Artillery Hall
Cannons, rockets, explosions, and artillery upgrades for burst damage.
Role and Priority
Section titled “Role and Priority”| Main use | Cannons, rockets, explosions, and artillery upgrades for burst damage. |
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| When to prioritize | Damage pick for cannon, rocket, and explosion builds. |
| Upgrade chain | 15 linked upgrades on this page. |
How to Unlock
Section titled “How to Unlock”| Unlock purchase | Buy Artillery Hall from Khazad Greathold. |
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| Building requirement | Requires Ballistics Workshop and The Great Forge. |
| Cost | Costs 1800 Gold and 2 Mithril. |
| Unlock page | Artillery Hall |
What To Read Next
Section titled “What To Read Next”Upgrades
Section titled “Upgrades”| Image | Name | What It Does | Unlock / Requirements | Cost / Tiers |
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| Air Strike | Cannonballs have a chance to call an air strike on the mountain. Chance is increased by +1% per nuclear research tier and +0. 15% per gyrocopter. | Requires 3 Great Cannons in the Artillery Hall. Requires 5 Scientists. | Gold shown after unlock Mithril shown after unlock 1 tier | |
| Big Red Rocket | Artillery Hall rocket-chain entry. Use it alongside Bullet Ballin, Nuke, Air Strike, and Nuclear Research when building around rockets. | Requires 5 Great Cannons in the Artillery Hall. Requires 7 Scientists. | Gold shown after unlock Mithril shown after unlock 1 tier | |
 | Bullet Ballin | Shoots a massive rocket out of Artillery Hall, which must be guided by your cursor. The rocket destroys all falling rocks in its path, but takes damage in the process. | Requires 2 Great Cannons in the Artillery Hall. Requires 4 Scientists. | Gold shown after unlock Mithril shown after unlock 1 tier |
| Boulderbane Runes | Cannonballs now have 60% chance to collide with falling rocks and deal 2 to rock collision damage to them. The chance is increased by 4% per cannonball size. | Requires 2 Great Cannons in the Artillery Hall. Requires 4 Scientists. Requires 4 Runesmiths. | Gold: 300 Mithril: 1 6 tiers | |
| Dance Of The Ballins | Shoots a Bullet Ballin from each Great Cannon. | Available once Artillery Hall is unlocked. | No direct listed cost | |
| Rapid Cannonade | Duke Cannons get bonus cooldown reduction. | Requires 1 Great Cannon in the Artillery Hall. | Gold: 300 14 tiers | |
| Deadeye Calibration | Duke Cannons get bonus crit chance. | Requires 1 Great Cannon in the Artillery Hall. Requires Mithril Forging tier 2 or higher. | Gold: 250 Mithril: 1 8 tiers | |
| Devastating Payload | Duke Cannons get bonus damage. | Requires 1 Great Cannon in the Artillery Hall. | Gold: 320 Mithril: 0 10 tiers | |
| Bombardment Mastery | Forged in fire, delivered with cataclysmic force. Duke Cannons get bonus damage per runesmith, scientist, flamer and demodwarf. They also get +10% damage for each tier of Powder Hall upgrade. | Requires 3 Great Cannons in the Artillery Hall. Requires Powder Hall tier 1 or higher. | Gold: 500 Mithril: 3 4 tiers | |
| Denbreaker's Hail | Whenever a Great Cannon destroys a den, all Great Cannons get bonus damage permanently. Tier bonus is not retroactive. | Available once Artillery Hall is unlocked. | No direct listed cost | |
 | Nuke | Blows everything into heavens and destroys all falling rocks. Deals damage to the mountain and all dens equal to 30,000 + 0. 25-1% of the mountain's max health. | Requires 2 Great Cannons in the Artillery Hall. Requires 4 Scientists. | Gold shown after unlock Mithril shown after unlock 1 tier |
| Massive Balls | Duke Cannons get bonus cannonball size and bonus damage. Cannonball size increases the collision box, which helps with hitting dens and falling rocks. It also increases the chance of damaging falling rocks. | Requires 2 Great Cannons in the Artillery Hall. Requires 4 Scientists. Requires 4 Runesmiths. | Gold: 200 Mithril: 0 5 tiers | |
 | Nuclear Research | Tier 1 unlocks Nuke ritual. Tier 2 unlocks Airstrike upgrade. Tier 3 unlocks Dance Of the Ballins ritual. | Requires 3 Great Cannons in the Artillery Hall. Requires 7 Scientists. | Gold shown after unlock Mithril shown after unlock 4 tiers |
| Great Duke Cannon | Adds the Great Duke Cannon. Treat it as a late burst/artillery plan, not an automatic rush: it wants a stable economy and the cannon support chain before it feels efficient. | Available once Artillery Hall is unlocked. | Gold: 0 Gold base: 600 Mithril: 0 Dwarves: 2 | |
| Wrecking Ball | Duke Cannons deal bonus damage against dens. After impacting the mountain, falling cannonballs damage any dens they collide with for a listed share of their total damage. | Requires 2 Great Cannons in the Artillery Hall. Requires 4 Scientists. Requires 4 Runesmiths. | Gold: 200 Mithril: 1 7 tiers |
Related Sounds
Section titled “Related Sounds”| Sound | Preview | Length |
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| Building Construction | 1.99s | |
| Building Rising | 6.19s | |
| Select Building | 0.16s |