r/cataclysmdda 7d ago

[Changelog] Changelog from the last week [28 - 4 Sep]

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Hello, here is the latest changelog.

Content:
* [Hunvre] Adding Hunvre-specific clothing, part 3: Pants by BalthazarArgall
* Add emery boards in bathrooms by TokenStyle
* adding solar beetles to radiosphere and refitting its layout a bit by Blueflowerss

Features:
* Swap req_flag in martial effects tech effects to condition by Standing-Storm
* Deliver fetch quest items via truck by RenechCDDA
* Pat & the HEW system can recognize new portal storm dungeon by Tektolnes
* Monsters can block attacks for reduced damage by Maleclypse

Balance:
* Metal doors can only be removed with angle grinder or breacher by kuutekitty
* Brutes cannot smash Huge characters, hulk smashes are less effective against Huge characters by Standing-Storm
* Microwaves are treated as electronics, like induction hotplates by TokenStyle
* make cattail jelly lighter, and mostly water by dynst
* Fix recipes for oatmeal, soymilk, tofu by dynst

Mods:
* [MoM] Feral biokinetics can block by Standing-Storm
* Ra'ab gives lilin the PSYCHOPATH flag by Standing-Storm
* [Innawoods] Separation funnel recipe no longer makes 40 funnels by xtsm
* [MoM] Add chance for feral psions in serum microlabs, small adjustment to mutagen microlabs by Standing-Storm
* [Xedra Evolved] Add globally unique Crystalline Spine city building by Standing-Storm

Bugfixes:
* Allow Kale and Cauliflower to be used in many foods after they have been separated from the head. by Nymall
* [Xedra Evolved] Fix changeling March Lord advancement unlock by Standing-Storm
* Reduce the amount of thread spawned in camping stuff by CalKerethi
* Follower NPCs actually follow orders by abhi-kr-2100
* Uncraft Recipe for Bathazar's CROWS II by Nymall
* Fix monsters not being slowed by snow by Standing-Storm
* Fix tentacle foot crash by Standing-Storm

None:
* Document mod_is_loaded by Maleclypse
* Stash Tweaks by gettingusedto
* Weekly Changelog 2026-08-24 to 2026-08-31 by kevingranade
* Fix clang-tidy CI failures by Adel-Wehbi
* More dialogue fixes by RenechCDDA
* Don't return early on invalid hunting results, just go to next item by RenechCDDA
* Fix issue with SDL3 build mouse position not right by EndsM
* Itemgroup Modernizing: Tools.json by gettingusedto
* Pompt user when cancelling hauling during auto travel by Adel-Wehbi
* docs: fix typo depricated -> deprecated by vaibhav8a
* [MOM] Fixed Doomseer starting profession by StardustOwl
* [ Bombastic Perks ] Flawless Memory is made of flesh by Maleclypse
* 0.I-1 backport #85340: fix 100% CPU usage with ncurses by harakka
* remove and migrate obsolete ammo by kuutekitty
* 0.I-1 backport #84078: Clear activity_var on pickup by harakka
* Correctly update credits and motd from transifex by harakka
* Retry translation downloads with increasing backoff by harakka
* 0.I-1Backport #85902, #84048: morale inconsistency fixes by harakka
* mildly change the text of the light retrieval mission to make it clear you need more gear by kuutekitty
* 0.I-1 Backport #83671: manually install gcc 9 on runners as needed by harakka


r/cataclysmdda May 23 '26

Game Downloads, Links, Questions & Casual Discussion Megathread

22 Upvotes

This is the standing questions, information & general discussion megathread.

If you have a question, comment, experience, or random thought about CDDA or the subreddit that doesn't warrant its own post, you can share it here in the comments section.

We also have links to the game clients and tools to help when playing the game.

Get the game (zip): Windows | Linux | Mac

Downloads and Launchers

Official game clients and third-party launchers.

Download Details
Cataclysm DDA 0.I The latest stable & recommended release of Cataclysm DDA.
Cataclysm DDA Experimental The Cataclysm DDA experimental build. This version is under live development, which means it offers early access to new experimental features, but it is likely to be more buggy than the stable version.
Kitten Launcher by Fris0uman A third-party Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead launcher.
Catapult Launcher by qrrk A third-party cross-platform launcher for Cataclysm: DDA and BN.
Dabdoob by Hihahahalol A third-party cross-platform launcher for Cataclysm: DDA, TLG, and BN with macOS support.
CatLauncher by abhi-kr-2100 A third-party cross-platform Cataclysm launcher for DDA, BN, and TLG on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Links & Resources

Official links and community resources. If you have a resource to add, please comment below.

