Difference between revisions of "Thump cannon"

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The thump cannon is a mechanoid-only weapon equipped on termites with a low base damage rating but with exceptional damage multipliers against buildings.

This weapon cannot be independently obtained in normal play. It is provided here for comparisons sake.

Acquisition[edit]

Thump cannons spawn on all termites. However, it is not possible to obtain it directly in normal play. Pawns carrying it will not drop it on death, downing, or complete loss of manipulation like other weapons. It can be spawned in by the Debug actions menu but, like all unobtainable weapons, will disappear after being dropped.

Summary[edit]

Thump cannons do Thump damage which has a 15x damage multiplier to impassable buildings, 7.5x multiplier to passable buildings, a 4x multiplier against plants. Furthermore, walls and natural rock walls have a further 2x multiplier when taking Thump damage resulting in a 30x multiplier. Thus, for base damage before quality modifiers, the thump cannon deals:

Pawns: 9
Impassable buildings: 135
Passable buildings: 67.5
Plants: 36
Walls & natural rock walls: 270

For the purposes of armor calculation, thump cannons are considered Sharp damage.

Analysis[edit]

Due to Thump damage's multipliers, thump cannon are only moderately damaging to living targets but do massive damage to buildings and walls. A single shot can destroy 3-tile wide stretch of wood wall, and three can breach any wall short of plasteel. The thump cannon can down unarmored pawns in five hits on average, and most often kill from brain damage.

Attack table

Ranged

Thump cannon	Dam.	AP	DPS (Optimal)	Market value
Thump cannon	9	13%	1.8	1400

Melee

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Attacks

Thump cannon		Barrel (Blunt)					Barrel (Poke)					Human: Left & right fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value
3.91	12.25%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	12.5%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	12.5%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 37.5%	100	1400

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

Version history[edit]

1.3.3066 - Added
1.3.3200 - Reduced range from 25.9 to 24.9. Thump damage multiplier versus walls reduced from 4x to 2x.

Weapons

Melee | Neolithic: Breach axe • Club • Ikwa • Knife (Jade) • Spear

Medieval: Gladius • Longsword • Mace • Axe • Warhammer

Ultra: Eltex staff • Monosword (Persona) • Plasmasword (Persona) • Zeushammer (Persona)

Improvised: Beer • Elephant tusk • Thrumbo horn • Wood

Ranged | Neolithic: Greatbow • Pila • Recurve bow • Short bow • Flamebow

Medieval: Nerve spiker

Industrial: Assault rifle • Autopistol • Bolt-action rifle • Chain shotgun • Heavy SMG • Launcher (EMP, Incendiary, Smoke, Toxbomb ) • LMG • Machine pistol • Minigun • Pump shotgun • Revolver • Sniper rifle • Hellcat rifle • Incinerator

Spacer: Charge lance • Charge rifle

Consumables: Doomsday rocket launcher • Triple rocket launcher

Throwables: EMP grenades • Frag grenades • Molotov cocktails • Tox grenades

Mechanoid: Heavy charge blaster • Inferno cannon • Needle gun • Thump cannon • Beam graser • Charge blaster turret • Hellsphere cannon • Mini-flameblaster • Mini-shotgun • Slugthrower • Spiner • Toxic needle gun

Structures: Autocannon • Mini-turret gun • Mortar (Weapon) • Uranium slug cannon • Auto-mortar • Inferno cannon (Turret) • Light charge blaster • Mini-slugger • Tactical turret gun

Related | Body part weapons: Prosthetic arm • Bionic arm • Archotech arm • Power claw • Field hand • Drill arm • Venom talon • Venom fangs • Knee spike • Elbow blade • Hand talon • Flesh whip

Integrated weapons: Grenadier armor • Phoenix armor

[Actual-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.

