Rocket Launcher

• Boom Beach
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"The Rocket Launcher is a long distance artillery piece. It fires a salvo of rockets, followed by a significant reload time."

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Level 1	Level 2	Level 3-4	Level 5

Level 6	Level 7-12	Level 13	Level 14-20

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Summary

• The Rocket Launcher is the seventh defense to unlock in the game.
• The Rocket Launcher is a burst-firing area defense with extreme range, a large blindspot and low DPS, able to target air and ground.

Offensive Strategy

• Getting into the blindspots of Rocket Launchers will prevent them from attacking.
  • Most troops can get into the blind spot easily without the assistance of Gunboat Weaponry, but Warriors tend to work best due to their high speed and melee range.
  • Tanks, Grenadiers, Laser Rangers, Bombardiers and Zookas will require the assistance of Flares, as their attack range is too long for them to normally enter the blindspot.
• Be very careful when using the Heavy-Zooka strategy, as the Zookas' attack range is longer than the blind spot, but the Heavies' range is not. As your troops approach the Rocket Launcher, it will see the Zookas but not the Heavies meant to absorb damage from the rockets. This will cause the Rocket Launcher to shoot over the Heavies and kill the Zookas. Also, the Rocket Launcher won't be exactly on target once it fires. This can make some of the missiles go behind the Heavies and hit the Zookas.
• Critters can be risky against Rocket Launchers, as they are easily wiped out in one salvo and are usually only able to avoid it when they're on the move or end up inside its blindspot, meaning they usually can't keep it distracted.
• When you are doing all-Tank raids, do not ignore multiple high-level Rocket Launchers unless you are sure you can take down the Headquarters quickly, as they can wither down Tanks over time. However, a good amount of Medics will usually be able to out-heal them.
• Although damage from a single Rocket Launcher can be out-healed by Warriors of sufficient level, many Rocket Launchers working together can decimate Warriors or just any unit that isn't a Scorcher.
• All Riflemen can work against a single Rocket Launcher if a Medkit or a boat of Medics is properly used to counter the salvo.

Defensive Strategy

• This defense can overcome a whole group of Riflemen in one salvo, provided it is appropriately leveled.
• It is wise to place Rocket Launchers far enough from each other so that they do not share the same blind spot and so that one Shock Bomb cannot disable more than one at a time.
• It is not a good idea to place a Rocket Launcher right next to the Headquarters because its blind spot will cover the entire building, which renders it useless against Warriors attacking it.
• Placing other defenses around it will make it harder for Smokey Zooka players to destroy the Rocket Launcher.

Upgrade Differences

• Initially, the Rocket Launcher is a gray structure with hazard tape around the stone base, and three barrels on the top with a brown triangular casing. There is a basic iron sight on top of the middle casing.
• At level 2, the Rocket Launcher gains another barrel, making the casing shaped like a diamond.
• At level 3, the Rocket Launcher gains yet another barrel, making the casing shaped like a pentagon.
• At level 5, the Rocket Launcher gains a sixth barrel, making the casing shaped like a rectangle, adds a handwheel to its side, and adds four metal outriggers from its base. The iron sight is removed.
• At level 6, the casing is reinforced, and mostly surrounds the rockets. It gains some large dark blue screws on its side. A dark blue plate is added on the casing's top.
• At level 7, the Rocket Launcher gains a laser sight on top. The central base and support column is further reinforced by four metal extensions that appear between the outriggers.
• At level 13, the Rocket Launcher gains a complete overhaul. Two more barrels are added, for a total of eight barrels. The barrels are arranged in the shape of an octagon, and the casing is now a square which is split into eight adjoined triangles, each containing one barrel. The side is overhauled, with hazard tape covering the front, and the back has four protruding flaps. The outriggers are reinforced further, and the laser sight is removed.
• At level 14, the Rocket Launcher regains its laser sight, which is found on either side of the Rocket Launcher.
• At level 15, the base of the Rocket Launcher is reinforced with wooden boards.
• At level 16, the wooden base of the Rocket Launcher is replaced white stone.
• At level 17, the white stone base of the Rocket Launcher is replaced with iron.
• At level 19, the iron base of the Rocket Launcher is replaced with turquoise metal.

