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9x18mm casing
Spare PartsAn empty casing from a 9x18mm round.
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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
A practical guide to what matters across CDDA’s scavenging, crafting, equipment, and specialist systems.
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adobe brick
Spare PartsA compacted mass of soil and natural fibers, baked dry enough to harden into a brick.
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adobe mortar
Spare PartsA thick, pasty mud, low in sand content to reduce crumbling once dry. Used to glue larger, heavier pieces of mud and clay together.
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advanced AI core
Spare PartsAn advanced AI core with impressive cognitive abilities.
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advanced solar cell
Spare PartsA small electronic device that can convert solar radiation into electric power. This one is a high-performance type made of monocrystalline silicon.
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AI core
Spare PartsA module that is responsible for decision-making, it basically runs the AI of a robot.
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air filter
Spare PartsA plastic box containing creped paper used to filter the air supply for combustion engines or other industrial equipment.
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alien armor fragment
Spare PartsA small chunk of alien armor, made of material that resembles bone. Once being a part of a bigger structure, now crumbling in your hands.
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alien armor plate
Spare PartsA big piece of alien armor plating, made of bone-like material. The outer part is perforated with countless holes, reminiscent of some sort of twisted coral. It has barbed hooks growing on the inner side.
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alien fern branch
Spare PartsA branching trunk of leaves from a massive fern, about two feet long and a couple of feet across in diameter when including the leaves. Maybe one day you'll think of something to make with a giant fern.
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alien metal plating
Spare PartsA slightly curved plate of white metal. It readily collects low amounts of static charge.
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alien metal scrap
Spare PartsA collection of tiny metal strips, spheres, and other geometric primitives taken from a disassembled alien machine.
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alien resin chunk
Spare PartsA shattered fragment of alien resin. It looks a bit like a large piece of sea glass, frosted and gritty with the edges rounded off. It is somewhat warm to the touch.
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alien resin pod
Spare PartsA large pod the size of a beer keg, filled with gooey alien resin. Squeezing it firmly causes resin to squirt from the broken stalk at the end, hardening within a few seconds of being exposed to the air.
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alpha sample
Spare PartsA slurry of superiority.
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aluminum foil
Spare PartsA sheet of thin foil made of aluminum. Sometimes called 'tin foil' due to being made of tin in the past.
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aluminum welding rod
Spare PartsA length of coated welding electrode - a 3.2 mm thick aluminum rod coated in a special protective flux. Required for arc welding aluminum alloys.
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android skeleton
Spare PartsWhat's left when you strip an android body from its components.
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automotive filter
Spare PartsA steel can containing filter paper designed for automotive use.
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ball bearing
Spare PartsA steel ball bearing, useful as ammunition for a slingshot.
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ballast organs
Spare PartsA cluster of hydrostatic organs, each about the size of a baseball, retrieved from inside a kraken mutant. Some of them seem to be lighter than air, and some seem to weigh as much as air.
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ballistic Kevlar panel
Spare PartsA small, 16-layer thick ballistic Kevlar panel. This kind of Kevlar is precision-made by machine and features an extremely tight weave which cannot be replicated by hand. Due to this, any damage incurred to your ballistic armor will necessitate complete replacement with a new panel. It is not as effective as loose-woven Kevlar at stopping stab wounds, but it has no equal against the threat posed by firearms.
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basic AI core
Spare PartsA very basic AI core with minimal cognitive abilities.
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battery
Spare PartsSome free-floating battery charge. It can be reloaded into rechargeable battery cells, but can never be unloaded.
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betavoltaic cell
Spare PartsHarness the power of radiation in your own home! It looks similar to a D-cell battery, but actually contains folded layers of radioactive material inside. It can produce electricity for several years at a steady voltage… but it's barely enough to power a small LED, and these batteries were worth hundreds of dollars. Mostly they're a good way to brag to your neighbors that you have a nuclear power source in your house.
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big shed snakeskin
Spare PartsA very large shed snakeskin. This didn't come from anything native, or natural, to New England.
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bimetal thermostat
Spare PartsA simple thermostat controlled by thermal expansion of a bimetal strip.
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bird sample
Spare PartsA slurry of freedom.
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bismuth
Spare PartsA dense but brittle metal often used as an alternative to lead.
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block and tackle
Spare PartsA sturdy metal housing with a number of pulleys that can be used with a thick rope or a chain to gain mechanical advantage on a lift.
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bone
Spare PartsA bone from some creature or other. Could be used in cooking and crafting.
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bone dart
Spare PartsA naturally fletched projectile made of bone and cartilage. It feels denser than you'd expect.
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bone replica
Spare PartsA plaster replica of a bone.
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breadboard
Spare PartsCommonly used in electronics prototyping, this solderless breadboard is a small brick of plastic filled with hundreds of holes connected by internal electrical busses. With a few components and scraps of wire, you could quickly build a circuit on this, if you know what you're doing.
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brick
Spare PartsA fire-hardened building block used in masonry construction.
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broiler pan
Spare PartsA simple sheet metal drawer that goes in the bottom of an electric oven.
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bundle of copper tubing
Spare PartsTen copper pipes securely tied together for easier transport. Disassemble to untie them.
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bundle of long sticks
Spare PartsFive long sticks securely tied together for easier transport. Disassemble to untie them.
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bundle of pipes
Spare PartsTen pipes securely tied together for easier transport. Disassemble to untie them.
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bundle of planks
Spare PartsTen construction planks securely tied together for easier transport. Disassemble to untie them.
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bundle of rebar
Spare PartsTen rods of rebar securely tied together for easier transport. Disassemble to untie them.
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bundle of sticks
Spare PartsTen sticks securely tied together for easier transport. Disassemble to untie them.
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burnt out bionic
Spare PartsOnce a valuable bionic implant, it has not held up well under repeated use. It has been destroyed by excessive electric current and is now useless.
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canvas patch
Spare PartsA small, 6 inch square patch of tough canvas. It could be used to repair items made of canvas or stitched into patchwork sheets for tailoring projects.
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