How to trigger Neutron Flux to explode?

[cheapmiami]

So I have an awesome Agi/Ego build with Rejoinder going on right now. Finding lots of cool stuff. Recently found Neutron Flux in a phial from a shopkeep so i killed him for it and am now wonderinf how to trigger it to explode so i can kill some high level NPCs a loot them!?

So my first question is, which NPC is worth blowing up?
And secondly how do i trigger it? I tried throwing the phial but it just made the NPC aggro. So then i tried pourin it on their square and it turned into Neutron "Salt". Then when I tried to put it back in the phial it blew up. So i reloaded my save...

Thanks!

[Aquillion]

Originally posted by davidb11:

The big question is why does Neutron Flux explode like this, and what can you really do with it, siince it doesn't seem to have any actual use besides killing you, and probably glitching the game if you try to survive with Debug mode. :) Much like pouring lava on yourself.

With the force of 10,000 suns quote, and it's name, I figure it's some sort of Neutron Star material equivelent, albeit, a bit less dense, and more like an Anti-matter Neutron star. :)

Well, dominating someone into drinking it does work. But remember, it has a price of ~1000, and the only source seems to be the Alchemist (unless you can find it in the fungal jungles, which would be horrifically dangerous.)

The main way people learn about it seems to be if the Alchemist dies, which causes it to go off and usually results in an unexpected player death.

[davidb11]

Well, okay, but I'm sitll wondering exactly why it does what it does.
And what use it has other than blowing yourself up. :)

And what's The Alchemist? Are we talking about someone besides a random seller in Six Day Stilt? Because I've seen it sold there.

If it has a massive range, and the Alchemist is a bad guy, it seems like it should not spawn on him for obvious reasons, because guns don't have a multi-screen range, and Neutron Flux seems a bit stronger than a Hand- E Nuke.

[Laughing Fool]

It does not work on throwing the phial, and on throwing the phial at someone, then throwing a high explosive at them. I remember it working as throwing weapon once, something must have been changed.

The alchemist is a neutral merchant at bethesda susa floor 8, he is pretty well hidden and his tile blends in with surroundings, so he can be pretty hard to see, he always sells phials of all liquids in the game, including neutron flux and cloning draught.

[Lolpingu]

What I don't understand is, does this thing effectively destroy Qud? 10,000 suns sound like serious business. As in, 'destroy the entire star system and create a supermassive black hole' serious.

[davidb11]

Originally posted by Lolpingu:

What I don't understand is, does this thing effectively destroy Qud? 10,000 suns sound like serious business. As in, 'destroy the entire star system and create a supermassive black hole' serious.

I think it's more referenencing the force of the explosion on your face. A nuclear bomb generates temperatures that are about twice as much as the core of the sun for a very very very brief moment in a localized area. This just basically acts like a supernova went off in your face. :)

So, I figure this just acts like a slightly larger hand-e-nuke, although, I believe Neutron Flux is also a reference to Neutron Star material.
Since the Neutrons in a Neutron star are well, not what I call amazingly stable and all systems working at 100%. :)