[Chance-2] Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

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-{{Stub}}{{infobox main|weapon|
+{{Infobox main|weapon
 | name = Thump cannon
-| image = ThumpCannon.png|Thump cannon
+| image = ThumpCannon.png
 | description = A breaching explosive launcher used by mechanoids. It fires a concussion bomb that is extremely effective against walls and structures, but does much less damage to small targets.
 | type = Equipment
 | type2 = Weapons
+| tech level = Spacer
 | mass base = 20
-| class = Spacer
+| class = Mechanoid
 | damage = 9
 | damage type = Thump
 | armorPenetration = 13
-| range = 25.9
+| range = 24.9
 | accuracyTouch = 80
 | accuracyShort = 87
 | accuracyMedium = 77
 | accuracyLong = 64
-| accuracyAvg = 77
 | mode = Single-Shot
 | missRadius = 1.9
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 | meleeattack2cool = 2.6
 | meleeattack2ap = 13
-| MeleeWeaponAverageDPS = 3.5
+| has quality = False
-| MeleeWeaponAverageAP = 13
 | weaponTags = MechanoidGunBreach
 | thingSetMakerTags =
 | page verified for version = 1.3.3066
 }}
-The thump cannon is an unobtainable mechanoid weapon, used only by the termite mechanoid, although it can be acquired through [[dev mode]]. Thump cannons do [[damage types#Thump|Thump damage]] which has a 15x damage multiplier to buildings, a 4x multiplier against plants. Furthermore, Walls have a further 4x multiplier when taking Thump damage resulting in a 60x multiplier, or {{#expr: {{P|Damage Base}}*60}} damage to walls. Thus while only moderately damaging to living targets they do massive damage to buildings and walls. A single shot can destroy 3-tile wide stretch of granite wall, and only two are required to breach plasteel. The thump cannon can down unarmored pawns in five hits on average, and most often kill from brain damage.
+The '''thump cannon''' is a [[mechanoid]]-only weapon equipped on [[termite]]s with a low base damage rating but with exceptional damage multipliers against buildings.
-For the purposes of [[Apparel#Protection|armor calculation]], thump cannons are considered Sharp damage
+This weapon cannot be independently obtained in normal play. It is provided here for comparisons sake.
-==Version History==
+== Acquisition ==
+Thump cannons spawn on all [[termite]]s. However, it is not possible to obtain it directly in normal play. Pawns carrying it will not drop it on [[death]], [[downing]], or complete loss of [[manipulation]] like other weapons. It can be spawned in by the [[Development mode#Debug actions menu|Debug actions menu]] but, like all [[unobtainable items|unobtainable weapons]], will disappear after being dropped.
+== Summary ==
+Thump cannons do [[damage types#Thump|Thump damage]] which has a 15x damage multiplier to impassable buildings, 7.5x multiplier to passable buildings, a 4x multiplier against plants. Furthermore, walls and natural rock walls have a further 2x multiplier when taking Thump damage resulting in a 30x multiplier. Thus, for base damage before [[quality]] modifiers, the thump cannon deals:
+* [[Pawns]]: {{#expr: {{P|Damage Base}}}}
+* Impassable [[buildings]]: {{#expr: {{P|Damage Base}}*15}}
+* Passable buildings: {{#expr: {{P|Damage Base}}*7.5}}
+* [[Plants]]: {{#expr: {{P|Damage Base}}*4}}
+* [[Walls]] & natural rock walls: {{#expr: {{P|Damage Base}}*30}}
+For the purposes of [[Apparel#Protection|armor calculation]], thump cannons are considered Sharp damage.
+== Analysis ==
+Due to Thump damage's multipliers, thump cannon are only moderately damaging to living targets but do massive damage to buildings and walls. A single shot can destroy 3-tile wide stretch of wood wall, and three can breach any wall short of [[plasteel]]. The thump cannon can down unarmored pawns in five hits on average, and most often kill from brain damage.
+{{Weapon Stats Table}}
+== Version history ==
 * [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Added
+* [[Version/1.3.3200|1.3.3200]] - Reduced range from 25.9 to 24.9. [[Damage types#Thump|Thump damage]] multiplier versus [[wall]]s reduced from 4x to 2x.
-[[Kind::Weapons| ]]
+{{Nav|weapon|wide}}
-{{nav|weapon|wide}}
+[[Category:Weapons]] [[Category:Mechanoid Weapons]]
-[[Category:Weapons]]
+[[Category:Unobtainable items]]
-[[Category:Equipment]]