Hand-E-Nuke

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Hand-E-Nuke

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Extra Info: Made out of Metal

Hand-E-Nuke

A palm sized disk of jet black plastic, covered in strange runes.

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The Hand-E-Nuke is the most powerful explosive implement in Caves of Qud. Additionally, it is both the single most valuable item and the most valuable by weight.

The Hand-E-Nuke causes 10 million explosive force when it detonates, dealing up to a total of 40000+2d640002-40012 (Avg: 40007) damage to everything caught inside. Due to the nature of explosions, the actual damage caused to individual objects and creatures will vary considerably depending on environmental factors.

Safe Use

There are several ways to safely detonate a Hand-E-Nuke, or at least to greatly increase the chances that you will be safe when detonating it:

• Use a grenade launcher to fire it across the screen.
  • Make extra sure you're going to hit something - it's best to fire toward a segment of wall or a large group of enemies. The grenade launcher's aim isn't perfect and if you don't hit a target, the nuke can fly completely off screen and disappear without detonating at all (this is true for any grenade launched from the grenade launcher).
• Use tinkering to mod the grenade to be phase-conjugate. Then, phase out before throwing it. The grenade will phase back in before detonating, and will not harm you because you are still phased.
  • If you don't have the Phasing mutation, you can still do this by cooking a meal that grants phasing.
• Use the Lay Mine / Set Bomb skill to set the Hand-E-Nuke as a bomb. Then, use whatever items or abilities you can to increase your quickness, move speed, or sprint speed so that you can run for cover before it explodes.

Visual Demo

Here is an example of a Hand-E-Nuke explosion.

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Damage Extent

The explosion of the Hand-E-Nuke can also destroy objects in adjacent zones.

In the demo GIF above, the zone one screen north was also severely damaged:

Northern Zone Before	Northern Zone After

Tips

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

• Creative use of Lay Mine / Set Bomb can help you avoid being damaged by the explosion.
• Because Phase-conjugate requires <61> regardless of the tier of the grenade (where the 1 is replaced by 2 or 3 depending on how many times it was already modded), it can be used to damage an entire screen while avoiding damage to yourself if you are phased.