Ammunition
Mortar Shell
ammo.mortar.basic
A high explosive mortar shell that deals minor structural damage on impact.
Crafting one takes 1× Metal Pipe, 300× Gun Powder at a Workbench Lvl 2. A recycler breaks one down into Gun Powder.
Crafting
 Metal Pipe | ×1 |
 Gun Powder | ×300 |
account_treeTotal Raw Cost(crafting every sub-component; looted components and low grade fuel left as they are)
| Metal Pipe | ×1 |
 Charcoal | ×900 |
 Sulfur | ×600 |
Workbench Lvl 2Yields ×2Craft time: 10s
Blueprint
30
Research (scrap)
30
Tech tree node (scrap)
960
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 2
Requires
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Gun Powder | ×60 |
| Metal Pipe | ×1(20%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Gun Powder | ×90 |
| Metal Pipe | ×1(30%) |
Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.
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