Cannon Ball

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A gigantic ball of heavy metal, capable of demolishing very strong structures.

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Weapon

Type

Ammunition

Ammo for

Cannon

Item

Weight

20.0

Stack size

Single use

Yes

Added in

v239.0

Spawn Command

cheat gfi CannonBall 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItemAmmo_CannonBall.PrimalItemAmmo_CannonBall'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 34

Engram points

5 EP

Crafting XP

1.6 XP

Crafting time

Crafted in

Required stations

Refining Forge

Mortar and Pestle

Campfire

Ingredients

Resources breakdown [Expand]

80 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

30 × Gunpowder

30 ×

15 ×

30 ×

30 ×

30 ×

20 × Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste

4 × Obsidian

Total Base Ingredients

15 ×	Stone
20 ×	Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste
30 ×	Flint
4 ×	Obsidian
30 ×	Wood or Fungal Wood
80 ×	Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

The Cannon Ball is a giant steel ball used with the Cannon to cause large damage from a distance.

Damage

Weapon	Thatch	Wood	Stone	Metal	Tek
Cannon Ball	*	*	3446	390	40

^* The damage is greater than the health-points of structures of that material

Knocking Out

Comparison to other heavy knockouting weapons

Creature	Ballista Bolt	Boulder	Rockets	Cannon Ball
Titanosaur	N/A	70	400	1400
Rock Elemental	N/A	6	360	1800

Notes

Titanosaur, Karkinos and Rock Elemental can most effectively be knocked out by shooting Cannon Balls at their head.
The Cannon deals much more damage to structures than a Catapult Turret or Ballista Turret.
Damage vs Dino ~ 2500 per shot.

Weapons

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

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

Ranged

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

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

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

Ammunition

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

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

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

Tools

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

Emplacements

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

Explosives

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

Traps

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

Spawnables

Scout Remote • Unassembled Enforcer • Unassembled Mek • Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff

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 • Simple • Regular • Superior • Exceptional • Extraordinary

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

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) • Cannon (Cannon Ball)

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

Other

Taming Food	AnglerGel • 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 R Seed • 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

Cannon Ball

Damage

Knocking Out

Notes

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