Parsed from the source data of Cataclysm: Bright Nights.
If you check calories on tainted organs, compare UPS energy cost across CBMs, or want exact tool requirements before crafting a solar panel, this is the guide.
For modding – check out cata-bm. It runs locally using game data.
- Search for items, recipes, monsters, bionics. Fast lookup across the full dataset.
- Shows crafting info: tool requirements, skill levels, and component alternatives.
- Supports mods, including Aftershock, Magical Nights, DinoMod, 52 in total.
- Supports all in-repo tilesets: UltiCa, UndeadPeople, RetroDays, and the rest.
- As a Progressive Web App (PWA), the Guide works even without internet access.
- Uses the game translation files.
- The original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cataclysm was created and is maintained by @nornagon.
- Was forked and adapted for Bright Nights by @mythosmod.
- Current development by @ushkinaz.
- SVG icons are provided by game-icons.net under CC BY 3.0.
- A huge thanks to everyone who reports bugs, suggests features, and helps keep the Guide sharp.
The Guide follows Cataclysm's language coverage, and translation work is community-driven.
- Automatically synchronized with official game translations.
- UI localization is crowdsourced and community-driven.
- Help us translate the Guide.
The main stack is Svelte + Vite. For the data pipeline and dev details:
- Game data is extracted, prepared and repackaged for web daily by a sister project cbn-data.
- Contribution guide can be found at DEVELOPMENT.md.
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