Gunpowder

Don't Starve

DST

Gunpowder
"A handful of gunpowder."
	200
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Tab
Tier
	Can be Burned
Dropped by	:
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	"gunpowder"

“It looks like pepper.”

–Wilson

“Oooooooooh! Shiny!”

–Willow

“Boom pepper!”

–Wolfgang

“It is a dark path I tread.”

–Wendy

“PUTS THE "POW" IN "POWDER"”

–WX-78

“Knowledge is power!”

–Wickerbottom

“Never did like this stuff.”

–Woodie

“Now this I like.”

–Maxwell

“An ingenious invention. Capable of much destruction.”

–Wagstaff

“Such energy!”

–Wigfrid

“We're getting good at making stuff.”

–Webber

“It goes boom.”

–Walani

“Boom!”

–Warly

“Packs quite th'punch.”

–Woodlegs

“GO'ST BOOM!”

–Wilba

“BOOM!”

–Wormwood

“Makes things go kabloo-ey.”

–Wheeler

“For when you need a big KABOOM!”

–Winona

“I'll spell your doom with a mighty BOOM!”

–Wortox

“Splodey powder.”

–Wurt

“I better make sure none of the younger kids play with this.”

–Walter

“There's an infinite number of ways this could go very badly.”

–Wanda

Gunpowder is a Science Item and explosive Weapon. It requires 1 Rotten Egg, 1 Charcoal, and 1 Nitre to craft and an Alchemy Engine to prototype. Rotten Eggs are produced by waiting for Eggs to rot, and can usually be found in Pengull nests sometime after Winter ends. Charcoal can be obtained by burning trees. Nitre is dropped from mining boulders, or by digging up Moleworm burrows in the Reign of Giants DLC.

When placed and lit on fire, Gunpowder will explode after 3–6 seconds, destroying objects and dealing massive damage in a small radius (less than three Wall unit, or 3/4th of a Turf unit.). It deals 200 damage per charge and can be exploded in stacks, which is more than enough to instantly kill an unarmored character at full health (with the exception of Wigfrid, an upgraded WX-78 or (DS only) Wolfgang). This damage is not affected by a Character's damage multipliers.

Any loot dropped by Mobs killed with Gunpowder will turn to Ashes or the cooked version of their respective Meat (Cooked Morsel, Fried Egg, etc.), except for loot dropped from Dragonfly in the Reign of Giants DLC and Don't Starve Together.

Downloadable Content

In the Shipwrecked DLC, Gunpowder can be used to craft Coconades and Boat Cannons. It can also be used to destroy Obsidian Boulders. Gunpowder sinks in the water, meaning it cannot be used to fight the Sealnado, Tiger Shark, or Quacken in the water.

In the Hamlet DLC, Gunpowder can be used to load the Blunderbuss, a ranged weapon dealing 200 damage. It can also be used to destroy Suspicious Cracks in the Ancient Pig Ruins.

Usage

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Trivia

• Gunpowder was added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
• Gunpowder explosions can cause structures to drop their resource, but not if they are on fire.
• Gunpowder explosions have the same lighting effect as a Lightning strike.
• In earlier versions of the game, Gunpowder explosions in Caves could cause Earthquakes.
• Real-life black powder is made by combining charcoal (carbon), nitre (potassium nitrate), and sulfur which is mistakenly believed to smell like rotten eggs (an average egg contains about 0.2 milligrams of sulfur).
• Realistically, a pile of gunpowder would only burn, not explode. It needs to be contained (like inside a coconut) to allow pressure to build.
• Gunpowder can be set off by Moleworms.

Gallery

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  Unused Gunpowder Barrel Model from DST files

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  Gunpowder exploding after being lit with a Fire Staff.

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  Wolfgang standing next to a Gunpowder Set Piece.

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  Gunpowder as seen in the poster for A Little Rain Must Fall update.