Cannonball

Crafting
Workbench level 1
Research
30 Scrap

Crafting

Recipe

Requirements

Workbench
Craft time
15sper batch
Research
Tech tree
10 unlocks deepScrap cost not listed
Unlock after

Ingredients

  • 50
  • 15

Creates

Total raw materials

Includes the cost of crafting sub-components for the batch shown above.

  • 60
  • 50
  • 40

How to get

Loot 1 sources

Chance of at least one.

How loot chance works

The chance that a freshly spawned container, or a killed NPC, rolls at least one Cannonball. Container chances are before inventory limits: a full crate can discard rolled items, while bonus scrap drops beside it.

Recycling

Recycling

Per item at full condition. Green’s 60% boost needs 4 heavy fuses at the Power Plant; red requires maximum power (18 fuses).

Returns
50% efficiency · 5s per cycle
60% efficiency · 5s per cycle 4.5s at maximum power
40% efficiency · 8s per cycle
75% efficiency · 4s per cycle
12 to 1315 to 161018 to 19
3 to 44 to 535 to 6
How returns work

Component fractions are random rolls; Scrap fractions carry over between cycles. Worn items return less.

Stats

Gameplay details

Stack size
6
Despawns after
20 min
Technical details
Category
Ammunition
Item id
-411,735,114
Shortname
cannonball
Has skins
No
In-game description

Round solid ammo for the cannon

Game data: build 25083359, captured 4 Sept 2026. Sources and dates.

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