Changes: Blast Sling

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The Blast Sling is a ranged weapon in Horizon Zero Dawn. It is a slow-firing sling that lobs explosive bombs with various trigger mechanisms, such as impact, timer, or proximity. It is best used to deal high impact and area damage, and can be used in both aggressive and stealthy playstyles.

Special Variant

The Lodge Blast Sling is available as reward from the quest Weapons of the Lodge, requiring player to earn at least a Half Sun mark on all 15 Hunting Grounds Trials throughout the base game; players cannot get a second unit in the same playthrough. It has identical stats and slot number to the Shadow Variant, albeit with higher base Handling of 70 which could improve its Damage per Second value.

General Notes

In terms of fast, raw damage output that is easy to aim and apply, this is among the best of the available weapons. It is also, however, one of the loudest; one blast can alert enemies from quite a long distance away and more aggressive types may come looking for the source of the noise. Supplying it with ammo also takes a significant amount of Blaze over time if you use it regularly.

The Sticky Bombs, which have the highest damage per shot, also can work as a very powerful starting ambush; machines do not become combat-alerted until one detonates at the end of the timer. If you are in stealth in bushes and stick one directly on a machine, you can keep firing them at it while it's looking right at you and it will not be combat alerted until they detonate. You should be able to land at least 4 sticky bombs on a machine this way and they don't get knocked off from each other; the machine will take full damage from each of them, and given the sizeable base damage of the bombs plus some good damage mods you could put quite a sizeable amount of damage into a very big machine before they can start fighting back.

Ammo

Blast Bombs

Blast Bombs explode on impact.

Ammo	Game Mode	Damage
Blast Bomb	Story	400
	Easy	125
	Normal	100
	Hard	90
	Very Hard	80
	Ultra Hard	70

Sticky Bombs

Sticky Bombs stick to targets and explode after five seconds.

Ammo Type	Game Mode	Damage
Sticky Bomb	Story	600
	Easy	188
	Normal	150
	Hard	135
	Very Hard	120
	Ultra Hard	105

Proximity Bombs

Proximity Bombs land on surfaces and behave as a landmine, detonating when neared.

Ammo Type	Game Mode	Damage
Proximity Bomb	Story	300
	Easy	94
	Normal	75
	Hard	60
	Very Hard	60
	Ultra Hard	53

Time Bomb

Used only by NPCs, the Time Bomb is a bomb that deals high explosive damage with a short fuse (approximately three seconds) after it impacts a surface before it detonates. It appears similar to Blast Bombs, but makes a distinct hissing noise as it travels, and leaves a small orange trail. Used almost exclusively by Shadow Carja, such as Shadow Archers and Cultist Dredgers, though some mercenaries also use it.

Ammo Types and Modification Slots by Variant

As with most weapons, the most basic versions of the Blast Sling cannot carry all types of the available ammunition.

	Blast Bomb	Sticky Bomb	Proximity Bomb	Mod Slots
Basic				1
Carja				2
Shadow				3
Adept^NG+				4
Lodge				3
Adept Lodge^NG+				4

Acquisition Details

Variant	Sources	Regular Cost	Ultra Hard Cost	Sell Value
Basic	General Merchants	200	1,000	30
Carja	Tier 2/3/4 Merchants	400 10 Metal Vessel 1 Luminous Braiding	2,000 20 Metal Vessel 2 Luminous Braiding	50
Shadow	Tier 3 & 4 Merchants	1,400 1 Lancehorn Heart	7,000 2 Lancehorn Heart	100
Adept^NG+	Tier 3 & 4 Merchants	2,800 1 Lancehorn Heart 1 Charger Heart	14,000 2 Lancehorn Heart 2 Charger Heart	100
Lodge	Hunter's Lodge	15 Half Sun marks	15 Half Sun marks	100
Adept Lodge^NG+	Hunter's Lodge	15 Half Sun marks	15 Half Sun marks	100

Trivia

The model of the Lodge Blast Sling is that of a recolored Sling instead of being similar to the regular variants.

Horizon Zero Dawn Weapons
Ranged Weapons	Blast Sling - Forgefire - Hunter Bow - Icerail - Rattler - Ropecaster - Sharpshot Bow - Sling - Stormslinger - Tearblaster - War Bow
Melee Weapons	Spear - Sylens' Lance
Stealth Weapons	Traps - Tripcaster
Heavy Weapons	Deathbringer Gun - Disc Launcher - Firespitter - Firestriker - Mine Launcher - Oseram Cannon - Ravager Cannon

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-=== NPC only ===
+====Time Bomb====
+Used only by NPCs, the Time Bomb is a bomb that deals high explosive damage with a short fuse (approximately three seconds) after it impacts a surface before it detonates.  It appears similar to Blast Bombs, but makes a distinct hissing noise as it travels, and leaves a small orange trail. Used almost exclusively by [[Shadow Carja]], such as Shadow Archers and Cultist Dredgers, though some mercenaries also use it.
-====Timed Grenade====
-A bomb that deals high explosive damage with a short fuse (approximately three seconds) after it impacts a surface before it detonates.  It appears similar to Blast Bombs, but makes a distinct hissing noise as it travels, and leaves a small orange trail. Used almost exclusively by Shadow Carja, such as Shadow Archers and Cultist Dredgers, though some mercenaries also use it.
 == Ammo Types and Modification Slots by Variant ==