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==Notes==
* A catapult's primary use is the destruction of walls and gates. You can hit another person with it or animal with it, but it's very difficult.* If any object is within 2 tiles of the catapult, you will get this error message: "You can't work with the small catapult. This area is too crowded."
* To use a catapult:
**First load it with ammunition. Almost everything can be fired, but [[stone shards]] and [[ore]]s do the most damage. [[Quality]] and [[damage]] of the ammunition will affect the amount of damage done to your target. To load a catapult, activate an item in your inventory, right-click the catapult, and select Machine -> Load.
**After you load the catapult, it must be winched. With every winch the catapult shoots 1 tile further. The minimum distance a catapult can shoot is 3 tiles, which is 10 winches. The maximum distance a catapult can shoot is 50. To winch a catapult, right-click the catapult after it has been loaded, and select winch. This distance is calculated including both the tiles that the catapult and the target are standing on.
**To aim the catapult, simply drag it so that it points to the target. This can be improved with further precision by changing the firing angle. By default, the firing angle will be 45 degrees and it can be changed to be between 5 and 85 degrees.
**When the catapult has winched at least 10 winches, you can fire the catapult. Right-click the catapult, select 'Machine'>'Fire'. If it was properly aimed and winched, you will either get a message in event window that you just missed the target, or a list of everything it hits. If it only says that you've hit nothing, your aim is off.
