Earth Eater

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Earth Eater
Weapon type	Heavy Bowgun
Attack	180

Use this weapon in your build

An upgraded Rock Eater. Its improved firepower will scorch the earth around you.

Multi-language

English	Chinese (simplified)	Chinese (traditional)	Japanese
Earth Eater	大地吞噬者	大地吞噬者	アースイーター

Basic info

Base data

Rarity	Atk	Def bonus	Affinity
5	180	10	0%

Weapon skill slots

Slots	Rampage slot (L/HR)	Available rampage skills
	1	(Slot 1) Defense Boost II (Slot 1) Spread Effect II (Slot 1) Cluster Effect I

Bowgun firing data

Deviation	Recoil	Reload
None	Very high	Slow

Bowgun ammo data

Bullet	Capacity	Moving shot	Moving load	Single shot	Rapid fire
Normal Ammo 1	5
Normal Ammo 2	5
Normal Ammo 3	5
Pierce Ammo 1	3
Spread Ammo 1	3
Shrapnel Ammo 1	4
Sticky Ammo 1	5
Sticky Ammo 2	3
Cluster Bomb 1	3
Cluster Bomb 2	2
Poison Ammo 1	2
Poison Ammo 2	1
Paralysis Ammo 2	1
Sleep Ammo 2	1
Recover Ammo 2	2
Armor Ammo	2
Flaming Ammo	3
Piercing Fire Ammo	1
Wyvern Ammo	1
Tranq Ammo	2

Upgrade path to this weapon

Each weapon can be obtained by purchasing, forging or upgrading. The following table shows how to obtain「Earth Eater」as well as all of its upstream weapons.Upgrading in the order shown by this table will lead you to「Earth Eater」. You can start from any weapon along the path that is forgable.

Method	Name (en)	Name (ja)	Name (zh)	Purchase	Forge materials	Upgrade materials
Purchase/Forge	Iron Assault I	アイアンアサルト I	铁制突击弩 I	600	Iron Ore x3 300 【Obtain Ore Scrap x2】
Upgrade	Iron Assault II	アイアンアサルト II	铁制突击弩 II			Icium x2 Earth Crystal x1 Sharp Fang x2 600
Upgrade	Meteor Bazooka I	メテオバズーカ I	陨石火箭炮 I			Machalite Ore x2 Iron Ore x10 1000
Upgrade	Rock Eater I	ロックイーター I	岩石吞噬者 I			Basarios Pleura x3 Basarios Wing x2 Machalite Ore x4 2600
Upgrade	Rock Eater II	ロックイーター II	岩石吞噬者 II			Diablos Shell x3 Basarios Tail x1 Poison Sac x2 Basarios x8 points 6500
Upgrade	Earth Eater	アースイーター	大地吞噬者			Basarios Pleura+ x5 Basarios Carapace x3 Basarios Tears x1 Fucium Ore x8 15600

Next level upgrade of this weapon

The following weapon(s) in the table can be upgraded from「Earth Eater」.

Method	Name (en)	Name (ja)	Name (zh)	Forge materials	Upgrade materials
Upgrade	Earth Eater+	アースイーター改	大地吞噬者・改		Basarios Pectus+ x5 Basarios Cortex x3 Basarios Pallium x1 Meldspar Ore x8 16000

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