Spore Launcher

medium weapon component

Spore Launcher is a medium weapon component in Stellaris 4.5.2. It deals 16–22 damage every 3.75 days (37.5 combat ticks) at range 120, accuracy 100% and tracking 45%. It costs 1 Food, 1 Minerals and uses 0 power. Unlocked by Swarmer Missiles.

Cost: 1Food1Minerals
Power: 0
Damage: 16–22
Cooldown: 3.75 days
Range: 120
ID: SPORE_LAUNCHER_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: 16–22
Cooldown: 3.75 days (37.5 ticks)
Damage a day: 5.07
Range: 120
Accuracy: 100%
Tracking: 45%
Hull damage: 100%
Shield damage: 100%
Armor damage: 100%
Shield penetration: 100%
Armor penetration: 0%
Missile speed: 400
Missile evasion: 0%
Missile health: 10

Cost and upkeep

Cost: 1Food1Minerals
Upkeep a month: 0.42Energy Credits0Food0Minerals

Other sizes and versions

How to get it

Swarmer MissilesTechnology

In the game

A variant of the miasma launcher that replaces its semi-sentient projectile with a cloud of spore bulbs that explode on impact. The high density of projectiles makes this mutation difficult to intercept with point-defense systems.

ID

SPORE_LAUNCHER_MEDIUM

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