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Ghoul barbs are an artificial body part added by the Anomaly DLC that improves the melee damage of ghouls at the cost of slowing Move Speed.

Acquisition[edit]

Ghoul barbs can be crafted at a bioferrite shaper once the ghoul enhancements research project has been completed. Note that this research requires dark study to unlock. Each requires 35 Bioferrite and 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter.

Summary[edit]

Can only be installed on ghouls.

×150% Melee Damage Factor, stacking multiplicatively with other sources.
−0.25 c/s Move speed

Installation[edit]

Ghoul barbs can only be installed in ghouls. Note that despite the description noting pain as the reason it cannot be installed in other pawns, methods of pain nullification such as painstoppers do not allow the barbs' installation into other pawns.

Analysis[edit]

While they are fairly powerful by default, ghoul barbs are one of the key ways that ghouls compete with end-game human melee pawns, elevating body part weapons, normally outclassed by traditional melee with quality multipliers, to a point where they are sufficent for the ghouls other advantages to make them the premier melee choice. Every ghoul should have ghoul barbs equipped, and besides a body part weapon and some select gene options, it should be the prioritised over most other upgrades.

Because of the impact on move speed, and because other upgrades will reduce it further, ways to counter the penalty should also be sought for ghouls, including bionic legs and move speed genes.

Gallery[edit]

Variant A, facing north
Variant A, facing east
Variant A, facing south
Variant B, facing north
Variant B, facing east
Variant B, facing south
Variant C, facing north
Variant C, facing east
Variant C, facing south
Variant D, facing north
Variant D, facing east
Variant D, facing south
Variant E, facing north
Variant E, facing east
Variant E, facing south
Variant F, facing north
Variant F, facing east
Variant F, facing south

Version history[edit]

Anomaly DLC Release - Added.

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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+While they are fairly powerful by default, ghoul barbs are one of the key ways that ghouls compete with end-game human melee pawns, elevating [[body part weapons]], normally outclassed by traditional melee with [[quality]] multipliers, to a point where they are sufficent for the ghouls other advantages to make them the premier melee choice. Every ghoul should have ghoul barbs equipped, and besides a body part weapon and some select [[gene]]{{BiotechIcon}} options, it should be the prioritised over most  other [[Ghoul#Analysis|upgrades]].
+Because of the impact on [[move speed]], and because other upgrades will reduce it further, ways to counter the penalty should also be sought for ghouls, including [[bionic leg]]s and move speed genes.{{BiotechIcon}}
 == Gallery ==