# 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:** ![Dragon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dragon/32/373_2.png) [@Dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dragon)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5442 "2014-11-23T03:07:56Z")

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Are NPCs able to climb over fences?

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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:** [November 23, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5443 "2014-11-23T03:12:11Z")

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> [@Dragon](#):
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> Are NPCs able to climb over fences?

Nope. You’re lucky…

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**Author:** ![Nickal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nickal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nickal)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5444 "2014-11-23T04:46:22Z")

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Ok Desperate here. I am close to starving to death. I’m exhausted. I’m also thirsty. I have only dandelions and no water. I am about to get some water, so theres that. My hunger is 88% speed penalty. I’m am going to make dandelion greens but that wont save me from dying. I have no other food left. Any suggestions.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5445 "2014-11-23T04:55:41Z")

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[quote=“Nickal, post:5444, topic:42”]Ok Desperate here. I am close to starving to death. I’m exhausted. I’m also thirsty. I have only dandelions and no water. I am about to get some water, so theres that. My hunger is 88% speed penalty. I’m am going to make dandelion greens but that wont save me from dying. I have no other food left. Any suggestions.[/quote]I thiiiink you died. If you can get to grab a rock and kill an squirrel you are set.

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**Author:** ![Nickal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nickal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nickal)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5446 "2014-11-23T05:05:36Z")

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I have a steel spear and a knife spear for throwing. I’m in a house near the edge of town. I’ve looted the northern section of town though so I all its good for now is toilet water and I’m too exhausted, hungry, and thirsty to fight my way into the southern half of town for loot. I tried eating tainted meat, which was not a good idea. Not a good idea at all. It helped but I was poisoned.(I’m no longer poisoned though.)

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**Author:** ![Loendal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f08c70/32.png) [@Loendal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Loendal)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5447 "2014-11-23T05:07:58Z")

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Have you tried foraging the underbrush in the forest outside of town? Eggs are available there

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**Author:** ![Nickal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nickal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nickal)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5448 "2014-11-23T05:14:47Z")

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Not an option. The forest is south of town. I would post a screenshot but I don’t know how.

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**Author:** ![aierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@aierce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/aierce)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5449 "2014-11-23T07:29:47Z")

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Can I use the integrated toolset bionic to repair metal things? I can’t figure out how to activate it

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5450 "2014-11-23T08:17:23Z")

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> [@aierce](#):
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> Can I use the integrated toolset bionic to repair metal things? I can’t figure out how to activate it

Do you also have a Power Storage and any Power Generation bio? All bionics require power in order to use them.  
Also press p to open the bionics screen.

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**Author:** ![Alasnuyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Alasnuyo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Alasnuyo)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5451 "2014-11-23T09:26:56Z")

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> [@Nickal](#):
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> Not an option. The forest is south of town. I would post a screenshot but I don’t know how.

Then I suppose the north to the city are open fields right? There should be plenty of bushes dotting the landscape. Smash them into underbrushes, then examine them. Depending on the season, you may get bird/reptile eggs, wild veggies, mushrooms, wild herbs, buckwheat, etc. You also grind your survival skill this way.

And you can just go around the city if you want to reach the forest, you know. And there are less monsters outside of cities. Any that you will encounter are just about guaranteed to have less of a vision range than you. You’ll see them first before they see you. Just toggle the safemode to be sure. Detour around monsters you can’t fight yet.

Or you can just loot the south end of the city at night. Easier to avoid zombies that way. Make a makeshift crowbar out of a pipe and a rock if you don’t already have one. Prying open doors and windows are much quieter than smashing them open. Very much useful for nightly looting runs.

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**Author:** ![aierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@aierce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/aierce)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5452 "2014-11-23T10:07:25Z")

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> [@Vareruma](#):
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> [quote=“aierce, post:5449, topic:42”]Can I use the integrated toolset bionic to repair metal things? I can’t figure out how to activate it

Do you also have a Power Storage and any Power Generation bio? All bionics require power in order to use them.  
Also press p to open the bionics screen.[/quote]

I have power storage and generation. I can use the toolset just fine when crafting things, and doing mechanical works with cars, but it’s a passive bionic and i can’t activate it, only view it’s description.

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**Author:** ![DoReVo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@DoReVo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DoReVo)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5453 "2014-11-23T10:28:10Z")

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Is there anyway to get “free” gasoline from the gas station that require you to pay ? The one with the console that require cash card. Gettin’ money is hard nowadays 😃

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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:** [November 23, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5454 "2014-11-23T11:29:36Z")

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> [@DoReVo](#):
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> Is there anyway to get “free” gasoline from the gas station that require you to pay ? The one with the console that require cash card. Gettin’ money is hard nowadays 😃

hard? go kill some zombies in city or lab they drop cash cards

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5455 "2014-11-23T11:39:42Z")

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> [@Nickal](#):
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> Not an option. The forest is south of town. I would post a screenshot but I don’t know how.

Go around the city, you should run across squirrels and just pelt them to death with rocks. If you find a square of forest, you can forage.

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**Author:** ![blazing\_glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@blazing\_glory](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/blazing_glory)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5456 "2014-11-23T11:56:48Z")

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Do brutes have a reach attack now? I find myself being sent flying before they are in melee range.

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**Author:** ![Caconym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aca169/32.png) [@Caconym](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Caconym)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5457 "2014-11-23T13:23:39Z")

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Whats the warmest hand gear for the ‘paws’ mutation I have 2x hand wraps on +sleek fur and my hands are the only cold part, I can’t make XL stuff, you’d think making larger gear would fairly simple when your tailoring your own clothes.

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**Author:** ![Maur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@Maur](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maur)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5458 "2014-11-23T15:31:53Z")

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Is there a way to move a whole type of items in advanced inventory (like, 100 rags) at once?

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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:** [November 23, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5459 "2014-11-23T15:58:35Z")

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> [@Maur](#):
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> Is there a way to move a whole type of items in advanced inventory (like, 100 rags) at once?

press “.” it will move all items  
or “M” it will move stack

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**Author:** ![Maur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@Maur](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Maur)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5460 "2014-11-23T16:28:08Z")

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Its the M function i seek, but it doesnt seem to work for me. Both m and M move one item only.

Oh wait, it works when you move items from your inventory, but not when you move them from the ground. Sadly, its the items on the ground that need this feature the most.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5461 "2014-11-23T16:32:29Z")

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Weird. It should not work like that?

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