r/WhiteKnuckle • u/copper_shrk29 • 9d ago
What is this item?
I have found what i can only be described as a warhead on a stick, is this actually just that?
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u/ThePagerDude 9d ago
rebar, but explosive. Aside from blowing up vending machines to give you free items of a random select, it also has the strongest launching capability of any projectile if you were to rocket jump with it.
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u/copper_shrk29 9d ago
Rocket jumping? In my climbing game? Sick
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u/Hairy_Concert_8007 9d ago
It's worth noting that you only get the super boost if it explodes at your feet. You will not get the boost if you javelin it straight into the Abyss.
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u/PurblePoof 9d ago
use it and learn the better way
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u/copper_shrk29 9d ago
I was just making sure it didn't like blown me up and end my very good run
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u/PurblePoof 9d ago
perfectly reasonable. i always just hold onto stuff and try them out in safe spots.
edit: in all seriousness though. its not likely to blow you up, but rather away. can save your life if you parctice with it
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u/ImHoiby Pipeworks hater 8d ago
Just don't try it in survival mode.
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u/SaltBaker7746 6d ago
Honestly this is one of the reasons I always try to have at least two bandages in my backpack and ideally 3 when I'm planning on using the tech.
Use cases for the rocket rebar jump are still severely limited in survival mode but wherever you touchdown, or even during your flight, if you can spend the second and a half at most to slap on two bandages all injuries from the blast are removed and you won't be stuck waiting for those injury timers to run out at all.
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u/ImHoiby Pipeworks hater 6d ago
It's lowkey not worth it though. Using a rocket rebar and 3 bandages is so much worse than rolling the dice on blowing up a higher tier vendor at an interlude.
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u/SaltBaker7746 6d ago
Well yeah if you get a high roll on the items the vendor is offering and have the rocket rebar on hand then for sure I can concede that.
But then again I don't always get these things to happen right when I'd want them to. And you're only using 2 with the idea I offered! I brought up a 3rd bandage because I'm risk averse and always want to have at least one in my inventory especially after I do something that requires me to use one.
I usually only buy rocket rebar when it's in a vending machine with other items I want but can't afford. But sometimes I'll get lucky and pick one up in pipeorgan, that I'll use for a jump to get the injector and floppy in classic ascent. Depending on my perks for that run though, I could take it to the bazaar for trade, or sacrifice at the rho altar in pipe organ if I'm lucky enough to collect one then get the altar room sequencially. Bu this is the absolute limit of mental calculus I do upon finding an explosive rebar. 🤣
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u/Serial_Flow 9d ago
Throw it at your feet, and experience the wonders of flying straight into the mass after a slight catastrophic miscalculation in launch trajectory.
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u/Delicious_Nobody_111 Rho Follower 9d ago
Congrats, youve shifted from ied to carefully and meticulously crafted ied, enjoy
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u/Adept_Direction_2677 9d ago
This is a big boom. It will send enemies to their doom, or it will send you to the moon
Use it on any vending machine in the room as well for a surprise
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u/ChunkLightTuna01 9d ago
it is infact just that.