Cannon

Cannon
A powerful, heavy weapon of war, capable of demolishing heavily reinforced structures.
Weapon
Type	Emplacement
Ammo used	Cannon Ball
Structure
Health	5,000
Item slots	1
Item
Weight	4.0
Stack Size	1
Added in	v239.0
Spawn Command cheat GFI Structure_Cannon 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_Cannon.PrimalItemStructure_Cannon'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Required level	Level 34
Engram Points	25 EP
Crafting XP	11 XP
Crafting Time	5s
Prerequisites	Catapult Turret
Crafted in	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle  Tek Replicator
Required Stations	Refining Forge
Ingredients
950 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 200 × Fiber 150 × Hide 120 × Thatch 300 × Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste

The Cannon is a stationary turret used to fire Cannon Ball. It is used for siege warfare and is also effective for taming Titanosaur, Karkinos, and Rock Elemental. The cannon can be placed on Platform Saddles.

Usage

To aim the cannon, the degrees of attack can be changed in 5% steps. There is little to no real time control, making it very difficult to hit a moving target. Using a dino with a platform saddle can compensate for this, using the dino to aim the cannon for you. For example, a Quetzal with a cannon on the platform can be aimed by the rider while a partner fires it, helping somewhat with smaller targets.

Ammunition is lightweight for a cannon of that size (it is approximately the length of a long 24 pounder but shows a much greater diameter) but still heavy enough that a player will be overburdened by only a few Cannon Balls. A key problem with using the cannon will be moving ammunition to it. Cannon Balls do not stack.

While the cannon's projectiles are less damaging than a Rocket Launcher, they cannot be shot down by defending Auto Turrets or Plant Species X. This means the cannon can safely damage enemy structures directly without having to eliminate other defenses first.

It is possible to fire the cannon from directly in front of it. However, this will heavily damage you, instantly killing an unarmored Survivor.

Unbeknownst to most players, the cannon can also be used to quickly tame several of the game's larger animals, many of which would normally require many tranqs. This effectively makes the cannon the ideal taming weapon for endgame tribes who can afford to craft many cannonballs, with its torpor application surpassing that of even an ascendant Longneck Rifle.

The following creatures (given they are high enough level) can be safely knocked out with a cannon:

• Allosaurus (1 shot)
• Ankylosaurus (1 shot)
• Brontosaurus (2 shots)
• Carbonemys (2 shots)
• Daeodon (1 shot)
• Diplodocus (3 shots)
• Doedicurus (1 shot)
• Gasbags (1 shot)
• Giganotosaurus (9 shots)
• Kentrosaurus (1 shot)
• Mammoth (1 shot)
• Managarmr (1 shot)
• Megalodon (1 shot)
• Megalosaurus (1 shot)
• Megatherium (1 shot)
• Mosasaurus (3 shots)
• Paracertherum (2 shots)
• Plesiosaur (2 shots)
• Quetzal (2 shots)
• Rex (2 shots)
• Spinosaurus (1 shot)
• Stegosaurus (2 shots)
• Therizinosaurus (1 shot)
• Thylacoleo (1 shot)
• Wooly Rhino (1 shot)
• Yutyrannus (2 shots)

Notes

• Shooting Cannon Balls at its head is the most efficient way to tranquilize and tame a Titanosaur, Astrocetus and Rock Elemental. Karkinos need to be shot in the main body.

• The Cannon is treated as a wooden structure and can not be damaged by hands, stone weapons, or non-explosive ranged attacks.
• The following aggressive creatures can not damage the Cannon:

• Araneo
• Archaeopteryx
• Astrocetus
• Basilisk
• Beelzebufo
• Bloodstalker
• Carbonemys
• Cnidaria
• Compy
• Dilophosaur
• Dimorphodon
• Diplodocus
• Direwolf
• Dung Beetle
• Enforcer
• Equus
• Eurypterid
• Ferox
• Giant Bee
• Ichthyornis
• Insect Swarm
• Kaprosuchus
• Lamprey
• Leech
• Magmasaur
• Mantis
• Megachelon
• Meganeura
• Mek
• Microraptor
• Nameless
• Onyc
• Pachy
• Piranha
• Pulmonoscorpius
• Raptor
• Reaper
• Sabertooth
• Sabertooth Salmon
• Terror Bird
• Thylacoleo
• Titanoboa
• Titanomyrma
• Velonasaur
• Vulture

Painting and Color Regions

The Cannon is not currently paint-able, however this object may be re-mapped to include paint regions in a future update.

For more information on Paint Regions and how to use them, please view the Dye, Paintbrush, or Spray Painter pages.