This guide is designed to be easy-to read and access, feel free to open this guide whilst in-game or during a raid to quickly see the cheapest raiding methods, or if you run out of main explosives, finding the most effective raiding method with the resources you currently have available.

IMPORTANT: In each of the cheapest raid costs, some structures/deployables have 2 values, as the cheapest way to destroy the target is by using both values. Alternatively, some of the cheapest costs have accompanying values as using the cheapest raiding method may require additional/unconventional raiding tools. For example, the cheapest way to destroy a stone wall is 1 C4 AND 82 explosive ammunition, whereas, the cheapest ways to destroy a wood wall is 1 Incendiary Rocket OR 49 explosive ammunition.

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The tilde (~) is used when a value is not certain, is it an approximate as especially when raiding with fire, Flame Throwers, Incendiary Rockets, or the Jackhammer, the values can be random/inconsistent. In the Jackhammer's case, it depends on how you use the tool as some ways reduce durability but can take longer, so it's safer to approximate than write several different values.

The cheapest section is exclusive to sulfur only, meaning any method such as flame raiding or fire arrows potentially being the cheapest way are not listed as they do not require sulfur. This information is useful, for example Salvaged Shelves which the cheapest method by using sulfur is 10 F1 Grenades, however, it can also be destroyed in 10 seconds with a Combat Knife and even faster/cheaper with other melee items. In situations like these, use the Jackhammer as a universal indication of the amount of melee items you need to break an item.

Both Handmade Shells and Incendiary Shells are used in extreme cases when all alternatives are either double the sulfur cost or when either of these options are so fast that the extra sulfur cost is not worth. In cases like these where you do not have access or like raiding with shotguns, use Explosive Ammo as they are usually the second cheapest, closely tied with Rockets, so use either alternative.

No, you're right to an extent, some guns have damage differences when raiding usually to compensate the large reduction in time it takes to destroy a target. One example is the Spas-12 Shotgun, when breaking a Stone Wall, it takes 185 more Handmade Shells than all other Shotguns, however, it is 4 and a half minutes faster than the 2nd fastest, and 27 minutes faster than the slowest shotgun. The reason the guide is not wrong however, is that I take the highest value (excluding the Spas-12 which has drastic ammo differences) which only saves you explosive ammo, instead of making you too few. Ammunition values were tested with the Semi-Automatic Rifle (explosive ammunition) and Pump Shotgun (Handmade Shells, Incendiary Shells, & Buckshot Shells).

The Weapon Damage section expounds on these damage differences, differences in ammo needed to destroy a target, as well as the time taken to destroy a target. The information is in percentages, so if you wish to calculate per scenario, convert the percentage to a decimal (95% = 0.95 or 115% = 1.15) and multiply that by the ammo needed listed in the guide, which is 100%.

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