CATACLYSM DDA CRAFTING GUIDE

Note: Before grinding skills like this, make sure you craft any items/tools/clothes you can actually make use of.

USING BOOKS INSTEAD IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!

(D): Item can be dissassembled
(B): Item can be [B]utchered to get some of the materials back


TAILORING

0->1: pair of hand wraps (D)
1->2: pair of arm warmers (B)
2->3: balaclava (B)
3->4: boonie hat (B)
4->5: sleeping bag (D)
5->6: chest rig (OR scabbard)
6->7: flame-resistant hood (B)


FABRICATION

0->1: improvised lockpick (OR cudgel OR fishing hook)
1->2: improvised fish hook (OR wooden frame (D))
2->3: distaff and spindle (OR foldable wooden frame (D))
3->4: wooden smoother (OR carding paddles)
4->5: small plastic bottle (OR banded wooden cart wheel)
5->6: gasoline lantern (OR pilot light OR paper OR copper tubing)
6->7: bullwhip (B)


SURVIVAL

0->1: makeshift sling (D)
1->2: digging stick
2->3: stone shovel (OR bone glue)
3->4: stone axe (OR bone flute)


COOKING

0->1: clean water (OR cooked meat OR cooked wild vegetables)
1->2: pine nuts (OR boiled egg OR herbal tea OR bone broth)
2->3: acid water (OR cooked dandelion greens OR broth)
3->4: meat jerky (OR lard OR woods soup)
4->5: concentrated acid [from acid water] (OR aspic OR dog food)
5->6: pemmican
6->7: salt (OR pickled meat)


ELECTRONICS

0->1: antenna
1->2: electric firestarter
2->3: concentrated acid [from batteries]


MECHANICS

0->1: make a light wooden frame, start vehicle construction with it and disassemble the vehicle, repeatedly
1->2: remove/reattach car parts (OR foot crank OR homemade suppressor)
2->3: remove/reattach car parts (OR pipe shotgun)
3->4: remove/reattach car parts (OR pipe rifle: 9mm)


FIRST AID

0->1: use healing items when you're injured (OR improvised first aid kit)
1->2: arm splint



WHERE TO GET MATERIALS

           rags: [s]mash beds or couches
         thread: take down curtains, disassemble long string -> small string -> thread
        leather: disassemble car seats or [B]utcher random leather clothes from houses
        plastic: remove broken wheels from cars or disassemble plastic furniture (computer consoles, arcade machines) or [B]utcher gallon jugs
          nomex: [B]utcher firefighter gear from fire trucks or fire stations

   two by fours: [s]mash/disassemble wooden furniture (chairs, tables, counters)
          nails: [s]mash/disassemble wooden furniture (chairs, tables, counters)
    scrap metal: [s]mash/disassemble metal furniture (lockers, ovens) or [s]mash cars
   glass bottle: liquor stores, bars, or randomly in houses/mansions/grocery stores
         copper: disassemble fridges, then disassemble the copper items within

          water: infinite amounts can be found in swamps, mansions (swimming pools) or LMOE shelters
  chunk of meat: [B]utcher wild animals
wild vegetables: [e]xamine underbrush in forests/swamps (better chance with higher survival skill)
       pinecone: [e]xamine pine trees in forests/swamps
       bird egg: [e]xamine underbrush in forests/swamps (better chance with higher survival skill)
     wild herbs: [e]xamine underbrush in forests/swamps (better chance with higher survival skill)
           bone: [B]utcher wild animals
     salt water: infinite amounts can be found in swamps
      dandelion: found in open fields ([e]xamine to harvest)
   chunk of fat: [B]utcher wild animals (better chance with large animals)

           wire: [s]mash wire fences
      batteries: [U]nload firefighter PBA masks that drop in fire stations, or devices in electronics stores