Gunpowder Barrel

Gunpowder Barrel
Details
Type	Explosive
Company	Merchant Alliance
Sell to	Senior Traders or The Servant of the Flame
Base Gold Reward	100-200
Base Commissioned Reward	500-1,000
Emissary Value	432
Commissioned Emissary Value	2160

A Gunpowder Barrel is a type of Explosive in Sea of Thieves that can be carried and detonated. Gunpowder Barrels can be commissioned by the Merchant Alliance as part of a Trade Good Commission, for which an increased reward is offered for the barrels.

Gunpowder Barrels are found scattered all over the Seas or carried by Gunpowder Skeletons.

Where to Find

• Gunpowder Barrels are dropped by Gunpowder Skeletons when killed with caution:
  • Chance to encounter as Emergent Skeletons
  • Chance to encounter as Skeletons emerging after digging up Treasure
  • Chance to encounter as any type of Crew Skeletons during Bounty Map Quests or Voyages
  • Chance to encounter as Shadows of Fate during two waves of the Fort of the Damned Raid
  • Chance to encounter in large numbers during a Gilded Voyage of Legends
• ~8 Gunpowder Barrels can be found stashed on every Fortress Island
• Chance to find hidden on Islands, excluding Outposts, Seaposts
• Chance to find beached on the shorelines of Islands, excluding Outposts, Seaposts
• Chance to find among Barrels of Plenty floating on the open Seas
• Chance to find on emergent Skeleton Ships (never in Skeleton Fleet Ships)
• Chance to find inside sunken Shipwrecks on the seas
• 2-4 are found inside completed Skeleton Fort Vaults
• 3 are found inside completed Fort of the Damned Raid Vault
• Chance to dig up from the time-limited Black Powder Stashes Mercenary Voyages.

Usage

Primary Use of a barrel in hand will light a 5 second fuse to detonate, but can be cancelled by Secondary Use. The barrel can be picked up whilst the fuse is lit. The barrel will immediately detonate if shot by a player, struck, caught in an explosion, or upon contact with the outside of a ship hull. The explosion will damage all nearby pirates and Creatures (based on distance) within 10 paces of the detonating barrel, and put 4 holes into the hull of any nearby Ship as well as breaking nearby ship parts such as the Mast or the Wheel. Other barrels in the area will explode depending on the distance.

Rewards

Gunpowder Barrels can be sold to:

• Merchant Alliance Senior Traders stationed at the docks of Outposts for Gold and Merchant Alliance Reputation and Emissary Value (if sailing as a Merchant Alliance Emissary)
• The Servant of the Flame at The Reaper’s Hideout for Gold and Reaper's Bones Reputation and Emissary Value (if sailing as a Reaper's Bones Emissary)

The following is the reward chart for the sold Barrel when not commissioned:

Emissary Grade	Gold (Min.)	Gold (Max.)	Emissary Value
No Emissary	100	200	0
I	100	200	432
II	133	266	574.56
III	167	334	721.44
IV	200	400	864
V	250	500	1080

And the following is the reward chart for the sold Barrel when commissioned by the Merchant Alliance:

Emissary Grade	Gold (Min.)	Gold (Max.)	Emissary Value
No Emissary	500	1,000	0
I	500	1,000	2160
II	665	1,330	2872.8
III	835	1,670	3607.2
IV	1,000	2,000	4320
V	1,250	2,500	5400

Notes

• Picking up and placing Gunpowder Barrels on a Ship for the first time does not give Emissary Grade Reputation to Trading Company Emissaries. Only selling a Barrel as part of a Trade Good Commission offers Emissary Grade Reputation as Merchant Alliance Emissaries.
• Gunpowder Barrels do not emit a Glint or Glow from a distance.
• Storing Gunpowder Barrels in the Crow's Nest or on top of a sail maximizes safety, preventing the likelihood of being destroyed during a fight and causing minimal damage to the ship (not including the Stronghold Gunpowder Barrel). Be wary that an exploding Gunpowder Barrel on top of a Crow's Nest will break the Masts. Be careful when using this tactic on a sloop, as a successfully detonated Gunpowder Barrel can leave you without a Mast until it is re-raised.
• Ship collision will not detonate the barrel while carried in hand, however sailing into one even slowly will cause the barrel to detonate.
• Gunpowder Barrels can be grabbed with a Harpoon, even from the hands of Pirates and Skeletons.
  • A harpooned Gunpowder Barrel may explode if grabbed at an angle that causes its geometry to intersect the ship's.
• When a Player is holding a Gunpowder Barrel, only Skeletons with hands or Cutlasses with weapons can set off the keg. Shots from Weapons or Cannons will not detonate a held Keg.
• Blowing up a Gunpowder Barrel in your hand on a Ship will count as a Cannonball hit, meaning that a player can destroy a Skeleton Ship with a Keg and it will count as a kill.
• Gunpowder Barrels will blow up if they are within the area of effect of a thrown Throwable.
• A Gunpowder Barrel held by a player or Skeleton who is on fire will explode after a short period of time.

