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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

A practical guide to what matters across CDDA’s scavenging, crafting, equipment, and specialist systems.

9,894objects64families7,787recipe routes

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USEFUL ACROSS THE GAME

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BROWSE THE WHOLE GAME

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Agricultural seeds

2 objects ↗

Ammunition materials

1 objects ↗

Armor

2,766 objects ↗

Armor and vehicle materials

1 objects ↗

Armor and weapon materials

1 objects ↗

Armor materials

1 objects ↗

Battery charging equipment

1 objects ↗

Chemical and ammunition materials

1 objects ↗

Chemical and cooking ingredients

1 objects ↗

Chemical ingredients

1 objects ↗

Chemical production equipment

2 objects ↗

Computer software

2 objects ↗

Cooking and fermentation ingredients

1 objects ↗

Cooking recipes

1 objects ↗

Crafting materials

3 objects ↗

Currency handling

2 objects ↗

Firearm magazines

2 objects ↗

First aid supplies

2 objects ↗

Fuel processing

1 objects ↗

Gathering tools

1 objects ↗

Glassworking containers

1 objects ↗

Melee weapons

1 objects ↗

Metal containers

1 objects ↗

Metalworking equipment

1 objects ↗

Metalworking stations

1 objects ↗

Metalworking tools

2 objects ↗

Mutagen production

2 objects ↗

Navigation software

1 objects ↗

Protective equipment

2 objects ↗

Tool

2 objects ↗

Tool Magazine

28 objects ↗

Tool power cells

2 objects ↗

Tools

680 objects ↗

Vehicle fluids

1 objects ↗

Vehicle power components

2 objects ↗

Water supply

1 objects ↗

Water treatment

1 objects ↗

Weapons

902 objects ↗

Ammo

7 objects ↗

Artifacts

32 objects ↗

Bionics

123 objects ↗

Books

56 objects ↗

Chems

137 objects ↗

Clothing

114 objects ↗

Container

281 objects ↗

Corpses

23 objects ↗

Currency

40 objects ↗

Drugs

41 objects ↗

E Files

7 objects ↗

Fuel

10 objects ↗

Guns

1 objects ↗

Keys

25 objects ↗

Ma Manuals

28 objects ↗

Manuals

220 objects ↗

Maps

22 objects ↗

Materials

2,885 objects ↗

Mutagen

57 objects ↗

Other

346 objects ↗

Seeds

82 objects ↗

Software

8 objects ↗

Spare Parts

653 objects ↗

Traps

13 objects ↗

Veh Parts

228 objects ↗

Food

31 objects ↗

PURPOSE, PROGRESSION & TRADEOFFS

Useful across the game

Luna-assisted choices across object families. Open an object to inspect its purpose, alternatives and material commitment.

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Source version, supported systems & project templates

Stable 0.I

Stable 0.I snapshot; experimental builds retain separate recipes and mechanics. · Plans count native items or charges according to each item definition; item mass and fluid volume are not substituted for charge units.

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