Description
The Explosive Barrel is definitely more costly than TNT, but is specifically designed for large scale tunnelling/wrecking operations.
-its blast radius would be consistent and larger than TNT, the barrel could be filled with additional gunpowder before ignition to increase the radius.
-Blocks like stone, deepslate, gravel, dirt and cobblestone would be destroyed entirely. As a trade-off, this would also destroy ores.
-The destroyed blocks would leave nothing but smoke behind.
-An Explosive Barrel would stay in place once detonated, still behaving like a solid block.
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