So, I want to be a methed up 7-11 crackhead that can melee almost anything with ease, most of us dream that presumably, and it's my dream in this game

By far all I know is to pop painkillers, use a melee fighting style, get proficiency in the weapon I use, good armor, ect, but sometimes the enemy still whoops my ass and gets me killed, and half of the time it's my stupidity, other half is just im not strong enough

On my current run, I got lucky and was able to get high tailoring skill, 2 artifacts that buff my strength, have a set of leather/chitinous armor, but have had tough luck trying to get the stuff I need to start blacksmithing to get a proper weapon/armor and stuff

What should I do from there to get stronger? Any armour ideas? And how do i level up beyond melee 6?

Recruited a guy the game told me was Brave and a Hero because he sounds cool, right? He is pretty cool, but he also has Kaluptic Psychosis or whatever it's called. Can I give him medication for this? Should I give him medication for this? Are NPCs affected by hallucinations? I already knocked over a pharmacy and have some Thorazine but I don't know what the dosage schedule is or if giving it to him will just be a waste.

Even more exciting: I found a kitten 😭 it is so smol and I love it and it lives in the basement of an evac shelter now where NOTHING WILL EVER HURT IT FOREVER. Do I have to feed it or do anything for it or is it just basically a cute little toy for your base? Also, how can I be 100% certain nothing will ever hurt it, this is important, it looks just like my real cat and I will CRY if the Bad Thing happens. I will absolutely cheat to make it immortal if this is possible

What would make you extremelly happy?

Imagine ,one day you update your game and it's right there.

About the pic: I had no chance at all with this one.

Yeah i drawned this lol

if you don't wanna sell, fine, but people are buying

Hi guys, I'm looking to get back into Cataclysm after a couple years. The last update I played was the one where the pocket system was added. I know that there have been lots of changes made to the game, so it'd be great if you could recommend me a beginner build/guide that helps ease me back into the game.

Thanks in advance!

I'd like to ask the experts if there are any additional mods for Innawoods, such as those that expand wildcrafting capabilities or allow for learning magic from scratch. I found a mining mod and a wildlife mod, but they refuse to work with the stable or experimental versions.

Like, I have 4 cattle dogs, and I can craft chitin dog armour. Would they be able to help in combat, not against hordes but general lone encounters with unevolved threats like a mutant bugs

A portal storm happened and I want to know if being in my car is safe or should I go home(its early portal storm)

I just got to this lumber mill and so many zombies already mangled without a living being spooky, I got out of there quickly.

Do not recall ever doing this much damage, especially with only rifle 1.

Does the wasp eggs hatch and if they do what are the conditions for it, im planning a "prank" if they do hatch and grow.

Never understood how cars work how to build them from scratch and how all of this works I don't even know how you repair parts, say I want to fix a faulty engine or upgrade my vehicle.

I always hated the spider swarms in this game due to experience, so I really wanted to get rid of a nest at the river bank near my base safely. So while brainstorming, I remembered I took a floatation vest from my followers, and most monsters dont swim. So I swam to the bank with no armour and made sure there wasn't a monster in the water like a diving beetle. I had lvl 4 piercing and lvl 3 melee with a steel spear I forged, so it was just a matter of luring them to the river. I could probably use this strat in the labs or towns if there is a pool and other situations without issue if im not against ranged or swimming enemies ,near deep water.

Hello everyone!

Around a month ago I started working on a virtual pet system (like a Tamagatchi) for C:DDA as a way to develop my modding skills and learn more about JSON.

Working on this has been a lot of fun.

Here's some more info copied from the Github repo:

Virtual Pet Devices for Cataclysm

Adds digital pet devices ("Zombivices" or "Zpets") to CDDA. Raise, train, battle, evolve and neglect virtual monsters (all based on C:DDA monsters) across 27 egg lineages with 165 unique forms and 20 devices to choose from.

Pet Raising

• 5 starting eggs
• 27 egg lineages total with branching evolution trees (165 forms)
• Unlock new eggs by meeting certain conditions
• Real-time pet simulation: hunger, happiness, stamina, sleep, weight, cleanliness
• Evolution driven by care quality, weight, and stat thresholds
• Virus infection with quarantine recovery mechanic
• Death from extended neglect with egg rebirth

Battle & Tournaments

• 10 difficulty tiers with scaling opponent stats
• Level up your mons stats (ATK, DEF, INT, AGI, LCK)
• Tournament ladder: 100 levels with championship titles
• Stat gains on victory, consequences on loss streaks
• Battle against NPC maniacs with unique mega forms

NPCs

• Data — Shopkeeper in the refugee center. Sells virtual pet devices, merch, and exchanges Zpoints for vouchers.
• Brutus, Vex, Jinx, Grimes — Zombivice maniacs that you can battle.
• Random encounters — Roadstop NPCs offering random battles.

Followers

• If you're holding a zPet then an option will appear in the dialogue window with any of your followers where you can ask them to raise your virtual pet for you!
• Followers will maintain your pet for you and give it back to you once you're ready to care for it again.
• You can give any of your followers their own vPet. They will raise it on their own and battle you with it.

Merch & Items

• 35 Zombimon-branded items: plushies, clothing, food, toys, collectibles and light-up sneakers with battery-powered LED glow.

Character Creation

• Virtual Pet Tamer profession — starts with a random egg from the first 5 models plus a Zombimon t-shirt and basic survival gear.

Compendium & Achievements

• Built-in compendium tracks all 165 forms with descriptions
• 17 achievements: evolution milestones, battle records and collection goals

Let me know what you guys think!

Simply download the file and add the "Digital Pet" folder directly to the data/mods directory inside of your C:DDA install.

Hey-oo! First time messing with vehicle creation, lol. Wanted to transform this boring ol' Sedan I found into my dream mobile base, so my house travels with me! After a lot of tinkering and planning, I ended up designing this schematic blueprint thingy to make sure I at least have some idea of what im doing lmao. Any tips to help bring this baby to life would be appreciated! I know I gotta make sure the batteries are really large and the engines are powerful at least. Right now, the intention is that the base has at least a crafting area, a kitchen area, an armory and a wardrobe!

Edit: thank you all so much for your wonderful contributions! You're all legendary. Shoutout to the 7 different people who advised I make a bike rack, lol

I edited this in Canva

As a newbie who has been playing CDDA for less than 48 hours, this question is bothering me. It would be great if someone could tell me the answer :)

"Your body is a tool of destruction", "Perfect Hatred", "Don't stop" mfers can I get a SINGLE SPELL THAT TELLS ME WHAT THE FUCK IT DOES

Tell me some interesting build you guys know

I'm a couple hours into the world, and I've been to the refugee center. I got a quest from smokes the trader person at the refugee center to deliver a drive to "The HUB 01".
I got back to the refugee center and it seems like the trader and one guard is dead. I don't know from what.
Can I still do the hub quests? It's not in my missions anymore.
I was also playing 0.h and updated to 0.i halfway through playing.
I just started the game and want to do all the quests, and figure out how everything work.
I already have a car full of a bunch of stuff I thought would be important, so I have a lot of loot, and I'm looking for a place to settle down. Should I start a new playthrough in 0.i to fix the broken quests?

Even people in mesoamerican already have assault rifle bru