Tungsten Steel Plates - Revision history

Crows: Tungsten is worse against energy than regular steel.

2026-01-11T15:10:39Z

Tungsten is worse against energy than regular steel.

2025-12-25T10:52:32Z

2025-12-25T10:43:41Z

2020-01-09T10:12:57Z

2020-01-09T10:09:33Z

Description: damage spread modifier

2020-01-09T10:05:33Z

Quality scaling: include tungsten steel's damage spread modifier for blueprints that use it - sledgehammer, machetes, spear

2020-01-09T09:58:33Z

Quality scaling: accidentally used some outdated numbers

2020-01-09T09:08:30Z

Quality scaling

2020-01-09T09:04:11Z

Quality scaling: forgot to set base damage for expedition weapons

2020-01-09T08:58:21Z

added metal quality scaling for melee weapons

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 Tungsten Steel Plates are metal components used in many crafting blueprints. Unprocessed metal plates are very heavy. [[Tungsten Steel Plates]] are heavier, sturdier, rarer and more expensive than [[Steel Plates]].
-When used as base material for armors, Tungsten Steel increases {{mechanical}} and {{energy}} damage resistances/thresholds more than Steel does, but it also has higher armor penalty and weight.
+When used as base material for armors, Tungsten Steel increases {{mechanical}} and {{heat}} damage resistances/thresholds more than Steel does, but it also has higher armor penalty and weight.
 When used as base material for melee weapons, Tungsten Steel has the best critical damage bonus. Tungsten steel has damage spread modifier of 1.00 and 1.15 which is applied to sledgehammers, machetes and spears, giving them higher upper damage range when made out of tungsten steel.

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 {{ComponentGroup|UsesMetalPlates}}
 * {{Itemlink|Blueprint: W2C Bullets}}
-* {{Itemlink|Blueprint: 84mm Kinetic Energy Penetrator Rocket}}
+* {{Itemlink|Blueprint: 84mm Kinetic Energy Penetrator Rockets}}
 }}

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 {{ComponentGroup|UsesMetalPlates}}
 * {{Itemlink|Blueprint: W2C Bullets}}
 }}

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 | name        = Tungsten Steel Plates
 | type        = Component
-| description = It's a set of thick tungsten steel plates.
+| description = It's a set of thick heavy tungsten steel plates.
 | quality     = 15 - 160
 | skillsreq   = :Mechanics 80%

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 When used as base material for armors, Tungsten Steel increases {{mechanical}} and {{energy}} damage resistances/thresholds more than Steel does, but it also has higher armor penalty and weight.
-When used as base material for melee weapons, Tungsten Steel has the best critical damage bonus.
+When used as base material for melee weapons, Tungsten Steel has the best critical damage bonus. Tungsten steel has damage spread modifier of 1.00 and 1.15 which is applied to sledgehammers, machetes and spears, giving them higher upper damage range when made out of tungsten steel.
 == Quality scaling ==

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 | base_dmg1    = 20
 | level_dmg1   = 1.75
-| dmgspread_L1 = 0.78
+| dmgspread_L1 = 0.78*1.00
-| dmgspread_U1 = 1.22
+| dmgspread_U1 = 1.22*1.15
 | col_damage2  = Metal<br>Gloves
 | base_dmg2    = 10
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 | base_dmg1    = 12
 | level_dmg1   = 1.0
-| dmgspread_L1 = 0.8
+| dmgspread_L1 = 0.8*1.00
-| dmgspread_U1 = 1.2
+| dmgspread_U1 = 1.2*1.15
 | col_damage2  = Curved<br>Machete
 | base_dmg2    = 11
 | level_dmg2   = 0.9
-| dmgspread_L2 = 0.65
+| dmgspread_L2 = 0.65*1.00
-| dmgspread_U2 = 1.35
+| dmgspread_U2 = 1.35*1.15
 | col_damage3  = Spear
 | base_dmg3    = 16
 | level_dmg3   = 1.55
-| dmgspread_L3 = 0.7
+| dmgspread_L3 = 0.7*1.00
-| dmgspread_U3 = 1.3
+| dmgspread_U3 = 1.3*1.15
 }}

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 {{Quality table
 | style        = float:left;
-| name         = Knives
+| name         = Knives (same for all metals)
 | min_quality  = 15
 | max_quality  = 160

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 }}
-Metal plates are metal components used in many crafting blueprints. Unprocessed metal plates are very heavy. [[Tungsten Steel Plates]] are heavier, sturdier, rarer and more expensive than [[Steel Plates]].
+'''Tungsten Steel Plates''' are a metal component.
 When used as base material for armors, Tungsten Steel increases {{mechanical}} and {{energy}} damage resistances/thresholds more than Steel does, but it also has higher armor penalty and weight.
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 When used as base material for melee weapons, Tungsten Steel has the best critical damage bonus.
 {{Quality table
-| name = Resistance scaling (Metal Armor)
+| style       = float:left;
 | min_quality = 1
 | max_quality = 160
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 | quality_DT3 = 0.05
 }}
 == Used in ==