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[[Image:CellE2M1.png|thumb|Cell pickup, Doom E2M1]]
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The '''cell''' is the unit of [[ammo]] used by the [[plasma rifle]] and [[BFG 9000]].  Each BFG shot consumes 40 cells, while the plasma rifle can be fired one cell at a time (although this takes some concentration, as its rate of fire is very high).
 
The '''cell''' is the unit of [[ammo]] used by the [[plasma rifle]] and [[BFG 9000]].  Each BFG shot consumes 40 cells, while the plasma rifle can be fired one cell at a time (although this takes some concentration, as its rate of fire is very high).
  
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Perhaps confusingly, the games' instruction manuals show "Cell" as an ammo pickup.  This pickup actually contains 20 cells (40 at [[I'm Too Young To Die]] and [[Nightmare!]] skill levels), and the game calls it an ''energy cell''.  Other sources call this pickup a ''cell charge''.
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Perhaps confusingly, the games' instruction manuals show "Cell" as an ammo pickup.  This pickup actually contains 20 cells (40 on the [[I'm Too Young To Die]] and [[Nightmare!]] skill levels), and the game calls it an ''energy cell''.  Other sources call this pickup a ''cell charge''.
  
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Each cell fired from the plasma rifle does 5-40 [[hit points]] of damage (determined using Doom's [[pseudorandom number generator]]).  BFG damage calculations are [[BFG 9000#Technical|rather more complex]], but a direct hit inflicts 100-800 points, and a nonstandard form of blast damage may also occur (which affects even [[Boss monster|bosses]] normally immune to blast damage).
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Each cell fired from the plasma rifle does 5-40 [[hit points]] of damage, determined using Doom's [[pseudorandom number generator]].  BFG damage calculations are [[BFG 9000#Technical|more complex]], but a direct hit inflicts 100-800 points, and a nonstandard form of blast damage may also occur (which affects even [[Boss monster|bosses]] normally immune to blast damage).
  
 
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Revision as of 02:22, 1 November 2006

For the Strife item, see Energy cells.
Cell pickup, Doom E2M1

The cell is the unit of ammo used by the plasma rifle and BFG 9000. Each BFG shot consumes 40 cells, while the plasma rifle can be fired one cell at a time (although this takes some concentration, as its rate of fire is very high).

Perhaps confusingly, the games' instruction manuals show "Cell" as an ammo pickup. This pickup actually contains 20 cells (40 on the I'm Too Young To Die and Nightmare! skill levels), and the game calls it an energy cell. Other sources call this pickup a cell charge.

Each cell fired from the plasma rifle does 5-40 hit points of damage, determined using Doom's pseudorandom number generator. BFG damage calculations are more complex, but a direct hit inflicts 100-800 points, and a nonstandard form of blast damage may also occur (which affects even bosses normally immune to blast damage).

Energy cell data
Thing type 2047 (decimal), 7FF (hex)
Appears in Registered Doom
Ultimate Doom
Doom II/Final Doom
Radius 20
Sprite CELL
Class Ammo
Pickup

Appearance statistics

The IWADs contain the following numbers of cell charge pickups:

Game ITYTD and HNTR HMP UV and NM
Ultimate Doom 67 67 65
Doom II 120 122 123
TNT: Evilution 48 46 46
Plutonia 154 154 153

Doom RPG

In Doom RPG, the energy cell pickup is called a plasma box. It gives the player either 4 or 10 cells.

See also

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