# Black Powder

> Canonical source: [Black Powder](https://satisfactorybase.com/wiki/items/black-powder)
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An explosive powder that is commonly used to produce simple explosives.

## Properties

- Entity type: Item
- Form: solid
- Stack size: 200
- Sink points: 14
- Radioactive: No
- Can be discarded: Yes

## Produced by

### [Alternate: Fine Black Powder](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-gunpowder-1-c)

8 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler)

[Sulfur](/wiki/items/sulfur): 1 per cycle; 7.5/min, [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal): 2 per cycle; 15/min → [Black Powder](/wiki/items/black-powder): 6 per cycle; 45/min.

### [Black Powder](/wiki/recipes/recipe-gunpowder-c)

4 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler)

[Coal](/wiki/items/coal): 1 per cycle; 15/min, [Sulfur](/wiki/items/sulfur): 1 per cycle; 15/min → [Black Powder](/wiki/items/black-powder): 2 per cycle; 30/min.

## Used as recipe ingredient

### [Smokeless Powder](/wiki/recipes/recipe-gunpowdermk2-c)

6 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Black Powder](/wiki/items/black-powder): 2 per cycle; 20/min, [Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/items/heavy-oil-residue): 1 m³ per cycle; 10 m³/min → [Smokeless Powder](/wiki/items/smokeless-powder): 2 per cycle; 20/min.

### [Nobelisk](/wiki/recipes/recipe-nobelisk-c)

6 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler)

[Black Powder](/wiki/items/black-powder): 2 per cycle; 20/min, [Steel Pipe](/wiki/items/steel-pipe): 2 per cycle; 20/min → [Nobelisk](/wiki/items/nobelisk): 1 per cycle; 10/min.

## Used in schematic costs

- [Volatile Applications](/wiki/schematics/volatile-applications): 50
- [The Nobelisk Detonator](/wiki/schematics/the-nobelisk-detonator): 50
- [Discontinued - Nobelisk Explosives](/wiki/schematics/discontinued-nobelisk-explosives): 100
- [Sulfur 3 2](/wiki/schematics/research-sulfur-3-2-c): 50
- [Smokeless Powder](/wiki/schematics/smokeless-powder-research-sulfur-3): 100
- [Discontinued - Rifle Cartridges](/wiki/schematics/discontinued-rifle-cartridges): 200
- [Expanded Toolbelt](/wiki/schematics/expanded-toolbelt-research-sulfur-5): 100

## Related items

- [Sulfur](/wiki/items/sulfur)
- [Compacted Coal](/wiki/items/compacted-coal)
- [Coal](/wiki/items/coal)
- [Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/items/heavy-oil-residue)
- [Smokeless Powder](/wiki/items/smokeless-powder)
- [Steel Pipe](/wiki/items/steel-pipe)
- [Nobelisk](/wiki/items/nobelisk)

## Unlocked by

- [Black Powder](/wiki/schematics/black-powder-research-sulfur-1): MAM research
- [Alternate: Fine Black Powder](/wiki/schematics/alternate-fine-black-powder): Hard Drive alternate

## Guides

- [Alternate recipes and Hard Drives](/guides/alternate-recipes)

## Technical Details

- Class name: Desc_Gunpowder_C
- Native class: FGItemDescriptor
- Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/GunPowder/Desc_Gunpowder
- Resource form (export): RF_SOLID