Thunder Charge

Thunder Charge
A projectile with immense stored electricity
Type	Projectile
Uses	3
Mana Drain	120
Cast Delay	+2.00
Damage (Electric)	37.5
Damage (Explosion)	45
Explosion Radius	50
Lifetime ⓘ	100
Speed	110
Additional Information
ID	THUNDERBALL
Tags	lightning
Spawning Behaviour
Spawn chance by Tier ⓘ	000 100 21/15310.65 300 41/14210.70 500 61/11710.85 700 800 900 101/29910.33

Lightning Spells

Lightning Bolt

The primordial force of nature

Thunder Charge

A projectile with immense stored electricity

Ball Lightning

Summons three short range electrical orbs

Lightning Bounce

Makes a projectile release powerful lightning as it bounces

Spells that create lightning effects.

Thunder Charge is a slow-moving projectile spell that resembles ball lightning. It carries huge destructive potential via both electrical and explosive damage. The explosion released upon impact is of a large radius and can do more explosive damage than the description implies. This attack is identical to the one used by Ukko.

After the spell explodes, parts of the terrain near and above the explosion will erode and drip a powder version (that obeys gravity) of the material it came from. It will retain the exact same material properties in other respects.

Tips

• The damage potential of this spell is not to be underestimated. Take extreme care when firing it as it can very easily kill you if you don't have the Electricity Immunity or Electricity perks (and preferably the Explosion Immunity or Exploding Corpses perk as well).
• Liquids and steel conduct electricity, causing this spell to potentially shock enemies (or you) indirectly.
• Wands containing electric damage spells like this one gain the same effect given by Electric Torch. This can shock you even if you aren't firing the wand. Avoid holding electric wands when submerged in liquid.
• Due to the powder-creating effect of the explosion, you can use this spell to slowly scrape away from below at undiggable materials like Steel, or the brickwork of Holy Mountain. However, be aware that despite being turned into powder these materials retain their hardness, and so the powder can block passages it falls into.

Gallery

Showing an alchemist how electricity works

Wand Appearance with Thunder Charge x3.

See Also

• Ball Lightning
• Lightning Bolt

History

• Apr 8 2024: Changed the spawn probabilities on tier 2 from 1 to 0.9, and tier 6 from 1 to 0.7.