How to make the weakest bomb (that still explodes)

[Wisecrack34]

Most people, when researching bombs, go for high power, stuns, effects and other harmful stuff, but what if I just wanna goof off and prank engineering with a can bomb that only damages the tile below it? I wanna know the WEAKEST most ABSOLUTELY USELESS bombs you can possibly make (No butt bombs don't count, those are awesome, anyone who disagrees is a dirty heretic and shall be spaced instantly)

[atomic1fire]

Most people, when researching bombs, go for high power, stuns, effects and other harmful stuff, but what if I just wanna goof off and prank engineering with a can bomb that only damages the tile below it? I wanna know the WEAKEST most ABSOLUTELY USELESS bombs you can possibly make (No butt bombs don't count, those are awesome, anyone who disagrees is a dirty heretic and shall be spaced instantly)

Just throw stabilized smoke powder in a beaker, attach an radio signaller/igniter to it and then hide it behind a bush somewhere. Mix with carbon for a bomb that just shoots dirt everywhere.

[Wisecrack34]

Most people, when researching bombs, go for high power, stuns, effects and other harmful stuff, but what if I just wanna goof off and prank engineering with a can bomb that only damages the tile below it? I wanna know the WEAKEST most ABSOLUTELY USELESS bombs you can possibly make (No butt bombs don't count, those are awesome, anyone who disagrees is a dirty heretic and shall be spaced instantly)

Just throw stabilized smoke powder in a beaker, attach an radio signaller/igniter to it and then hide it behind a bush somewhere. Mix with carbon for a bomb that just shoots dirt everywhere.

Ill have to try that out, though I still want to knock some nerd on their face when they try to defuse it

[Weavel]

Is flash powder still a thing? Pop some of that in a proximity-heated beaker, and anyone brave enough to try grab it will be smacked on their arse AND blind.

[Vitatroll]

Didn't we have that novelty-like chem that made loud popping noises or something? I think there's also a joke-like version of the pipebomb... if not, there totally should be.

One of my favorite things to do on occasion was making air-canbombs with a high timer and all the noisemakers. Drag it around the station and you'd have a quarter of the crew after you in a yakety-sax worthy chase. Not sure if you can even do that anymore.

[Mordent]

Silver fulminate makes a revolver like pop when heated, or thrown, or looked at too hard.

[Wisecrack34]

All of these sound great but I'd still like it to do a little bit of damage, give my victims a little spook

[Frank_Stein]

All of these sound great but I'd still like it to do a little bit of damage, give my victims a little spook

Water and potassium?

[Vitatroll]

There's a very, very fine line between 'that spooked me' and 'that was assault/attempted murder', and that line varies greatly from person to person and admin to admin. Especially in SS13 where limbs are made of cardboard and walls/windows are tissue paper to explosions.


This only applies to traps, bombs, and other things that aren't opt-in tho. Still, ideally, you never want to vent the station for pranks, which is surprisingly easy to do.

[NateTheSquid]

if you make a custom pipebomb wrong (like with oil instead of welding fuel) then it still gets activated, gets thrown, then just fizzles out

[Wisecrack34]

Thanks for all the suggestions, ill have to use them next time I roll Antag, anyone know any can bombs that you could walk away from clipping the wrong wire on?

[Arborinus]

Tank transfer valve + butt + butt

[Grek]

Mix 20 oxygen + 10 phosphorus + 10 water + 10 carbon + 20 chocolate and serve in a glass labelled 'drink me'.

[Wisecrack34]

Mix 20 oxygen + 10 phosphorus + 10 water + 10 carbon + 20 chocolate and serve in a glass labelled 'drink me'.

I'm not sure what that mix is other than I know it goes boom, ill have to try one (is the chocolate needed or can I just fill the rest with vodka?)

[Maegor]

Mix 20 oxygen + 10 phosphorus + 10 water + 10 carbon + 20 chocolate and serve in a glass labelled 'drink me'.

I'm not sure what that mix is other than I know it goes boom, ill have to try one (is the chocolate needed or can I just fill the rest with vodka?)

The chocolate is needed for the reaction to work