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Acidstorm Thorn Cannon

medium weapon component

Acidstorm Thorn Cannon is a medium weapon component in Stellaris 4.5.2. It deals 13–27 damage every 0.85 days (8.5 combat ticks) at range 30, accuracy 85% and tracking 75%. It costs 1 Food, 1 Minerals, 0.3 Volatile Motes and uses 0 power. Unlocked by Stormfire Cannons.

Cost
1Food1Minerals0.3Volatile Motes
Power
0
Damage
13–27
Cooldown
0.85 days
Range
30
ID
ACIDSTORM_THORN_CANNON_MEDIUM
Open in the ship designer (Juvenile Weaver)

Weapon stats

From weapon_components.csv (in common/component_templates), base values before technologies and modifiers.

How it's counted

Damage multipliers against hull, shields and armor are shares of the damage. Cooldown and windup are combat ticks in the CSV, 10 a day (our reading of the defines); damage a day = (min + max) ÷ 2 ÷ cooldown in days.

Damage
13–27
Cooldown
0.85 days (8.5 ticks)
Damage a day
23.53
Range
30
Accuracy
85%
Tracking
75%
Hull damage
125%
Shield damage
150%
Armor damage
25%
Shield penetration
0%
Armor penetration
0%

Cost and upkeep

Cost
1Food1Minerals0.3Volatile Motes
Upkeep a month
0.55Energy Credits0Food0Minerals

Other sizes and versions

How to get it

In the game

Heavily increasing the concentration of the volatile fluid allows the barrage of bone shards to melt through shields, corrode metal, and tear through flesh with incredible efficiency.

ID

ACIDSTORM_THORN_CANNON_MEDIUM

Source: common/component_templates/01_mutation_weapon_components.txt and weapon_components.csv, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).

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