--- navigation: parent: items-blocks-machines/items-blocks-machines-index.md title: Matter Cannon icon: matter_cannon position: 410 categories: - tools item_ids: - ae2:matter_cannon --- # The Matter Cannon The matter cannon is a portable railgun that can fire small items as projectiles, like s and metal nuggets. The damage depends on the item being fired, with "heavier" items like gold nuggets (10 damage) doing more damage than light items like matter balls (2 damage). It consumes a base energy of 1600 AE per shot. When the config option "matterCannonBlockDamage" is true, the cannon will break blocks depending on their hardness and the damage of the ammunition. Its energy can be recharged in a . Matter cannons act like [storage cells](storage_cells.md), and their ammunition magazine can most easily be filled by sticking the cannon in the storage cell slot in a ## Upgrades Matter cannons support the following [upgrades](upgrade_cards.md), inserted via a : * lets the cell be partitioned by damage level and/or ignore item NBT * switches the filter from a whitelist to a blacklist * increases the energy used each shot, making it fire with more power. * voids items inserted if the cell is full. Be careful to partition this! * in order to increase the battery capacity ## Recipe