Trivia

• The rockets fired from the Rocket Launcher take on the same appearance as the projectiles in a Barrage and leave the same crater upon impact.
  • The rockets also curve in a similar manner while in flight.
• Upon reaching its target the rockets turn sideways hitting the target broadside unlike the Barrage which hits targets head on.
• Rocket Launchers of all levels fire the same number of rockets per volley (6), despite levels 1-4 having less than 6 barrels, and levels 13-17 having more than 6 barrels.
• The laser sight added on top of level 6-12 Rocket Launchers points up in the air when the Rocket Launcher attacks, bringing into serious question how useful it actually is.
• The upgrade costs of the level 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 Rocket Launcher are the same as the upgrade costs of the level 14, 16, 17, 18 and 19 Boom Cannon respectively, with the exception that the resources are swapped for all levels except the first.
• The upgrade costs for a level 9 Rocket Launcher and a level 4 Shock Launcher are the exact same for each resource.
• Along with the Boom Cannon, the Rocket Launcher has the most expensive max upgrade cost for a defensive building, costing 26,710,000 in total resources for the last level.
• The Rocket Launcher from Boom Beach: Frontlines is designed after its level 7-12 appearances in Boom Beach.

Statistics

HQ Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Number Available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

Building Size	Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type	Splash Radius
3x3	8-25 Tiles	5s Between Salvos of 6; 0.35s Between Shots in Salvo	Splash	1.8 Tiles

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Level	Health	Damage Per Second	Damage Per Shot	Damage Per Salvo	Upgrade Cost			Upgrade Time	Instant	Headquarters Level Required	XP Gain
					Wood	Stone	Iron
1	4,000	20	22.75	136.5	142,000	85,000	24,300	3s	484	13	24
2	4,400	22	25.2	151.2	198,000	119,000	34,000	6h	597	13	28
3	4,800	24	27.65	165.9	275,000	240,000	66,000	7h	816	14	34
4	5,200	27	30.45	182.7	314,000	274,000	76,000	8h	892	14	34
5	5,700	29	33.25	199.5	540,000	410,000	149,000	10h	1,238	15	42
6	6,300	32	36.75	220.5	760,000	680,000	298,000	12h	1,678	16	48
7	6,900	35	40.25	241.5	850,000	760,000	330,000	14h	1,818	16	50
8	7,500	39	44.45	266.7	1,210,000	1,000,000	630,000	16h	2,368	17	54
9	8,200	43	48.65	291.9	1,480,000	1,350,000	890,000	18h	2,850	18	56
10	9,000	47	53.55	321.3	1,850,000	1,800,000	1,420,000	20h	3,540	19	61
11	9,800	52	59.15	354.9	1,920,000	1,870,000	1,470,000	1d	3,665	19	61
12	10,700	57	64.75	388.5	2,060,000	2,060,000	2,050,000	1d 4h	4,115	20	64
13	11,800	63	71.4	428.4	2,470,000	2,470,000	2,460,000	1d 8h	4,692	20	70
14	12,980	69	78.4	470.4	4,210,000	3,590,000	3,900,000	1d 10h	6,452	21	72
15	14,180	75	85.4	512.4	5,050,000	4,310,000	4,680,000	1d 12h	7,350	23	74
16	15,480	82	92.75	556.5	6,060,000	5,170,000	5,620,000	1d 14h	8,375	24	76
17	16,880	89	100.45	602.7	7,270,000	6,200,000	6,000,000	1d 16h	9,551	25	78
18	18,480	97	110.85	665.1	8,360,000	7,130,000	7,750,000	1d 18h	10,552	26	80
19	20,240	107	120.40	722.4	9,610,000	8,200,000	8,900,000	1d 20h	11,678	27	82
20	22,160	117	130.45	782.7	11,000,000	9,430,000	10,230,000	1d 22h	12,909	28	84

Warships

Rank	Level	Build Count	Upgrade Tokens	Tech Level
1	6	1	N/A	5
2	8	2	250,000	10
3	10	3	500,000	15
4	12	3	1,235,000	20
5	14	4	1,800,000	25
Total			3,785,000	75