AM Warheads

“	Antimatter Warheads replace the conventional warheads used by Explosive weapons, increasing the detonation radius.	”
	— In-Game Description

Antimatter.Warheads	I	II	III	IV	V
Weight (% Weapon Mass)	5%	10%	15%	20%	25%
..AoE.Radius.increase..	+50m	+100m	+150m	+200m	+250m
Research
Tech Lab Required	VI	VIII	IX	X	X
Time	11h 41m	1d 20h 02m 20s	3d 23h 23m 06s
Helium-3	3,523,696	13,314,484	28,956,750
Antimatter	0	1,479,387	5,110,014
Build
Time	3m	10m 30s	35m	1h 28m	2h 47m
Helium-3	7,850	116,100	529,758	1,319,992	2,440,613
Antimatter	0	6,111	58,862	329,998	813,538

General

Antimatter Warheads are a booster to explosive weapons. They are the counterpart of Antimatter detonators for base weaponry. They increase the area of effect of explosive ship weaponry - enhancing their ability to damage multiple ships with a single missile or bolt. They are commonly used amongst many players of all levels.

Strategy and Setup

Antimatter warheads serve well with just about any explosive weapon. Sweep launchers have minimal use in fleet vs. fleet combat, but antimatter warheads allow more splash damage to be inflicted. A good example of using this booster would be with the SICO missile, Hydra missiles or Arc missiles, due to its already large area of effect.

SICO missiles enhanced with antimatter warheads V

Hydra missiles mixed with antimatter warheads also are of plausible usage, as the splash damage and the tracking capabilities can work well. On bases, adding antimatter warheads mixed with Creeper torpedoes can flatten compact bases due to the already extremely high area of effect damage of Creeper torpedoes and its high impact damage per torpedo, negating the disadvantage of slow travel speed in base incursions. Also, in the case when a shot misses its target, the increased area of effect damage can still cause it to impact some other target nearby.