Ammo

A box of shotgun shells in Doom, E1M1: Hangar.

An energy cell pack in Doom, E2M2: Containment Area.

Most game weapons require ammo (ammunition) in order to be fired. While Wolfenstein 3D only had one type of unified ammo (bullets) for all its weapons, Doom introduced different types of ammunition to be used with specific weapons. Each weapon contains an amount of ammo when picked up, which may depend on the game mode being played and the skill level; additional ammo that may be picked up is provided as things placed in levels by the designers, as well as ammo dropped by defeated monsters, such as zombies in the Doom games. Duplicate weapons function as extra ammunition, when they can be picked up.

There are two basic types of ammo supply in the game: small and large. Large ammo always grants five (5) times the ammunition the equivalent small type provides, and is usually depicted as a container such as a box or quiver, or just a bigger item. In the Doom games ammo received is doubled for each type if the skill setting is set to 1 or 5 (I'm Too Young to Die or Nightmare!), while in Heretic the value of the ammo is increased by only half as much (150% of default) under equivalent settings.

The player can carry only a limited amount of each type of ammo, though certain items or powerups may raise these limits (see below). When a limit is reached, the player is temporarily unable to collect ammo pickups of that type. If he collects an ammo pickup which would raise his total stock above the maximum, he receives only enough to reach the maximum; the extra ammo disappears.

Doom games

Small Ammo	Large Ammo	Weapon
Clip (10)	Box of bullets (50)	Pistol, chaingun (20)
4 shotgun shells (4)	Box of shotgun shells (20)	Shotgun (8), super shotgun (8) (in Doom II)
Rocket (1)	Box of rockets (5)	Rocket launcher (2)
Energy cell (20)	Energy cell pack (100)	Plasma rifle (40), BFG9000 (40), Unmaker (in Doom 64)
Halon canister	Pile of halon canisters	Fire extinguisher (in Doom RPG)

See also: Backpack

Heretic

Small Ammo	Large Ammo	Weapon
Wand Crystal	Crystal Geode	Elven Wand (25)
Ethereal Arrows	Quiver of Ethereal Arrows	Ethereal Crossbow (10)
Claw Orb	Energy Orb	Dragon Claw (30)
Lesser Runes	Greater Runes	Hellstaff (50)
Flame Orb	Inferno Orb	Phoenix Rod (2)
Mace Spheres	Pile of Mace Spheres	Firemace (50)

See also: Bag of Holding

Hexen

Mana Type	Weapon
Blue Mana	Timon's Axe, Serpent Staff, Frost Shards, Quietus, Wraithverge, Bloodscourge
Green Mana	Hammer of Retribution, Firestorm, Arc of Death, Quietus, Wraithverge, Bloodscourge
Combined Mana	Timon's Axe, Serpent Staff, Frost Shards, Hammer of Retribution, Firestorm, Arc of Death, Quietus, Wraithverge, Bloodscourge

Strife

Small Ammo	Large Ammo	Weapon
Bullet clip	Box of Bullets	Assault Rifle (20)
Electric Bolts	N/A	Crossbow (8 electric)
Poison Arrow	N/A
Missiles	Box of Missiles	Mini-Missile Launcher (8)
HE Grenades	N/A	Grenade Launcher (12 HE)
Phosphorous Grenades	N/A
Energy Pod	Energy Pack	Flamethrower (40), Mauler (40)

See also: Ammo satchel

Hacx

Small Ammo	Large Ammo	Weapon
Rounds	Case of rounds	Pistol, Uzi
Cartridges	Case of cartridges	Tazer, Cryogun
Torpedo	Case of torpedoes	Photon 'zooka
Molecule module	Molecule tank	Stick, Nuker

See also: Valise

Chex Quest games

Small Ammo	Large Ammo	Weapon
Mini zorch recharge	Mini zorch pack	Mini-zorcher, Rapid zorcher
Large zorcher recharge	Large zorcher pack	Large zorcher
Zorch propulsor recharge	Zorch propulsor pack	Zorch propulsor
Phasing zorcher recharge	Phasing zorcher pack	Phasing zorcher, LAZ device

See also: Zorchpak

See also

• Ammo (Doom 3)
• Supplies

Sources

• Doom RPG FAQ by Tony8669, at gamefaqs.com