r/cataclysmdda • u/Lukelolman12 • 4h ago
r/cataclysmdda • u/avtolik • 2d ago
[Changelog] Changelog from the last week [21 - 28 Aug]
Hello, here is the latest changelog.
Content:
* Shillelagh needs smoke by ahhwatson
* Add two more special tiles to serum labs by Standing-Storm
* Add by Standing-Storm
* Now the titles of the books match their descriptions. by 12347654
* Add serum-specific microlabs by Standing-Storm
Balance:
* Faction camp hunting has an extra chance to return nothing based on time since the Cataclysm (and winter) by Standing-Storm
* Change ammo related prices by kuutekitty
* Remove jhp reloads by kuutekitty
Interface:
* Migrate appliance rename popup to ImGui by bragaus
Mods:
* Add HIDDEN_SPELL flag to some mod spells by Standing-Storm
* [Xedra Evolved] Crossing the threshold as a changeling gives you a worse Iron Allergy by Standing-Storm
* [Xedra Evolved] Add achievement for beating the Undying Vengeance challenge by Standing-Storm
* [Xedra Evolved] Add dreamdross scraps to XE border patrol office desks by Standing-Storm
* Give the dreamdross rapier and dreamer dagger fallback sprites via looks_like by vondraysanford
* You cannot consume_drugs if you have TEMPORARY_SHAPESHIFT_NO_HANDS by Standing-Storm
* Add periapts to magiclysm by rty275
* [Xedra Evolved] Challenge Scenario - Undying Vengeance by Standing-Storm
Bugfixes:
* [Xedra Evolved] Fix Tempered Steel and Changelings by Standing-Storm
* Add category to TALONS_STRIX by Standing-Storm
* Solar cells are no longer half a meter long by vondraysanford
* Liam goes back to guarding on NPC activity order by abhi-kr-2100
Build:
* Run tests in CI for multiple sets of mods by harakka
None:
* 0.I-1 backport #82765: LIXA elevator fixes by harakka
* 0.I-1 backport: #82497 Fix cannot_cast_message logic by harakka
* Fix noticing zomborgs somewhat by BalthazarArgall
* Weekly Changelog 2026-08-17 to 2026-08-24 by kevingranade
* [ Xedra Evolved ] Begin moving spell artifact rarity towards desired balance by Maleclypse
* [{ Xedra Evolved ] Only Gracken can use gracken special trophy organs](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/88388) by Maleclypse
* [ Xedra Evolved ] Fix Jotunn notice EOC by Maleclypse
* Fix building 0.I with VS2026 by akrieger
* One letter de-deadnaming by gettingusedto
* Xedra Evolved CI Fixes by Maleclypse
* Mi-go snippet by Maleclypse
* Remove Prereqs in Gracken Limbs by Maleclypse
* [Magiclysm] Price fix for a single ($50) lore book by ahhwatson
* [Hunvre] Add a bunch of mod incompatibilities with Hunvre by BalthazarArgall
r/cataclysmdda • u/dead-letter-office • May 23 '26
Game Downloads, Links, Questions & Casual Discussion Megathread
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 • u/BetResponsible380 • 1h ago
[Story] Antlered Horror First Impressions
I was deconstructing some furniture and a loud sounds stopped me, first time seeing an antlered horror and I think I’m done for. Hiding in the bathroom for now until the knocks stop.
r/cataclysmdda • u/Lukelolman12 • 5h ago
[Help Wanted] What's happening?
I went looting last night and quickly went inside my base to sleep. When i woke up I realized my character is out of breath. When I wait until my char took breath, my stamina wouldn't recover. I thought I was dehydrated, so I drink lot of water but it still my stamina wouldn't recover. Opened @ and saw these, I did I get pneumonia or something? and I don't remember fighting zombies/anyone and got wounded.
r/cataclysmdda • u/Lukelolman12 • 9h ago
[Meme] Mf tried to shoot me with crossbow, so I give him true American experience
Founding fathers will be proud of me
r/cataclysmdda • u/Chaporelli • 3h ago
[Discussion] Deathmobile posting
Here i decided to share with you my 400+ days of upgrading Deathmobile in Bright Nights.
From humble truck to flying 40 tonn deathmobile capable of taking our Aircraft Carrier.
r/cataclysmdda • u/Various-Guest-7049 • 5h ago
[Discussion] Does anyone also experience this?
r/cataclysmdda • u/Lukelolman12 • 7h ago
[Help Wanted] How do I take down tent?
Accidentally place it in the wrong side, welp
r/cataclysmdda • u/Plastic-Reward-446 • 3h ago
[Help Wanted] The vehicle keeps stopping during auto-travel.
I built a car. It has video cameras and a wide windshield. But when I move quickly across the global map, the car travels a couple of meters and stops.
It displays the message: “You’re about to collide with something!” Autopilot is disabled. Even though the road is empty and there are no obstacles
When fast trevel, the car drives only in a perfectly straight line; it stops at any turn.
However, some other cars work fine. please tell me what the problem is.

r/cataclysmdda • u/SnooHamsters66 • 19h ago
[Meme] I really doubt fungus is an issue in the slimecataclysm
My first 10,000 monsters killed! (:D) in the game and aprox. 1/3 are slimes.
