Dynamite Wagon
Handbook description
Produce dynamite from iron. Handle with care!
Strategy
The dynamite wagon is a very powerful wagon. In order to produce a dynamite, the dynamite car accepts stone as an input. Once provided with stone, a dynamite will be produced after the wagon's 'crafting speed'. Players can pick up the bomb and place it down. If a player is dashed into while holding a dynamite, the dynamite will be dropped on the ground and the fuse is ignited. Once placed on the ground, the dynamite will explode after it's fuse time, destroying all resources within it's radius. A fully-leveled dynamite wagon has a range of 7m or more, creating an explosion that can clear an area of 49 square tiles or more. This allows you to clear entire sections of the level with ease. To get optimal use out of a dynamite, mine into a resource patch a number of blocks equal to the dynamite's radius before placing the dynamite in the center.
Using the storage-pull extension is a good choice for the dynamite wagon as it will ensure that as soon as you pick up the dynamite, a new dynamite will start being created automatically. This removes the potential scenario where a dynamite is used, but no stone is input into the dynamite wagon to start production of new dynamite. This can be detrimental, especially if you rely on dynamite to clear out levels quickly.
Additionally, the speed-Boost extension is particularly useful on the dynamite wagon as none of the dynamite's upgrades improve the amount of time it takes to produce a dynamite bundle until level 6 or above. The speed-boost extension allows bombs to be produced 4.5s faster for each extension added to the wagon, making it much more effective at reducing the crafting speed than trying to level the wagon up above level 6.
The range extension is also good extension for the dynamite wagon, but keep in mind that as the dynamite cart's radius increases, the fuse time will also decrease. After the radius is 7m, further extensions will only increase the radius by 0.5m. The dynamite car's range naturally increases to 7m at level 6, which makes the range extension less effective.
Hydrocharge and supercharge are also useful extensions to consider for the dynamite wagon.
Level States
| Crafting Speed | Blast Radius | Fuse Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LVL 1 | 40.0s | 2.0m | 3.0s |
| LVL 2 | 40.0s | 3.0m | 2.7s |
| LVL 3 | 40.0s | 4.0m | 2.4s |
| LVL 4 | 40.0s | 5.0m | 2.1s |
| LVL 5 | 40.0s | 6.0m | 1.8s |
| LVL 6 | 40.0s | 7.0m | 1.5s |
| LVL 6+ | -1s per level | +0.5m per level | 1.5s |