Volcano Mortar火山の迫撃砲

Volcano Mortar stats and effects

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What is Volcano Mortar? Features and uses

Volcano Mortar is an epic item in Core Keeper (Ranged & magic weapons). Its base level is 16 and it deals 22–26 ranged damage (27–31 at level 20).

Volcano Mortar key points (from the game data)

• Attack interval: 0.6 s (about 1.7 attacks per second). Among 28 ranged & magic weapons, it ranks #22 in expected damage per second at level 20 with endgame gear (about 937).
• Upgrading to level 20 raises its effects: +56 burn damage applied on hit → +68.
• Upgrading from level 16 to 20 costs 1,944 Ancient Coins plus bars.
• Durability: 250. Reinforcing it at the Salvage and Repair Station doubles durability.
• Sells to merchants for 356 Ancient Coins.

Calculated and summarized by this site from the game data (1.3.0.6).

Volcano Mortar mechanics (checked against the game data)

• The Volcano Mortar can target spots up to 7 tiles away, landing within 0 to 1 tile of where you aimed.

Written by this site from values in the game files (1.3.0.6 prefabs and configuration files).

Volcano Mortar notes

• Each shell deals direct ranged damage where it lands and then explodes, dealing explosion damage and mining damage.
• Base explosion values before other modifiers: level 16, 133 explosion and 890 mining damage; level 17, 143 and 992; level 18, 152 and 1,099; level 19, 161 and 1,213; level 20, 171 and 1,331.

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What you get from salvaging Volcano Mortar (Salvage and Repair Station)

Volcano Mortar can be salvaged. Salvaging it gives the following items.

• Scrap Parts×64
• Galaxite Bar×8-14
• Magma Slime×7-13

For each material, the amount is "amount used to craft × 0.49 (lower when durability is down, 0.3 at 0 durability) × the item's multiplier", and a fraction is the chance of one more (2.4 means 2, with a 40% chance of 3). The range is from 0 durability to full durability (items without durability always count as full). Scrap parts are a fixed number set by the item level. All items that can be salvaged are listed in salvaging.

How to get Volcano Mortar

• Placed in or on the Solarite Chest found inside a scene (building, ruin, camp and so on) (guaranteed)Where: Desert Flame Puzzle [The Desert of Beginnings] (0–1 per world)

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