Nobelisk Detonator

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The Nobelisk Detonator is a piece of handheld equipment used to detonate Nobelisks. They create explosions, which can be used to remove cracked boulders, Flora and Fauna.

Alternate recipes analysis
Alternate recipes analysis for Nobelisks is not applicable as there is only a single recipe used to craft Nobelisks.

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 for arming. Holding allows to select the ammo type.

Nobelisks can be thrown with, 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 it touches when thrown, including creatures and other Nobelisks. A thrown Nobelisk cannot be retrieved in any way.

After at least one Nobelisks has been thrown, is used to detonate. They will be detonated to create chains of explosions. Alternatively, striking the Nobelisk with any weapon (or having it hit by a Spitter spit) will detonate it, but no other Nobelisks.

Nobelisk behavior
When detonated, each Nobelisk blows up in a 7.5 meters 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 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 Nobelisk to stay in mid-air. Sticking it to a moving vehicle, including the HUB's FICSIT Freighter, will follow the vehicle.

Nobelisk can't deal damage to targets that don't have HP, such as buildings and vehicles.

Cluster Nobelisk explodes at the center, then create 5 secondary explosions in a star shape.

Nuke Nobelisk can one-shot Pioneers in the explosion radius. It also deals lingering radiation damage, which can be outpaced by Pioneer's emergency health regen, however.

Pulse Nobelisk deals 1HP damage but has a strong knock-back and environmental damage just like the other variants; players can use this to throw themselves or their vehicles long distances, knock attacking aliens away off of cliffs, or destroy nearby boulders or gas pillars without killing themselves or friendly nearby fauna.

Gas Nobelisk releases a cloud of poison gas, which will immediately kill flying crabs and drive away other fauna; fauna that cannot path their way out of the gas cloud can die.

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.

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.
 * If multiple nobelisks are placed before detonating, they will rapidly explode one after another, rather than all at once.
 * Xeno-Zappers and Xeno-Bashers can bypass this and detonate multiple Nobelisks simultaneously on hit, even through 7m(!) of Foundations. With Jetpacks or Parachutes, a 1m Foundation to block damage, and ~8 Pulse Nobelisks (or ~15 regular ones), one can cross the map at incredible speeds with little setup.
 * Because Nobelisks can be placed on physics objects, such as vehicles and players, they can be used as a rudimentary form of propulsion. While engaging in these shenanigans, be sure to connect all Nobelisks to the vehicle (or player) in question- if a Nobelisk is attached to another Nobelisk that detonates first, it will usually fall off and not contribute to the 'engine.'

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, as thrown Nobelisks deal a single (1) point of damage on initial impact.
 * 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.
 * When detonating a Nobelisk, it makes red spheres that disappear very quickly and a cloud of dust from the explosion.

History

 * Patch 0.6.0.10: Introduced new Gas and Pulse Nobelisk equip sounds
 * Patch 0.6.0.0:
 * Introduced Gas Nobelisk, Pulse Nobelisk, Cluster Nobelisk, and Nuke Nobelisk
 * Nobelisk Detonator:
 * Changed Object Scanner cost from 5 to 1
 * Changed 5 Encased Industrial Beams cost to 10 Steel Beams
 * 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
 * Removed Seismic Nobelisk alt recipe


 * 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 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 Nobelisks 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