Nobelisk Detonator
The Nobelisk Detonator is a piece of handheld equipment used to detonate Nobelisks. They create explosions, which can be used to remove cracked boulders, Spore Flowers, Gas Pillars, Flora and Fauna.
Obtaining
Unlocking
Crafting
Recipe | Ingredients | Produced in | Products | Unlocked by |
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Cluster Nobelisk | Assembler 24 sec |
MAM Sulfur Research - Cluster Nobelisk | ||
Gas Nobelisk | Assembler 12 sec |
MAM Mycelia Research - Toxic Cellular Modification | ||
Nobelisk | Assembler 6 sec |
MAM Sulfur Research - The Nobelisk Detonator | ||
Nobelisk Detonator | MAM Sulfur Research - The Nobelisk Detonator | |||
Nuke Nobelisk | Manufacturer 120 sec |
MAM Sulfur Research - Nuclear Deterrent Development | ||
Pulse Nobelisk | Assembler 60 sec |
MAM Quartz Research - Explosive Resonance Application |
AWESOME Shop
Name | Cost | Contents |
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Nobelisk Pack | 1 | 25x Nobelisk |
Gas Nobelisk Pack | 1 | 25x Gas Nobelisk |
Pulse Nobelisk Pack | 1 | 25x Pulse Nobelisk |
Cluster Nobelisk Pack | 2 | 25x Cluster Nobelisk |
Usage
Equipment
As with other equipment, Nobelisk Detonators have to be equipped to be used. Nobelisks serve as 'ammo' for the Detonator and have to be reloaded with R for arming. Holding R allows to select the ammo type.
Nobelisks can be thrown with , and holding down allows throwing farther. Running forward while throwing will increase the throw range. Multiple Nobelisks can be deployed before exploding them, by reloading instead of detonating. Nobelisks will stick to any surface they touch when thrown, including creatures and other Nobelisks. A thrown Nobelisk cannot be retrieved in any way.
After at least one Nobelisk has been thrown, is used to detonate. Multiple thrown Nobelisks will be detonated to create chains of explosions. Alternatively, striking a Nobelisk with any weapon (or having it hit by a Spitter spit) will detonate only that one.
Nobelisk behavior
When detonated, each Nobelisk blows up in a 7.5-meter radius, dealing up to 50 damage at the center. Damage quickly falls off farther from the center of the explosion, making it almost impossible to deal the full 50 points of damage due to the collision box between it and the target. Therefore, at least 3 Nobelisk explosions are required to kill a fully-healed pioneer.
Sticking a Nobelisk on a valid target will cause minor damage of 1 (1/100 of pioneer HP). If the creature or object the Nobelisk is stuck to dies or is destroyed, the Nobelisk will disappear. Sticking a Nobelisk to a building then dismantling the building will cause the it to stay in mid-air. Nobelisks will stick to and follow moving vehicles, including the HUB's FICSIT Freighter.
Cracked boulders, Spore Flowers and Gas Pillars can only be destroyed using either Nobelisks or Explosive Rebar. Nobelisks do not damage player structures, vehicles, or alter the terrain (other than foliage and select small rocks) - despite implying it could potentially destroy these things, the line "Ensure all FICSIT property is clear of the blast zone before detonation" in the Nuke Nobelisk's description refers to the pioneer only.
Cluster Nobelisk explodes at the center, then creates 5 weaker explosions in a star shape.
Nuke Nobelisk can one-shot Pioneers in a massive explosion radius. It also deals lingering radiation damage, which can be outpaced by the Pioneer's emergency health regen.
Gas Nobelisks deals a miniscule 5 damage per second but lasts for a long duration.
Pulse Nobelisks create a powerful shockwave that pushes creatures, vehicles, and pioneers but does not deal much damage.
The total number of chained Nobelisk explosions allowed is 255 (equal to hexadecimal FF), which means using more then 255 in one operation will require multiple uses of the Nobelisk Detonator.[1]
Explosion cover
The damage of a Nobelisk can be blocked by any physical cover such as Walls, Conveyor Lift and Tree. The knock-back effect, however, can still pass through.
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Tips
- Standing on high ground and aiming at 30 to 45 degrees upward can result in a very long throw.
- Be careful around Spitters and Alpha Spitters as their spits will detonate thrown Nobelisks, as mentioned above.
- When descending midair, it can be very hard to aim the throw as the pioneer's velocity is added to the Nobelisk.
- When multiple Nobelisks are placed they will explode in a rapid series instead of all at once, which allows you to create a very rudimentary form of propulsion by attaching a large number of Nobelisks to the back of a vehicle. It is possible for them to attach directly to a pioneer, but this will likely kill them mid-flight so it is best to attach them to a vehicle. When using this method of transportation make sure that all of your Nobelisks are connected to the vehicle itself and not other Nobelisks, or else it will cut the "engine" and stop working.
