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Ammunition

Torpedo

Straight-running ammo for a submarine's tube. It only matters if you fight on the water, and it can't turn, so the target must not dodge.

Characteristics

Category
Ammunition
Stack size
100
Workbench
Level 2
Craftable
Yes
Researchable
Yes · 30 Scrap
Damage
130 (120 Bullet + 10 Explosion)
Blast radius
5 m

Overview

In-game description
A torpedo for use in a submarine. Fires ahead in a straight line.

Submarines fight with these. A torpedo runs straight ahead from the tube, so it is best against something that isn't dodging: a boat moored at a monument dock, another sub hovering while its crew loots, a RHIB idling near an oil rig.

Against a moving target at range they mostly miss. There is no guidance, so close in from below or behind, line up, and fire when the boat can't turn away in time. A sub crew that wastes torpedoes on long shots ends up surfacing with an empty tube.

A batch of torpedoes takes a metal pipe and gunpowder, which hurts early in a wipe when both are going into guns and ammo. That is why most groups only build torpedoes once they really plan to hunt on the water.

Divers are the wrong target. A swimmer is tiny next to a straight-running torpedo, and a teammate in the water with speargun spears handles them far better.

What it destroys

Target Quantity Sulfur
Wall Wood 24 300
Wall Stone 90 1,080
Wall Metal 200 2,400
Wall Armored 400 4,800
Wooden Door 9 120
Sheet Metal Door 32 420
Armored Door 125 1,500
Wood Double Door 9 120
Sheet Metal Double Door 32 420
Armored Double Door 125 1,500
Garage Door 75 900
Ladder Hatch 32 420
Armored Ladder Hatch 125 1,500
High External Wooden Wall 47 600
High External Stone Wall 90 1,080

Direct hit, hard side, no duds.

Crafting

Workbench level
Level 2
Crafting time
5 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