Difference between revisions of "Psychic animal pulser"

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A psychic animal pulser is a single-use artifact, which can be used to drive all wild animals on the map into a manhunter rage, attacking every human or mechanoid they see, regardless of faction.

Acquisition

Psychic animal pulsers cannot be crafted. Instead they can only be obtained through trade with faction bases or exotic goods traders, as a reward from quests, or by finding them in ancient shrines.

Summary

A psychic animal pulser is a single-use artifact, which can be used to drive all non-player-owned animals on the map into a manhunter rage. Animals belonging to the player are not affected.

It can be used by right-clicking the artifact and selecting 'Activate'. Animals will attack any humans and mechanoids they see, but will not attack closed doors unless they see an target pass through them. Even if this occurs, they will rapidly lose interest in attack the door.

The effect lasts from several hours to up to 24 hours, dependent on the animal.^{[Fact check]}

Once it has been used once, the pulser disappears completely. It cannot be reloaded, nor can any resources be salvaged from it.

Analysis

By enclosing all your colonists in a closed room with no doors, you can safely use this item to devastate enemies in animal-rich areas. Make sure that your colonists remain indoors for the pulser's duration.

In animal-rich biomes, you may use this additional power to defeat raids. This can only be relied on exclusively until midgame (or early-midgame on higher difficulties), after which enemies will be too numerous for wildlife to take care of alone. However, they can still soften enemies, or force a siege to attack.

The utility of the pulser depends heavily on what animals are present. If a herd of elephants just arrived, it'll be very potent. But if every animal larger than a squirrel has been hunted, it won't. This can depend on biome; it will obviously be of little use in the animal spare Sea Ice biome.

Lore

Psychic effectors, like the psychic animal pulser, are mentioned in the Lore Primer. They are described as archotech in origin, with a completely unknown method of operation

Version history

0.12.906 - Added
1.1ish - received new visual and sound effects on use
1.1.2562 - Now only affects non-player animals.

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 By enclosing all your colonists in a closed room with no doors, you can safely use this item to devastate enemies in animal-rich areas. Make sure that your colonists remain indoors for the pulser's duration.
-In animal-rich biomes, you may use this for additional power to defeat raids. This can only be relied on exclusively until midgame (or early-midgame on higher difficulties), after which enemies will be too numerous for wildlife to take care of alone. However, they can still soften enemies, or be used to force a [[siege]] to attack.
+In animal-rich biomes, you may use this additional power to defeat raids. This can only be relied on exclusively until midgame (or early-midgame on higher difficulties), after which enemies will be too numerous for wildlife to take care of alone. However, they can still soften enemies, or force a [[siege]] to attack.
 The utility of the pulser depends heavily on what animals are present. If a herd of [[elephant]]s just arrived, it'll be very potent. But if every animal larger than a [[squirrel]] has been hunted, it won't. This can depend on [[biome]]; it will obviously be of little use in the animal spare Sea Ice biome.