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Dynamite is a high explosive weapon, either placed or thrown.
Background
Dynamite is nitroglycerine-soaked absorbent, either clay or similar material, and pressed into sticks. Dynamite sticks are relatively cheap, compact, and stable making them quite popular even after the Great War. However, dynamite that has been stored for a long period of time can be risky to use as it will "sweat" nitroglycerine making the stable explosive unstable.
Often, sticks have safety fuses for timed explosives, to be lit and thrown, or as bundles with a timing device for use as a bomb. Dynamite is especially helpful for clearing cave-ins, and can blow most doors apart.[Non-game 1] Dynamite is often found as single sticks, which can be thrown individually like grenades, or bundled together with a timer as a placed bomb.[Non-game 2]
Models
Dynamite (bundle with timer device)
A bundle of multiple sticks of dynamite, secured together and wired to a timer. This timer can be set for as little as ten seconds of delay, or up to a few minutes.
Dynamite (single stick with fuse)
A standard stick of dynamite, with a length of safety fuse. Used as a thrown explosive bomb, and lit by a cigarette lighter, they are found all over the wastelands, even from early on in the game.
Long-fuse dynamite
Long-fuse dynamite is just like normal dynamite but, as the name suggests, has a longer fuse.
Time bomb
A bundle of multiple sticks of dynamite, secured together and wired to a timer that will detonate the explosives after 15 seconds. It can be made at a workbench.
Time bomb, high yield
A more powerful version of the time bomb that will detonate the explosives after 15 seconds. It can be made at a workbench.
References
Non-game
- ↑ Wanderer's Guide Book, pg. 80: "A simple explosive, dynamite is a pressed stick of absorbent clay or similar material soaked in nitroglycerine. Sticks of dynamite are a compact and relatively cheap and stable form of explosive that isn’t too difficult to make. Storing it for long periods, however, can be risky, as old dynamite will often ‘sweat’ nitroglycerine, so old stockpiles of dynamite should be handled with care."
- ↑ Fallout 2d20: NPC Pack 4 - Mariposa Military Base, pg. 27: "A simple explosive, Dynamite is a pressed stick of absorbent clay or similar material soaked in nitroglycerine. Sticks of Dynamite are compact and relatively cheap, as well as a stable form of explosive that isn’t too difficult to make. Storing it for long periods, however, can be risky; as old Dynamite will often ‘sweat’ nitroglycerine—so old stockpiles of Dynamite should be handled with care. Dynamite is often found as single sticks, which can be thrown individually like grenades, or bundled together with a timer as a placed bomb."