Eternal Grappling Hook

Eternal Grappling Hook

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Eternal Grappling Hook. Apply on the Crossbow to grapple onto the environment & other creatures. Primary Fire to "Reel-In", Secondary Fire to "Reel-Out", Crouch to Detach, Jump + Reel-In to Vault-Jump! Gives 3 per craft.

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Weapon

Type

Arrow

Ammo for

 Crossbow

Item

Weight

0.01

Stack size

10000

Single use

Yes

Spawn Command

cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/AE/Items/Tools/Grapple/PrimalItemAmmo_Grapple.PrimalItemAmmo_Grapple'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 0

Engram points

0 EP

Crafting XP

0.2 XP

Crafting time

1s

Crafted in

•  Eternal Work Bench 

Ingredients

1 × Blue Crystal

1 × Green Crystal

1 × Orange Crystal

1 × Red Crystal

Overview

Eternal Grappling Hook. Gives 3 per craft.

Can not be ground up for components in any of the grinders.

Use

Apply the Grappling Hook as Ammo to the Crossbow to use it. Every shot will consume one hook, they cannot be retrieved.

• • To reel-in use primary fire (default Lmb, , , )
  • To reel-out use secondary fire (default Rmb, , , )
  • To detach use crouch (default C, , , ), this is not advised if you are high above ground.
  • Using primary fire (default Lmb, , , ) and then jump (default Space, , , ) when you reach the grappling hook will allow you to vault upwards; you can use this to jump onto the top of an object or building, if you hit it with a grappling hook near the top.

Grappling Hook Physics

Note, you will not be grappled to something if you logout of the game.

Reeling in the Grappling Hook will pull the player in a straight line towards their anchor point. Whenever the player stops reeling in they will begin to fall if possible though they are still limited by collisions from the side and the current length of the Grappling Hook line. Whenever the maximum length of the rope is reached the player will make an elastic bounce towards the anchor point. This means that players on grappling lines don't so much swing as they bounce forward to dangle under the anchor point. The rope does not collide with terrain or objects, so it may end up pulling the player against a rock face. The Grappling Hook will not pull the player past their anchor point, so in order to get up on ledges they must shoot past the ledge they want to stand on. Look for a rock or tree beyond the target area.

Survivors are still subject to gravity when reeling in a line attached to an anchor point below them. A survivor will fall normally until they are level with their anchor point. Then they will move horizontally without taking fall damage. This means that if you want to use a Grappling Hook to prevent fall damage, you must anchor onto a point that is higher up than where your survivor would hit the ground, but not necessarily above you. In the animation below, the player would have died if they had shot the ground instead of the rock.

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Using a grappling hook to fall safely

Holding down the primary fire (default Lmb, , , ) will launch a projectile and then have no further effect until the Grappling Hook hits an object, if the Grappling Hook fails to hit before reaching its maximum length then the hook will disappear and you will immediately fire a new Grappling Hook. For this reason, it's a good idea to hold down primary fire when falling and trying to establish a new anchor to save yourself. The first misses, you will immediately fire a second projectile.

Grappling Hooks will attach to:

• Rocks
• Trees (Not all branches)
• Survivors (including unconscious or dead)
• Structures (Including water pipes)
• All dinos (Some you can pull, others pull you!)
• Land under water
• Rafts

Grappling Hooks will not attach to:

• Leaves
• Bushes
• Fleeing dinos
• Loot Drops
• Unconscious Creatures
• Anything when you are encumbered (Hook will detach if you become encumbered.)