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Ammunition

Propane Explosive Bomb

Catapult ammo for knocking holes in bases from a distance. Worth building only if your group can protect the catapult between shots.

Characteristics

Category
Ammunition
Stack size
4
Workbench
Level 2
Craftable
Yes
Researchable
Yes · 30 Scrap
Health
10
Damage
350 (275 Explosion + 75 Blunt)
Blast radius
5.2 m

Overview

In-game description
An explosive propane-filled keg, devastating to structures. Can be placed or used as a projectile in a catapult.

Bring propane when the plan is a hole in a wall. Rocks and firebombs make life unpleasant for the people inside, but the keg is the catapult round that actually hurts the building.

A catapult is big and impossible to hide, so this is a group raid. One person aims, everyone else watches the roofs, because a defender with a rifle will happily pick off your crew between shots. Solo, it rarely pays off.

You can also place the bomb by hand right at the wall. It only goes off after it takes damage, so you hit it and step back, which makes it a crude breaching charge. It is clumsy next to C4 if you have some, and carrying a keg up to an online base is a good way to die.

Every bomb eats an empty propane tank. Plenty of players recycle those early for scrap, so if siege raids are part of your plan, start keeping them instead. And when your group has more people than sulfur, look at the battering ram as well.

Raid cost

Direct hit, hard side, no duds. Beancan Grenade is a dud 15% of the time. Satchel Charge is a dud 20% of the time.

What it destroys

Target Quantity Sulfur
Wall Wood 2 1,800
Wall Stone 4 3,600
Wall Metal 8 7,200
Wall Armored 15 13,500
Wooden Door 1 900
Sheet Metal Door 2 1,800
Armored Door 5 4,500
Wood Double Door 1 900
Sheet Metal Double Door 2 1,800
Armored Double Door 5 4,500
Garage Door 3 2,700
Ladder Hatch 2 1,800
Armored Ladder Hatch 5 4,500
High External Wooden Wall 3 2,700
High External Stone Wall 4 3,600

Direct hit, hard side, no duds.

Crafting

Workbench level
Level 2
Crafting time
10 s
Research cost
30 Scrap

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Recycling

Recycler

At power grid stage 2 a green recycler works at 60% instead of 50%. Yields depend on the recycler.

How to get

  • Craft

    at a Level 2 Workbench

  • Research

    30 Scrap at a Research Table