Rocket Launcher

Rocket Launcher
Rocket Launcher

The power to blow stuff up.

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Rocket Launcher is a two-handed procedurally generated weapon. It can be common, uncommon, and rare. Common Rocket launchers will shoot regular rockets, while uncommon and rare Rocket Launchers shoot elemental plasma type rockets.

Base Statistics

• Base DPS: 9.0-10.0 health per second (Common), 9.5-10.5 health per second (Uncommon/Rare)
• Energy Usage: 36-40 energy per second (Common), 38-42 energy per second (Uncommon/Rare)
• Fire Time: 1.0-1.5 seconds between attacks (approx. 0.7-1.0 attacks per second)
• Knockback Power: 40 (very strong knockback)

NPC-Exclusive Variants

NPCs, hostile or otherwise, generally do not use rocket launchers. The only exception is on outlaw-hunting Quests - the outlaw, if they betray the player after "surrendering," has a chance to pull out an NPC Rocket Launcher and use it for the rest of the fight. This rocket launcher has the following base statistics:

• Rarity: Common
• Base DPS: 9.0 health per second
• Energy Usage: 12 energy per second
• Fire Time: 2.0 seconds between rocket shells
• Knockback Power: 50 (extremely strong knockback)
• Special Attack: None

Elemental Damage

Uncommon and Rare weapons have an assigned elemental damage type. Uncommon rocket launchers inflict status effects only with special attacks, but rare rocket launchers inflict status effects with all attacks.

• Fire (applies Burning)
• Poison (applies Poisoned)
• Frost (applies Frost)
• Electric (applies Electrified)

Special Attacks

All Rarities

• Guided Rocket
  • Description: Launches a rocket which flies toward the aim cursor until it hits something or expires.
  • Base DPS: 10 health per second
  • Energy Usage: 62.5 energy per rocket
  • Fire Time: 1.0 seconds between shots

Common Only

• Homing Rocket
  • Description: Launches a rocket which, after 0.75 seconds, locks on to nearby enemies, guiding itself toward them until it hits them or expires.
  • Base DPS: 15 health per second
  • Energy Usage: 50 energy per rocket
  • Fire Time: 1.0 seconds between shots
  • Lock-On Range: 50 tiles
• Rocket Burst
  • Description: Shoots a burst of five miniature rockets.
  • Base DPS: 15 health per second
  • Energy Usage: 50 energy per second
  • Fire Time: 0.25 seconds between bursts

Name Pool

1st Part	2nd Part	3rd Part
The	Boom	stick
Miss	Kill	barrel
(No Part 1)	Thunder	enator
Mr	Death	erizer
Holy	Storm	maker
Beautiful	Explode	boy
Precious	Atom	shooter
Awesome	Raid	boomer
Wicked	Charge	launcher
Badass	Thrash	destroyer
Leviathan	Rage	crusher
Destructive	Blast

Known Bugs

• The explosion from the rocket can damage the player as well as others in multiplayer, regardless of PvP status.

History

• Perturbed Koala: Added
  

• Spirited Giraffe: Leveling and shooting mechanics drastically changed
  

Data

itemName: commonrocketlauncher

File Details Spawn Command /spawnitem commonrocketlauncher File Name commonrocketlauncher.activeitem File Path middle/<variant>.png

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