Bladed harpoon launcher, adapted to fire projectiles with a delayed explosive. Lethal at short range but cumbersome to reload.
- Cycle
- -
- Damage falloff
- -
- Ammo
- 1/3=4
loaded / in reserve / total
199Damage
How the bullet falls
Aimed at the top of the head - how far the round falls below it, on the axis and marks the bars above use
15
221m
- 1 Head0-9m 0.00 m below the line here
- 2 Upper torso9-16m 0.25 m below the line here
- 3 Torso16-18m 0.66 m below the line here
- 4 Legs18-27m 0.89 m below the line here
- 5 Ground27m+ 1.84 m below the line here
The damage model
- Raw projectile
- 240
Flight
- Zero range
- 10m before it starts falling
- Gravity
- -14m/s squared, downward
- Time of flight
- 1.67s to 100 m - computed from velocity
Handling
What firing does to your view
The muzzle climbs 8° after every shot. How much of the screen that eats is not fixed - it depends on how wide your own field of view is, so these are drawn at the game's default 55°, and a wider setting costs you less of it.
- The kick itself plays out in 0.1s, long over before you can fire again at 7.9s.
- Its kick is steeper than 84% of 31 special loadouts.
Where the shot goes
Your weapon rests shouldered, so that is the cone an unaimed shot uses - crouching, walking and jumping all scale it. Sighted, it closes to 0.45.
- 9 Jumping ×2
- 4.5 Shouldered
- 0.45 Aiming
- Its shouldered cone is better than 9% of 34 special loadouts.
What you wait for
One shot, then 6.9 s to load it back. 6.9 s for one full trip through the magazine.
6.9 s reloading
- Its reload is better than 18% of 31 special loadouts.
Melee and the bestiary
Attacks
Light attack
- Damage
- 120
- Damage type
- Melee Slash
- Cleave cap
- Two different values in the game's files
- Stamina cost
- 11
- Recovery
- 0.75 sbefore the next light attack
- Tired
- 2 sthe delay once you are out of stamina
Against a hunter, by hit zone
- Head 360
- Upper torso 180
- Torso 120
- Left arm 120
- Right arm 120
- Left leg 84
- Right leg 84
Against the bestiary
Light attack
Deals Melee Slash damage. It hits Firebreather hardest (4.4x) and Bloodskin softest (0.44x).
Killed outright by one hit
Bileweaver HeadBloodweaver Head
One hit
Leech BodyDoctor Grunt HeadGrunt HeadLantern or Torch Grunt HeadHellhound HeadMuzzled Hellhound JawHive HeadFirebreather Head
Two hits
Water Devil BodyArmored HeadImmolator Head
Three hits
Concertina Armored Head
Five or more
Brute WeakspotUrsa Mortis WeakspotMeathead Upper torsoAssassin HeadRotjaw WeakspotSpider HeadHellborn HeadButcher Upper torsoScrapbeak HeadBloodskin Weakspot
Computed from each creature's own hit-zone table against this attack's damage type.
Traits and perks
What traits change
Where a trait swaps in a different reload animation, the seconds are that animation's own length, separate from the weapon's reload stat. A longer start is not always worse: on a clip-fed rifle the expedited animation takes longer to begin and then loads several rounds at once.
Recommendations
Blade Seer Recommended 1 pts While using Dark Sight, increases distance of highlighted Bolts, Arrows, Harpoons, Throwing Axes, and Throwing Knives to 75m. Also applies to Beetle View.
Bolt Thrower Recommended 3 pts Reduce reload time for Crossbows, Bomb Launchers, and Bomb Lances.
Silent Killer Recommended 3 pts Reduce noise when performing melee attacks.
Crack Shot Reduce sway for weapons and increase zoom level in iron sights for rifles and pistols with stocks. Excludes shotguns and sawed-off variants.