Nobelisk detonator is kinda meh?

[Gromak]

It seems the only use for this thing is to open the blocked resource nodes? I was excited when the description said it blows up rocks and thought I could remove the annoying rocks that stick out of my foundations, but no... What kind of ''rocks'' can it destroy apart from the boulders blocking nodes?

[Tankfriend]

Originally posted by Gromak:

What kind of ''rocks'' can it destroy apart from the boulders blocking nodes?

The same type of boulders can also be found blocking alternative passages around the map.

[oohbetty]

they remove the small light grey/white rocks, they also kill mobs and are sticky, some mobs will try to shake them off, which i kinda amusing, they're also useful for clearing out large areas of foliage.

[Humpenstilzchen]

It seems like not all stones can ble blown up. In the grassland in the central big flat area there are many small rocks that you can blow up, though in the desert dunes where I´m currently buidling I can´t blow up any rocks besides those who are meant to be blown up. I´m not sure if this is intended, a bug or maybe just not finished.

However, I really like to throw Nobelisks at enemies and then blow them up, kind of fun these little sticky bombs. One time i threw a nobelsik in a group of three of these rinio like aliens and it blew all three of them up at once. Alphas are tougher and need two bombs.

It is a good way to exploit the ai, because when you shoot at ai from a spot they can´t reach they will run away, but they don´t run away when you throw bombs into their faces ;)

[Blastroid]

Any time a plant farts on me it gets a nobelisk.

[Ambiorix]

its also good for taking out gas flowers, and basically any rock that has cracks in it can be broken.

[oohbetty]

Originally posted by Humpenstilzchen:

It seems like not all stones can ble blown up. In the grassland in the central big flat area there are many small rocks that you can blow up, though in the desert dunes where I´m currently buidling I can´t blow up any rocks besides those who are meant to be blown up. I´m not sure if this is intended, a bug or maybe just not finished.

However, I really like to throw Nobelisks at enemies and then blow them up, kind of fun these little sticky bombs. One time i threw a nobelsik in a group of three of these rinio like aliens and it blew all three of them up at once. Alphas are tougher and need two bombs.

It is a good way to exploit the ai, because when you shoot at ai from a spot they can´t reach they will run away, but they don´t run away when you throw bombs into their faces ;)

they will stick to each other as well, so you can make lines of them, i killed 5 spiders at once doing this.

be careful not to hit detonate instead of reload when standing at point blank range tho ;)

[Bobucles]

It also opens up the wildlife pretty well.

[DrNewcenstein]

ProTip: Don't bother with the "Seismic Nobelisk" recipe. The name implies a shockwave or wider blast radius. It doesn't.

[Pigeon]

one to two will kill most alien life

[DrNewcenstein]

I put 5 at once on a Giant Spider's face and all it did was launch into the air.
They were stuck to its face.
Not just on the ground nearby, but ON ITS FACE.

3 more knocked it to the ground (I was on my sky bridge, it was on a butte JUST INCHES FROM MY FACE - it popped up when I collected a slug, after killing the Alpha Spitter that was guarding it)

I don't know if the 9th or 10th one killed it, but I was vigorously upset that it took 5 bombs stuck to its face and lived. I was ready to drive to Coffee Stain and beat someone with a chair when it survived the other 3 that were also stuck to its face. This is NOT how you do things. The only thing that should take that many bombs to kill is the walking potato bird sloth, or the flying manta moth.

[Freedom]

Meh? I have to keep a double container full just because they are not meh. Mob's? Walking plants? Boulders obviously, and plant life in general. The most useful of all weapon in game for me.