50.158.245.33: Update beachcombing info to indicate cartridges can be found and harvested.

2025-07-21T22:02:28Z

Update beachcombing info to indicate cartridges can be found and harvested.

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{{Infobox item
|name = Can of Gunpowder
|image = Can of Gunpowder icon.png
|release = 10 December 2019
|update = 1.64
|weight = 0.50
|type = Tools
|examine = Explosive powder. A valuable ingredient when Crafting Ammunition. Also handy as a fire accelerant.
|renewable=Yes ([[Beachcombing]] the crafting ingredients or ammuition that can be harvested, [[Trader]] for ammunition that can be harvested)}}
'''Can of Gunpowder''' is an item in ''[[The Long Dark]]''.

==Overview==
Gunpowder can be crafted at the [[Ammunition Work Bench]] from [[Dusting Sulfur]], [[Stump Remover]], and two [[Charcoal]]. It may also be acquired by harvesting Revolver or Rifle Ammunition (with higher chance of receiving them at higher Gunsmithing skill).

Gunpowder is used to craft [[Revolver Ammunition]], [[Rifle Ammunition]], or [[Noisemaker|Noisemakers]]; it can also be used as an accelerant for starting [[Campfire|campfires]]. One full can is enough to craft 50 ammunition (regardless of type), 5 noisemakers, or to accelerate 5 fires.

==Crafting==
{{Infobox recipe
|name = Can of Gunpowder
|amount = 1
|skill = Gunsmithing
|skillpoint = 1
|facility = Ammunition Work Bench
|mat1 = Stump Remover
|mat1qty = 1
|mat2 = Dusting Sulfur
|mat2qty = 1
|mat3 = Charcoal
|mat3qty = 2
|time = 30
}}

==Products==
{{Uses material list}}

==Locations==
Cans of Gunpowder can spawn rarely in high loot quality locations of [[Great Bear Island]], such as [[Cinder Hills Coal Mine]], [[Maintenance Yard]], or [[Skeeter's Ridge]] basement. They can also be found in [[Prepper Cache|Prepper Caches]] of any type and inside of [[Safe|Safes]].

===Spawnpoints===
A large amount of pre-placed Gunpowder cans are located within [[Blackrock Prison]], namely 2 can spawn on the catwalks/roofs leading from guard barracks to the infirmary, 1 is almost always located on the workbench and 1 is inside Cellblock C inside the guardroom near the cells. A large amount of [[Dusting Sulfur]] and [[Stump Remover]] are also scattered throughout the prison meaning even more gunpowder can be crafted.

At least 1 Gunpowder can will be located inside [[Last Prospect]] mine, usually located at level 2 on the bottom of the collapsed wooden stairs in the main room.

==Trivia==
* [[wikipedia:gunpowder|Gunpowder]] (black powder) consists of a mixture of [[wikipedia:sulfur|sulfur]] (S), [[wikipedia:charcoal|charcoal]] (C), and [[wikipedia:potassium nitrate|potassium nitrate]] ([[wikipedia:saltpeter|saltpeter]], KNO<sub>3</sub>). The sulfur and charcoal act as fuels while the saltpeter is an [[wikipedia:oxidizer|oxidizer]].
*The in-game recipe actually creates black powder (considering ingredients), which in real life would be almost useless to reload any modern rounds due to much slower combustion and therefore lesser kinetic energy of bullets. Using ammunition crafted in that way could result in jamming of the barrel. Black powder also leaves a lot more residue in the firearm, causing the need to clean it more often.
* In previous versions, a glitch was present where reloading save files or exiting/entering buildings would refill dropped cans of gunpowder to their maximum of 0.5kg.
* The Errant Pilgrim update introduced [[Gunsmithing]].

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50.158.245.33: Update beachcombing info to indicate cartridges can be found and harvested.