Harpoon Gun

Versioning - Potentially Outdated Last updated for version: 0.12.0.2 Current game version: 0.14.6.0

Harpoon Gun
Stats
Type	Weapon
Ammunition	Harpoon Explosive Harpoon Physicorium Harpoon Ahab's Spear
Ammo Max Stack	8
Ammo Cost	Regular: 27-37 Marks Explo.: 225-312 Marks
Ammo Capacity	6
Skill Requirements
Weapons	30
Handicap	Spread + 9 (1→10)
Crafting
Fabricator Skill	Weapons 30
Crafting Time	20
Fabricator Materials	Steel Bar Plastic
Deconstructing Time	10
Deconstructor Materials	Steel Bar Plastic
Store
Outpost	Buy	Sell
Habitation	112 mk	90 mk
Colony	93 mk	75 mk
Research	93 mk	75 mk
Military	67 mk	54 mk
Mining	93 mk	75 mk

The Harpoon Gun is a handheld weapon that can be acquired in Barotrauma.

Function

Harpoon guns act as short-to-medium-range weaponry by 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, creature or wall, the harpoon may become lodged in the target (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 reliable weapon.

Fired harpoons deliver a moderate amount of Damage and Bleeding, and are pretty effective 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 suffer from a greatly increased spread, greatly reducing the effective accuracy of the gun.

Usage

The Harpoon Gun is held with both hands and must be loaded with a Harpoon, an Explosive Harpoon, a Physicorium Harpoon or 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 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, and cannot be put into Storage Containers or Toolbelts.
• Only one ammo type can be loaded into a harpoon gun at a time.

Ammunition

Item	Afflictions	Structure Damage	Projectile Speed	Reusable?	Source	Price	Raw materials
Harpoon	Lacerations: 30 Bleeding: 30 Stun: 0.25 sec.	10	20	Yes	Crafting, stores	27-37	Steel Bar
Explosive Harpoon	Lacerations: 10 Stun: 0.25 sec. Explosion, Radius 2.0m Deep Tissue Injury: 40 Bleeding: 50 Stun: 3.0 sec.	15	20	No	Crafting, stores	225-312	Harpoon C-4 Block
Physicorium Harpoon	Lacerations: 50 Bleeding: 30 Stun: 0.25 sec.	5	20	Yes	Crafting	N/A	Physicorium Bar
Ahab's Spear	Lacerations: 70 Bleeding: 50 Stun: 3.0	20	20	Yes	Wrecks (2% - 3%)	N/A	Steel Bar Iron

The Harpoon and the Physicorium Harpoon can be deconstructed back to their respective crafting materials, while the Explosive Harpoon will only yield 1 Steel. Ahab's Spear will yield 1 Steel and 1 Iron.

Audio

• Harpoon Gun firing 1

• Harpoon Gun firing 2

• Harpoon Gun firing 3

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.

Gallery

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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.

• Harpoon Shoot.gif

  The harpoon gun being shot.