Piercing rounds magazine

Piercing rounds magazine

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Recipe
6 + 2 + 2 + 1 → 2
Total raw
8 + 2 + 8 + 1
Stack size	100
Rocket capacity	50 (0.5 stacks)
Damage	8 10.4 12.8 15.2 20 (physical)
Magazine size	10
Used as ammunition by
Prototype type	ammo
Internal name	piercing-rounds-magazine
Required technologies
2
Boosting technologies
Produced by
Consumed by

Object description

A more advanced ammunition type for gun weapons.

Piercing rounds are more expensive than Firearm magazines but have 60% higher damage. This becomes useful as evolution increases: a medium biter has 4/10% physical resistance and the basic firearm magazine only deals 5 damage per shot, so 8 full magazines are required to kill one. Piercing rounds, with 8 base damage per shot, are much more efficient by comparison. Their higher damage also enables them to scale better with damage upgrades, and gun turrets with piercing rounds and research upgrades remain somewhat effective against big biters. Massed gun turrets with piercing rounds are also a common method for killing demolishers on Vulcanus.

History

• 2.0.46:
  • Recipe now produces 2 Piercing rounds magazines instead of 1.
  • Crafting time increased from 3 to 6 seconds.
  • Recipe cost changed from 1 to 2 Firearm magazines and 5 to 2 Copper plates.

• 2.0.7:
  • Lowered stack size of ammo from 200 to 100.

• 0.15.0:
  • Recipe now requires Firearm magazine.

• 0.1.0:
  • Introduced

See also

• Firearm magazine
• Uranium rounds magazine
• Enemies
• Damage