Jar of Pitch

Fire ammunition for siege engines

The Jar of Pitch is incendiary ammunition from Genesis: Part 2, also found on Genesis: Part 1, Lost Island and Fjordur. In game: "Lights the target on fire, and can also light oil slicks. Can be fired from a Ballista Turret or Catapult." It is launched from the Catapult Turret, which is also the engram you need before you can learn this one.

What a hit does

• A direct hit on a creature deals 250 damage and sets it alight.
• The impact leaves a fire zone five foundations wide that burns for 30 seconds. Anything inside gets the Enflamed debuff, held at 6 seconds for as long as it stays in the flames.
• A ridden creature that burns sets its rider on fire too, unless the rider is in a Mek.

Against buildings

The flames damage structures by tier: Thatch takes 105 every 0.5 seconds and Wood 35 every 0.5 seconds, while Stone, Metal and Tek lose 1 point per tick (every 1, 4.5 and 4.3 seconds). A direct hit destroys thatch and wood outright and deals 700 to stone, but does nothing to metal or Tek. Tek turrets burn, Auto and Heavy Auto Turrets do not, and a well-placed jar can destroy a regular generator in one shot.

Crafting

The engram unlocks at level 35 for 18 engram points. One jar takes:

• 180 Oil (Tusoteuthis oil also works)
• 85 Fiber
• 60 Clay
• 20 Hide

Crafting takes 5 seconds and gives 0.05 XP. Each jar weighs 1.5 and they stack to 100, so a full stack weighs 150.

Loot

On Genesis: Part 2, 36 reward crates can contain it, including the Bulbdog Fetch and Circuit Chase missions at every difficulty.