# Noob mod questions

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134>\
**Category:** The Lab\
**Created:** [February 5, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134 "2024-02-05T11:03:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Mogel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mogel/32/10581_2.png) [@Mogel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mogel)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/1 "2024-02-05T11:03:41Z")

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I don’t know if this is in the right place but I think it is

I wanted to have a challenge where the character was so bad at defending himself that you need a bodyguard robot so I did that added a new robot and monster Faction when it dies it becomes Broken you can repair it with a lot of things and junk To Create an inactive robot again

It counts as a pet for the character but when I activated again It doesn’t want to follow me I found a strange Solution pet food just Feed It Bird seeds then it becomes your pet again and starts Following you my theory is that it’s a bird controlling the Giant robot

I have Red a lot of the moding documentation and I feel I have probably Mist something

If someone has a more elegant Solution you can Point me in the right Direction Thank you for Reading

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**Author:** ![KeefTeefa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/keefteefa/32/11873_2.png) [@KeefTeefa](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KeefTeefa)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/2 "2024-02-05T12:02:43Z")

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If the challenge starts you with an item that has the use\_action of place\_monster, then you can use is\_pet: true to make it spawn as a pet.

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**Author:** ![Mogel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mogel/32/10581_2.png) [@Mogel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mogel)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/3 "2024-02-05T17:38:23Z")

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That seems incredibly useful thanks now I just need to find it

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**Author:** ![Mogel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mogel/32/10581_2.png) [@Mogel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mogel)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/4 "2024-02-05T19:36:46Z")

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I have Try that out And I didn’t manage to get it working the first time So I read your post again carefully and Find the right place now it works thanks

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**Author:** ![KeefTeefa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/keefteefa/32/11873_2.png) [@KeefTeefa](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KeefTeefa)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/5 "2024-02-06T03:55:58Z")

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no problem man just dm me if you have any other questions

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**Author:** ![Mogel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mogel/32/10581_2.png) [@Mogel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mogel)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/6 "2024-02-06T11:27:36Z")

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You shouldn’t have said that because I am pretty new have a lot of questions

Lucky for you I like to try figure stuff out myself  
Now i am a little stuck with is there away for a mutation to lower your overall close combat damage even with Weapons without lowering strengt

Something like Melee\_damage -10 I don’t know if it’s Possible but it seems like it

I am calling them mutation baby Punch  
And it Forces the player to use range weapons and Other different means of fighting

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**Author:** ![Minecrafter\_Next\_Gen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/minecrafter_next_gen/32/6504_2.png) [@Minecrafter\_Next\_Gen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Minecrafter_Next_Gen)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/7 "2024-02-06T15:42:15Z")

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That might be possible to implement with a condition-activated effect on condition, which might nullify the damage of an attack if the opponent is within a 1-tile radius of the player.

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**Author:** ![Mogel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mogel/32/10581_2.png) [@Mogel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mogel)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/8 "2024-02-06T18:56:30Z")

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I got it to work with this

“enchantments”: [  
{ “condition”: “ALWAYS”, “values”: [{ “value”: “MELEE\_DAMAGE”, “multply”: -0.5 }] }  
]

Fighting a tough zombie with a combat knife is like fighting Senator Armstrong on Revengeance

It’s exactly what I Was Looking For

Oh before I forgot I didn’t come up with this Solution myself it was keefteefa all credits go to him I just want it to post it here if someone is looking for it

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**Author:** ![Mogel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mogel/32/10581_2.png) [@Mogel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mogel)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/9 "2024-02-08T10:31:01Z")

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So Monsters can have special abilities But is it possible to have multiple special abilities with different cooldowns I have not find a exempel of this so I wondering if it’s Possible

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**Author:** ![Minecrafter\_Next\_Gen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/minecrafter_next_gen/32/6504_2.png) [@Minecrafter\_Next\_Gen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Minecrafter_Next_Gen)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/10 "2024-02-08T13:16:15Z")

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I think so, I believe that the shadow uses an array of special attacks.

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**Author:** ![Mogel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mogel/32/10581_2.png) [@Mogel](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mogel)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/11 "2024-02-08T14:28:04Z")

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How could I have Mist this sorry but thanks

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**Author:** ![Minecrafter\_Next\_Gen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/minecrafter_next_gen/32/6504_2.png) [@Minecrafter\_Next\_Gen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Minecrafter_Next_Gen)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/noob-mod-questions/29134/12 "2024-02-09T02:17:29Z")

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Quite welcome, no need to apologize. The [monster documentation](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/a5db1775428ecbe0d418a870b03c5b24df2cba93/doc/MONSTERS.md) should be helpful for a lot of this.