Gunpowder is a Science item. When placed on the ground and lit on fire it will proceed to explode after a few seconds, destroying objects in the immediate area, dealing 200 damage per blast. During the few seconds, the player will have time to run away.
Recipe
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Trivia
- This item is added in the A Little Rain Must Fall Update.
- Gunpowder can only be ignited with some sort of fire or another gunpowder explosion
- Gunpowder explosions can cause structures to drop their resource, even if they are on fire.
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