Admiralty Anchor

The Admiralty Anchor is an alternate melee weapon for the Soldier. It's a dark and slightly rusted admiralty anchor. When equipped, it will appear on a rope around the Soldier's waist while inactive.

Admiralty Anchor
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Basic Information
Used by	Soldier
Slot	Melee
Loadout Stats
Admiralty Anchor Anchor Create earthquake upon taking fall damage while active On Wearer: Take crits from projectiles while airborne +30% gravity while active No random critical hits "I will not tolerate any crass jokes about the Navy in my unit.

This is the president's anchor, damn it. But until he returns my letters, it will serve its country proud as a weapon of war. We will relish the fear on our enemies' faces as we climb a building and throw this anchor from the roof at them.

Soldier, in the Admiralty Anchor promotional blurb

While active, the Admiralty Anchor increases the user's gravity by 30%. Falling with it out fills up the "AIRTIME" meter, which turns red once the user has fallen long enough to take fall damage. Then, landing will deal damage in a radius around the user, with the range of the impact being larger the higher the user's velocity was. Landing directly on an enemy will result in no fall damage being taken.

As a penalty, being hit by projectiles in mid-air with the Admiralty Anchor equipped will deal critical damage.

Related achievements

Achievement		Description
	Unsinkable	Kill an enemy Soldier equipped with the Admiralty Anchor with a projectile airshot.
	Don't Try This At Home	Get an Admiralty Anchor Earthquake kill without rocket jumping.
	Down with the Ship	Kill an enemy with an Admiralty Anchor Earthquake while taking lethal fall damage.
	Breaking the Scale	Kill 3 enemies with a single Admiralty Anchor Earthquake.

Properties

Properties
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee damage?		Melee
Taunt		Kamikaze
Damage
Base damage	100%	65
Critical		195
Mini-crit		88
Function Times
Attack interval		0.8 s 0.5 s
Activation time		0.2 s
All values are approximate.

Earthquake Damage (No Airtime Modifier)

Velocity (HU/s)	Direct Landing	Mid-range	Farthest distance
650	33	22	11
1050	53	35	18
1400	70	47	24
1750	88	58	29
2100	105	70	35
2450	123	82	41
2900	145	97	48
3250	163	108	54
3500	175	117	58

All values are approximate and community-tested.

The formula for the damage is approximately
$\frac{v}{30}{t}_{air}{d}_{target}$
where $v=$ the Soldier's velocity, $t_{air}=$ is the Soldier's airtime and $d_{target}=$ is the distance between the Soldier and the victim.
Velocity ranges from 650 to 3500, airtime grants a proportional multiplier ranging from x0.5 to x3, and distance from target grants an inversely proportional multiplier ranging from x0.5 to x1.5. ^[todo]

Strategy

Due to the Admiralty Anchor's ability requiring rocket jumping, it is recommended that you use it in tandem with the Gunboats for the damage resistance, and the R.P.G. for the bonus jump force.

Admiralty Anchor v. Stock Shovel

➕ Causes a powerful damaging earthquake when landing after an amount of air time

➖ Has no random crits ➖ Vulnerable to airshots ➖ Deals more self-damage upon landing

Update history

2.2.0 (Double Down Update)

• Added the Admiralty Anchor

2.2.1

• Fixed a crash regarding Admiralty Anchor airshots by Sentry Gun rockets

2.2.2 (Double-Double Down Update)

• Raised minimum earthquake radius to 96 (from 64)
• Raised minimum earthquake damage multiplier to x0.5 (from x0)
• Trail particles no longer render in first person
• Adjusted tauntkill timings

2.2.3

• First person animation state no longer waits to go idle in order to update when airborne or landing
• Players now properly sink and are slowed down in water while active
• Updated sound effects for drawing, swinging and crit swinging

3.0.0

• Downside now requires a minimum height check when blast jumping
• Increased earthquake damage multiplier on full charge to 4.5 (from 4.0)

Trivia

• The Admiralty Anchor was teased in Jinn as an easter egg but it was later revealed as Soldier's then-upcoming weapon after he attached a note to it that says "MINE!" with his signature.
• Prior to the 3.0.0 update, the description quote was: "Prepare to be swabbed off the deck!"

Gallery

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  RED first-person view.
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  BLU first-person view.
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  GRN first-person view.
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  YLW first-person view.
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  Unused Global first-person view.