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''A small four wheel catapult designed to be dragged by one person. It could be used to hurl items at walls and fences.''
==Notes==* A catapult's primary use is the destruction of walls and gates. You can hit another person with it or animal with it, but it's very difficult.* If you get this error message: "You can't work with the small catapult. This area ''' is too crowded," move surrounding objects at least 2 tiles away. * To use a catapult: **First load it with ammunition. Almost everything can be fired, but [[stone shardswar machines|war machine]] and [[ore]]s do the most damage. [[Quality]] and [[damage]] of the used to launch ammunition will affect the amount of damage done to your target. To load a catapultat walls, activate an item in your inventoryfences, right-click the catapultbridges, and select Machine -> Loadother targets.**After you load the catapult, it must be winched. With every winch the catapult shoots 1 tile further. The minimum distance a catapult can shoot is 3 tiles, which is 10 winches. The maximum distance a catapult can shoot is 50. To winch a catapult, right-click the catapult after it has been loaded, and select winch. This distance is calculated including both the tiles that the catapult and the target are standing on.**To aim the catapult, simply drag it so that it points to the target. This can be improved with further precision by changing the firing angle. By default, the firing angle will be 45 degrees and it can be changed to be between 5 and 85 degrees. == Usage ==**When the catapult has winched at least 10 winches, you can fire the catapult. Right-click the catapult, select 'Machine'>'Fire'. If it was properly aimed and winched, you will either get a message in event window that you just missed the target, or a list of everything it hits. If it only says that you've hit nothing, your aim is off.* A catapult's trajectory primary use is affected by elevationthe destruction of walls and gates. Firing uphill requires more winching to It can hit the targetanother player or animal, whereas firing downhill requires less winchingbut this is very difficult.* A catapult needs 21.0 [[body strength ]] to use.
Moved examine text into the item box, added a practical Description section, reorganized Usage, cleaned up wording, and improved formatting.
[[CDB|Main]] / [[Skills]] / [[Carpentry]] / [[Fine carpentry]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
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|group=War machines
|materials=* 1x [[log]]s (24kg24 kg)* 6x [[log]]s (17kg17 kg)
* 1x [[shaft]]
* 5x [[rope]]s (0.5kg50 kg)
* 2x [[small wheel axle]]s
|result=*'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
|skill=fine carpentry
|improve=fine carpentry
== Description ==
* It can be dragged, but only by players, not by animals.
* Cannot be operated with furniture or other large objects within 1 tile of it.
* Cannot be operated if the tile it stands on is below water level or inside a cave.
* Can be loaded into larger ships like the [[knarr]] or [[cog]].
* A [[spyglass]] is an excellent tool for measuring distance when winching.
'''Loading and firing'''
* First load it with ammunition. Almost everything can be fired, but [[stone shards]] and [[ore]]s do the most damage.
* [[Quality]] and [[damage]] of the ammunition affect the amount of damage done to the target.
* To load a catapult, activate an item in your inventory, right-click the catapult, and select ''Machine'' > ''Load''.
* After loading the catapult, it must be winched. With every winch, the catapult shoots 1 tile further.
* The minimum distance a catapult can shoot is 3 tiles, which is 10 winches.
* The maximum distance a catapult can shoot is 50 tiles.
* To winch a catapult, right-click the catapult after it has been loaded and select ''Winch''.
* This distance is calculated including both the tiles that the catapult and the target are standing on.
* To aim the catapult, drag it so that it points toward the target.
* The firing angle can be changed for more precise aiming. By default, the firing angle is 45 degrees and can be changed to between 5 and 85 degrees.
* When the catapult has been winched at least 10 times, it can be fired by right-clicking the catapult and selecting ''Machine'' > ''Fire''.
* If it was properly aimed and winched, the event window will show either that the shot missed the target or a list of everything it hits. If it says that nothing was hit, the aim is off.
'''Damage and trajectory'''
* A catapult's trajectory is affected by elevation. Firing uphill requires more winching to hit the target, while firing downhill requires less winching.
* Action timer for winching is affected by skill.
* Any item launched with the catapult will be either heavily damaged or destroyed. Any item that is not destroyed will be at the target tile.
* Starting power is determined by the number of winches. Power is directly related to starting velocity (E.G: , for example, 20 winches is 20 m/s).* Anything within a small radius of the landing position will take damage and the . The size of the radius is determined by the size of the thrown projectile.* Catapults A catapult's projectile arc is checked for any walls, floors, bridges , or fences it hits. Otherwise , it travels a full arc until it hits the ground. * Weight, quality, and final velocity all add into to how much damage it deals to objects it lands on (metal . Metal and stone do the most damage).
* Catapults can fire over buildings and walls.
* Catapults cannot hit [[guard tower]]s or damage mine doors.
* You can do a maximum of 20 damage to your target in one successful hit.
* Catapults seem to be able to damage bridges (Thanks to Cenotaph for testing). Four [[stone shards]] did 8.0374664 damage on a bridge of QL = 48.90988.* Cannot be operated with furniture or other large objects within 1 tile of it.* Cannot be operated if the tile it stands on is below water level or inside a cave.* Can be loaded into larger ships like the knarr or cog.* Combine ammunition into 80kg 80 kg shards in order to maximize damage.* A [[spyglass]] is an excellent tool for measuring distance when winching.
== Ammunition ==
{| class="wikitable"
! width=100 | Item
! Notes
|-
| [[Stone shards]] || Combined stone shards will do more damage.
|-
| [[Stone brick]] || Less damage than stone shards.
|-
| [[Ore]] || Frequently used during raids, as it cannot be used by the enemy to repair walls and it's near is nearly worthless after being shot.
|-
| [[Corpse]] || Deal Deals moderate damage and can be useful when other ammo ammunition types are unavailable.
|}
==Skills & Characteristicsand characteristics == When using a small catapult:
* [[War machines]] > Catapults
* [[Mind]] > [[Mind logic]]
When creating a small catapult:
* [[Carpentry]] > [[Fine carpentry]]
== [[Titles]] ==
* Rock Hurler at 50 skill
* Wall Breaker at 70 skill
* Eradicator at 90 skill
== Notes on use on Freedom servers== *It If you get the error message, "You can't work with the small catapult. This area is possible to use catapults on too crowded," move surrounding objects at least 2 tiles away.* On Freedom servers, catapults can be used with the following limitations: ** '''On deed''': can Can destroy anything (, including owned houses) , if given destroy building permission. Applies This applies to ally allies and non-citizens as well.** '''Off deed''': (including perimeters) can Can destroy any fence, wall , or hedge, including in perimeters, but not buildings, even if the building belongs to the user.
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