Cannon

Cannon

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Statistics

Type	FurnitureWeapon
Placeable	✔️ (4 wide × 3 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	03*
Buy	25 GC
Sell	5 GC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Cannonball (friendly)
  

Sounds

Use
Impact

• Internal Item ID: 928
• Internal Tile ID: 209
• Internal Projectile ID: 162

The Cannon firing a cannonball.

The Cannon is an interactive furniture item purchased from the Pirate for 25 GC. It can be placed on the ground and, when activated, either by a player (consuming a Cannonball) or by wire ((Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)), fires an arcing cannonball that does not destroy blocks and explodes upon contact with a solid block or after piercing four enemies. If triggered by wires, the cannonballs will do no damage. The Cannon is powerful but immobile, functioning as a fixed gun emplacement, and so is best suited for tasks such as home defense.

A more powerful version of the Cannon known as the Bunny Cannon is sold by the Pirate when the Party Girl is present and one Mechanical boss is defeated.

Use

Once placed, the angle of the Cannon can be adjusted by right-clicking either side of the Cannon to rotate it in that direction, or tapping the side of the cannon. There are 9 possible orientations and it cannot fire downward, though the arcing trajectory of the cannonballs can be used to hit targets below the emplacement. Each click/tap tilts the Cannon by one step (22.5°).

The Cannon is fired by left-clicking it with a cannonball in hand, while pressing the Auto Select key with a cannonball in the player's inventory, or tapping the Cannon with a cannonball in hand. In either case, the cannonball is consumed. On  Desktop version,  Console version, and  Mobile version, it can also be triggered by wire. Depending on where the wire is connected, it will either shoot a cannonball or rotate toward the side the wire is on.

Notes

• Activating a Cannon through wires will fire a mostly aesthetic cannonball. The cannonball does no damage to NPCs or players, but it will still trigger a Teal Pressure Pad if it hits one.
• Despite being weaker than the Bunny Cannon, the Cannon could be seen as a better choice of home defense, due to the fact cannonballs are easier to obtain than Explosive Bunnies.
• Although it appears to only take up a 3×2 space, it requires that all 12 tiles in its vicinity are free; this is because the Cannon needs the extra space in order to properly rotate. It also appears as a 4×3 object on the minimap.
• If used quickly, the sound that the cannonballs make exploding on the ground causes the sound of the Cannon launching the cannonballs to stop before it is completed and make shorter bursts of incomplete noise.
• When fired on a flat surface:
  • At 0° the cannonball impacts the ground 21 tiles away.
  • At 22.5° the cannonball reaches a maximum height of 8 tiles and impacts the ground 43 tiles away.
  • At 45° the cannonball reaches a maximum height of 23 tiles and impacts the ground 45 tiles away.
  • At 67.5° the cannonball reaches a maximum height of 32 tiles and impacts the ground 29 tiles away.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Item and placed sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.3.1.1: Can now be triggered by enemies and NPCs via Pressure Plates.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Can now be wired.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Cannonballs have a lower arc.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.