Primitive Cannon

Primitive 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
Ingredients
Resources breakdown 950 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 200 × Fiber 150 × Hide 120 × Thatch 300 × Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste

The Primitive 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[edit | edit source]

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.

Notes[edit | edit source]

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

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

Painting and Color Regions

The Primitive 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.

Weapon

For a side-by-side comparison of all weapons, see the Weapons page! For a comparison of reload and draw times, see Weapon Mechanics!

Melee

Spear • Pike • Lance • Club • Sword (Tek) • Electric Prod • Shield (Wooden, Metal, Riot, Tek)

Ranged

Primitive	Bola • Bow (Compound) • Crossbow • Flare Gun • Slingshot • Boomerang

Firearms	Pistol (Fabricated) • Shotgun (Pump-Action) • Longneck Rifle • Assault Rifle • Fabricated Sniper Rifle • Tek • Tek Railgun • Harpoon Launcher • Flamethrower • Charge Lantern

Attachments	Flashlight • Holo-Scope • Laser • Scope • Silencer

Ammunition

Bullets	Bullet (Simple, Advanced) • Shotgun Ammo (Simple) • Rifle Ammo (Simple, Advanced) • Sniper Bullet (Advanced)

Projectiles	Stone • Arrow (Stone, Tranq, Metal, Flame) • Grappling Hook • Zip-Line Anchor • Tranquilizer Dart (Shocking) • Pheromone Dart • Spear Bolt (Tranq) • Chain Bola • Boulder • Cannon Ball

Other	Charge Battery • Element • Element Shard • Flamethrower Ammo • Gasoline

Tools

Pick (Stone, Metal, Climbing) • Hatchet (Stone Hatchet, Metal) • Metal Sickle • Chainsaw • Pliers • Torch • Glow Stick • Lasso • Whip • Taxidermy Tool

Emplacements

Auto Turret (Heavy) • Ballista Turret • Catapult Turret • Minigun Turret • Plant Species X • Primitive Cannon • Rocket Turret • Tek Turret

Explosives

C4 Detonator (C4 Charge) • Water Mine • IED • Grenade (Smoke, Poison, Cluster, Tek, Tek Gravity) • Plant Species Z Fruit • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Cannon Shell • Rocket Pod

Traps

Bear Trap • Large Bear Trap • Tripwire Alarm • Tripwire Narcotic • Plant Species Y Trap • Oil Jar

Spawnables

Scout Remote • Unassembled Enforcer • Unassembled Mek

Structures

Crafting

Mortar and Pestle → Chemistry Bench │ Refining Forge → Industrial Forge │ Smithy → Fabricator → Tek Replicator │ Industrial Grinder │ City Terminal

Cooking

Campfire → Industrial Grill │ Cooking Pot → Industrial Cooker │ Preserving Bin • Beer Barrel

Farming

Small Crop Plot (Medium, Large) • Compost Bin • Feeding Trough • Tree Sap Tap • Bee Hive • Water Well • Oil Pump • Gas Collector • Fish Basket

Irrigation

Stone	Intake • Straight • Inclined • Vertical • Intersection • Tap • Flexible • Reservoir

Metal	Intake • Straight • Inclined • Vertical • Intersection • Tap • Flexible • Reservoir

Electrical Items

Elevators	Elevator Track • Small Elevator Platform (Medium, Large) • Wood Elevator Track • Wood Elevator Top Switch • Small Wood Elevator Platform (Medium, Large)

Other	Air Conditioner • Dino Leash • Lamppost (Omnidirectional) • Refrigerator • Remote Keypad

Electricity

Generation	Electrical Generator • Electrical Outlet • Wind Turbine • Charge Node

Cables	Straight • Inclined • Vertical • Intersection • Flexible

Household

Storage	Storage Box (Large) • Bookshelf • Vault • Wooden Cage • Vessel • Cryofridge • Delivery Crate • Tek Dedicated Storage

Beds	Hide Sleeping Bag • Simple Bed • Bunk Bed • Tek Sleeping Pod

Furniture	Standing Torch • Wall Torch • Stone Fireplace • Wooden Chair (Bench, Table) • Mirror • Shag Rug

Ladders	Rope Ladder • Wooden Ladder • Metal Ladder • Tek Ladder • Adobe Ladder • Portable Rope Ladder

