# 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:** ![Danv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Danv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Danv)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/161 "2013-03-05T15:44:28Z")

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is there any simple way to dispose of large quantity of non-burnable items? something like dwarven atomic smasher? 🙂  
after burning everything burnable and repairing everything repairable (damn you, acid rain), i still have about 25 full tiles of rebar (btw, any use for it in building?) and about 10 tiles of various items, and i don’t know how to get rid of it, don’t want to simply piling it

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**Author:** ![The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/the_darkling_wolf/32/828_2.png) [@The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Darkling_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/162 "2013-03-05T15:45:47Z")

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Acid Bombs should destroy most stuff. I’ll be adding uses for rebar later I guess.

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**Author:** ![Danv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Danv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Danv)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/163 "2013-03-05T16:10:07Z")

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acid bomb, huh? never found one… but i guess inviting one particular spitting Z to my place will do? 🙂 oh, this will be painful

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**Author:** ![The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/the_darkling_wolf/32/828_2.png) [@The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Darkling_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/164 "2013-03-05T16:11:41Z")

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They’re craftable with some electronics I think.

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**Author:** ![AseaHeru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/aseaheru/32/8_2.png) [@AseaHeru](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AseaHeru)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/165 "2013-03-05T20:42:20Z")

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a glass vial and 500~ batteries.

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**Author:** ![DasNeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@DasNeko](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DasNeko)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/166 "2013-03-05T20:54:05Z")

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In my side character who i basically try by any means necessary (including save cheating) make the ultimate ninja i managed to get herbivore and ruminant (bush nomming) then de-evolved herbivore so in theory no longer restricted to only veggies. Turns out though that its not the case and eating meat still cause me to throw up.

Is this a feature or a bug with it not removing herbivore correctly or maybe ruminant having the same effect just hidden? Just curious.

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**Author:** ![DTF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@DTF](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DTF)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/167 "2013-03-05T21:13:13Z")

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Maybe you’ve got weak stomach/nausea + food poisoning?

On the note with the batteries. Is there any way to recharge them?  
If there isnt, couldnt one just rig a solar panel with some kind of converter attached to it to recharge batteries? You’d still need rechargeable batteries, of course.  
I find it kind of tedious to unload every single flashlight I find to grab batteries.

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**Author:** ![Danv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Danv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Danv)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/168 "2013-03-05T21:18:28Z")

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one more noob question - how do you construct floor/roof? i mean, i can construct floor, but only on my walls (wood wall/log wall), which is no good, i need my walls 🙂  
i missing something? can you construct floor/roof on dirt/grass? i remember there was some problem with this long ago, but don’t remember details

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**Author:** ![DasNeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@DasNeko](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DasNeko)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/169 "2013-03-05T21:25:26Z")

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[quote=“DTF, post:167, topic:42”]Maybe you’ve got weak stomach/nausea + food poisoning?

On the note with the batteries. Is there any way to recharge them?  
If there isnt, couldnt one just rig a solar panel with some kind of converter attached to it to recharge batteries? You’d still need rechargeable batteries, of course.  
I find it kind of tedious to unload every single flashlight I find to grab batteries.[/quote]  
I have save cheated to make sure i dont have any undesirable traits like weak stomach and im not aware of any food poisoning. (would not surprise me though after all that sewage and acts of cannibalism i have forced down her throat)… She should be curled up in a corner and crying by now… Anyway thats not the reason.

Also i forgot to mention that most batteries in reality are not rechargeable anyways so id say its pretty accurate.

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**Author:** ![MassiveEffectz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/massiveeffectz/32/33_2.png) [@MassiveEffectz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MassiveEffectz)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/170 "2013-03-06T00:03:50Z")

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The ultimate noob question. How do you make a fire? i have a cheap lighter and trying to use it on a bush dosn’t work.

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**Author:** ![Fireheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/34f0e0/32.png) [@Fireheart](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fireheart)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/171 "2013-03-06T00:05:39Z")

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You need something wooden like a heavy stick or a 2\*4

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**Author:** ![DasNeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@DasNeko](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DasNeko)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/172 "2013-03-06T03:44:46Z")

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I have gotten the spider weaving perk and its making my life miserable! How do i control this beast (house cleaning) and how come there is no button to toggle it? \>.\<

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**Author:** ![AseaHeru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/aseaheru/32/8_2.png) [@AseaHeru](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AseaHeru)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/173 "2013-03-06T03:59:08Z")

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For batteries, you can actually recharge many of them in real life. they just like exploding or holding almost no charge then.

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**Author:** ![Asra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Asra](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Asra)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/174 "2013-03-06T04:21:00Z")

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> [@DasNeko](#):
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> I have gotten the spider weaving perk and its making my life miserable! How do i control this beast (house cleaning) and how come there is no button to toggle it? \>.\<

The only way to get rid of it is with purifier. Dead scientists and Labs tend to have it. There’s no actual way to selectively do away with it though.

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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:** [March 6, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/175 "2013-03-06T14:42:07Z")

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Take solace that the perk will slow anything down.

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**Author:** ![GlyphGryph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/glyphgryph/32/847_2.png) [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/176 "2013-03-06T16:53:11Z")

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> [@MassiveEffectz](#):
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> The ultimate noob question. How do you make a fire? i have a cheap lighter and trying to use it on a bush dosn’t work.

The bush will burn if you light some kindling under it first. Use scraps of paper or pieces of wood or something.

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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:** [March 6, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/177 "2013-03-06T17:28:59Z")

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> [@GlyphGryph](#):
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> [quote=“MassiveEffectz, post:170, topic:42”]The ultimate noob question. How do you make a fire? i have a cheap lighter and trying to use it on a bush dosn’t work.

The bush will burn if you light some kindling under it first. Use scraps of paper or pieces of wood or something.[/quote]  
And then burn down the entire forest and anything nearby.

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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:** [March 6, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/178 "2013-03-06T18:21:18Z")

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Yep

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**Author:** ![Jihelu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@Jihelu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jihelu)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/179 "2013-03-06T18:23:35Z")

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> [@gtaguy](#):
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> Yep

Why is your tag telling me to fuck off ;.;

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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:** [March 6, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tips-tricks-and-newb-questions/42/180 "2013-03-06T20:01:52Z")

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Because you are near my old banana.

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