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Harpoon Gun
Harpoon Gun
Stats
Type Weapon
Store
OutpostOutpost Buy Sell
Habitation OutpostHabitation 112 mk 90 mk
ColonyColony 93 mk 75 mk
Research OutpostResearch 93 mk 75 mk
Military OutpostMilitary 67 mk 54 mk
Mining OutpostMining 93 mk 75 mk
Ammunition Harpoon iconHarpoon

Explosive Harpoon iconExplosive Harpoon

Physicorium Harpoon iconPhysicorium Harpoon

Ahab's Spear iconAhab's Spear

Ammo Cost Regular: 27-37 Marks
Explo.: 225-312 Marks
Ammo Capacity 6
Skill Requirements
Weapons 30
Insufficient Skill Handicap Spread + 9 (1→10)
Crafting
Constructible? Checkmark True
Deconstructible? Checkmark True
Crafting Time 20
Deconstructing Time 10
Fabricator Skill Weapons 30
Fabricator Materials Steel BarSteel Bar

PlasticPlastic

Deconstructor Materials Steel BarSteel Bar

PlasticPlastic

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 iconHarpoon, an Explosive Harpoon iconExplosive Harpoon, a Physicorium Harpoon iconPhysicorium Harpoon or Ahab's Spear iconAhab's Spear to be used. As with all weapons and tools, using it is done by holding the Right Right-click to take aim, then by Left 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. Each harpoon has a rope attached to it. Upon launching a new harpoon a new rope is generated and the previous one dissapears. The rope stays attached to the harpoon while the player holds the right click and can be used to drag creatues hit by it.

Ammunition[]

Item
Afflictions
Structure Damage
Projectile Speed
Reusable?
Source
Price
Raw materials
Harpoon spear icon
Harpoon
Affliction LacerationsLacerations: 30

Affliction BleedingBleeding: 30

Affliction StunStun: 0.25 sec.

10
20
Yes
Crafting, stores
27-37
Steel BarSteel Bar
Harpoon spear explosive icon
Explosive Harpoon
Affliction LacerationsLacerations: 10

Affliction StunStun: 0.25 sec.

Explosion, Radius 2.0m

15
20
No
Crafting, stores
225-312
Harpoon iconHarpoon

C-4 BlockC-4 Block

Harpoon spear physicorium icon
Physicorium Harpoon
Affliction LacerationsLacerations: 50

Affliction BleedingBleeding: 30
Affliction StunStun: 0.25 sec.

5
20
Yes
Crafting
N/A
Physicorium BarPhysicorium Bar
Ahab's Spear icon
Ahab's Spear
Affliction LacerationsLacerations: 70

Affliction BleedingBleeding: 50
Affliction StunStun: 3.0

20
20
Yes
Wrecks (2% - 3%)
N/A
Steel BarSteel Bar

IronIron

Item
Harpoon spear icon
Harpoon
Harpoon spear explosive icon
Explosive Harpoon
Harpoon spear physicorium icon
Physicorium Harpoon
Ahab's Spear icon
Ahab's Spear
class="header"
Structure Damage 10
15
5
20
Projectile Speed 20
20
20
20
Reusable? Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Source Crafting, stores
Crafting, stores
Crafting
Wrecks (2% - 3%)
Price 27-37
225-312
N/A
N/A
Raw materials Steel BarSteel Bar
Harpoon iconHarpoon

C-4 BlockC-4 Block

Physicorium BarPhysicorium Bar
Steel BarSteel Bar

IronIron

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[]

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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