Barrel

Barrels are explosive items in Plazma Burst: Forward to the Past, Plazma Burst 2 and Plazma Burst 2.5. They appear as small barrel-like containers that are filled with explosive material, and will explode when shot enough times or taken enough damage. Barrels add a new element of gameplay into the standard combat in Plazma Burst, as they can be shot to eliminate nearby enemies or keep the player away from certain dangerous areas. Caution should be taken around barrels, especially when firefights happen.

If forced to fight in a place where there are many barrels, the player can throw them away with the Kinetic Module to prevent enemies from shooting and exploding them. In Plazma Burst 2, barrels can be picked up by the Kinetic Module, however, care should be taken when handling these barrels, as any enemy can shoot the barrel, causing massive damage to the player.

Oil Barrel
Red barrels that contain oil inside, and can be found in a few levels. When shot, the barrel will explode and be ripped apart into two pieces.

Deals 200 damage.

Glass Barrel
Made of a glass-like material, this barrel glows a hue of sky blue, and it is fragile in nature is not to be messed around with. Explodes with an even greater force, and shatters glass. The glass pieces also deal damage as well, making this more of a stationary fragmentation grenade.

Deals 150 damage, plus 10 per shard, creates 6 glass shards.

Orange Barrel
The most common, and has the weakest explosion in-game. It glows orange. The letters on the side suggest that it is made by the Civil Security forces. The Orange barrel does up to 78 damage. Its ID is bar_orange.

Blue Barrel
The second most common barrel available. This barrel has a bright, glowing blue explosion. It has a more violent explosion than the orange version, and does up to 117 damage. It also has an 1.5x bigger explosion radius compared to orange barrel. Its ID is bar_blue.

Red Barrels
The rarest barrel to be found. Can be found in few levels, and precaution must be take in order to prevent serious consquences. It glows red, and its destructive nature is to be reckoned with. Their shells tends to injure entities near it, so beware of the fragmentation that the barrels give out. They only appear on Proxy's Campaign, with lots of red barrels that appear on Level 35. The Red Barrel does up to 156 damage, and it has 2x bigger explosion radius compared to orange barrel. Its ID is bar_red.

Green Barrels (Undeveloped feature)
Not available in the campaign, and only available in the Old Level Editor, these barrels are quite possibly a mere glitch. These barrels do not appear green, and they only appear as another object from your test map. If the "barrel" gets critical damage and explode, the game will begin to lag. Its ID is bar_green.

Orange Barrel
The orange barrel will reappear in Plazma Burst 2.5, most likely with the same stats.

Blue Barrel
The blue barrel will reappear in Plazma Burst 2.5, most likely with the same stats.

Red Barrel
The red barrel will reappear in Plazma Burst 2.5, most likely with the same stats.

Green Barrel
This barrel will properly appear in Plazma Burst 2.5. It is unknown if it will be more powerful than the current barrels or not. The Green Barrel has the letters "NP" written on it.

Oil Barrel
The oil barrel from Plazma Burst: Forward to the Past is returning to Plazma Burst 2.5.

Trivia

 * Barrels appear in Multiplayer since Version 1.20.
 * The yellow barrel has "CS" on it, thus possibly being produced by Civil Security.
 * The blue barrel has "C9" on it, thus possibly being produced by Correction Nine. These are commonly found in the later levels.
 * The red barrel has "DF" on it. It is not known what "DF" stands for, but the barrel is found in some CS bases.
 * Using the Kinetic Module, the player can pick up barrels and drop them on enemies to damage them upon crashing & exploding, such as in Level 2.
 * Using the Kinetic Module, the player can fly while standing on top of a barrel. This is known as Barrel Flying.


 * Using the Kinetic Module, the player can pick up an intact barrel and push it towards inactive enemies to make them fall off heights.
 * Using the Kinetic Module, the player can pick up broken barrel pieces, and with enough force throw them to hurt and even kill enemies.


 * It has been confirmed that Plazma Burst 2.5 will feature new barrel types.