Harpoon Gun
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| Last updated for version 0.18.15.0 Last mentioned in changelog 1.1.18.0 The current game version is 1.3.0.4 Notes: Update media |
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 Launches harpoons, explosive harpoons, and alien harpoons. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ammunition | File:Harpoon icon.png Harpoon File:Explosive Harpoon icon.png Explosive Harpoon File:Physicorium Harpoon icon.png Physicorium Harpoon File:Ahab's Spear icon.png Ahab's Spear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ammo Capacity | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ammo Max Stack | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Skill Requirements |  Weapons: 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handicap | Spread + 9 (1→10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Skill:
 Weapons: 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Base Price
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170 mk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Harpoon Gun is a handheld weapon that can be acquired in Barotrauma.
Function
Harpoon guns act as short-to-medium-range light weaponry, firing 
Harpoons at a high velocity. The harpoon gun is effective both on board of the submarine and underwater, and upon striking another 
Crew Member, a creature or a wall, the harpoon may become lodged in the target (note: this does not apply to the Explosive Harpoon) and can usually be recovered and reused. This property (plus the small material cost of the Ammunition) makes the harpoon gun a very efficient weapon.
Fired harpoons deliver a moderate amount of 
Lacerations and 
Bleeding, and are proficient at stopping the smaller denizens of Europa, such as 
Crawlers and 
Mudraptors.
It should be noted that characters with inadequate weapons skill (less than 30) will be affected by greatly increased spread, reducing the effective accuracy of the gun.
Usage
The Harpoon Gun is held with both hands and must be loaded with a File:Harpoon icon.png Harpoon, an File:Explosive Harpoon icon.png Explosive Harpoon, a File:Physicorium Harpoon icon.png Physicorium Harpoon or File:Ahab's Spear icon.png Ahab's Spear to be used. As with all weapons and tools, using it is done by holding the 
Right-click to take aim, then by 
Left-clicking to shoot/use.
- Fired harpoons, other than
Explosive Harpoons may be picked up as any other item with Left Mouse Button by default, and reloaded into the Harpoon gun. - Harpoons stack up to 6 in the inventory and 6 in the harpoon gun. They cannot be put into
Storage Containers or 
Toolbelts. - Only one ammo-type can be loaded into a harpoon gun at a time.
- When fired, a rope spawns connecting harpoon fired and the harpoon gun. The rope drags the harpoon (or any target it gets stuck in) back to the harpoon gun, and the gun towards target hit if any. The rope snaps automatically exactly 1s after the harpoon is fired.
Damage Values
| Item | Shots | Afflictions | Armor Penetration | Structure Damage | Explosion Range |
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 Ahab's Spear |
0% | Impact: 20
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 Explosive Harpoon |
50% | Impact: 20 Explosion (2m): 10
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2 meters | ||
 Harpoon |
0% | Impact: 20
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 Physicorium Harpoon |
0% | Impact: 20
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Trivia
- Pre-release videos for Barotrauma showed that harpoons were originally going to have a rope attached between them and the harpoon gun. This would allow the player to retract a harpoon back into the barrel of the gun after launching it. In the Among the Ancients update, rope was finally added, but it doesn't allow for full retraction of the fired harpoon - instead it just drags the harpoon back for a second before it snaps, helping to collect it.
Media
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Example of a spear sticking through a player's head.
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The harpoon gun striking another player as seen in a pre-release video. Note the rope attached to the spear.
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The harpoon gun being shot.
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Harpoon Gun firing 1
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Harpoon Gun firing 2
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Harpoon Gun firing 3
