# 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:** ![Azrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11482 "2015-11-11T14:56:20Z")

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> [@Dead\_End\_Road](#):
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> How do i pick up liquids or move off from the floor?

Liquids on the floor, no container? If so you can’t, I recall. You can clean the floor up with a mop, at least.

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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 11, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11483 "2015-11-11T15:16:03Z")

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You can drink them directly from the floor.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_End\_Road](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dead_end_road/32/499_2.png) [@Dead\_End\_Road](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dead_End_Road)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11484 "2015-11-11T15:37:42Z")

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> [@Azrad](#):
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> [quote=“Dead\_End\_Road, post:11481, topic:42”]How do i pick up liquids or move off from the floor?

Liquids on the floor, no container? If so you can’t, I recall. You can clean the floor up with a mop, at least.[/quote]  
Thanks, I would have never thought of using a mop for its intended purpose.

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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 11, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11485 "2015-11-11T15:42:27Z")

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> [@Valpo](#):
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> You can drink them directly from the floor.

it even make sense if its on floor but it works on dirt too

if i ask npc to train me he will train me again after some time? this tag do not disapear

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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 11, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11486 "2015-11-11T16:16:12Z")

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I thought they could train you as long as they have a higher skill lvl then you.

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**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:** [November 11, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11487 "2015-11-11T16:19:37Z")

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Additionally, after being asked to train the player, a given NPC won’t train you anymore for about a day.

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**Author:** ![Azrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11488 "2015-11-11T16:36:46Z")

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> [@Random\_dragon](#):
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> Additionally, after being asked to train the player, a given NPC won’t train you anymore for about a day.

I think you also have to be near enough to the NPC for the timer to wind down before another skill can be taught.

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**Author:** ![deknegt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@deknegt](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deknegt)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11489 "2015-11-11T17:21:51Z")

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> [@Azrad](#):
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> [quote=“Random\_dragon, post:11487, topic:42”]Additionally, after being asked to train the player, a given NPC won’t train you anymore for about a day.

I think you also have to be near enough to the NPC for the timer to wind down before another skill can be taught.[/quote]

Aye, they need to be in the reality bubble to really have any effect… But when you got a nice base you can take them there, order them to not touch your shit, have them teach you/batch create, and then tell them ‘youre leaving’ for a while (not stand guard), that will make them ordinary NPC’s who don’t need food/sleep.

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**Author:** ![Commodore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Commodore](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Commodore)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11490 "2015-11-11T20:47:55Z")

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Was the chance to get additional seeds on harvest nerfed on the in-development versions recently? I downloaded a fresh version of the in-dev version and picked a farmer start. I noticed when I got a couple harvests in that I was getting far less additional seeds than I used to in the versions I played only a while after the 0.C release. It’s absolutely crippling to getting a sugar beet crop going when you only get 4 seeds and it’s all luck on getting a few if any if you’re lucky enough to run into a gardening supply store.

Why isn’t there a crop into seed recipe like there is for bee balm and others so that wheat, barley, sugar beets, etc. etc. etc. aren’t inexplicably kneecapped?

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**Author:** ![Taraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Taraq](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taraq)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11491 "2015-11-11T21:48:49Z")

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Minireactor question: how much plutonium does this thing use and how fast? Where’s a good place to farm more? And seeing as the mega tank had like five of these, is there anything to do with spares?

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**Author:** ![noble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19b73/32.png) [@noble](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/noble)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11492 "2015-11-11T21:57:45Z")

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There’s plutonium in bank vaults. Also manhacks, but that’s rarer. Get a ton of them to come after you and you can farm them. AFAIK the black box readers in labs are an infinite supply of manhacks when you fail at hacking the terminal. I never tried to run a reactor but the atomic minitank has 2 of them and it runs on 2 enhanced electric engines.

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**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:** [November 11, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11493 "2015-11-11T22:00:23Z")

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Power storage CBMs can also be taken apart for them, if I recall.

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**Author:** ![COS\_Cecillian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cos_cecillian/32/485_2.png) [@COS\_Cecillian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/COS_Cecillian)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11494 "2015-11-11T22:30:47Z")

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Does anyone know how to scroll down on item pages (I mean when you are in your inventory and you select the item, with all the things u can do with it on the side)?

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**Author:** ![Pyrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pyrite](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pyrite)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11495 "2015-11-11T23:26:05Z")

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> [@COS\_Cecillian](#):
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> Does anyone know how to scroll down on item pages (I mean when you are in your inventory and you select the item, with all the things u can do with it on the side)?

I believe the pg up key should work.

Is it worth it to set up a vehicle-based water purifier for clean water?

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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:** [November 11, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11496 "2015-11-11T23:27:09Z")

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> [@COS\_Cecillian](#):
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> Does anyone know how to scroll down on item pages (I mean when you are in your inventory and you select the item, with all the things u can do with it on the side)?

Presumably “Page up” and “Page down” but I’ve never found an item with a description that long…

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**Author:** ![Taraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Taraq](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taraq)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11497 "2015-11-11T23:28:29Z")

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> [@Pyrite](#):
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> [quote=“COS\_Cecillian, post:11494, topic:42”]Does anyone know how to scroll down on item pages (I mean when you are in your inventory and you select the item, with all the things u can do with it on the side)?

I believe the pg up key should work.

Is it worth it to set up a vehicle-based water purifier for clean water?[/quote]

I’m like 40% certain that it’s more a matter of convenience than anything else–just putting cooking stuff on a recharged should have the same effect.

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**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:** [November 11, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11498 "2015-11-11T23:36:16Z")

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Hmm. Unless the power drained per unit of water is lower on the purifier? I’m unsure.

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**Author:** ![COS\_Cecillian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cos_cecillian/32/485_2.png) [@COS\_Cecillian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/COS_Cecillian)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11499 "2015-11-11T23:37:38Z")

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Thanks. I was used to using the \< and \> keys for scrolling in the earlier versions. As for John’s statement, most item’s descriptions are not very long, just beyond the border of the normal text box.

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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 11, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11500 "2015-11-11T23:49:08Z")

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> [@Pyrite](#):
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> Is it worth it to set up a vehicle-based water purifier for clean water?

It’s faster than crafting it. You can fill the entire tank in one go. And it converts salt water to clean water.

But if you’re not using much of it, you can just batch craft it all.

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**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:** [November 11, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/11501 "2015-11-11T23:54:27Z")

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[quote=“Coolthulhu, post:11500, topic:42”]It’s faster than crafting it. You can fill the entire tank in one go. And it converts salt water to clean water.

But if you’re not using much of it, you can just batch craft it all.[/quote]

Interesting. What about power per unit of water though, compared to boiling it with the kitchen unit?

If the purifier is more energy-efficient, I can see it having a definite niche in my future megavehicle projects. owo

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