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Windows·500 HP

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Cheapest way in
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Timed Explosive Charge275 HP per hit
Sulfur4,400sulfur ore
Time11sto get in
BenchWB3to craft
275 HP per hit · 2 hits on 500 HP−50 HP overkill

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12 tools · full bar = 4× the best
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ToolBench
Timed Explosive ChargeWorkbench 3WinnerCheapest sulfurFastest×24,400 Best11sBestWB3
Explosive 5.56 Rifle AmmoSemi-Automatic Rifle · Workbench 3×2005,000 +14%1m 28s×7.7WB3
Mortar ShellMortar · Workbench 2×175,100 +16%43s×3.7WB2
RocketWorkbench 3×45,600 +27%18s+62%WB3
Satchel ChargeWorkbench 1 · ~15 with duds×125,760 +31%26s×2.2WB1
Propane Explosive BombPlaced · Workbench 2×76,300 +43%1m 20s×7WB2
Beancan GrenadeStuck (right click) · Workbench 1 · ~66 with duds×566,720 +53%3m 58s×21WB1
High Velocity RocketWorkbench 2×346,800 +55%3m 23s×18WB2
Beancan GrenadeThrown · Workbench 1 · ~78 with duds×667,920 +80%4m 41s×25WB1
F1 GrenadeStuck (right click) · Workbench 2×49729,820 ×6.824m 51s×131WB2
F1 GrenadeThrown · Workbench 2×4,820289,200 ×664h 1m×1,268WB2
40mm HE GrenadeMultiple Grenade Launcher · Found in lootLoot only×29Loot onlynone36s×3.1Loot

Why ×2?

How the game gets the number
DamageBaseArmourOuter shellDealt
Explosion550× 0.5 50% blockedskipped275
Per hit275
500 HP÷275 per hit=1.82→ round up →×2
  • C4 sticks to the target, so the building's outer shell is skipped.
  • Fuse 10s, about 1.4s to place each.

Raw components

for 2× Timed Explosive Charge

Intermediates flattened into raw components (gunpowder, explosives, low grade).