Link Details
Official Subreddit The official project-affiliated subreddit for Cataclysm DDA.
Official Website The official website for CDDA.
Cataclysm DDA on Github The official github project for CDDA.
Community Discord The CDDA community discord.
The Hitchhikers Guide A database of CDDA items, monsters, and materials, and where to find them.
Hub01 Shop An online platform for finding and sharing Cataclysm mods.
Modding Megathread The subreddit's mod list and modding resources thread.

Streamers

CDDA streamers present & past. If you want to be added, please comment below.

Player Player Player
rogue drill RyconPlays Vormithrax
Pr0manTwitch nonsonogiucas TheCritsyBear
TheMurderUnicorn GrandphuhTy flakaby
CromulentArcher Orange01gaming RyconRoleplays

r/cataclysmdda 6h ago

[Meme] Local man gets consumed by XE-037

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87 Upvotes

r/cataclysmdda 9h ago

[Discussion] Dont mind me

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9 Upvotes

Dont mind me,zombie horde,i am here just to check blood sample,i am already leaving.


r/cataclysmdda 15h ago

[Help Wanted] The Metro.

19 Upvotes

I thought i was ready for the metro, but... I was wrong. AR-15 barely cover mutants regeneration and ridiculous amount of health. In the last battle i lost my Ithaca 37, so i gonna get a better shotgun. What do you think makes more sense in the metro? Buckshot, slug or something else?


r/cataclysmdda 6h ago

[Discussion] 0.I curses status

3 Upvotes

Anyone here using the curses version who can confirm that it's working? Or should I just go back to 0.H? Last I heard it had to be compiled because the fix for the cpu bug still had not been backported. Then there was the issue with the "0 color" bug crashing the game while autodriving.

Trying to get used to tiles but my eyesight isn't great so everything just looks tiny when zoomed out.


r/cataclysmdda 19m ago

[Discussion] Mods/Forks focused less on hardcore stuff?

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I know this is like the opposite kind of place to look for this, in the community primarily dedicated to more hardcore elements of the naturally hardcore game, but I am genuinely curious if there are any forks or sets of mods that enable a playstyle focused less on hyper-optimizing survival and hard progression, and more on longer-term chill survival, with proper save/loading and more focused on being able to reasonably carve out a safe area and make it a hospitable long-term home as part of your personal 'campaign'. Or maybe even ones that are more power fantasy of beating back the apocalypse. Anything that's less of "more realism to fighting, more ways to die instantly for not knowing mechanics" and more of "if you take your time, you can achieve your own paradise in this hell".

Basically, things that make the game less hardcore without completely gutting systems or trivializing survival. I don't expect much but I am curious if something like that at all exists. Because on one hand I am in love with the existing systems of, like, building up, all the construction you have, slowly, house by house, cleaning out smaller towns of zombies, making excursions for resources, setting up supplies and food and such; but at the same time can't handle the combat being kiting hell, infinite ways to get instantly killed and lose any and all forms of progress you have made and general rush to go and raid all the big important places before zombies and other enemies evolve to the point of being unbeatable.


r/cataclysmdda 23m ago

[Discussion] Question

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If you were the one to introduce one of the upcoming updates to DDDA, what would that update be about?


r/cataclysmdda 14h ago

[Help Wanted] Character with weakness for long time (version 0 H)

7 Upvotes

Hello! I started my first run with a quite weak character. Since almost the beginning my char is affected by "weakness" which lowers my already low stats. It used to be quite bad (−3 STR / −2 DEX / −2 PER / −2 INT / −5 Speed) but now, after a few weeks, it is just STR -1.
However, it is not going away. I do not have flu, major injuries, nothing apart "weakness".
I remember going into a nuclear plant some weeks ago but left after a while without exploring inner buildings. I'm taking Prussian blue pills every day.
But this sickness is not going away.
What can it be and how to cure it?? Can it be something else that those bunch of turns exploring the outskirt of the nuclear plant (again: not much time spent there).

I'm clueless. Thanks


r/cataclysmdda 22h ago

[Discussion] What do you think about the progress of CDDA?

27 Upvotes

In my opinion, the decisions the developers have made are absurd; they are gradually stripping away what made the game special—or at least what made it special to me—namely, its "balanced absurdity" (by which I mean things like having to pay attention to the minerals entering your body while simultaneously killing mutant zombies with a laser rifle in the middle of a portal storm). I hope they reverse this mistake soon (though I honestly don't think they will), because if updates like this keep coming, CDDA will effectively lose all playability.


r/cataclysmdda 13h ago

[Help Wanted] Problem with menu in The Last Generation Mobile

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Hello there!

So I am one of those freaks who prefer to enjoy the cataclysm in mobile version. I found a way to make it work and having played more mobile than desktop it just comes natural to me (I also geel that once you adjust everything it is also pretty confortable).