Commendations

Merchant Alliance Commendations:

• Black Powder Merchant → Deliver 100 Gunpowder Kegs on schedule
• Precious Commodities → Deliver 600 Merchant Alliance Consignments while flying the Merchant Alliance Emissary Flag.
• Prestigious Merchant → Deliver 320 Merchant Alliance Consignments while flying a Grade 5 Merchant Alliance Emissary Flag.

Reaper's Bones Commendations:

• Cargo Captured → Deliver 480 Merchant Alliance Consignments to the Reaper's Bones
• Plundered Prizes → Sell 600 of any Trading Company items while flying the Reaper's Bones Emissary Flag.
• Fearless Reaper → Sell 320 of any Trading Company items while flying a Grade 5 Reaper's Bones Emissary Flag.

Bilge Rats Commendations:

Gunpowder Skeletons Commendations:

• Skeleton Exploder → Kill 3 Bone Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton. (3 times) | +5 
• Master Skeleton Exploder → Kill 3 Bone Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton. (10 times) | +10 
• Plant Skeleton Exploder → Kill 3 Plant Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton. (3 times) | +5 
• Master Plant Skeleton Exploder → Kill 3 Plant Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton. (10 times) | +10 
• Gold Skeleton Exploder → Kill 3 Gold Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton. (3 times) | +5 
• Master Gold Skeleton Exploder → Kill 3 Gold Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton. (10 times) | +10 
• Shadow Skeleton Exploder → Kill 3 Shadow Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton. (3 times) | +5 
• Master Shadow Skeleton Exploder → Kill 3 Shadow Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton. (10 times) | +10 
• Legendary Skeleton Exploder → Kill 3 Bone Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton. (50 times) | +10  | +10 
• Chain Reaction → Set off a chain reaction between Gunpowder Skeletons. | +20 
• Legendary Chain Reaction → Set off a chain reaction between Gunpowder Skeletons. (50 times) | +20 
• Gunpowder Plot → Destroy 5 Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton on an active Skeleton Fort; while at least 1 other Crew is on the Island at the same time. | +20 
• Legendary Gunpowder Plot → Destroy 5 Skeletons at the same time by Shooting a Gunpowder Skeleton on an active Skeleton Fort; while at least 1 other Crew is on the Island at the same time. (20 times) | +20 

Black Powder Stashes Commendations:

• Gunpowder for Gold → Sell 20 Gunpowder Barrels to the Gold Hoarders. (time-limited) +5 
• Munitions for the Mystics → Sell 20 Gunpowder Barrels to the Order of Souls. (time-limited) +5 
• Bang for your Buck → Sell 20 Gunpowder Barrels to the Merchant Alliance. (time-limited) +5 
• Golden Benefactor → Complete all (45) Mermaid Gem and Black Powder sales quotas for the Gold Hoarders. (time-limited) +15 
• Mystic Benefactor → Complete all (45) Mermaid Gem and Black Powder sales quotas for the Order of Souls. (time-limited) +15 
• Merchant Benefactor → Complete all (45) Mermaid Gem and Black Powder sales quotas for the Merchant Alliance. (time-limited) +15 

Pirate Chat

Here is the Pirate Chat Wheel of the Barrel:

Patch History

2.0.8

• Balance
  • Chain detonation timing increased to 1 second from 0.

2.0.7

• Balance
  • UNDOCUMENTED: Chain detonation timing reduced to 0 second from 1.

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