Explosions

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This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.200.86.

Explosive damage is a damaging method that forces creatures and objects within the blast to be forcefully moved by a force, as well as being damaged by a fraction of that force. Each projectile deals Force/250 damage, with bonus damage added on depending on the weapon. This explosion can spread across zones, and can damage and kill off screen creatures.

The initial force and damage will only apply to the epicenter; as the explosion travels, the force will decrease depending on the number of adjacent cells and the total weight of the object that was already hit. The explosion cannot spread to cells it has already hit in the same explosion. The cell calls this specific formula; that cell then spawns cells with weaker force that will call it again, repeating recursively until the force tapers out at 100 or lower:

${\text{Force}}={\frac {{\text{CurrentForce}}-{\text{TotalWeightOfObjectsHit}}}{\text{NumAdjecentCells}}}$

If this force is greater than the target's weight and bonus from anchoring, the target will be forcefully pushed a random direction. Explosions happen from the center outwards, so if a creature is within the center of the blast, they will be continue to be pushed away until the explosion ends. The damage calculation only happens once.

List of Explosive Weapons

Weapon	Initial Force	Initial Explosive Damage
boomrose arrow	1200	4+1d65-10 (Avg: 7.5)(+1d2 from collision)
missile launcher	5000	20+4d824-52 (Avg: 38) (+1d6 from collision)
mortar tube from a traipsing mortar	2000	8+2d610-20 (Avg: 15) (+1d3 from collision)
swarm rack from a chrome pyramid	2000	8+6d614-44 (Avg: 29) (+3d6 from collision)
sower's seed	2000	8+2d610-20 (Avg: 15)
high explosive grenade mk I	2000	8+2d610-20 (Avg: 15)
high explosive grenade mk II	7000	28+5d633-58 (Avg: 45.5)
high explosive grenade mk III	15000	60+6d666-96 (Avg: 81)
Hand-E-Nuke	10000000	40000+2d640002-40012 (Avg: 40007)