Molotov cocktails

Molotov cocktails

Glass bottles filled with flammable liquid, with a burning cloth in the neck. A favorite weapon for hooligans and desperate warriors from rim to rim.

Base Stats

Type

Equipment – Weapons

"Modern Weapons" is not in the list (Neolithic Weapons, Medieval Weapons, Industrial Weapons, Spacer Weapons, Ultra Weapons, Mechanoid Weapons) of allowed values for the "Class" property.

Weapon Class

Modern

Market Value

245 

Mass

1.0 kg

Ranged Combat

Mode

Single Thrown

Damage

10 dmg (Flame)

Warm-Up

90 ticks (1.5 secs)

Cooldown

160 ticks (2.67 secs)

Range

12.9 tile(s)

Accuracy

-

Velocity

12 (m/s)

Burst Count

1 (per burst)

Miss Radius

1.9 tile(s)

Blast Radius

1.1

DPS

2.4

Creation

Crafted At

Required Research

Machining

Work To Make

6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)

Resources to make

25 + 80

Technical

weaponTags

GrenadeDestructive

Molotov cocktails are ranged (non-smeltable) weapons that set a 3x3 "plus-shaped" (+) area on fire where it lands.

Acquisition

They can be crafted at a machining table for  25 Cloth,  80 Chemfuel and 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins) of work. They are also a common drop from raiders.

Usage

• Equip a colonist with molotovs
• Draft the colonist
• Press B to select target area.

Analysis

A dubious combat weapon, accuracy is poor on moving targets and damage is slow over time. Molotovs are significantly cheaper to produce and fire faster than an incendiary launcher, but have poor range and projectile speed.

Good for disposing of corpses or equipment rapidly, though be aware of flammability of nearby flooring and walls; using a large, natural area of rough stone as your disposal zone is handy and safe.

One way to defend a base using molotovs is to drop some on stone floors/walls so that enemies have a difficult time getting in and are "softened" when passing through the flame, without burning the base itself.

Version history

In 1.0 it received a crafting recipe.

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Medieval

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Ultra

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Improvised

Beer • Elephant tusk • Thrumbo horn • Wood

Ranged | Neolithic

Greatbow • Pila • Recurve bow • Short bow • Flamebow

Medieval

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Spacer

Charge lance • Charge rifle

Consumables

Doomsday rocket launcher • Triple rocket launcher

Throwables

EMP grenades • Frag grenades • Molotov cocktails • Tox grenades

Mechanoid

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Structures

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