- Another--and arguably more amusing--method of Nobelisk transportation is to place a large number of them at your feet and hit them with a Xeno-Zapper; this will detonate all the Nobelisks at once and cause the pioneer to rocket into the sky.
- This can be used with Pulse Nobelisks for long distance travel, especially in conjunction with Jetpacks and Parachutes. Approximately 7-9 will get the player to any point on the map with some practice.
- If you carry more than one detonator, they will only trigger the Nobelisks deployed with the given detonator (assuming they are deployed away sufficiently far from each other).
Trivia
- Nobelisks thrown to the face of a charging Hog or Alpha Hog will stagger them and stop the charge, just like the Xeno-Zapper or Xeno-Basher do. This will also scare off the Land Whale.
- It seems that aliens receive more damage from an explosion the closer it is to the center of their body. The Land Whale takes ~20 damage if a regular Nobelisk is attached to its leg, ~27 to its head or tail, and ~34 damage to its chest.
- Despite this, pioneers will take more damage from an explosion the closer the feet are to the Nobelisk. Standing right on top of one at the time of the explosion deals 47 damage.
- A single, well placed Nobelisk can one-shot a Hog or a Spitter.
- The name 'Nobelisk' may refer to Alfred Nobel, the inventor of Dynamite.
- The Nobelisk Detonator is the smallest item in-game
- Each Nobelisk Detonator does NOT detonate Nobelisks thrown by other detonators
Current Issue
Unexploded Nobelisks will still appear upon reload of Game Save and will automatically explode shortly after starting gameplay. After placing one (or more) Nobelisks and using the Nobelisk Detonator, at the location where the unexploded Nobelisks were upon Game Save load, you will see an "explosion".[2][3]
History
- Patch 0.8.2.0: Fixed Nobelisk smoke not displaying properly
- Patch 0.6.1.1: Fixed Nobelisk Gas clouds not disappearing on Dedicated Server
- Patch 0.6.0.12: Increased the individual Cluster Nobelisk Explosion damage to 40 (was 30 before)
- Patch 0.6.0.10
- Introduced new Gas and Pulse Nobelisk equip sounds
- Added Nobelisk equip effects for gas and shockwave
- Patch 0.6.0.4
- Potential fix for Nobelisk sounds playing across the world for other players
- Fixed Nobelisk detonator appearing equipped at the feet of the player when loading a saved game with it equipped
- Patch 0.6.0.0:
- New Nobelisks
- Gas Nobelisk: Releases a cloud of toxic gas that deals damage over time
- Cluster Nobelisk: Detonates into multiple explosions over a larger area
- Pulse Nobelisk: Generates a powerful shockwave. Double jump!
- Nuke Nobelisk: Creates a massive explosion
- Undocumented Change - Nobelisk Detonator:
- Changed Object Scanner cost from 5 to 1
- Changed 5 Encased Industrial Beams cost to 10 Steel Beams
- Undocumented Change - Nobelisk:
- Changed recipe craft time from 20 to 6 seconds
- Changed Black Powder cost from 5 to 2
- Changed Steel Pipe cost from 10 to 2
- Undocumented Change - Removed Seismic Nobelisk alt recipe
- New Nobelisks
- Patch 0.5.1.9:
- Fixed a crash when bringing up the Nobelisk Ammo Selection wheel without having any type of ammo on inventory
- Fixed G not being properly bindable for “Interact” due to a conflict with the “Cycle Nobelisk Ammunition” binding
- Patch 0.5.1.3:
- Introduced ammo switching
- FICSMAS Snowballs are now considered alternative Nobelisk Ammo
- Patch 0.5.0.10: Made most bushes destructible by Nobelisks
- Patch 0.5.0.9: Fixed Nobelisks being invisible when first equipping for Clients
- Patch 0.5.0.8: Hopefully fixed remaining Nobelisk issues for clients (Firing, Explosions, UI Feedback, Responsiveness)
- Patch 0.5.0.6: Fixed Nobelisk/Snowballs on Dedicated servers
- Patch 0.4.0.6: Fixed Nobelisk sound delay bug on destructible boulders
- Patch 0.2.1.4: Implemented our own progress bar for the Nobelisk Detonator instead of the standard UE4 one
- Patch 0.1.15: Potentially fixed a Nobelisk Detonator crash
- Patch 0.1.12: Fixed Nobelisk sound bugs
- Patch 0.1.8: Implemented some changes to Nobelisk sounds
- Patch 0.1.6 build 98394: Improved Nobelisk Detonator sounds
- Patch 0.1.5: Introduced Nobelisk Detonator and Nobelisk