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.
Obtaining[]
Unlocking[]
Crafting[]
| Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 ×  Object Scanner | 5 ×  Encased Industrial Beam | Equipment Workshop × 20 | 1 ×  Nobelisk Detonator | Sulfur Research - Nobelisk Detonator | ||||||||||||
50 ×  Cable | ||||||||||||||||
5 ×  Black Powder 15 / min | 10 ×  Steel Pipe 30 / min | Assembler 20 sec × 5 | 1 ×  Nobelisk 3 / min 300 MJ/item | Sulfur Research - Nobelisk Explosives | ||||||||||||
1 × Object Scanner | 10 ×  Steel Beam | Equipment Workshop × 20 | 1 × Nobelisk Detonator | Sulfur Research - The Nobelisk Detonator | ||||||||||||
50 × Cable | ||||||||||||||||
2 × Steel Pipe 20 / min | 2 × Black Powder 20 / min | Assembler 6 sec × 5 | 1 × Nobelisk 10 / min 90 MJ/item | Sulfur Research - The Nobelisk Detonator | ||||||||||||
1 × Nobelisk 5 / min | 10 ×  Biomass 50 / min | Assembler 12 sec × | 1 ×  Gas Nobelisk 5 / min 180 MJ/item | Mycelia Research - Toxic Cellular Modification | ||||||||||||
5 × Nobelisk 5 / min | 1 ×  Crystal Oscillator 1 / min | Assembler 60 sec × | 5 ×  Pulse Nobelisk 5 / min 180 MJ/item | Quartz Research - Explosive Resonance Application | ||||||||||||
3 × Nobelisk 7.5 / min | 4 ×  Smokeless Powder 10 / min | Assembler 24 sec × | 1 ×  Cluster Nobelisk 2.5 / min 360 MJ/item | Sulfur Research - Cluster Nobelisk | ||||||||||||
5 × Nobelisk 2.5 / min | 20 ×  Encased Uranium Cell 10 / min | Manufacturer 120 sec × | 1 ×  Nuke Nobelisk 0.5 / min 6600 MJ/item | Sulfur Research - Nuclear Deterrent Development | ||||||||||||
10 × Smokeless Powder 5 / min | 6 ×  AI Limiter 3 / min | |||||||||||||||
8 × Black Powder 12 / min | 8 × Steel Pipe 12 / min | Manufacturer 40 sec | 4 × Nobelisk 6 / min 550 MJ/item | Sulfur Research - Nobelisk Explosives Quartz Research - Quartz Crystals | ||||||||||||
1 × Crystal Oscillator 1.5 / min | ||||||||||||||||
Alternate recipes analysis[]
The following shows different ways to produce 1 Nobelisk / second, or 60 / min:
| Recipe | Iron Ore /min (WP) |
Copper Ore /min (WP) |
Coal /min (WP) |
Caterium Ore /min (WP) |
Raw Quartz /min (WP) |
Sulfur /min (WP) |
Crude Oil m3/min (WP) |
Total WP | Total Energy /item (MJ) |
Space (m2) |
Building counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 323.08 (45.90) |
- | 675 (218.45) |
- | - | 225 (328.95) |
- | 593.30 | 1532.20 | 12046 | 97.23 |
| Seismic | 64.62 (9.18) |
80 (27.72) |
150 (48.54) |
50 (45.29) |
192.86 (183.67) |
90 (131.58) |
35 (29.91) |
475.90 | 2716.63 | 13568 | 63.78 |
- Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by:
(resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better. - Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
- Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
- Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. See also:
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.
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.
Alternative Ammo[]
In place of Nobelisks, the use of FICSMAS Snowball can also be used. Equip the Nobelisk Detonator and press G key to Switch Ammo types. The FICSMAS Snowball operates the same as a Nobelisk and has to be reloaded with R for arming.
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. This makes it impossible to detonate the Nobelisks thrown at Flying Crab Hatchers, as it has only 1 HP and bursts instantly, removing the Nobelisk. 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, Poison Pillars, and vehicles.
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.
AWESOME Sink[]
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 to attach them directly to a person but that will kill you mid-flight so its best to attach them to a vehicle. When using this method of transportation make sure that all 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" form is to place a large number of Nobelisks at your feet and hit them with a xeno-zapper this will detonate all the Nobelisks at once and cause you to rocket into the sky.
Trivia[]
- Nobelisk thrown to the face of a charging Hog or Alpha Hog will stagger them and stop the charge, just like Xeno-Zapper or Xeno-Basher do. This will also scare off the Land Whale.
- It seems that aliens take the most damage from the explosion at the center of their body. The Land Whale takes ~20 damage if Nobelisk is attached to its leg, ~27 to its head or tail, and ~34 damage to its chest.
- Despite this, pioneers will take the more damage from the 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.
You can detonate a rock with a Nobelisk Detonator.
The text on a Nobelisk Detonator.
History[]
- 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
- 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 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
