Duke Cannons
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Duke Cannons are the heavy cannon units from Artillery Hall. The upgrade that buys the unit is Great Duke Cannon, so that page has the exact purchase record while this page explains the broader cannon line.
How to Unlock
Section titled “How to Unlock”| Step 1 | Unlock Artillery Hall from Khazad Greathold. |
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| Building cost | 1800 Gold and 2 Mithril. |
| Step 2 | Buy Great Duke Cannon in the Artillery Hall upgrade list. |
| Cannon cost | Gold base: 600; Dwarves: 2. |
| Base combat stats | 100 base damage, 5 base luck, 5% base crit chance, and 1.5x base crit multiplier. |
What They Do
Section titled “What They Do”| Role | Late artillery burst and cannonball damage. Duke Cannons become better after your economy can afford Artillery Hall without starving Alchemy, forging, or your main damage line. |
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| Best use | Use them as a late pivot into cannon, rocket, nuke, and den-damage upgrades rather than as an early rush. |
| Where they matter | They unlock and scale several Artillery Hall branches, including cannon damage, crit, cooldown, den damage, falling-rock collision, rockets, nukes, and air strikes. |
Cannon Scaling Chain
Section titled “Cannon Scaling Chain”| Upgrade | What It Adds | When To Care |
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| Rapid Cannonade | Cooldown reduction for Duke Cannons. | Buy after you have at least one cannon and want more repeated cannonball hits. |
| Devastating Payload | Direct Duke Cannon damage scaling. | Core cannon upgrade once the cannon is actually contributing damage. |
| Deadeye Calibration | Crit chance for Duke Cannons. | Requires Mithril Forging tier 2; stronger once cannon damage is already upgraded. |
| Massive Balls | Cannonball size and bonus damage. | Useful when cannonballs need to connect with dens or falling rocks more reliably. |
| Wrecking Ball | Bonus den damage and cannonball collision damage against dens. | Pick when dens are blocking progress or artifact farming. |
| Bombardment Mastery | Damage per Runesmith, Scientist, Flamer, Demodwarf, and Powder Hall tier. | The main late-game scaling reason to add Duke Cannons to hybrid builds. |
| Nuclear Research | Unlocks the nuke, air strike, and Dance of the Ballins chain. | Requires multiple Great Cannons and Scientists; treat it as a late artillery package. |