Plasma Cannon

Details

At 30 weight each it eats carry capacity fast, so bring a mount or park a chest nearby. At 1,196,020 gold it is worth real money to a merchant.

Plasma Cannon Crafting Recipe

Plasteel×150

Hexolite×130

Thermal Core×4

Computer×8

What it really costs, once every sub-recipe is expanded

Ore×902Crude Oil×348Wood×320Chromite×138Hexolite Quartz×138Coal×64Flame Organ×48High Quality Pal Oil×32Pure Quartz×32Sulfur×24Electric Organ×16Venom Gland×8

Crafting it takes 292 materials across 4 types.

Where to Find Plasma Cannon

Plasma Cannon is not something you find lying around — you craft it, and the recipe is below.

Every Tier of Plasma Cannon

The same piece exists at 5 rarities, and the gap is not cosmetic: attack runs 10000 to 13000, a 1.3x swing. Which one you end up with is decided by the rarity of the schematic you built from, not by the recipe — so a legendary copy of this is worth more than the next item up built from a common one.

Ammunition Plasma Cannon Uses

Plasma Cannon fires Plasma Cartridge, and nothing else — running dry mid-fight is the usual way this weapon lets you down, so keep the recipe unlocked before you rely on it.

Ammo	Yield	Craft cost
Plasma Cartridge	×10	Thermal Core ×1, Hexolite ×2

Alternatives and Upgrades

Penguin Launcher matches it exactly at 10,000 attack — those two differ in what they resist and what they weigh, not in raw attack, so picking between them is a swap rather than an upgrade. The next real step is Meteor Launcher at 10,500; below it is Rocket Launcher at 10,000.

Penguin Launcher10000Rocket Launcher10000

Other rocket launchers at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:

Rocket LauncherMulti Guided Missile LauncherGuided Missile LauncherGrenade LauncherMeteor LauncherScatter Sphere LauncherTactical Grenade LauncherRocket LauncherSingle-Shot Sphere LauncherLauncher MeatPlasma CannonMulti Guided Missile Launcher