Gunpowder/DST

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Gunpowder
"A handful of gunpowder."
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“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

“Will explode for 200 damage when lit.”

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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. This damage is not affected by a Character's damage multipliers.

Gunpowder sinks in the water, meaning it cannot be used to fight Malbatross and Crab King without sacrificing a boat, unless an ice flingomatic is used.

Explosive Resist

Some Giants and bosses gain a resistance to explosive damage when it's received within a short time span. This resistance will fade completely if no other explosive damage is done within 10 seconds.

Monsters with resistance:

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  Ancient Fuelweaver

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  Bearger

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  Bee Queen

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  Celestial Champion

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  Celestial Champion

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  Celestial Champion

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  Deerclops

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  Dragonfly

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  Klaus

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  Moose/Goose

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  Shadow Knight

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  Shadow Bishop

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  Shadow Rook

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  Toadstool

Formula:

• explosions add (explosion damage / 8000) * 100% explosive resistance
  • each Gunpowder adds 2.5% and 0.2 seconds of decay time
  • each Slurtle Slime adds 0.625% and 0.05 seconds of decay time
• resistance remains at full strength for 2 seconds
• resistance then decays by 12.5% per second
• maximum time for resistance to decay to 0% is therefore 10 seconds.

It's only not working at Physical Damage, not working at Planar Damage.

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.