# 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:  [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1747 "2020-03-12T14:46:22Z")
Go back and take another look at the dragon. Get close.
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1748 "2020-03-15T08:08:23Z")
Question about Magiclysm: why some spells show their casting time in moves and other in seconds? Some are affected by player speed and some are not? Or it’s just an oversight?
e: and another question: max mana, what is the formula defining its amount? Or, in other words, what does it depend on? I only know there are some starting perks which can increase it.
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### Author:  [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1749 "2020-03-15T10:13:14Z")
I know it’s affected by Intelligence and Spellcraft, but not the exact details.
Oh, and bionic power opposes it. Every point of _current_ bionic power removes one point of max mana. (Max bionic power doesn’t do anything, so you can be a spellcasting cyborg as long as your internal batteries are currently flat.)
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1750 "2020-03-15T13:08:50Z")
I can’t answer your first question but I am pretty sure that max mana is calulated by this formula:
Max mana = (200 + 100 \* int) \* mana\_mult + mana\_add - current bionic power.
Where Max mana, int and current bionic power are self explanatory and mana\_mult/mana\_add are increases to your mana reserves granted by items and/or mutations.
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1751 "2020-03-15T17:08:56Z")
How do you bring down log walls? I mean, for actual construction work, i.e. without excessive measures like lighting them on fire or using sonic resonator or explosives.
Nothing in construction menu, smashing them with sledgehammer with str 15 doesn’t work at all, drilling with jackhammer leaves broken log wall which can’t be drilled further and still blocks movement/item placing. I’m at my wits’ end. Really, I only want to remove like 3 tiles of that log wall and add 4 in other place, is it so much to ask for?..
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### Author:  [@M1nks](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/M1nks)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1752 "2020-03-15T22:02:03Z")
I’ve never tried. Would digging a pit on the tile work? Or would it just be an invalid place to dig up?
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1753 "2020-03-16T00:00:49Z")
You can only dig a pit on the tile you stand on, and you can’t stand on tiles with walls.
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### Author:  [@Dredd501](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dredd501)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1754 "2020-03-19T02:39:49Z")
Have you tried using a fireaxe, instead of the sledgehammer? ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯
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### Author:  [@Gilliph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gilliph)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1755 "2020-03-19T04:15:21Z")
Sorry quick question. Where do I go to track the stable builds?
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1756 "2020-03-19T15:54:47Z")
> [@Dredd501](#):
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> Have you tried using a fireaxe
Doesn’t work either, str 15 isn’t enough to damage the wall. There are 2 solutions to this problem, though. One is _heavy_ sledge hammer, another is .50cal gun, be it barrett or mounted m2hb.
> [@Gilliph](#):
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> Sorry quick question. Where do I go to track the stable builds?
> **[Releases](https://cataclysmdda.org/releases/)**
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> Official homepage of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead open source turn-based survival RPG development project. Hosts downloads of game and links to community sites...
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### Author:  [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1757 "2020-03-21T02:15:33Z")
Is there a button I can click on the Cataclysm github to see all the mods that depend off it? Or do I pretty much have to be linked to them from here?
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### Author:  [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1758 "2020-03-21T03:18:22Z")
If you want to track progress towards the stable builds, the projects page on GitHub has a page for the blockers for 0.E. After those are done, we can get 0.E out.
> **[CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/projects/23)**
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> Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. - CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA
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### Author:  [@Gilliph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gilliph)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1759 "2020-03-21T06:19:17Z")
Thank you, been meaning to do another run when the 0.E comes out. This’ll help track that.
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1760 "2020-03-21T13:32:44Z")
I guess the answer is “no”, but I’ll still ask: is there a way to preview result of deconstructing an item? Except searching through game files, that is.
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### Author:  [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1761 "2020-03-21T15:34:58Z")
You guessed wrong
Press `(`
You can also use `d:` to search what things disassemble into
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### Author:  [@GiggleGrassGatherer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GiggleGrassGatherer)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1762 "2020-03-21T15:35:48Z")
Not disassembling, deconstructing. Via construction menu.
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### Author:  [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1763 "2020-03-21T15:36:55Z")
Oh, you mean furniture or terrain, not items - the answer there is no.
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### Author:  [@Mega\_Glub](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mega_Glub)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1764 "2020-03-21T16:02:09Z")
Anyone know how to use the grappling hook? I can’t seem to figure out how to deploy it, and I really don’t want to keep trying otherwise I might lose this character. Previous forum posts seem to have the same problem, but never a straight answer.
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1765 "2020-03-21T17:16:34Z")
~~When attempting to decent down sheer drops if you have a grappling hook or a long rope in your inventory you should get a prompt to use it. Using it makes you permanently loose it and replaces the sheer drop with a pseudo-stairway.~~
The above information is incorrect.
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### Author:  [@Mega\_Glub](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mega_Glub)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions-reborn/16870/1766 "2020-03-21T17:32:49Z")
Must be bugged then? Or maybe because it was favorited? Idk, it didn’t give me the prompt. It just asked me to jump.
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