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[u/Nong_Chul]

Welcome to the SCUM subreddit, scumbag.

Don't know what SCUM is?

• Read the FAQ about the game

Know what SCUM is but have questions?

• Read the general FAQ for common questions and answers

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Getting Started in SCUM:

• A quick guide ^(src)

• Fungus guide ^(src)

• Looking for people to play with? Join the official Discord server - look for the "LFT and Recruitment" category.

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Questions / suggestions / bugs

• Common questions and answers

• Common suggestions

• Common bugs and how to fix them

• Report a Cheat

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Additional Info Including Private Server List

• Community servers - (or community discords, streamers, and fansites)

• The patch notes for patch 0.1.17.9119 released on Sept. 28th

• Dev roadmap and some notes from a recent dev interview

• Different maps for SCUM: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

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If you're still lost, join the official Discord server and someone will probably be able to help you.

Comment only as replies to my existing comments. Replies to this topic will be auto-removed.

[u/Nong_Chul]

Common Questions & Answers

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[u/Nong_Chul → u/Nong_Chul]

A quick guide put together by Phlex (Discord Admin) ^(src)

A list of questions compiled by Thurston on Discord

Q: What is the ENG bar?

A: The ENG bar is your Energy, you get energy by eating and drinking!

Q: Why is my ENG at 0?

A: Your ENG (Energy) is at 0 because you need to eat food and drink water. If you have done both of these things, you need to wait, you don’t instantly digest food in the real world, this is the exact same. Candy is very quick, where as other foods such as meats take longer.

Q: How do i know which server my friend is in?

A: Communication, if he is your friend he should tell you which server he is joining.

Q: How do i open up a can?

A: First of all, you need to have a knife or axe, you select both the knife and the can in your inventory, then you right click the can and select “Open”.

Q: How can I start a fire?

A: Similar to opening a can, you must select both the ignition source (matches, lighter, etc) and the fire destination like a fire pit, then right click on one and light it.

Q: Why are mechs/robots shooting at me through walls?

A: It’s a bug which wasn’t known about, now it is, the developers will work on it, and fix it!

Q: Can i see myself on the map?

A: Yes, you are a blue triangle on the map.

Q: How do i run?

A: You use scroll wheel up to run, and scroll wheel down to slow down.

Q: Why isn’t my gun reloading? I have the gun and the ammo!

A: You need a magazine which fits that gun, you drag the ammo onto the magazine and then you reload!

Q: How do i pee or poop?

A: You pee and poop by holding tab, selecting the ‘Toilet’ Section and then click on the respective section!

Q: How do i add someone to my group?

A: You go up close to your friend, hold F on them and you should get the option to add them to your group!

Q: How do i find the server IP?

A: Currently, you can’t, but this is hopefully going to be a feature implemented in a later update!

[u/Coolhwhipp → u/Nong_Chul]

How do you fortify a base ?

[u/Greenbeard666 → u/Nong_Chul]

How can I distinguish if my meat is cooked or not? For example, I made a skewer with meat and cooked it at the fire, and I still have the same skewer with meat which does not specify whether it's cooked or not.

[u/Asgathor → u/Nong_Chul]

How can I heal myself or even know what is wrong with my body? I got punched by some puppets and got sickness level 2. I died shortly after this because I didnt know what was wrong :(

[u/Nong_Chul]

Suggestions

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[u/cilmon → u/Nong_Chul]

In the map view, I think it would be nice to have some coordinates, zoom and maybe a compass so you can be more specific when talking with friends to meet.

[u/MrMoustach3 → u/Nong_Chul]

Being able to move items on our vicinity without needing to put them in our hands first would be really useful! Having them in our hands seems more realistic, but it ends up being a bit more of an hassle then being immersive.

[u/ckelly4200 → u/Nong_Chul]

• I would like to be able to rotate item in my inventory and to have some kind of indicator on the item while click-holding it in the inventory screen (vs holding an item in your hand) that shows the inventory size of the item. A boar head is 3x3, the small skewer with meat is 5x1, the regular skewer with meat is 5x2, a small stone axe is 1x3. I don't even know the size of a boar leg.

• Could we get some sort of sled tool? I want to load up bundles of sticks, boards and logs, etc and cart them to where I want to work with them. The back and forth to my campsite is annoying. Like branches and rope to craft it, nothing too expensive and is ditchable.

• I want to throw rocks for distractions.

• Do we have molotovs? Alcohol, cut rag, and a lighter?

• Instead of just swinging the spears and swords, can we have a stabbing action?

And these next ones are just me dreaming but still think they would be really cool if implemented.

• Flame Mechs

• Ambush Puppets: puppets that fake like they are dead but spring up once you get close enough (or even after you search the body and turn to walk away)

• Augmented Puppets: puppets that have received a steroid treatments while they were alive, bigger, stronger, and hyper-aggressive. Dropped into the area with supply crates

• A single 6 legged titan mech that roams the map, maybe on a route between the regular mech locations. Its a big boy that everyone needs to hide from. Uses mortar salvos for medium range and guns like the mechs for close range. Could be used as a in-game lore safari platform for the ultra rich.

[u/Nong_Chul]

Bugs (and how to fix them)

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^{Note: The official bug forum is on steam here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/513710/discussions/6/}