Explosives are a component item used in construction. Explosives can also be detonated in world by a shot from a Weapon.
The explosion radius of a stack of Explosives is 10 cm * (number of Explosives in a stack), scales linearly (up to 1 km and above), and causes roughly 54% damage to a Light Armor Block. Explosives are rather compact for their punch.
Explosives do not have to be assembled into a block to be dangerous: If the items are dropped in the world, they explode when shot. However, using a rifle to detonate a pile of Explosives does not necessarily lead to linear explosion size and force. Furthermore, randomly placing explosives may lead to server clean up removing them as a floating object. But, as an impromptu weapon and improvised explosive device, they make swift and excellent anti-personal mines and breaching charges.
Construction[]
You build explosives components in an Assembler from mostly magnesium and a bit of silicon. Explosives are only required to construct one block: