Artillery — How to Get & Ability
Rare offense commander — Map last-hit after Looter (Hoplas2 June 30 video). Downtown ~30% is community-only — not in that transcript.
Quick answer
Map last-hit after Looter (Hoplas2 June 30 video). Downtown ~30% is community-only — not in that transcript. Ability: Retaliation — when your base is attacked, fires two shells at a random enemy nuke. Instantly destroys nukes tier 19 and below; deals 50% max HP damage to higher tiers. Also reduces the attacker's active base lock timer by 40%. Best for: PvP counter-raids — punishes attackers and shaves lock timers. Priority: A.
Artillery
Quick answer
How to get Artillery
Map last-hit after Looter (Hoplas2 June 30 video). Downtown ~30% is community-only — not in that transcript.
Step-by-step: how to get Artillery
- Hunt public-server Rare map commander spawns and last-hit Artillery (shown in Hoplas2 oqNOVaY2SEo after Looter).
- If Downtown is the live event map, community reports put Artillery around ~30% there (Broker ~70%) — treat weights as unverified; the Hoplas2 transcript never names Downtown.
- Shop purchases and Mystery Supply Drops are backup options when you cannot contest a map spawn.
- Full caption-backed checklist: /blog/how-to-get-artillery-merge-a-nuke-july-2026.
What does Artillery do in Merge a Nuke?
Retaliation — when your base is attacked, fires two shells at a random enemy nuke. Instantly destroys nukes tier 19 and below; deals 50% max HP damage to higher tiers. Also reduces the attacker's active base lock timer by 40%. Best for: PvP counter-raids — punishes attackers and shaves lock timers.
- Ability
- Retaliation — when your base is attacked, fires two shells at a random enemy nuke. Instantly destroys nukes tier 19 and below; deals 50% max HP damage to higher tiers. Also reduces the attacker's active base lock timer by 40%.
- Best for
- PvP counter-raids — punishes attackers and shaves lock timers
- Notes
- Added in Commanders Pt. 2 (June 28, 2026). Video-verified path: Hoplas2 (oqNOVaY2SEo) last-hits a map Artillery spawn and reads Retaliation — see /blog/how-to-get-artillery-merge-a-nuke-july-2026. Community reports ~30% drop weight on Downtown (unverified; not named in that video). Retaliation text confirmed from the same card read.
Other ways to get commanders
Artillery's primary path is above. These fallback methods apply to the wider commander pool and may not drop Contract Board exclusives.
Defeat a spawned commander on the map
Commanders arrive by boat and appear on the shared map as enemy units with an HP bar. Attack them with your nukes — whoever lands the final hit captures the commander.
Buy one in the Shop / Inventory
As of July 25, 2026 the Commanders button was replaced with Inventory. Open Inventory / Shop and check commander or pack sections. Commanders can be purchased with in-game cash or Robux, and Explosion Effects also live under Inventory.
Earn free at level milestones
Starter and some custom commanders are granted for free when you reach certain in-game levels or upgrade ranks.
Spawn during event maps
Harbor, Oil Rig, Downtown, Shipping Port, Military Compound, Military Base, and Town Square rotate as event or spawn targets. Beat the event or roll the drop pool — Military Compound runs every ~2 hours and drops Stalker (Legendary) when cleared. Town Square is a Tier 1 map with 150,000 HP.
Roll the Galactic Commander Pack
Added July 25, 2026. Opens six new commanders: Abductor, Leviathan, Wormhole Engineer, Recycler, Hologram Shaper, and Smuggler. Exact drop rates were not published in the patch notes.
Roll the Advanced Warfare Commander Pack
Open the Shop and buy the Advanced Warfare Commander Pack (added July 13, 2026). Reported drop rates: Grifter 35%, Scout 30%, Sapper 20%, Medic 10%, Recon 4.5%, Drone 0.5%.
Complete Contract Board contracts
The Contract Board (July 18, 2026) has 5 Daily, 5 Weekly, and 2 Monthly slots. Completing contracts grants cash, temporary boosts, permanent stat boosts, and progress toward a Unique Commander that rotates every 14 days.
Destroy Mystery Supply Drops
Mystery Supply Drops have a 50% chance to spawn every 3 minutes. Destroy one to roll a random commander from all available pools in the game.
See the raid guide for event map timers, war mechanics, and Mystery Supply Drop tips.
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