# Tips, Tricks and Newb Questions: Reborn!

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870 "2018-10-04T17:58:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Ragno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ragno/32/5935_2.png) [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2088 "2020-06-03T22:27:38Z")

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i dare to say, is the active mission guide marker

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**Author:** ![gtgiygus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gtgiygus/32/6096_2.png) [@gtgiygus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gtgiygus)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2089 "2020-06-03T22:31:26Z")

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Got it, I knew I saw it turn one and off before. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![gtgiygus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gtgiygus/32/6096_2.png) [@gtgiygus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gtgiygus)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2090 "2020-06-04T01:10:37Z")

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Getting Chains from bicycle foot pedals was very good advice. Would have wasted a great deal of time not knowing that.

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**Author:** ![Maan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/maan/32/8108_2.png) [@Maan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maan)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2091 "2020-06-04T10:37:24Z")

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The real issue with shredders is the insane amount of blades they need, though!  
Not too many ways to get them, either. I usually just spend an hour forging a blade when I have to wait for a bit (like, waiting to get tired to sleep at night). Pretty much the same I do with napalm.

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**Author:** ![Sediment](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sediment/32/6534_2.png) [@Sediment](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sediment)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2092 "2020-06-04T11:08:22Z")

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If you can get to a hardware store in a town, I’ve found they normally have at least 1 or 2 mowers in the back, fenced off section where you normally find bricks, cement and other goodies. That’s a good jumpstart on the pile of blades you need for your shredder.

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**Author:** ![gtgiygus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gtgiygus/32/6096_2.png) [@gtgiygus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gtgiygus)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2093 "2020-06-04T15:20:01Z")

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I am making a small sized car and only need 4 shredders. I made about 12 blades a day for 3 days. I think it will be worth it with time saved not having to melee everything down.

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**Author:** ![Maan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/maan/32/8108_2.png) [@Maan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maan)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2094 "2020-06-04T16:05:32Z")

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Yep, I use a modified APC as a mobile base/deathmobile, but shredders work really well anyway I think: just wait for an horde someplace where you have room to manouver and just hit them at 24-32 km/h. The damage for the vehicle is minimal (as long as you avoid hitting walls, other vehicles, etc.) but the shredders really make short work of just about any enemy even at such low speed!

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**Author:** ![JENTHULHU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@JENTHULHU](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JENTHULHU)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2095 "2020-06-05T01:09:16Z")

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I confess, I don’t really _actively_ use my vehicle as a weapon, if I do add a weapon, it’s usually either a layer of Rams or a layer of Spikes on the front to more act as an insulating layer against any unfortunate impacts than anything

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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:** [June 5, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2096 "2020-06-05T10:46:17Z")

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> [@Maan](#):
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> hitting something with a shredder at 32 km/h it’s like hitting it at 128 km/h!

128=32\*4. Shredder says 500% damage. Does not compute, neither if it is total result value nor if it’s just an increased part of it.

My own question: do you have to start new character to get achievements? Or, in other words, can an old char get achievements which were added after (s)he was made?

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**Author:** ![spicyshadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@spicyshadow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/spicyshadow)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2097 "2020-06-05T20:11:21Z")

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Maybe you can try to enable achievements via the debug menu if they aren’t active.

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**Author:** ![Maan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/maan/32/8108_2.png) [@Maan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maan)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2098 "2020-06-05T22:50:59Z")

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Is it so?  
I understood damage % as being the _whole_ damage, not a bonus to it. So if a part has “50% damage” it would halve damage done to the target in a collision, 200% would be twice the damage, etc.

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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:** [June 6, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2099 "2020-06-06T00:19:13Z")

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So? Even if it is whole damage it must be x5 but the speed you mentioned is x4.

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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:** [June 6, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2100 "2020-06-06T00:22:13Z")

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Sadly, this isn’t the case. Trying to activate them says they are already active but opening ‘)’ window says there are no valid achievements. And no valid conducts. What are those things?

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**Author:** ![Maan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/maan/32/8108_2.png) [@Maan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maan)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2101 "2020-06-06T08:50:21Z")

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Oh, sorry. Didn’t get it at first!

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**Author:** ![Hdstaskr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f19dbf/32.png) [@Hdstaskr](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hdstaskr)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2102 "2020-06-07T08:34:18Z")

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Oh yeah, the panaceus item didn’t cure the flaming eye effect, which if I read the wiki correctly, is teleglow.  
It eventually proc’d into a fungal infection in about half a day or so.

And holy shit everything rots at sanic speed. Doing Hauling and Grocery List Simulator for making a freezer was such a pain in the rear I resorted to debug spawning.  
Oh you forgot goggles? Now you forget wire. Oh you made a large wind turbine? Too bad a lfting item didn’t spawn. Oh you made a small one? Too bad it’s too low power for a freezer. You debug spawned a solar panel? Mechanics 4, nobooks4u.  
Freezer Quest lol.  
No to mention noweldinggas nonails and nobatteries for FrameQuest.

The Telescoping Cantilever item really needs a description update since I never knew it provided lifting capacity.

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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:** [June 7, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2103 "2020-06-07T11:44:42Z")

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> [@Hdstaskr](#):
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> noweldinggas

noweldwhatnow? oh, it’s welding gas. okay then.

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**Author:** ![Ragno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ragno/32/5935_2.png) [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2104 "2020-06-07T12:38:08Z")

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> [@Hdstaskr](#):
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> The Telescoping Cantilever item really needs a description update since I never knew it provided lifting capacity.

what D:!?, maybe you are using the latest experimental, the only problem i found with the telescoping cantilever is that i gave the lifting and jacking quality in the description, instead of the blue text that quality normally use

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**Author:** ![gtgiygus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gtgiygus/32/6096_2.png) [@gtgiygus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gtgiygus)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2105 "2020-06-09T19:31:59Z")

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> **Picture**
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> ![odd gun box](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/8/85360b541f5aa1c343c3c69fcf412e5bf45624e1.jpeg)

What is that little box at the front of the gun’s name. The SIG Pro? I have a glock 19 with a similar box, but those are the only two items I have ever seen like that. I thought it meant they needed to be cleaned or repaired, but firearm repair kit says it can do nothing further, and no option to lube it ever came up.

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Vormithrax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bb73d2/32.png) [@Vormithrax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vormithrax)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2106 "2020-06-09T21:42:11Z")

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It’s the ‘fouling’ indicator. Clean the gun (firearm/gunsmith repair kit or pipe cleaner)

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**Author:** ![gtgiygus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/gtgiygus/32/6096_2.png) [@gtgiygus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gtgiygus)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/2107 "2020-06-09T22:44:09Z")

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OK I got it. "A"ctivating the Gun repair kit doesn’t bring up cleaning menu. I had to hold the gun, examine it, and hit "M"end. Then the kit was used.

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