Other	Wardrums • Training Dummy • Toilet • Tent • Taxidermy Base (Small • Medium • Large)

Signage

Signs	Wooden Sign • Wooden Wall Sign • Wooden Billboard • Metal Sign • Metal Wall Sign • Metal Billboard

Flags	Single Panel Flag • Multi-Panel • Spider • Gorilla • Dragon • Manticore • Rockwell • King Titan (Mecha)

Other	Painting Canvas • War Map • Gravestone

Weaponry

Primitive	Primitive Cannon • Ballista Turret • Catapult Turret • Plant Species X

Electric	Auto Turret (Heavy) • Minigun Turret • Rocket Turret • Tek Turret

Platforms

Tree Platforms	Wooden Tree Platform • Metal Tree Platform

Cliff Platforms	Stone Cliff Platform • Metal Cliff Platform

Tek

Tek Transmitter • Tek Forcefield • Tek Generator • Tek Teleporter • Tek Light • Cloning Chamber • Tek Trough • Tek Bridge

Trophies

Artifact Pedastal • SotF Trophies • Trophy Wall-Mount • Alpha Rex • Alpha Deathworm • Alpha Wyvern • Broodmother • Megapithecus • Dragon • Manticore • Rockwell • Desert Titan • Forest Titan • Ice Titan • King Titan • Survivor's Trophy

Vehicles

Wooden Raft • Motorboat • Tek ATV

Loot Structures

Deep Sea Loot Crate • Giant Beaver Dam • Loot Crate • Obelisk • Orbital Supply Drop • Supply Crate

Event Exclusive

Taming

Plants

Amarberry • Azulberry • Citronal • Longrass • Mejoberry • Narcoberry • Rockarrot • Savoroot • Stimberry • Tintoberry

Meat

Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Prime Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky) • Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Prime Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked) • Raw Mutton • Cooked Lamb Chop • Spoiled Meat

Kibble

Base	Basic • Extraordinary • Exceptional • Regular • Simple • Superior

Augmented	Basic • Extraordinary • Exceptional • Regular • Simple • Superior

Egg-based	Allosaurus • Ankylo • Araneo • Archaeopteryx • Argentavis • Baryonyx • Bronto • Camelsaurus • Carbonemys • Carno • Compy • Dilo • Dimetrodon • Dimorph • Diplo • Dodo • Featherlight • Gallimimus • Glowtail • Ichthyornis • Iguanodon • Kairuku • Kaprosuchus • Kentrosaurus • Lystrosaurus • Mantis • Megalania • Megalosaurus • Microraptor • Moth • Moschops • Oviraptor • Pachy • Pachyrhino • Parasaur • Pegomastax • Pelagornis • Pteranodon • Pulmonoscorpius • Raptor • Rock Drake • Quetzal • Rex • Sarco • Spino • Stego • Tapejara • Terror Bird • Therizinosaurus • Thorny Dragon • Titanoboa • Trike • Troodon • Vulture

Tools

Weapons	Slingshot • Wooden Club • Bow → Crossbow → Compound Bow (Tranq, Flame) • Longneck Rifle (Tranq, Shocking) • Harpoon Launcher (Tranq) • Electric Prod • Flamethrower (Ammo) • Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile) • Catapult Turret (Boulder) • Primitive Cannon (Cannon Ball)

Armor	Ghillie Armor (Mask, Chestpiece, Gauntlets, Leggings, Boots)

Other

Taming Food	Angler Gel • Beer Jar • Black Pearl • Broth of Enlightenment • Clay • Feces • Deathworm Horn • Eggs • Giant Bee Honey • Golden Hesperornis Egg • Leech Blood • Mushroom (Aggeravic, Aquatic, Ascerbic, Auric) • Nameless Venom • Organic Polymer • Plant Species X Seed • Plant Species Y Seed • Plant Species Z Seed • Rare Flower • Rare Mushroom • Reaper Pheromone Gland • Snow Owl Pellet • Stone • Sulfur • Sweet Vegetable Cake • Wyvern Milk

Narcotics	Bio Toxin • Narcotic

Taming Ingredients	Ammonite Bile • Chitin • Oil • Obsidian • Sap • Sparkpowder

Other	Bug Repellant

Primitive Cannon

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