# 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:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1701 "2013-10-26T21:46:26Z")

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[quote=“Mamalque, post:1696, topic:42”]Thank you very much for the answers so far, guys.

I’ve got another one: does the Electroshock Unit work only with the Adamantium Claws, as claims the wiki? Or does it now work with other weapons?[/quote]  
It should work with anything conductive, i.e. metal.

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**Author:** ![Mamalque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@Mamalque](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mamalque)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1702 "2013-10-27T04:31:10Z")

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How are the NPCs, currently?

I keep reading people mentioning them on the thread for what’s happening on their apocalypse and I got curious.

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1703 "2013-10-27T04:41:24Z")

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NPCs will still manage to pull the entire universe down around their ears for the fun of it (eg. crash your damn game).

Leave em off unless you dont want a long term game.

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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:** [October 27, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1704 "2013-10-27T07:53:09Z")

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NPC’s a buggy currently (don’t think they have been touched at all from before DDA) they will crash your game, prone to random head explosions, aggression even after you convince them to join you and most likely ruin your save(s).

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**Author:** ![Roguelikewhatever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Roguelikewhatever](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Roguelikewhatever)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1705 "2013-10-28T01:43:21Z")

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Hey there, fellow players and hopeful “newbies”! I’ve got a simple “tip” to make sure your next game session goes a little smoother!

When playing the game off a “real life” USB drive, it’s always wise to be mindful of how much space is left on it before you save your game! If there isn’t enough, you may find a nasty “surprise” when you load your character again!

Like they’re standing around stark naked due to all their clothes disappearing, and a third of their non-equipment inventory is also missing, and where there used to be a cell phone at the bottom of their item list, there is a now a mysterious and impossible “gallon jug of gallon jug”.

Yikes! You wouldn’t want that to happen to your character, right?  
Be safe and be smart, everybody!

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**Author:** ![Mamalque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@Mamalque](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mamalque)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1706 "2013-10-28T04:58:00Z")

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How the hell do you get away after being surrounded by blobs?

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**Author:** ![Nemonole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nemonole](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nemonole)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1707 "2013-10-28T06:56:40Z")

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> [@Mamalque](#):
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> How the hell do you get away after being surrounded by blobs?

You’re faster than them (unless you’re very encumbered or hurt).

Don’t let them surround you in the first place.

And if all goes wrong, put down some kindling and create a wall of fire, they are pretty flammable you know

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**Author:** ![timtek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/timtek/32/103_2.png) [@timtek](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/timtek)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1708 "2013-10-28T08:18:24Z")

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What skill, and what level of said skill, will allow me to make spike plating for my vehicles? I’m guessing it’s mechanics but I have that and can’t seem to make it.

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**Author:** ![Medicine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/medicine/32/211_2.png) [@Medicine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Medicine)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1709 "2013-10-28T15:44:51Z")

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> [@timtek](#):
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> What skill, and what level of said skill, will allow me to make spike plating for my vehicles? I’m guessing it’s mechanics but I have that and can’t seem to make it.

I’m having the same problem - wiki says Mechanics 4 but I’ve not got the recipe. Hard plating, too, is missing. Maybe they come from a book?

(For the record - Mechanics 8, Fabrication 5).

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1710 "2013-10-28T18:10:50Z")

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I dont know the exact numbers, but by memory you need higher fabrication skill, with some mechanics on the side.

Cars are good against blobs, but generally, note where slimepits are on the map and try and stay away, but really, really dont sleep near slimepits or anthills and the like.

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**Author:** ![SaintSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@SaintSC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SaintSC)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1711 "2013-10-28T19:24:58Z")

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Do gauntlets/gloves/fist based weapons affect martial arts?

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1712 "2013-10-28T19:38:02Z")

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> [@SaintSC](#):
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> Do gauntlets/gloves/fist based weapons affect martial arts?

Fist-based weapons, yes, gauntlets or hand armor, no.

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**Author:** ![Logrin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/logrin/32/209_2.png) [@Logrin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Logrin)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1713 "2013-10-28T19:48:46Z")

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How to Voldo:

Bondage Suit  
Bondage Mask  
Masochist  
Capoeira  
Razorbar Katar

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**Author:** ![Sirquote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sirquote/32/887_2.png) [@Sirquote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sirquote)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1714 "2013-10-31T00:20:39Z")

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[quote=“Logrin, post:1713, topic:42”]How to Voldo:

Bondage Suit  
Bondage Mask  
Masochist  
Capoeira  
Razorbar Katar[/quote]

Hey man, I remember your comics from bay12, shit was awesome. You still making those?

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**Author:** ![Logrin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/logrin/32/209_2.png) [@Logrin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Logrin)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1715 "2013-10-31T03:56:40Z")

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Lately I’ve been burning the candle at both ends, prolly going to be throwing some more stuff out soonish ((though I may drop my internet for a month or two while I’m busy with STUFF and/or possibly THINGS.

In the meantime I did doodle up something in the Draw your cataclysms thread.

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**Author:** ![Mamalque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@Mamalque](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mamalque)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1716 "2013-10-31T17:42:47Z")

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Where am I most likely to find power armor light and/or heavy helmets? I have both of the actual suits, found together in a house filled with black widows, but so far no helmet. ☹

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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:** [October 31, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1717 "2013-10-31T18:12:18Z")

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> [@Mamalque](#):
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> Where am I most likely to find power armor light and/or heavy helmets? I have both of the actual suits, found together in a house filled with black widows, but so far no helmet. ☹

I would imagine the random military corpses you see lying around and possibly bunkers.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1718 "2013-10-31T19:07:20Z")

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> [@Mamalque](#):
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> Where am I most likely to find power armor light and/or heavy helmets? I have both of the actual suits, found together in a house filled with black widows, but so far no helmet. ☹

Military bunkers, corpses, and veeery occasionally pawn shops and milittary surplus.

Until then enjoy your Grim Future™.

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**Author:** ![Mamalque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@Mamalque](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mamalque)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1719 "2013-10-31T19:37:01Z")

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Alright then, that’ about what I figured. I’ll keep on searching. Thank you very much, guys.

Another one: I understand that installing the Blaster Arm limits my ability to wield some items, but that’s it, right? No hidden penalties, or tasks that will become harder or take longer for it?

I played around with it for a bit, and it seems that while you can’t “wield” engines, wheels, jerrycans, and I’m guessing most of the heavier items, to facilitate their carrying, they go to your inventory, so it seems you can still carry the heavier items, just at a Pain penalty. Is there more to it that I’m not seeing?

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/1720 "2013-10-31T20:40:51Z")

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No rifles. Only pistols, Im not sure about melee weps, im assuming no 2 handers.

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