# Tips, Tricks, and Newb Questions!

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [January 3, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42 "2013-01-03T03:04:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4181 "2014-08-16T11:04:22Z")

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Worth considering… but can I build the winch mechanisms/switches you find in garages?

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**Author:** ![Arek\_PL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4182 "2014-08-16T12:56:15Z")

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i do not know look in construction menu but rope and puley system work too

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4183 "2014-08-16T13:51:41Z")

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Guns are a bit confusing but, what are the guns that when you see you would probably want.

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**Author:** ![Daidalon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Daidalon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Daidalon)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4184 "2014-08-16T14:10:26Z")

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> [@Catfoodbob](#):
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> Guns are a bit confusing but, what are the guns that when you see you would probably want.

The rivatech revolver and a flintlock rifle (if you have paper cartridges).

Both will gib hulks.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4185 "2014-08-16T16:54:05Z")

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> [@Catfoodbob](#):
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> Guns are a bit confusing but, what are the guns that when you see you would probably want.

I’m kinda partial to anything from Leadworks, LLC myself. 😉 Good weapons, made of American values by American workers for the American people.

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**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4186 "2014-08-16T18:25:20Z")

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> [@Catfoodbob](#):
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> Guns are a bit confusing but, what are the guns that when you see you would probably want.

Depends what you’re shooting at and what ammo is available.

If you have a bunch of seemingly useless .22 ammo and you find an American 180… GET IT GET IT GET IT

That thing is awesome. It obliterates weaker enemies in a storm of lead.

I wouldn’t use it against anything with a lot of damage resistance vs bullets though…

If you see an auxiliary shotgun like the Masterkey that’s very nice to have too. I just attached one to my crossbow.

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4187 "2014-08-16T20:07:12Z")

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Just found an american 180 😛 and alot of .22

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**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4188 "2014-08-16T21:43:50Z")

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> [@Catfoodbob](#):
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> Just found an american 180 😛 and alot of .22

Enjoy.

Just… ah… don’t bother using it on single shot. Ever.

Meanwhile… the NPCs are pissing me off…

What’s the best way to stop them picking up my stuff? I know you can fill their inventory with crap but how would I do that?

I’m not sure how they select what to pick up. Right now I’m giving serious consideration to living in a public works site instead of the shelter.

Or a garage in town.

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**Author:** ![The\_Lone\_Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/the_lone_badger/32/8063_2.png) [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4189 "2014-08-17T00:23:44Z")

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> [@DG123](#):
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> What’s the best way to stop them picking up my stuff?

Murder.

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4190 "2014-08-17T00:57:59Z")

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You could trade with them and put a few steel frames in their inventory

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**Author:** ![Daidalon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Daidalon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Daidalon)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4191 "2014-08-17T01:34:01Z")

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Or trap them in a 1 tile box for eternity. Make it out of reinforced glass, outside, and with no roof.

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**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4192 "2014-08-17T12:27:03Z")

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I like that last option. Unfortunately I’m not sure what I can even build at this point. My character has really bad skills except murdering things.

I now have a cyborg ninja with a monomolecular blade, 8 dodge and 9 melee skill.

Next I need to build that rebar shooting railgun. Then I will be Grey Fox.

Oh god. THOSE BASTARD NPCS!

One just attacked me, utterly unprovoked, with a katana.

And then another stole my stuff. I got fed up and massacred all of them with a Rivtech magnum… and found that the items on their corpses are NOT the items they stole. What the hell?

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4193 "2014-08-17T23:54:57Z")

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Thus is why I only play with static NPCs.

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**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4194 "2014-08-18T00:15:15Z")

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Well, on the bright side now I have a katana.

I’ve moved to the top floor of the shelter because the dickhead NPCs lurk in the basement all day long and new ones seem to turn up down there and steal things.

Things are going well in game but one thing is driving me nuts. I cannot fnd a pair of welding goggles ANYWHERE. Meanwhile I have about 20 guns and a ridiculous amount of ammo… and all kinds of other glasses and goggles. Just nothing I can weld with.

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**Author:** ![Daidalon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Daidalon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Daidalon)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4195 "2014-08-18T00:52:52Z")

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Get a can of spray paint and some ducttape and make them.

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4196 "2014-08-18T03:38:31Z")

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And if you cant find recipe i belive it may be in a book but im not sure… but, to be safe raise fabrication and tailoring to 5, you’ll need it anyways.

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4197 "2014-08-18T12:55:45Z")

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Is the your joings ache thing from tetnus cause nerfs or is it something else that you contract from wading in sewage accidently… cause if its tetnas i swear… then it would be 2 games in a row contracting tetnus from one cut on wreckage.

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4198 "2014-08-18T14:03:46Z")

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I think that one is a food parasite, contracted from eating raw meat and plants.

In the topic of tetanus, you can take the parkour expert trait at character creation to reduce your chances of contracting it. Because the trait prevents almost all sources of enviromental damage barring traps. No more cutting yourself in windows and wrecks.

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4199 "2014-08-18T17:43:39Z")

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gursh dangit lost a promising character to a misclick, also my aching joints kept me up all night

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**Author:** ![kingorkami](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kingorkami/32/242_2.png) [@kingorkami](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kingorkami)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/4200 "2014-08-18T22:56:26Z")

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Hmmm quick question: Am I doing something wrong? Or does cutting an army helmet with a knife always yield plastic chunks? I remember that was the fastest way of getting kevlar if you didnt find vests or tacticool stuff.

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