# 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:** ![Yukille](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Yukille](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Yukille)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5462 "2014-11-23T19:02:53Z")

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1. Is there an up to date list and description of all the martial arts in the game?
2. Can all the martial arts in the game be learned after character creation?
3. What martial arts augment weapon fighting? I want to use a diamond katana, does any martial art give me an advantage with it?
4. Why isn’t this thread sticked?

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**Author:** ![jokermatt999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@jokermatt999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokermatt999)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5463 "2014-11-23T19:28:29Z")

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1. Sort of. Your best bet is to read through martial arts.json ([https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/data/json/martialarts.json](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/data/json/martialarts.json)), it’s not too hard to understand compared to code.

2. No, I think the animal, venom, and weapon training arts cannot be learned. Search dojos for martial arts manuals (and boxing gym for boxing).

3. Eskrima and Silat work with diamond knives/machetes, but nothing with katanas except perhaps ninjitsu? Again, check the json for better info.

4. Because it’s practically stickied due to constant posts.

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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, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5464 "2014-11-23T19:36:22Z")

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Hopefully Cooked Dandelion Greens can sustain me for my trip into the inner city.(or to the other city which is only a little bit further than the forest and has grocery stores.)

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**Author:** ![Valpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valpo/32/341_2.png) [@Valpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valpo)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5465 "2014-11-23T19:42:42Z")

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if you have water make broth out of the dandelion greens ( i think its possible to do that)

it has a value of 30 instead of i think 20?

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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, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5466 "2014-11-23T19:45:01Z")

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Well. I’m moving to the “How did you last die thread”.

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5467 "2014-11-23T20:00:18Z")

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> [@Nickal](#):
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> Hopefully Cooked Dandelion Greens can sustain me for my trip into the inner city.(or to the other city which is only a little bit further than the forest and has grocery stores.)

Don’t be scared by hunger.  
Seriously, I went deep into “famished” (less hungry than “starving”, but more than “very hungry”) in the middle of winter forest (foraging barely drops anything in winter). This was before the oaks that drop tons of acorns were added. I recovered by killing a single fox, giant fly or some critter like those.  
You can stay alive for a week or two without any food.

> [@Yukille](#):
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> 3. What martial arts augment weapon fighting? I want to use a diamond katana, does any martial art give me an advantage with it?

Ninjutsu is amazing for weapon damage boosts - it will double cut damage on crits  
Brawling gives feint and knockback that can be used with weapons

However if you ever reach the point where you acquire a diamond katana, you’ll be so strong that you won’t need it. Every single of my endgame characters can easily wreck a hulk unarmed and I haven’t seen a diamond katana in game, let alone the forge that is required to make diamond weapons.

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**Author:** ![Kyriolexical\_Dino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kyriolexical_dino/32/276_2.png) [@Kyriolexical\_Dino](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kyriolexical_Dino)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5468 "2014-11-23T20:27:49Z")

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> [@Yukille](#):
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> 3. What martial arts augment weapon fighting? I want to use a diamond katana, does any martial art give me an advantage with it?

I once used a diamond katana with silat too and it worked wonders. It suprisingly also aplied it’s boost to a zweihander too if you’re planning on using one.

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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, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5469 "2014-11-23T20:59:40Z")

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What can one expect to find in the sewers/subways?

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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, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5470 "2014-11-23T21:02:29Z")

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> [@Nickal](#):
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> What can one expect to find in the sewers/subways?

Near untouchable rats and snakes.

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**Author:** ![TheFlame52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theflame52/32/247_2.png) [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5471 "2014-11-23T21:03:14Z")

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> [@Nickal](#):
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> What can one expect to find in the sewers/subways?

Jack diddly shit except for the occasional subterranean critter or piece of trash.

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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, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5472 "2014-11-23T21:03:27Z")

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Please note I’m playing in classic zeds and I have a dexterity of 12.

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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, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5473 "2014-11-23T22:08:03Z")

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> [@StopSignal](#):
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> Weird. It should not work like that?

Does it work for you? Perhaps i am doing somethig wrong?

It is capital M in advanced inventory screen we are talking about, righ? Moving every piece of single item at once?

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5474 "2014-11-23T22:10:31Z")

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> [@Nickal](#):
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> What can one expect to find in the sewers/subways?

Food that takes only a single good whack to stop moving. Mutant cannibals who drop human flesh. Mi-go parties over corpses of soldiers.

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**Author:** ![Wanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@Wanderer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wanderer)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5475 "2014-11-23T22:17:43Z")

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> [@Coolthulhu](#):
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> [quote=“Nickal, post:5469, topic:42”]What can one expect to find in the sewers/subways?

Food that takes only a single good whack to stop moving. Mutant cannibals who drop human flesh. Mi-go parties over corpses of soldiers.[/quote]

The ocasional sewage “river”. And if you are lucky, you may find a connection to other underground construction, as a lab or an anthill. Unfornately, subways need some love T\_T

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**Author:** ![roisterer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/roisterer/32/1337_2.png) [@roisterer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/roisterer)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5476 "2014-11-23T23:34:35Z")

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So I found a Granade and it erupted into BEES!, which wasn’t so great… What was less great is that it took me long enough to think of starting a fire for the smoke to rid myself of the swarms, that I took Stung(3) and now my pain is up to ~2850 and will not decrease. below ~2600 My PC can’t sleep, even with copious amounts of painkillers, liquor, aspirin, cough syrup, etc. and it’s been 2.5 days with no relief. Is this character done for? Will the stung wear off after a few more days or weeks? Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![TheFlame52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theflame52/32/247_2.png) [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5477 "2014-11-23T23:43:56Z")

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> [@roisterer](#):
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> So I found a Granade and it erupted into BEES!, which wasn’t so great… What was less great is that it took me long enough to think of starting a fire for the smoke to rid myself of the swarms, that I took Stung(3) and now my pain is up to ~2850 and will not decrease. below ~2600 My PC can’t sleep, even with copious amounts of painkillers, liquor, aspirin, cough syrup, etc. and it’s been 2.5 days with no relief. Is this character done for? Will the stung wear off after a few more days or weeks? Any ideas?

Granades are Russian roulette. One chamber has money, one has candy, two have blanks, one has rat-shot, and the last one has a bullet. You just got the bullet.

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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 24, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5478 "2014-11-24T00:16:19Z")

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How do I use my integrated toolset (which has power) to repair metal things. I can’t activate it from the bionic menu.

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**Author:** ![Sunflash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sunflash](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sunflash)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5479 "2014-11-24T00:31:20Z")

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Guys is there a way to increase the font size somehow?

I’d kinda like to play this on my 50" for giggles, but from across the room it’s too small… Editting the font-size in fonts.json doesn’t seem to work.

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**Author:** ![TheFlame52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theflame52/32/247_2.png) [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5480 "2014-11-24T01:06:54Z")

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> [@aierce](#):
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> How do I use my integrated toolset (which has power) to repair metal things. I can’t activate it from the bionic menu.

Sorry, can’t do that.

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**Author:** ![rdx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2acd7d/32.png) [@rdx](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/rdx)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/5481 "2014-11-24T16:30:52Z")

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whats the best way to train dodge? plz no smug “go fight monsters” answer;P i never seem to be able to train anything in dodge

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