I wanted to do, since the other natural materials for plant fiber aren’t all that abundant unless you’re by a swamp.

And I do try to balance it a little by requiring two branches instead of just one. And this does seem mostly fair, the other materials are much more efficient if I can find them, but even so, the guys making the game are better at balancing it, and so I can’t help but feel a little guilty.

What do you guys think?[/quote]  
its actually pretty good, the only way i could think of balancing it is giving less plant fiber  
Also: GIVE ME THE CODE FOR THIS OH MY GOD THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR[/quote]

All I did was add 2 sticks to plant fiber’s needed materials.

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**Author:** ![Gnorse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gnorse/32/561_2.png) [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/making-cordage-from-trees-would-you-say-this-is-badly-cheating/13123/7 "2016-12-13T11:35:37Z")

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[quote=“Gaelstrom, post:6, topic:13123”][quote=“Gnorse, post:2, topic:13123”][quote=“Gaelstrom, post:1, topic:13123”]Not sure where to put this, this isn’t a mod or suggestion.

As I understand it, IRL, you can make string from oak bark. I edited the recipe file a bit, and the best way I could represent this was by using branches to make plant fibers with. I’m not sure how strong or reliable bark cords are, but this would help the wilderness mostly playthrough I wanted to do, since the other natural materials for plant fiber aren’t all that abundant unless you’re by a swamp.

And I do try to balance it a little by requiring two branches instead of just one. And this does seem mostly fair, the other materials are much more efficient if I can find them, but even so, the guys making the game are better at balancing it, and so I can’t help but feel a little guilty.

What do you guys think?[/quote]  
its actually pretty good, the only way i could think of balancing it is giving less plant fiber  
Also: GIVE ME THE CODE FOR THIS OH MY GOD THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR[/quote]

All I did was add 2 sticks to plant fiber’s needed materials.[/quote]  
alright , cheers