# Suvival in the woods - making fire

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suvival-in-the-woods-making-fire/8747>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [January 25, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suvival-in-the-woods-making-fire/8747 "2015-01-25T20:50:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blackfied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@Blackfied](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blackfied)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suvival-in-the-woods-making-fire/8747/1 "2015-01-25T20:50:35Z")

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before you read this: my english is very bad and i hope you get what i´m trying to tell you here… 😕

so i tried to play a caracter today that would never enter a cit or anything like that - just live in the woods forever. after playing a few days i found that there is no way of making fire without looting the right item… you need a lighter, a amtchbook or a magnifiing glass… i thought there may be a tool that could be added to the game that would make surviving in the wilds much more possible. the tool i was thinking of would be a firebow/firedrill or whatever you want to call it:

there a 2 types to make fire without modern tools, either get a plank with a hole in it and rotate i stick in the hole realy fast or do a similar thing with a “firebow” witch will make it warm up more easy. maybe the game could add an item called a firebow witch would require the player to be reloaded with tinderplugs or something in order to make fire… I have thought this may be a good idea:

fire bow(0)  
max charges 10  
ammunition: tinder plug  
crafting:  
tool with cutting 1 or more  
heavy stick  
small string or 20 thread/sinew etc.  
survival 2

tinder plug  
crafting:  
5xpaper/cardboard box/rag/scewer/… basicly all little items that would burn away realy fast

so: tell me what you think of the idea, maybe make it a little harder even? but i would realy like to see this one added to the game

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/suvival-in-the-woods-making-fire/8747/2 "2015-01-25T22:05:22Z")

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We already have fire bows. In-game they’re called ‘fire drill’, and you can craft them with survival skill level two.