Molotov cocktails
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Molotov cocktails
Glass bottles filled with flammable liquid, with a burning cloth in the neck. A favorite weapon for hooligans and desperate warriors from rim to rim.
Base Stats
Ranged Combat
- Mode
- Single Thrown
- Damage
- 10 dmg (Flame)
- Warm-Up
- 90 ticks (1.5 secs)
- Cooldown
- 160 ticks (2.67 secs)
- Range
- 12.9 tile(s)
- Accuracy
- -
- Velocity
- 12 (m/s)
- Burst Count
- 1 (per burst)
- Miss Radius
- 1.9 tile(s)
- Blast Radius
- 1.1
- DPS
- 2.4
Creation
- Crafted At
- Required Research
- Machining
- Work To Make
- 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)
- Resources to make
25 + 
80
- weaponTags
- GrenadeDestructive
Molotov cocktails are ranged (non-smeltable) weapons that set a 3x3 "plus-shaped" (+) area on fire where it lands.
Acquisition
They can be crafted at a machining table for 25 Cloth, 80 Chemfuel and 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins) of work. They are also a common drop from raiders.
Summary
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Analysis
A dubious combat weapon, accuracy is poor on moving targets and damage is slow over time. Molotovs are significantly cheaper to produce and fire faster than an incendiary launcher, but have poor range and projectile speed.
Good for disposing of corpses or equipment rapidly, though be aware of flammability of nearby flooring and walls; using a large, natural area of rough stone as your disposal zone is handy and safe.
One way to defend a base using molotovs is to drop some on stone floors/walls so that enemies have a difficult time getting in and are "softened" when passing through the flame, without burning the base itself.
Version history
In 1.0 it received a crafting recipe.
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