Exploding Barrel

Exploding Barrel
Explodes when in contact with fire or hit by gunfire.
Location
Dry Meadow Hideout - Bonus Crate Swamp Hideout Ruin
Item Type	Trap
Item Types
Value	40
Max. Stack
Crafting	1x 0.35x
Repair Cost	{{{repair}}}
Healing	{{{heal}}}
Notes	{{{use}}}
Notes	Can be placed as a trap Explodes from fire.
Duration	{{{lasts}}}
Release	Alpha 8.0

"The barrel is filled with a highly flammable substance. It explodes in contact with fire."

— The Protagonist's comment upon examination.

Exploding Barrels can be placed on the ground and pushed around much like furniture (but not dragged). It takes 3 seconds to place the barrel but only a second to pick it up.

When shot with a firearm or coming into contact with fire (from a Molotov Cocktail or a trail of Gasoline lit by a Matchstick or a Flare), the barrel instantly explodes, causing heavy damage to anything in close vicinity.

Matchsticks and Flares by themselves are insufficient to trigger the explosion. Melee Weapons including Torches also cannot trigger the explosion.

 Strategies

• Throw a piece of Meat or lay the Protagonist's flesh close to an exploding barrel to lure carnivores.
• Detonate the exploding barrel with a firearm and kill multiple enemies at once.
• Place an exploding barrel near an entrance in which enemies will likely pass through at night, connect it with a trail of Gasoline. Ignite the trail when the enemy is within the explosion radius. It should kill the enemy instantly. It is recommended to use this trap near windows, barricaded or not as they won't be destroyed.
• An activated exploding barrel creates a shorter Burning effect than a molotov cocktail, but the explosion itself produces additional damage in its area of effect, which can result in a higher damage output.
• Beware, its detonation leads to the destruction of barricaded doors in two hits and an unbarricaded door in one.
• Exploding barrels, just like Gas Tanks, are not considered furniture by enemies in the game and they thus do not attempt to nor can they break them. This makes it possible to use them as a permanent clutter, slowing down and blocking enemies. However they can still be destroyed if the player mistakenly shoots them.

Trivia

• Exploding Barrels are almost identical to Gas Tanks, but lack the jet propulsion and are not set off by a melee weapon.
• Setting off one exploding barrel alone suffices to kill an Elk, one of the toughest creatures in Darkwood.
• The possibilities of targeting exploding barrels with guns and picking them up after placement were both added in Alpha 9.0. The item's flavor text was also added further down the line.