(.22)LR is just a caliber, there's nothing special about it. This means they're slightly worse against unarmored, but against anything moderately armored they're your best choice. They do less damage in total to unarmored enemies, but since all damage is packed into one large projectile, they're more effective against armored ones, as well as being much more accurate.Īrmor Piercing ammo deals only 95% damage, but reduces DT of their target by 20. Slugs are solid shotgun shells, as opposed to buckshot, which consists of several small pellets. Hollow point ammo deals much more damage to unarmored enemies, but the 3xDT multiplier means armored enemies will quickly have enough resistance to counter the damage bonus. Hand Loader ammo is almost universally a flat upgrade to regular, dealing more damage and often having DT reduction to boot. They're cheap and don't have any obvious advantage. Regular ammo is your bread and butter, until you can reliably craft Hand Loader ammo. These are generally a tradeoff between Hollow Point and Armor Piercing, offering the advantages of both to a lesser degree (example. You can only create regular ammo and, with Hand Loader, one type of special ammo per caliber (exception being shotgun shells). 308 case, 17 units of lead, 5 units of rifle powder, and one large rifle primer yields 1. The other way around is crafting ammo, just like you would any other item at a workbench (example: 1. When you dismantle ammo, you get these resources in a certain amount (for instance, 3 5.56mm rounds yields 1 5.56mm case, 10 units of lead, 3 units of rifle powder, and 1 small rifle primer) With guns, ammunition consists of 4 parts: a caliber-specific case, a type-specific primer, type-specific gunpowder, and generic lead. You can also recycle drained energy weapon ammo at a workbench. These upgraded versions can not be converted back. Energy weapons is simple: you can convert between the 3 base ammo types, as well as upgrade to Overcharged, Optimized and Max Charged.

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