# can't pu anything in chaos scatter instanced children path

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**Category:** Issues\
**Created:** [June 5, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/cant-pu-anything-in-chaos-scatter-instanced-children-path/122733 "2025-06-05T10:41:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![norman\_bouzidi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/41988e/32.png) [@norman\_bouzidi](https://forums.chaos.com/u/norman_bouzidi)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/cant-pu-anything-in-chaos-scatter-instanced-children-path/122733/1 "2025-06-05T10:41:13Z")

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Hello Everybody, i’m trying to use chaos scatter but it seems i can’t put anything into the instanced children path. The distribute on works well, but instanced is like stuck, each time there is a forbiden icon. I wish you could help me to figure what i’m doing wrong, thanks a lot!  
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 ![image.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/9/e/9eaa4e7cff64808a381f7db4139dcad15a8f39fb.png)​

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**Author:** ![bozhidar\_ivanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bozhidar\_ivanov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/bozhidar_ivanov)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/cant-pu-anything-in-chaos-scatter-instanced-children-path/122733/2 "2025-06-05T10:49:39Z")

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Hi @norman_bouzidi ,  
All you need to do is make the objects you want to scatter children of the scatter object. The _Instanced Children_ field is mainly used to control the frequency of the scattered objects.​

 ![image.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/4/0/402ad5dfc6e2a6362cc35bebb9fa4840f53c05c0.jpeg)​​

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**Author:** ![norman\_bouzidi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/41988e/32.png) [@norman\_bouzidi](https://forums.chaos.com/u/norman_bouzidi)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/cant-pu-anything-in-chaos-scatter-instanced-children-path/122733/3 "2025-06-06T11:08:17Z")

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thank’s a lot, that make sense now 😉
