What explosive ammo recipe have you found most useful?

[jstev4610]

I’m torn on spending the cash on incendiary buckshot or explosive express recipes.  Does each use an entire fat or moonshine for a single round?  Or since you can pick up used moonshine bottles, do I get multiple rounds out of a single bottle?  And each is a ten round limit to carry, so no difference there?  I want the range with explosive express but not sure if it’s a definite kill like the incendiary buckshot would be. Any advice is appreciated.

[C20Dragon]

Incendiary Buckshot uses 1 Moonshine. You can only craft 14 Incendiary Buckshots.

Explosive Rounds use 1 Animal Fat. You can only craft 10 Explosive Rounds.

 

Range is the same for both, 1 shot kill from med to close range. Only difference is the Buckshot sets the player on fire.A cool effect.

[jstev4610]

What a weird limit at 14.  So with explosive express it’s not an insta kill when say scoped I’m in someone, still have to be within sight?  

[U Carmine]

I'll explain.

 

Incendiary buckshot is shotgun only.

 

The shotgun version of express explosive is explosive slug.

 

Express explosive is revolver, pistol, repeater and rifle. A total of 40 explosive ammo. 10 in each weapon type. Shotgun doesn't count.

 

I find more use out of express explosives.

 

I've used rolling block sniper with express explosive and still one shot through scope.

 

Express explosive needs 1 animal fat, 1 express round. But it easily farmed anyway from ducks and geese.

Edited January 31, 2019 by Ektope

[jstev4610]

I think that makes up my mind for me, gracias!  

[ThaBirdCoot]

I never seen anyone survive an explosive round, as for the incendary, yes 14 is a weird limit indeed. These are really fun to use, and give quite a surprise to some morons tryna grief you. A shame the Moonshine is kinda expensive at a fence and relatively rare in the world or at least not common in some areas. Lemoyne is the best spot to increase your chances of getting them tho. Civilians often carry them but you have to get a bit lucky. There is also a spot with 2 bottles in a wild moonshine distillery near a small wooden bridge next to Macombs's end.

[U Carmine]

2 minutes ago, ThaBirdCoot said:

I never seen anyone survive an explosive round, as for the incendary, yes 14 is a weird limit indeed. These are really fun to use, and give quite a surprise to some morons tryna grief you. A shame the Moonshine is kinda expensive at a fence and relatively rare in the world or at least not common in some areas. Lemoyne is the best spot to increase your chances of getting them tho. Civilians often carry them but you have to get a bit lucky. There is also a spot with 2 bottles in a wild moonshine distillery near a small wooden bridge next to Macombs's end.

I've seen high levels only survive express explosive if they drank health tonic. Then they need a second shot.

Edited January 31, 2019 by Ektope

[ThaBirdCoot]

Just now, Ektope said:

I've seen high levels only survive express explosive if they drank health tonic. Then they need a second shot.

Potent health cure ? Never seen it myself but I'll take ya word for it.

[U Carmine]

1 minute ago, ThaBirdCoot said:

Potent health cure ? Never seen it myself but I'll take ya word for it.

Yeah, they probably used slow and steady III + health tonic fortified. If they didn't have slow and steady III activated from dead eye, it could've been one shot.

 

But most of the time when they're in slow and steady III, just one shot.

Edited January 31, 2019 by Ektope

[Zoop_Leroy]

You can also pick up 2 moonshine in the Fort Wallace story mission (1 in a room to the left of the maxim gun, and 1 near Samson's partner).  Until we're able to buy a distillery to produce our own moonshine, it's not worth it to buy the incendiary pamphlet before the express explosive unless you're swimming in cash.

[Chrismads]

I often get moonshine from saddlebags.

On the downside my character is now severely brain damaged from all the horse kicks to his head

[rusbeckia]

dynamite arrows - the rpg of red dead!

