Bomb Block

> *"Dangerous explosives that can be detonated when shot"*
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~ in-game description

Holding a bomb block.

The Bomb Block is an explosive block that deals damage to players and destroys blocks. It can be detonated if shot by any weapon. It is the first, and currently the only explosive in the game.

## Appearance

It is a block of dynamite explosives with four red sticks (2 stacked on 2) bundled together. There are also several white strings on top that serve as detonating cords.

## Obtaining

In Battle Royale you can find them in some chests, in Survival they are found in dungeons and in CTG you can find them in, and on top of the middle wall of the Bulwark map, inside barrels. They can also be crafted.

## Crafting

To craft a bomb block, you'll have to combine 10 Emerald Gems, 10 Sand, and 5 Sulfur in a Work Station. This investment is rather expensive but can be very devastating to an enemy or an enemy structure if used properly.

## Active State

When one shoots at a bomb block, the bomb block primes and flashes white, and may fall if it has no block supporting it. Players may move through the blocks.

The bomb takes 3 seconds to detonate, and will flash 6 times until it will expands around 3 to 4 pixels, and finally explodes.

## Explosion

### Geometry

The explosion of the bomb block has a blast radius of 5 blocks (which corresponds to a volume of 515 blocks affected, outside the edges).

### Effect

Upon detonation, it will break almost all blocks except the unbreakable ones (like both Reinforced Ruby and Sapphire Bricks and Bedrock-based blocks), bomb blocks, iron in some cases, or unbreakable areas like too close to a team's spawn in capture the gems.

#### Effect by distance

The damage caused to players can be calculated as 300/distance, while the damage caused to blocks can be calculated as 100/distance (assuming that one pellet of a burst shotgun or one bullet of a tactical assault rifle has a damage of 1 to blocks at a sufficiently close distance), so that if a bomb is surrounded by iron blocks, then only ~3.4 of the radius (sqrt(11) < x < sqrt(12)) will destroy the iron, the rest will just damage it without destroying it completely; stone bricks, on the other hand, get destroyed regardless of distance, implying that the damage for all distances is higher than that required to destroy a stone brick. It doesn't appear to be possible to block the explosion (using iron blocks or even indestructible blocks).

#### Effect on other bomb blocks

The explosion of one bomb block activates other bomb blocks, though it does not destroy them. If a bomb block explodes next to other bomb blocks that haven't yet been detonated, it will cause the blocks to detonate as well. It is known as a bomb cannon. It is rare it is used.

#### Effect if in water

If it explodes while partially or wholly submerged in water, the bomb will only damage players and not affect any blocks.

## Usage

To use a bomb block, you'll have to place it, then shoot it with a weapon. Try to get out of the blast radius.

## Tactics

1. One way to use a bomb block is to put it behind a wall. Then go a bit back, tower up, and when an enemy is in range, trigger the bomb, so when the enemy breaks the wall, the bomb will kill them. To escape your bomb, climbing nearby buildings are useless as it will simply collapse. Try heading for wide and flat ground with little obstacles.
2. Players have also made a simple "bomb (or TNT) cannon" by placing 2 bomb blocks nearby, shooting one, then shooting the second one a few seconds later. The blast from the first bomb will send the second one flying, usually with a range of about 25 blocks max.
3. (used by players guarding homes and supplies in Survival) This little trick is an amazing surprise, by getting into a building and putting bomb blocks at the ceiling in front of the doorway. When enemies enter, trigger the explosives, which will detonate in the target's face as they fall and blow them to bits.
4. Some players do suicide attacks by running near the enemy in detonating the bomb. Do not do that because they will run away before it explodes. Put it if you know a enemy is there but cannot shoot them.

## Trivia

* It is the first explosive added to the game and is heavily based on Minecraft's TNT block.
* Suicide with bombs used to give you points, but this was fixed in a later update.
* The crafting cost was originally 20 Emerald Gems, 20 sand and 10 sulfur, but was later reduced by half.
* The primed bomb used to expand infinitely before detonation, but this was later fixed.
* The record for the most bombs exploded was done here.

## Gallery

Two bomb blocks placed next to each other.

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