Ammunition
Piercer Bolt
ballista.bolt.piercer
A piercing bolt for a ballista, capable of penetrating armored vehicles.
Crafting
 High Quality Metal | ×5 |
 Metal Fragments | ×75 |
Workbench Lvl 2Craft time: 5s
Blueprint
30
Research (scrap)
30
Tech tree node (scrap)
600
Tech tree path (scrap)
Workbench Lvl 2
Requires
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| High Quality Metal | ×2 |
| Metal Fragments | ×30 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| High Quality Metal | ×3 |
| Metal Fragments | ×45 |
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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