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Ancient Weapon

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Data is potentially outdated
Last updated for version 1.2.6.0
Last mentioned in changelog 1.2.7.0
The current game version is 1.2.8.0
Stub Notes: Need to investigate structure damage numbers. Probably changed in version 1.1.18.0
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
Store
Base Price 1000 mk
Outposts
OutpostOutpost Sell
Habitation OutpostHabitation 270 mk
ColonyColony 270 mk
Research OutpostResearch 390 mk
Military OutpostMilitary 360 mk
Mining OutpostMining 270 mk
Medical MerchantMedical Merchant 300 mk
Engineer MerchantEngineer Merchant 300 mk
Armory MerchantArmory Merchant 300 mk
Children of The HonkmotherClown Merchant 300 mk
The Church of HuskHusk Merchant 300 mk
Technical
Identifier ancientweapon
Categories AlienWeapon
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 Mouse Right-click to take aim, then by Left Mouse 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: 40/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.

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