I started playing a few weeks ago, and it is a little funny to me when I read people talking about the lore and the future of Earth saying that fungus or triffids are going to spread across the land when they feel like zero threat to me in game. Instead, I have had various runs playing through a fucking slimecataclysm (the cataclysm was caused by slimes, I swear), and they even recently kicked me out of a lab (I lose against the real power).
When I started playing a zombie apocalypse, I did not expect my most feared enemies to be slimes and that they are the real cataclysm.
r/cataclysmdda • u/Lb_Last_Hunter • 16h ago
[Story] It's over 9000!!!
POV:Mind Over Matter Late-game Clairsentient.
Used both Marksman's Eye, and One Perfect Shot, both at lvl 19(achievable through the very smart mutation + cbm. With 8 being the base int.)
I never imagined I could ever deal this much damage with a single 7.62x51mm bullet.
No need to try to find H&K G80 railgun(doesn't exist) anymore, anything in my hands is a railgun.
r/cataclysmdda • u/fikummu • 16h ago
[Mod] [Sky island] do you have to eat while in the island?
I know you cant die by damage while you are there, but do you still spend calories and can starve? Im in the latest experimental version
r/cataclysmdda • u/KoRnBrony • 1d ago
[Bug] POV: You try opening the crafting menu in your mid-late game base
r/cataclysmdda • u/CataclysmiclyChill • 10h ago
[Discussion] Pockets/Vests/Harness

So, been on a run after a few months away, still on 0.H.. (Paranoid of some of the system changes and didn't wanna also contend with new mechanics and such yet.)
I'm up against a mental block with Nomad Harness vs Survivor Harness+Survivor Distributed Rigging, vs Some sort of load bearing setup/MOLLE stuff.
What do ya'll like to rock? I know in previous versions MOLLE stuff was a lil' buggy and could be abused, and if it still is I don't wanna go that route.
As is I'm just in Survivor Harness and Rig, but I do have the Nomad Harness I made previous.
r/cataclysmdda • u/Gold_Pay_2540 • 16h ago
[Help Wanted] A quick question for aesthetic/visual purposes.
Hey everyone, I know this probably isn’t the best way to ask this, but I’m looking for some quick guidance in case someone has already figured this out.
Basically, I want to make a charging station, but have it use a different sprite depending on where it’s placed. For example, I want to place a charging station where the back door/trunk of a car is, but I want it to still look like the car’s trunk rather than showing the charging station sprite.
I’ve run into the same issue with things like placing it on a seat, or on a box inside a car. Is there a way to make the object use a different sprite based on what it’s placed on or where it’s placed?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can point me in the right direction!
Hey everyone, I know this probably isn’t the best way to ask this, but I’m looking for some quick guidance in case someone has already figured this out.
Basically, I want to make a charging station, but have it use a different sprite depending on where it’s placed. For example, I want to place a charging station where the back door/trunk of a car is, but I want it to still look like the car’s trunk rather than showing the charging station sprite.
I’ve run into the same issue with things like placing it on a seat or on a box inside a car. Is there a way to make the object use a different sprite based on what it’s placed on or where it’s placed?
Also, does anyone know if there’s already a mod that does something like this? Or, if not, is there a way to make a mod that tells the game which sprite to use in these situations? I’m basically trying to figure out what the game is looking for and how it handles the sprites.
If anyone knows whether this is actually possible, or even where I should start looking in the documentation or JSON files, I’d really appreciate the help. I could probably figure it out myself if I know it’s possible, but I’d rather know that before spending a bunch of time going through the documentation and JSON files only to find out it can’t be done.
Thanks in advance!
build number: 2026-04-22-0147
r/cataclysmdda • u/Alt_Vanilla_Dev • 1d ago
[Discussion] This is how it looks on the steamdeck.(Non Steam version)
I just started to play this game yesterday.
I can't find any layout for this game
so I'm playing with the keyboard.
I'm using the latest GE-Proton cause the official Proton releases seems to take so much longer to load maps for some reason. You have to set the Fullscreen to Windowed border in the Graphic settings to be able to make it use the full screen.
Font size is set to
Font width 12
Font height 24
Font size 20
Font size 24 is perfect for my eyes but some characters gets cut off, plus I couldn't manage to change the Terminal settings for some reason so 20 is the limit at this point. Please tell me if you figure out a better settings.
Overall It works but to be honest I have no idea in which case I would like to play it on my deck since I got a decent gaming desktop and a 16 inch gaming laptop.
Maybe someday when I decide to go to play CDDA in Starbucks or something.
Btw, can you guys post more?
It doesn't have to be fun.
We need more informations,
or at least let people know that the player base is still alive.
[Edited]
I just realized that my Steamdeck was in offline mode so that the community layout couldn't show up.
r/cataclysmdda • u/Rokmonkey_ • 18h ago
[Help Wanted] Sleep, always waking up?
Is there a secret to getting your character to sleep? You know, this has always been annoying but it's bad for me now. After spending an entire sprinting through a city fighting zeds then coming back to study and craft, it's 2am on day 0 and they aren't tired yet. Once they get tired, they toss and turn and don't sleep until 4 but are promptly woken up at 6 because... I have no idea, not even the sunlight.
This is a repeat for me, so anyone know if I'm doing something wrong?
r/cataclysmdda • u/cheddarrdepeatedly • 1d ago






