THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Fragmenting Potion Ball

First seen: Book 3, Chapter 7

A hardened rubber ball, about twenty of them crafted by Mordecai at his newly upgraded alchemy table, meant to have a full potion vial poured into it and then be thrown at an enemy; potions work on mobs thrown rather than drunk, per Mordecai, though he can't explain why. Breaks apart if thrown too hard or handled roughly once loaded. Needs gossamer thread to make, which Mordecai plans to buy at the Desperado Club; his table upgrades ahead will let him produce them faster and eventually a hundred at a time.

Consumable

Stats

Potions work when thrown at a target the same as when drunk, mobs included, though nobody knows why; mobs never get potion sickness from it, but NPCs doB3C7

Connections

Carl:

Loads one with a dose of Mordecai's Special Brew mid-flight and throws it at the dying Orthrus instead of a crawler, healing and briefly invulning himB4C31

Tosses one in the air to test its weight, thinking through how far he could throw one loaded with his xistera or a poison or fire water potionB3C7

Mordecai:

Crafts about twenty of them; still needs gossamer thread from the Desperado Club to keep making more, and plans a chain lightning version once his table levels furtherB3C7

History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 7
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Tosses one in the air to test its weight, thinking through how far he could throw one loaded with his xistera or a poison or fire water potion
  • RELATIONSHIP Mordecai: Crafts about twenty of them; still needs gossamer thread from the Desperado Club to keep making more, and plans a chain lightning version once his table levels further
  • STAT How It Works: Potions work when thrown at a target the same as when drunk, mobs included, though nobody knows why; mobs never get potion sickness from it, but NPCs do
  • TAG Consumable: Crafted by Mordecai at his newly upgraded, level-three alchemy table; a hollow rubber ball meant to be filled with a potion and thrown
Book 4
Chapter 31
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Loads one with a dose of Mordecai's Special Brew mid-flight and throws it at the dying Orthrus instead of a crawler, healing and briefly invulning him