Gunpowder/DST

Don't Starve

DST

“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

“Such energy!”

–Wigfrid

“We're getting good at making stuff.”

–Webber

“Boom!”

–Warly

“BOOM!”

–Wormwood

“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 an explosive Weapon that 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 Petrified Trees, digging up Moleworm burrows, or mined from Nitre Formations in the Caves.

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 units, or 3/4th of a turf unit.). Each Gunpowder deals 200 damage 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 or an upgraded WX-78). This damage is not affected by a Survivor's damage multipliers.

Gunpowder can be use to kill some Bosses or mobs. However, exploding Gunpowders can set them on fire, turning their valuable drops into ashes.

Gunpowder sinks in the water, meaning it cannot be used to fight Malbatross and Crab King without sacrificing a boat, unless using Ice Flingomatic or other methods to put out fire.

Gunpowder explosions can cause structures to drop their resource, but not if they are on fire.

Explosive Resistance

Some Bosses gain a temporary resistance to explosive damage when they receive it within a short time span. This resistance will fade away if no additional explosive damage occurs within 10 seconds.

Monsters with resistance:

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  Ancient Fuelweaver
• 

  Bearger
• 

  Bee Queen
• 

  Celestial Champion
• 

  Celestial Champion
• 

  Celestial Champion
• 

  Crab King
• 

  Deerclops
• 

  Dragonfly
• 

  Klaus
• 

  Moose
• 

  Shadow Knight
• 

  Shadow Bishop
• 

  Shadow Rook
• 

  Toadstool

Formula:

• Explosions add (Explosion Damage / 8000) * 100% Explosive Resistance.
  • Each Gunpowder adds 2.5% Explosive Resistance.
  • Each Slurtle Slime adds 0.625% Explosive Resistance.
• Explosive Resistance remains at full strength for 2 seconds and then decays by 12.5% per second
• It takes a total of 10 seconds for Explosive Resistance to decay from 100% to 0%.

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

Usage

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Trivia

• Gunpowder was added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
• In earlier versions of the game, Gunpowder explosions in Caves could cause Earthquakes.
• Gunpowder can be set off by Moleworms.
• Gunpowder explosions have the same lighting effect as a Lightning strike.
• 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.

Gallery

• 

  Unused Gunpowder Barrel Model from DST files
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  Gunpowder exploding after being lit with a Fire Staff.
• 

  Wolfgang standing next to a Gunpowder Set Piece.
• 

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

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