# Shrub removal?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [April 26, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014 "2013-04-26T01:43:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@panicsuit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/panicsuit)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/1 "2013-04-26T01:43:09Z")
Can anyone think of a way to remove shrubs? I holed up in a mansion slightly off a road, and want to make a sort of driveway to the road to save me the hassle of weaving my big ass truck through shrubs. I’ve read that you can set them on fire somehow, but my lighter does nothing. Can’t dig a pit and fill it like rubble. Can’t chop em down like a tree. Do they even damage your car?
edit:Okay apparently you can just smash them to bits. Should I delete this thread?
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### Author:  [@Soron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soron)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/2 "2013-04-26T02:28:45Z")
Nah, don’t delete it. It may be useful to other confused people in the future, and may also be useful as a reminder to devs.
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### Author:  [@AerialK7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AerialK7)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/3 "2013-04-26T02:31:29Z")
[font=georgia]USE MOLOTOVS, or a flamethrower! Thatll lean 'em!;D But seriously, if they werent that close to the mansion that itll catch it on fire, id go for the fire rout[/font]
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### Author:  [@drake1storm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/drake1storm)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/4 "2013-04-26T04:04:58Z")
I’m not sure if it is a bug, but i 'e’d a shrub and got an option “pull up shrub”.
Im using the pre-release of 0.5. I’ll test it again and see if I am right.
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### Author:  [@Endovior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Endovior)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/5 "2013-04-27T14:30:09Z")
I smash them down with an axe when clearing impromptu roadways, which is quick and effective. Failing that, cut a heavy stick into bits with your pocket knife, drop a single skewer on the shrub, and set it on fire. Also makes for a serviceable and long-lasting campfire, if you can stand the smoke.
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### Author:  [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/6 "2013-04-27T19:09:28Z")
Smash em enough times and they go away
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### Author:  [@Iosyn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iosyn)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/7 "2013-04-28T15:07:21Z")
Take two-by-four. Drop two-by-four on shrub. Light two-by-four on fire. Voila.
If it’s close enough (1-2 tiles) to others, or trees you’ve just started a forest fire.
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### Author:  [@drake1storm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/drake1storm)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/8 "2013-04-28T17:39:57Z")
[quote=“Iosyn, post:7, topic:1014”]Take two-by-four. Drop two-by-four on shrub. Light two-by-four on fire. Voila.
If it’s close enough (1-2 tiles) to others, or trees you’ve just started a forest fire.[/quote]
!.place stick next to webs
2. Light it on fire
3. 5
4. Entire forest is instantly on fire
Remember, only you can prevent spiders, shrubs, trees, squirrels, rabbits, wolves, cougars, and bears from taking over the world.
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### Author:  [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/9 "2013-04-28T17:53:39Z")
you can burn the shrubs in a fire. makes a 3x3 fire. i tend to dot hat so my fires don’t go out. i do get some issues with smoke, but crafting stops and i can move.
why do you want to remove shrubs?
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### Author:  [@Iosyn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iosyn)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/10 "2013-04-29T00:24:56Z")
To be honest I hate having to keep running around for splintered wood for cooking the endless supplies of meat I’ve butchered. Setting fire to a shrub gives you a nice long fire.
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### Author:  [@AerialK7](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AerialK7)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shrub-removal/1014/11 "2013-04-29T01:32:47Z")
Well i’ll have to try that after the bears stop stalking my FEMA camp…theyre everywhere. I find lots of rabbits and deer get caught and die in my barbed wire.