# Moving from Roof to Roof

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moving-from-roof-to-roof/23588>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 9, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moving-from-roof-to-roof/23588 "2020-05-09T08:48:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kuros](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kuros/32/1788_2.png) [@kuros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuros)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moving-from-roof-to-roof/23588/1 "2020-05-09T08:48:45Z")

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tl;dr version: How can you cross from the roof of one building to an adjacent building’s roof?

I decided to try the Lost Faith start in the stable 0.E release, where you start as a religious figure in a church of some kind. There’s a swarm of zombies on the ground level below me, and they tend to collapse the building pretty soon after you start the game.

The first iteration I tried, there was a building whose 2nd floor roof touched mine, and I could walk across to next door and escape that way.

Every iteration since then, there’s at least a one-tile space between my roof and the adjacent one. If I examine the gap, it gives me an option to jump across, but I’m too scared to try doing so. I’m guessing if I had a higher Dex, I could do it.

You can’t seem to construct a floor over an empty tile. I checked around the forums, and it seems that I could bridge the gap by going one level down and building a roof, but of course I’m precisely trying to avoid going down there.

I thought maybe a grappling hook would help, but it doesn’t seem to have any functionality.

I tried a stepladder, and while that let’s me climb down, it doesn’t let me move from roof to roof.

I feel like there has to be a way that someone with a few levels in Fabrication could quickly construct something that lets them move across a single empty tile, but I’ve run out of ideas to try. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Mega\_Glub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mega_glub/32/5063_2.png) [@Mega\_Glub](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mega_Glub)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moving-from-roof-to-roof/23588/2 "2020-05-09T09:15:52Z")

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For jumping, you can do it so long as you’re not carrying too much, and it will tell you if you’re carrying too much before you jump. I haven’t found any other solution.

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**Author:** ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moving-from-roof-to-roof/23588/3 "2020-05-09T09:23:15Z")

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Examine ledges to see if jumping option is available.

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**Author:** ![kuros](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kuros/32/1788_2.png) [@kuros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuros)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moving-from-roof-to-roof/23588/4 "2020-05-09T09:25:05Z")

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> [@kuros](#):
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> If I examine the gap, it gives me an option to jump across, but I’m too scared to try doing so. I’m guessing if I had a higher Dex, I could do it.

To clarify, the character is too scared to try it, which (according to Mega\_Glub) may be a factor of his encumberance.

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**Author:** ![GiggleGrassGatherer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gigglegrassgatherer/32/7743_2.png) [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/moving-from-roof-to-roof/23588/5 "2020-05-09T11:04:27Z")

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It may be obvious but I’ll still say it: you don’t have to leave all your loot behind you. Throwing things is, well, a thing. Should be even easier now with nested containers (if it isn’t currently bugged :D) - jut put everything into a bag and throw it over the gap.