A practical guide to what matters across CDDA’s scavenging, crafting, equipment, and specialist systems.
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Very durable Kevlar thread that would be particularly useful for making ballistic armor, though it's fine to use in place of normal thread too, in most cases. Making armor-grade Kevlar sheets from this would need a particularly tight weave, and so would require some specialized machinery.
A huge fossilized bone. Not good to eat.
A plaster replica of a huge bone.
The beginnings of a large gas or diesel engine. It's not good for much of anything on its own.
A large backlit screen, used for displaying images. Useful in some electronics recipes.
An enormously bulky and heavy steel vessel with thick walls. Likely meant to be a reaction chamber for industrial processes requiring high pressure.
A large, heavy rock, big enough to be used as a primitive anvil or shaped into larger stone items.
A standard 4 by 8 sheet of flat wood - usually plywood, OSB, or MDF. Heavy and bulky, it is extremely useful for all manner of construction, but you might have to cut it to size before doing smaller projects.
A soft, dull metal used since ancient times. Due to its malleability, it has a wide variety of uses including the manufacture of ammunition.
A 12-inch by 24-inch sheet of leather. Can be cut up or used as is.
A heavy one-meter length of railroad track with a smooth top, liberated from a now-defunct rail line. Far too heavy to be useful for much as-is, but perhaps could be shaped into something with some metalworking skill, or cut down into an anvil if sawed in half first.
A rather outdated light bulb used in all sorts of lighting equipment.
A photodiode on a chip, designed to convert incoming light to electrical energy for quantification.
Some lime mortar, made from quicklime and aggregate and ready for building.
A slurry of healing.
A long zipper made from plastic, usually found on clothing.
A straight section of wood, about eight feet long and a couple of inches in diameter. Makes a decent melee weapon, and can be broken into shorter pieces for crafting.
A fresh piece of clay. Useful for some crafting recipes.
A heavy, formed piece of hardened steel. Useful for some crafting recipes.
A heavy, formed piece of tempered steel. Useful for some crafting recipes.
A slurry of community.
A six-inch square patch of synthetic fabric blended with stretchy Lycra fibers. It could be used to make flexible yet strong clothing. Stylish, but bad for the environment; at least you're recycling it.
A sheet of synthetic fabric blended with stretchy Lycra fibers, suitable for making flexible, yet strong clothing.
A handful of powdered magnesium, a highly flammable alkaline earth metal. Useful for constructing flares and similar items.
A small but strong permanent magnet made from alnico alloy, which produces a magnetic field that attracts ferromagnetic materials such as steel. Useful for crafting.
An electrical component designed to produce microwaves, for use in a microwave oven.
An improvised air filter useful for repairing engines or other industrial equipment when no better alternative is available.
A makeshift version of a bayonet that consists of a mere spike with some string.
The beginnings of a massive gas or diesel engine. It's not good for much of anything on its own.
A slurry of satisfaction.
A roll of semi-opaque medical tape, intended to hold bandages in place. Not as versatile as duct tape.
The beginnings of a medium gas or diesel engine. It's not good for much of anything on its own.
A module that allows for the storage and recovery of information.
A roll of fine mesh screen for bug barriers on porches.
A multi-bladed metal fan, like you'd find on a larger desk fan or inside a convection oven.
A manufactured disc for an angle grinder, with a thick, abrasive surface designed for grinding and shaping metal.
A plastic tray riddled with small holes, for storing microcentrifuge tubes.
A very heavy sphere, presumably made almost entirely of gold. The complex pattern etched across its surface implies that it might serve some exotic function.
A slurry of experimentation.
A state-of-the-art optical storage system. This small slate of transparent glass holds, inscribed as a miniature pattern, the instructions required to create an item through a nanofabricator. A small text at the bottom indicates that this one is specifically used to create combat exoskeletons.
A state-of-the-art optical storage system, containing the instruction set to replicate itself.
A state-of-the-art optical storage system. This small slate of transparent glass holds, inscribed as a miniature pattern, the instructions required to create an item through a nanofabricator.
A state-of-the-art optical storage system, containing the instruction set required for the fabrication of complex silicon photonic circuitry. The data within was once clearly worth millions, but now, you are not sure if it's anything more than a fancy, high-tech paperweight.
A state-of-the-art optical storage system, containing the instruction set required for the fabrication of advanced armor materials. This seems to just be routines for working with the materials, not actual armor schematics.
A napkin. Can be used for fires.