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Thorn Cannon

medium weapon component

Thorn Cannon is a medium weapon component in Stellaris 4.5.2. It deals 8–16 damage every 0.85 days (8.5 combat ticks) at range 30, accuracy 85% and tracking 75%. It costs 1 Food, 1 Minerals and uses 0 power. Unlocked by Autocannons.

Cost
1Food1Minerals
Power
0
Damage
8–16
Cooldown
0.85 days
Range
30
ID
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
8–16
Cooldown
0.85 days (8.5 ticks)
Damage a day
14.12
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
1Food1Minerals
Upkeep a month
0.42Energy Credits0Food0Minerals

Other sizes and versions

How to get it

In the game

Additional orifices discharge volleys of volatile fluids encased in hardened shards of bone at an impressive fire rate.

ID

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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