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	Adobe	Stone	Metal	Tek
Cannon Ball	*	*	?	3446	390	40

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

In mobile version Raft can be damaged at 11,813. Means raft health will drop from 20,000 to 8,187.

Knocking Out[]

Comparison to other heavy knockouting weapons

Creature	Ballista Bolt	Boulder	Rockets	Cannon Ball
Titanosaur	N/A	70	400	1400 ( 725 on ARK Mobile )
Rock Elemental	N/A	300	360	1800
Karkinos	N/A	437.5	1250	11250

Notes[]

Titanosaur and Rock Elemental can most effectively be knocked out by shooting Cannon Balls at their head. The Karkinos, on the other hand, should be shot in the body.
The Cannon deals much more damage to structures than a Catapult Turret or Ballista Turret.
Damage vs Dino ~ 1800(just did it last night) per shot if you miss the part you need to hit
450 if you hit the torpor marker(head/body), so be careful, you can EASILY kill a Rock Elemental by missing just a couple shots.

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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