CVD Machine

A large machine found at the bottom of some science labs that uses "Carbon Vapor Deposition" to diamond-coat cutting weapons, using an amount of hydrogen canisters and coal/charcoal proportional to the weapon's volume.

Specifically:

• Requires 5 hydrogen canisters and 25 coal/charcoal per 0.25L of the weapon's volume.
• Only weapons that deal at least one point of cutting damage can be diamond-coated.
• A diamond-coated weapon's cutting damage is increased by a factor of 1.5 (needs testing). Other damage types are unaffected.

Usage

One tile of the CVD machine is the "control panel". Upon examining this tile, a prompt will list any available weapons eligible to be diamond-coated, and the selected weapon will be diamond-coated if sufficient hydrogen canisters and coal/charcoal are available. The control panel is visually indistinguishable from the rest of the machine, so check each tile with x to locate it; a science ID also spawns next to the control panel.

The amount of materials required to coat each weapon is not displayed until a weapon is selected (and then only if you don't have enough), so find it manually based on the weapon's volume.

Notes

• Weapons with near-zero volume, such as a dive knife, can be diamond-coated without consuming any resources.
• Many knives, spears, etc deal only piercing damage rather than cutting, and thus cannot be diamond-coated. Make sure the weapon you are trying to diamond-coat actually deals cutting damage.
• Certain weapons, such as Bionic Claws, cannot be diamond-coated despite dealing cutting damage.
• A diamond-coated weapon will appear as "diamond [weapon]" and have the text "* This item has a diamond coating improving it's (sic) cutting damage".
• While Lab journal-Gustav mentions the CVD machine, it is no longer required to use it.

(This information is current as of Build 7432.)