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 6 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 9 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 after 1 second.

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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