[DrKrankenstein]

7 hours ago, rusbeckia said:

dynamite arrows - the rpg of red dead!

yea this is the only one i'm intrested in , dukes of hazard goes wild west

[rusbeckia]

18 minutes ago, DrKrankenstein said:

yea this is the only one i'm intrested in , dukes of hazard goes wild west

I‘ve had more fun with these playing around for 15 minutes than with the express explosive I have for about 4 days. 

Much more essy to craft also, but more expensive.... but meh, who cares about 1,20 per arrow if you can destroy pretty much anything. 

[jstev4610]

3 hours ago, rusbeckia said:

I‘ve had more fun with these playing around for 15 minutes than with the express explosive I have for about 4 days. 

Much more essy to craft also, but more expensive.... but meh, who cares about 1,20 per arrow if you can destroy pretty much anything. 

how many can you carry at once?  8?

[DentureDynamite]

BTW, anyone know what the difference(s) are between high velocity and express rounds?

 

 

[rusbeckia]

3 hours ago, jstev4610 said:

how many can you carry at once?  8?

yes! 

[rusbeckia]

13 hours ago, DentureDynamite said:

BTW, anyone know what the difference(s) are between high velocity and express rounds?

 

 

High velocity have higher range, express have higher damage!

high velocity cost 1,20$ per pack, making it the most expensive regular ammo type. But it‘s really worth it because it increases your range and youre more likely to lock on someone who is pretty far away.

on all other occations (except hunting) Inuse express. Speingfield e.g. has almost full damage with express ammo, one shot on lower rank players if you hit him in the chest, evrry other player goes down with the second shot (if you don‘t hit the head that is) 

Edited February 2, 2019 by rusbeckia

[DentureDynamite]

Excellent--thank you! Appreciate the explanation.

[jstev4610]

I feel like high velocity might actually be express plus range, been swapping between both of them when hunting and the high velocity puts more boars down in one shot than the express has been.

whether a glitch or just sloppy descriptions, it would make sense since it's also more expensive

[jstev4610]

Bought the explosive ammo recipe tonight and crafted up a bunch.  Got freaking hit while trying to sell to the butcher by a low level posse of two, and proceeded to absolutely hammer them repeatedly with my explosive repeater and bolt action, plus the shotgun.  Over 20 kills on those two idiots.  Well worth it and awesome you can craft the ammo on your horse without a fire just like split point.

 

Where has everyone been farming fat?  it took longer than I thought between trying to find ducks and hogs, I think the piccany (?) boars gave me 2 fat per, that's the most I've seen.  

[U Carmine]

10 minutes ago, jstev4610 said:

Where has everyone been farming fat?  it took longer than I thought between trying to find ducks and hogs, I think the piccany (?) boars gave me 2 fat per, that's the most I've seen.  

The pond, north west of emerald station. You'll find ducks and geese in large quantity. Change session to spawn more.

[rusbeckia]

5 hours ago, Ektope said:

The pond, north west of emerald station. You'll find ducks and geese in large quantity. Change session to spawn more.

Rhodes is also very good hunting ground for ducks and geese. In the bayou there are loads of boars.

[clinical oppression]

6 hours ago, jstev4610 said:

 

Where has everyone been farming fat?  it took longer than I thought between trying to find ducks and hogs, I think the piccany (?) boars gave me 2 fat per, that's the most I've seen.  

North of Saint Denis you can get flocks of up to 10 ducks as well as boars (boars are plentiful at night ) also peccary pigs in new Austin yield 2 fats per pig .....I find alot around tumbleweed. 

[jstev4610]

I hit the normal spots, the Rhodes ponds and my north run from st denis but it was a long grind to get 40 fat for all my explosive rounds.  My issue with ducks is that I can only get 4 or 5 at a time, half the flock despawns and it’s a guessing game on which ones to pluck first that won’t despawn the others farther away.  I didn’t think about keeping changing sessions instead of waiting out another to come.  I’ve always had good bird luck at the holding ponds too so will give it a go with session jumping.