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Black Powder is a Combat Gear or commonly, Gear, classified under the Heavy Assault Launcher category. From the gameplay standpoint, it is considered as Gear 2. Since Black Powder is used during combat, it is considered a Combat Equipment. It it is possible to use gears to damage and defeat enemies and break destructible objects.
Note: All numeric values (except the power level) mentioned are only applicable to the default state of the gear. It may be possible to increase or decrease the net values using inscriptions, but they will not be shown.
Description and Alternative Items
For the alternative items, see Flak Cannon
Black Powder is an upgraded Flak Cannon. It is a Heavy Assault Launcher that fires a Barrage of shells across a wide area.
Black Powder can target multiple enemies at the same time and hit their weak points. The shells fired move in a conical path in front of the colossus. Each of the 20 shells fired do the amount of damage mentioned.
This item has a special ability, which is a procedural perk that can be activated by performing an action mentioned in its masterwork perk.
Masterwork Perk: Regain a charge after defeating an enemy. Can occur once every 1 seconds.
Obtaining Methods
Black Powder can be obtained in the following ways:
- Loot
- Guardians' Gifts (Tomb of Cariff)
- Regulator Store (When available)
- Crafting (Masterwork only)
Blueprint and Crafting
Black Powder is an item that can be crafted. It requires different amounts of resources depending upon its rarity. Complete the requirement in Blueprint Acquisition to unlock the Blueprint. Then craft the item in the Forge using the resources.
Unlocked blueprints can be found in the Craft tab located under the appropriate combat equipment slot (Gear/Gear/Component) of a javelin in the loadouts tab of the Forge.
The following table provides insights on blueprint and crafting requirements:
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Black Powder Blueprint |
Crafted Black Powder |
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Black Powder Challenge | 
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Required Crafting Resources
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Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- Black Powder and Flak Cannon are the only gears that can shoot 20 projectiles at once. This makes them essentially Shotguns that have a large magazine size.
- Gears are the only combat items that share their base design with their upgraded design.