# 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\
**Page:** 510

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Xfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e95f7d/32.png) [@Xfin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xfin)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10182 "2015-09-21T00:28:41Z")

</div>

Mine may or may not of been made out of the starting NPC who felt like it as a good idea to attack a wasp…shame it dosn’t go like "bones of ‘owner’… not like they stack…

![](http://puu.sh/kiwlJ.png)

here was also trying to make like a mod that allows the bow to fire two arrows at once but no matter how it just wouldn’t work without bugging up somehow or someway, probably form the smart burstfire effect your char gains in later levels

also funfact… my game kept crashing every time i found a smoky bear… I’m still not sure why might be related to either my customization mod, the fact i keep ripping out my char in to a new world every time i update versions (and editing out details that would tie it to the last world, traps/mission/sent/active monsters, the car is a tad harder to do) or because my pc is crap

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![\_Rogue](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/_rogue/32/487_2.png) [@\_Rogue](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/_Rogue)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10183 "2015-09-21T11:00:04Z")

</div>

Does anyone know how to recharge a car battery? Or do you have to get a new one? And how do you tell how much is left in the battery? I thought it was the one below the fuel, but I might be wrong.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Noctifer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noctifer/32/458_2.png) [@Noctifer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noctifer)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10184 "2015-09-21T11:17:06Z")

</div>

> [@\_Rogue](#):
>
> Does anyone know how to recharge a car battery? Or do you have to get a new one? And how do you tell how much is left in the battery? I thought it was the one below the fuel, but I might be wrong.

Solar panels, a motor with an alternator on the same square and have the fuel are the two easiest.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Submarine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/submarine/32/423_2.png) [@Submarine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Submarine)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10185 "2015-09-21T12:26:01Z")

</div>

> [@\_Rogue](#):
>
> Does anyone know how to recharge a car battery? Or do you have to get a new one? And how do you tell how much is left in the battery? I thought it was the one below the fuel, but I might be wrong.

You can do it with a normal battery, (E) a car find the car battery then (f) to refill. Don’t do this with a big stack of battery’s in your inventory as you will lose them all.

This will give a very small charge to the car battery able to start the car once. When the car is running don’t turn it off till you fill up the car battery by driving it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [September 21, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10186 "2015-09-21T14:13:46Z")

</div>

You do not need to drive the car. Just keep the motor running to recharge the batterie . Check whether the alternator is in usable state first though .

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10187 "2015-09-21T19:11:55Z")

</div>

What exactly is a smoky bear?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10188 "2015-09-21T19:44:10Z")

</div>

> [@DG123](#):
>
> What exactly is a smoky bear?

Only YOU can prevent forest fires and/or zombie apocalypses!

One of the “joke” monsters, basically a zombified bear with the smoke-emitting properties of a smoker zombie.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10189 "2015-09-21T19:45:33Z")

</div>

That’s less funny and more scary considering how much of a pain smoker zombies are.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![\_Rogue](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/_rogue/32/487_2.png) [@\_Rogue](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/_Rogue)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10190 "2015-09-21T20:10:16Z")

</div>

Ok, thanks! Batteries are easy to come by for me. So batteries are like things to get it started, and then just keep the engine on and then when you come back, it should have filled up?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Xfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e95f7d/32.png) [@Xfin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xfin)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10191 "2015-09-21T20:24:54Z")

</div>

> [@Random\_dragon](#):
>
> [quote=“DG123, post:10187, topic:42”]What exactly is a smoky bear?

Only YOU can prevent forest fires and/or zombie apocalypses!

One of the “joke” monsters, basically a zombified bear with the smoke-emitting properties of a smoker zombie.  
 [/quote]

…feel there needs to be more joke monsters…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10192 "2015-09-21T20:28:26Z")

</div>

Ages ago I suggested a Zombie Hulkamaniac, but now it’s a tad tasteless in addition to being a dumb reference to begin with. ;A;

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![natsumehack](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/natsumehack/32/489_2.png) [@natsumehack](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/natsumehack)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10193 "2015-09-21T20:43:24Z")

</div>

> [@Xfin](#):
>
> [quote=“Random\_dragon, post:10188, topic:42”][quote=“DG123, post:10187, topic:42”]What exactly is a smoky bear?

Only YOU can prevent forest fires and/or zombie apocalypses!

One of the “joke” monsters, basically a zombified bear with the smoke-emitting properties of a smoker zombie.  
 [/quote]

…feel there needs to be more joke monsters…[/quote]

Yeah I wouldn’t mind more Joke monsters.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Xfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e95f7d/32.png) [@Xfin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xfin)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10194 "2015-09-21T20:43:57Z")

</div>

Mhmm…how about zombified cosplayers… give another use / spawn point for all them items outside of profession flavoring and free points for stylish traits… shrugs…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10195 "2015-09-21T20:45:06Z")

</div>

Why not a HULK Hogan

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10196 "2015-09-21T20:48:17Z")

</div>

> [@Catfoodbob](#):
>
> Why not a HULK Hogan

Because the usual celebrity scandal stuff. o3o

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![natsumehack](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/natsumehack/32/489_2.png) [@natsumehack](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/natsumehack)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10197 "2015-09-21T21:04:11Z")

</div>

> [@Xfin](#):
>
> Mhmm…how about zombified cosplayers… give another use / spawn point for all them items outside of profession flavoring and free points for stylish traits… shrugs…

Why not have a Convention Building Be a rare spawn when Joke Monsters are on, and any zombie that static spawns in it, have those flavor items.

Maybe Even have a One of a kind joke monster inside that drops rare flavor Cosmetics you can’t find any other way.

I got 2 ideas related to joke monsters.

Second Phase to Shia LaBeouf, after you kill him the first time, he quickly reanimates once after about 5 turns. With the Message. “WAIT HE ISN’T DEAD! SHIA SURPRISE!”

Basements have a Extremely Rare Chance to have 1-3 R.O.U.S (Rodents of Unusual Size) Spawn in them.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [September 21, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10198 "2015-09-21T21:43:36Z")

</div>

> [@\_Rogue](#):
>
> Ok, thanks! Batteries are easy to come by for me. So batteries are like things to get it started, and then just keep the engine on and then when you come back, it should have filled up?

Make sure the alternator and batterie is in good shape. A damaged car batterie leaks charge.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10199 "2015-09-21T22:28:22Z")

</div>

If your gonna grind in the evacuee center don’t leave the doors open or a moose will come in and murder you

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DG123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DG123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DG123)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10200 "2015-09-21T22:40:59Z")

</div>

Any tips for crafting matches, lighters etc?

I can make candles but they aren’t much use without matches or a lighter.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/10201 "2015-09-21T22:59:53Z")

</div>

[quote=“DG123, post:10200, topic:42”]Any tips for crafting matches, lighters etc?

I can make candles but they aren’t much use without matches or a lighter.[/quote]

Fire drill, electric firestarter, magnifying glass, ember carrier (More Survival Tools), or flint and steel (More Survival Tools) are about the only craftable firestarters. Matches and lighters themselves aren’t craftable if I recall.

[Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42.md?page=509)

[Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42.md?page=511)