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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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peasant flail

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A stout pole with a wooden club attached to the end with a leather cord. This farming tool was historically used to thresh wheat and occasionally people when the peasants got angry at their feudal lords.

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pipe mace

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A pipe with a handful of pipe fittings screwed onto the end to give it a weighty head for bashing.

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pipe rifle: .38 Special

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A home-made rifle. It is simply a pipe attached to a stock, with a hammer to strike the single round it holds.

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pipe shotgun

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A home-made shotgun. It is simply a pipe attached to a stock, with a hammer to strike the single round it holds.

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pipe spear

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Three pipes tightly fit together with some wrappings for a handle around one end and a sharp tip on the other.

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pipe staff

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Three pipes fitted end-to-end in a heavy facsimile of a quarterstaff.

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pipebomb

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A section of steel pipe filled with explosives. Use this item to light the fuse, giving you six seconds to get away from it before it detonates. You'll need a lighter or some matches to use it.

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plastic shank

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An oblong plastic object with the far end ground down into a stabbing point.

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pointed rebar

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A rod of rebar that's been crudely hammered into a point.

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powered quarterstaff

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An ironshod quarterstaff that has a high-voltage stun gun built into the handle. The stun gun is wired to the metal caps at either end of the staff, allowing you to zap a dangerous opponent should beating them senseless with it prove too hazardous.

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quarterstaff

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A sturdy staff carved out of wood. Lightweight and long, it is surprisingly easy to handle.

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razorbar katar

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Five pieces of rebar sharpened to cruel points and strapped to a brace fastened at the wrist and forearm on both arms. The next bub better watch out.

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rebar spear

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Two rods of rebar welded together with a pointed tip.

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revolving shotgun

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A shotgun modified to use a revolver cylinder mechanism, it can hold 6 cartridges.

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rocket candy

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A pear-shaped chunk of rocket candy obtained by heating saltpeter with sugar and casting the obtained liquid. Can serve as a rocket fuel, but also as a smokescreen - if you light the narrow end, you should be able to throw it before the flame reaches the broad end.

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scourge

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The "cat 'o nine tails", a handle with nine short leather whips, each sporting a razor-sharp metal tip. This ancient instrument of torture causes massive bleeding, but by design is inefficient as a weapon.

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scrap greatsword

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A large wooden sword with scrap metal hammered over it into something pretending to be an edge. The extra weight almost completely front-loads the balance, and it hurts your wrists just to wield.

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scrap sword

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Several bits of thin scrap metal crudely beat into the semblance of an edge over a wooden sword. The added weight is unbalanced, but the jagged edge offers a good bit of slashing power.

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screwdriver

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A Philips-head screwdriver. It is important for almost all electronics crafting, most mechanics crafting, and has many more uses.

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sharp rock

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A baseball-sized rock with a somewhat sharp edge that also chips in a semi-predictable way if struck. With the right skills, you could give it a better edge.

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sharpened épée

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What was once a mostly-harmless fencing épée has had its electrical plunger assembly removed and has been crudely sharpened to a point. Though it still lacks a cutting edge, it is now considerably more lethal, yet still familiar to the practiced fencer.

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sharpened foil

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What was once a mostly-harmless fencing foil has had its electrical plunger assembly removed and has been crudely sharpened to a point. Though it still lacks a cutting edge, it is now somewhat more lethal, yet still familiar to the practiced fencer.

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sharpened rebar

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A rod of rebar that's been cut and sharpened to a point.

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sharpened saber

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What was once a mostly-harmless fencing saber has had its rounded tip snapped off and has been crudely sharpened to a point. Though it still lacks a cutting edge, it is now considerably more lethal, yet still familiar to the practiced fencer.

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sharpened spear shaft

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You've gone through the effort of making a proper spear shaft, but instead of attaching something sharp to the end you just whittled a point into the wood. The peak of pointy stick technology.

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shillelagh

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A stout, knotty stick with a large knob at the top that has been left to cure in a chimney. A traditional Irish weapon, the shillelagh was originally used for settling disputes in a gentlemanly manner.

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simple knife spear

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A flimsy pole made of wood with a knife bound to the end. It's long enough to slice from a distance, but the knife isn't that well attached. You could take a bit more time to carefully split the shaft and attach the knife blade more permanently.

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simple mace

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A stick with a circular lump of metal tied to it in a facsimile of a mace. You could probably improve it by finding a way to pin the head to the handle.

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simple makeshift glaive

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A large blade attached to a stout section of tree branch. It could do a considerable amount of damage, but the blade isn't secured very well and could easily break off.

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sling

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A leather sling, easy to use and accurate. It uses pebbles as ammunition.

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slingshot

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A forked piece of wood with an elastic band stretched between two of its tips. Can launch tiny pebbles and similar things at high speeds.

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small kitchen knife

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smoke bomb

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A canister grenade filled with a variety of pyrotechnic chemicals. Use this item to pull the pin and start the fuse, turning it into an active smoke bomb. Five seconds after you do that, it will begin to expel a thick black smoke. This smoke will slow those who enter it, as well as obscuring vision and scent.

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soaking long pole

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A stout, ten-foot pole. Could be used similarly to a spear. It's currently soaked with oil and quite slippery. Once the oil penetrates the wood it can be wiped down and used for further projects.

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soaking spear shaft

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A long stick carved and sanded into a smooth staff with a slight taper, for use in making spears. It's currently soaked with oil and quite slippery. Once the oil penetrates the wood it can be wiped down and used for further projects.

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spear shaft

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A long stick, sanded and treated with oil for integrity and carved into a smooth staff with a slight taper, for use in making spears. It can also be used as a makeshift quarterstaff as-is, but is too thin to be very effective for just hitting people.

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speargun

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An underwater fishing implement designed to fire a specialized type of spear using tension in a rubber band. While highly effective when used underwater, it is nearly useless on dry land.

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spike on a stick

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A flimsy pole made of wood with a basic metal spike tied to it. It's barely sharp, and crudely constructed, but it will keep the zombies out of arm's reach until you can find something better.

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spiked kanabō

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A two-handed war club used in feudal Japan by samurai against armored opponents. Made from hardwood with metal spike inlays.

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staff sling

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This staff can launch rocks with a whipping motion that sends them flying much further and faster than throwing them.

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stone bladed tepoztopili

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This is a long polearm with an oar-like oval head covered with stones. Its shape make it suitable for both thrusting and slashing. It resembles the Mesoamerican Tepoztopili, though the shaft is not very sturdy.

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stone lined macuahuitl

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An improvised version of the close combat weapon that was mainly used by Aztecs. It's not very sturdy, but it will break someone's skull open and give them a good cut.

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studded kanabō

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A two-handed war club used in feudal Japan by samurai against armored opponents. Made from hardwood with metal stud inlays.

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switchblade

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A long, thin knife with a spring-loaded blade that rests inside the handle while not in use.

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sword cane

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A sword with a thin blade designed to be hidden inside a hollow cane.

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tactical tonfa (off)

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A reinforced plastic tonfa; the core is filled with capacitors and a high-yield rechargeable storage battery. When a switch on the handle is pressed, a high-voltage current is transmitted to the two electrodes mounted in the end of the tonfa, and by extension to anyone unfortunate enough to be in contact with them. It also has a nifty flashlight, which is off at the moment.

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teeth-bladed macuahuitl

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A flat wooden club with impossibly-sharp teeth stuck to both sides. Fragile yet very sharp.

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tempered steel arming sword

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A classic medieval sword, just the right size to use one-handed. Made of tempered steel, this is a masterpiece. The grip, the balance, the blade, all perfect. This is the peak of the swordsmith's craft.

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