Ancient Weapon

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	Last updated for version 1.5.9.1 Last mentioned in changelog 1.2.7.0 The current game version is 1.6.19.1

Ancient Weapon
A weapon with powerful capabilities.
Statistics
Afflictions	Against Humans  Burn (40)*  Affects every limb it hits.  Stun (4)* (15% chance) Against Other  Burn (50)*  Affects every limb it hits.  Stun (5)* (25% chance)
Attack Speed	1
Armor penetration	50%
Severance chance	2.5%
Ballast Flora Damage	30/s
Power Supply	Alien Power Cell (20s)
Power Supply Capacity	1
Crafting
Constructible?	No
Deconstructor Yield	Dementonite Cluster (x2) Fulgurium Chunk 20s
Store
Base Price	1000 mk
Outposts Outpost Sell Habitation 270 mk Colony 270 mk Research 390 mk Military 360 mk Mining 270 mk Medical Merchant 300 mk Engineer Merchant 300 mk Armory Merchant 300 mk Clown Merchant 300 mk Husk Merchant 300 mk
Technical Identifier ancientweapon Categories Alien, Weapon Tags alien,mediumitem,weapon,mountableweapon

The Ancient Weapon is a weapon of alien design that can be very rarely found within the Alien Ruins. It takes up both hands when equipped. It is a medium item and cannot stored in toolbelts.

Function

The Ancient Weapon is held with both hands and must be loaded with Alien Power Cells to be used. As with all weapons and tools, using it is done by holding the Right-click to take aim, then by Left-clicking to shoot/use.

When in use, the weapon will fire a medium range beam, dealing Burn damage, high structure damage, and extreme recoil. The recoil is strong enough to allow players to "fly", once airborne.

• It can be used to detach Minerals from walls, which takes 4 seconds by default.
  • The rate at which minerals are detached can change depending on Mechanical skill and talents.
  • While harvesting minerals, lining up the flame on multiple crystals will affect all of them.

Damage Values

Item	Afflictions	Structure Damage	Projectile Speed
Ancient Weapon	Burn: 50/s	45/s	Instant

Related Talents

Talent	Tree	Description
Miner ID: miner	Mechanic Scrapper Spec. 1	Whenever you deconstruct an ore, you have a 20% chance to gain double the output. Detach ores 100% faster with cutters.

Trivia

• Internally, the Ancient Weapon is not a weapon at all, but rather a Tool that does damage to structures instead of repairing them as a Welding Tool would. Due to this, it is essentially an upgraded version of the Plasma Cutter.

Media

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  The Ancient Weapon being fired.

• Ancient Weapon firing