Difference between revisions of "Death acidifier"

Latest revision as of 06:49, 5 February 2025

The death acidifier is an artificial body part that destroys all equipped weapons and apparel equipped by the installed pawn upon their death.

Acquisition[edit]

It cannot be crafted but can be purchased from traders and installed normally, although it is more or less useless for your colonists.

It is installed on all Empire soldiers but cannot be removed from them.

Summary[edit]

Upon death, a death acidifier destroys held weapons and worn apparel on a pawn. All other items carried in the dead pawn's inventory drop normally, including weapons and apparel not currently equipped. It does not prevent downed pawns from dropping their weapons or items, it only destroys weapons held and apparel worn at the time of death. It also does not prevent the stripping of apparel from a downed pawn.

It then applies chemical burns on the corpse, relative to where it destroyed items. It does not deal damage to anything else around the user on activation.

It will still be triggered upon the death of pawns with death refusal, but will not trigger on pawns saved from death by deathless.^[Verify]

Installation[edit]

Installing the part requires 2,500 ticks (41.67 secs) of work, 2x medicine of Herbal quality or better, and a Medical skill of 5.

It cannot be removed once installed.

If the operation fails, the part will be destroyed.

Analysis[edit]

The death acidifier merely serves as a way to prevent players from easily acquiring weapons and armor that would make the early game too easy. Installing the death acidifier on your pawns has no use, except for destroying equipment that could have been smelted for resources.

Downing a pawn does not cause the implant to activate. As long as the pawn is downed by blood loss or Psychic shock lances the forced death on down chance will not apply, which can be used to recover the Empire's gear freely.

Trivia[edit]

Animals with death acidifiers are immortal and cannot be killed by any means, including slaughtering, due to a bug that interrupts the death function. However without dev mode animals can never spawn with death acidifiers.

Version history[edit]

1.1.0 - Added.
1.5.4062 - Fix: Fix death acidifier applying chemical burn to missing part.

Artificial body parts

Arm/Hand: Archotech arm • Bionic arm • Power claw • Prosthetic arm • Wooden hand • Drill arm • Elbow blade • Field hand • Hand talon • Venom talon • Flesh tentacle • Flesh whip
Head: Archotech eye • Bionic eye • Bionic ear • Bionic jaw • Bionic tongue • Cochlear implant • Denture • Aesthetic nose
Head implants: Joywire • Painstopper • Circadian assistant • Circadian half-cycler • Gastro-analyzer • Learning assistant • Mindscrew • Neurocalculator • Psychic harmonizer • Psychic reader • Psychic sensitizer • Venom fangs • Control sublink (Standard, High) • Mechlink • Mech gestation processor • Remote repairer • Remote shielder • Repair probe
Spine: Bionic spine • Revenant vertebrae
Stomach: Bionic stomach • Nuclear stomach • Reprocessor stomach • Sterilizing stomach • Fleshmass stomach
Heart: Bionic heart • Prosthetic heart • Heart • Adrenal heart • Corrosive heart • Metalblood heart
Lung: Lung • Detoxifier lung • Fleshmass lung
Kidney: Kidney • Detoxifier kidney
Organs: Liver
Visceral implants: Death acidifier • Aesthetic shaper • Coagulator • Healing enhancer • Armorskin gland • Stoneskin gland • Toughskin gland • Immunoenhancer • Love enhancer • Ghoul plating • Ghoul barbs
Leg/Foot: Archotech leg • Bionic leg • Prosthetic leg • Peg leg • Wooden foot • Knee spike
Related: Psylink neuroformer • Xenogerm
Deprecated: Scyther blade • Psychic silencer

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-<onlyinclude>
+{{infobox main|
-{{Define|Implant
+| name = Death acidifier
-| image = Implant
+| image = Health item bionic.png
-| description =
+| type = Medical Items
-| flammability base = 1.0
+| type2 = Body Parts
-| market value base = 400
+| tech level = Spacer
-| max hit points base = 50
+| description = A chest implant for preventing enemy use of captured equipment. Upon the user's death, it releases powerful chemicals that dissolve gear in contact with the user's body. It doesn't damage others.
 | mass base = 0.2
-}}</onlyinclude>
+| hp = 50
+| flammability = 1.0
+| marketvalue  = 400
+}}
+The '''death acidifier''' is an [[artificial body part]] that destroys all equipped [[weapons]] and [[apparel]] equipped by the installed pawn upon their [[death]].
-{{info|The [[death acidifier]] implant destroys all equipped weapons and apparel on the installed pawn on death, preventing them from being captured.}}It does not deal damage to anything else around the user on activation. Once installed it cannot be removed.
+== Acquisition ==
+It cannot be crafted but can be purchased from traders and installed normally, although it is more or less useless for your colonists.
-Note that all other items carried in the dead pawn's inventory drop normally. This includes other apparel and weapons not currently equipped.
+It is installed on all [[Empire#Pawns|Empire soldiers]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} but cannot be removed from them.
-=== Notes ===
+== Summary ==
+{{stub|section=1|reason=Mechanics with how chemical burns are applied. Also chance of destruction on failed operation.}}
+Upon [[death]], a death acidifier destroys held [[weapon]]s and worn [[apparel]] on a pawn. All other items carried in the dead pawn's inventory drop normally, including weapons and apparel not currently equipped. It does not prevent [[downed]] pawns from dropping their weapons or items, it only destroys weapons held and apparel worn at the time of death. It also does not prevent the stripping of apparel from a downed pawn.
-Using Development mode it is possible to spawn mercenaries with the death acidifier installed on them even without the Royalty DLC installed. It is uncertain if they appear in regular vanilla gameplay.
+It then applies chemical burns on the corpse, relative to where it destroyed items. It does not deal damage to anything else around the user on activation.
-{{nav/body_parts}}
+It will still be triggered upon the death of pawns with [[death refusal]],{{AnomalyIcon}} but will not trigger on pawns saved from death by [[deathless]].{{BiotechIcon}}{{Check Tag|Verify}}
-[[Category:Royalty]]
+=== Installation ===
+Installing the part requires {{ticks|2500}} of work, 2x medicine of [[Herbal medicine|Herbal]] quality or better, and a [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] of 5.
+It cannot be removed once installed.
+If the operation fails, the part will be destroyed.
+== Analysis ==
+The death acidifier merely serves as a way to prevent players from easily acquiring weapons and armor that would make the early game too easy. Installing the death acidifier on your pawns has no use, except for destroying equipment that could have been smelted for resources.
+Downing a pawn does not cause the implant to activate. As long as the pawn is [[downed]] by [[blood loss]] or [[Psychic shock lance]]s the forced [[AI Storytellers#Enemy death on downed|death on down]] chance will not apply, which can be used to recover the Empire's{{RoyaltyIcon}} gear freely.
+== Trivia ==
+Animals with death acidifiers are immortal and cannot be killed by any means, including slaughtering, due to a bug that interrupts the death function. However without dev mode animals can never spawn with death acidifiers.
+== Version history ==
+* [[Version/1.1.0|1.1.0]] - Added.
+* [[Version/1.5.4062|1.5.4062]] - Fix: Fix death acidifier applying chemical burn to missing part.
+{{nav|body parts|wide}}
+[[Category:Medical Item]] [[Category:Body Part]] [[Category:Implant]]