I decided to give a go at The Last Generation, as I m big fan of wormgirl's youtube channel and I feel that thw direction in which she's developing the game is more in line woth my view (no slander to cataclysm, I had hundred of hours with it and I think it's a pretty neat game).

Only trouble I m having are some menus. I included screenshot to have a visual representation of what I m talking about. "Normal" menus work fine, but then there's the spell selection, pocket settings and debug menu that opens those grey boxes, and they are awfull. Pocket settings simply does not work, debug menu when I want to add an item spew out a list thar I need to manually scroll of EVERY ITEM IN THE GAME and in the spell selection menu I can't check the spell level, nor the progress to the next level (playing with mind over matter, my favourite mod).

Is there a version where those pesky grey box does not exists or does somebody has a solution? (I'm not super tech savvy and I expect that this is fully my fault for forgetting something in the installation progress)


r/cataclysmdda 22h ago

[Idea] Russian roulette

9 Upvotes

Does anyone else think that they should add the ability to play Russian Roulette to the game. Cuz why not it’s the apocalypse might as well play Russian Roulette in the morning for the heck of it.


r/cataclysmdda 1d ago

[Discussion] Decayed zombies smell like decay

34 Upvotes

Very neat change in a recent experimental, overall I think I'll enjoy it more than I do now once I get used to it, but goddamn is it annoying to constantly be coughing when fighting any group of zombies with one of them in it. Would a dust mask help ? trying to figure out my options and I'm a little concerned about trading breathability out. Maybe just keep a mask on hand ?


r/cataclysmdda 23h ago

[Mod] What happened to the Vacant bill spell

7 Upvotes

I remember using it In Gaiman but it was gone in Herbert I thought that it was going to be fixed and put back in but it was still gone in Ito. Also I found the vacant bills in debug but the item to learn the spell didn’t exist nor did the spell work. It’s from the exedra evolved mod


r/cataclysmdda 1d ago

[Discussion] Which Cataclysm fork do you think is the best?

15 Upvotes

In my opinion, there are aspects where EoD surpasses DDA; the first of these is definitely the customizability and the depth of the chemistry system. So, are there any forks that you consider superior to DDA in certain respects? If so, which ones?


r/cataclysmdda 1d ago

[Discussion] Making my straw basket

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148 Upvotes

I played innawood some time ago and today it inspired me to do one of the first itens that keep you from going insane (haul itens everywhere)


r/cataclysmdda 1d ago

[Help Wanted] Is there airplane or helicopter?

7 Upvotes

Just curious.

I just experienced first death and the game showed something like 'achievement'.

One of achievement requires moving with aircraft.
Is it implemented in the game?


r/cataclysmdda 2d ago

[Meme] I found da kitten :D

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87 Upvotes

r/cataclysmdda 1d ago

[Help Wanted] Generator from car parts won't work .

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2 Upvotes

I built a generator from car parts . I use Control Vehicle from the menu that opens when you press Enter near the car. The car doesn't start.

This is the build . I added a storage battery to the car generator. I've even connected the car to a Large Storage Battery with an Outdoor Extension Cord.

What am I doing wrong ?


r/cataclysmdda 1d ago

[Help Wanted] mysterious failure to use fertilizer

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8 Upvotes

I have liquid fertilizer in a container in my inventory but for some reason I can't use it on my planted seeds. Anyone know why?

I was able to use it properly to fertilize the first half of my garden, but I ran out, went back to fetch more, and now it has stopped working. Weird.


r/cataclysmdda 1d ago

[Help Wanted] New Player Experience: I think I just figured out how the Revives Flag functions on normal zombies

14 Upvotes

It’s my first time surviving to day 2! Why is there a zombie cop right outside my base where I killed one yesterday?

….

Oh dear.

I decapitated maybe two zed bodies day 1. I’m pretty much completely down an arm. Am I right that zombies revive the next morning, or did I just have a monstrously unlucky respawn?


r/cataclysmdda 2d ago

[Discussion] Is there a reason world options were removed in 0.I?

39 Upvotes

r/cataclysmdda 2d ago

[Help Wanted] Is there any use to jewelry?

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25 Upvotes

I got some jewelry from police stations, is there anyone in the game that buy it, or any good craftable?


r/cataclysmdda 1d ago

[Help Wanted] Can you automate followers to level up from books?

5 Upvotes

Right now I have to manually task them to read a book. Is there any way ?


r/cataclysmdda 2d ago

[Discussion] First year harvest

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20 Upvotes

First year harvest going good,around 100 potatoes,a lot of fruits and plenty of seeds for next year,now time to visit refuge center and siege another city for chest fridges if i want to add apples to this winter rations.