Rocket Propelled Grenade

Rocket Propelled Grenade

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A small but powerful explosive, primarily used with rocket launchers.

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Weapon

Type

Ammunition

Ammo for

 Rocket Launcher
 Rocket Turret

Explosive damage

250 (7.5 meter radius)

Item

Weight

0.1

Stack size

100

Single use

Yes

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 243 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi Rocket 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItemAmmo_Rocket.PrimalItemAmmo_Rocket'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 87

Engram points

8 EP

Crafting XP

14.4 XP

Crafting time

1s

Prerequisites

•  Grenade

Unlocks

•  Rocket Homing Missile

Crafted in

•  Fabricator
•  Tek Replicator
•  Exo-Mek

Required stations

Refining Forge
Mortar and Pestle
Campfire

Ingredients

Resources breakdown [Expand]

40 × Gunpowder

40 × Sparkpowder

20 × Stone

40 × Flint

40 × Charcoal

40 × Wood or Fungal Wood

10 × Crystal or Primal Crystal

20 × Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste

10 × Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule

12 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

Total Base Ingredients

20 ×	Stone
20 ×	Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste
40 ×	Flint
10 ×	Crystal or Primal Crystal
12 ×	Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
10 ×	Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule
40 ×	Wood or Fungal Wood

The Rocket Propelled Grenade is one of the explosives in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is fired using the  Rocket Launcher and  Rocket Turret.

Damage

The RPG deals 1400 damage to a creature without a saddle.

List of explosive damage versus various materials as of Patch 257:

Weapon/Structure	Thatch	Wood	Stone	Metal	Tek
C4 Charge	*	11813	*	3544	788
Grenade	788	788	1838	237	53
Improvised Explosive Device (pair)	*	7875	**	**	**
Rocket Propelled Grenade	*	7350	*	2205	596
Tek Rifle	1260	536	294	29	185
Tek Grenade	2625	1115	612	59	385
Cannon	*	*	3446	355	40

^* The damage is greater than the health-points of structures of that material
^** IEDs are currently just about impossible to place on stone, metal, or Tek structures.

Notes

• Cheaper than  C4 Charge because it does not require  Electronics,  Hide,  Fiber and uses 35 less  Gunpowder, 15 less  Crystals. However Rockets require 7 more  Metal Ingots compared to C4 and takes 15 more  Cementing Paste.
• According to the Steam Forums, Rockets are more designed to be used against buildings than dinos. It can be useful in caves against a flock of smaller dinos such as  Onycs, or can be used to enrage a  Giganotosaurus into dismounting its rider, but many users complain of unpredictable results when used against anything other than player-constructed objects.
• You should keep in mind that Rocket Propelled Grenades, when used in closed quarters, can heavily damage your dinosaurs, or you. Be careful when shooting things at a close distance.
• RPGs can be shot down by  Auto Turrets.

Changelog

Patch	ASE Changes
172.3	Rockets are now using "demolition" damage type which makes them as effective as C4.
175.0	Rockets now have gravity and drop over time, no more infinite range rocket shots.