Harpoon Gun

Versioning - Up-to-date Current game version: 0.10.5.1

Harpoon Gun
Stats
Type	Weapon
Item Cost	67-112 Marks
Ammunition	Harpoon Explosive Harpoon Physicorium Harpoon
Ammo Cost	Regular: 27-37 Marks Physic.: Not purchasable Explo.: 225-312 Marks
Ammo Capacity	6
Skill Requirements
Weapons	30
Insufficient Skill Handicap	Spread + 9 (1→10)
Crafting
Constructible?
Deconstructible?
Crafting Time	20
Deconstructing Time	10
Fabricator Skill	Weapons 30
Fabricator Materials	Steel Bar Plastic
Deconstructor Materials	Steel Bar Plastic

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 requires both hands to be equipped and must be manually loaded with individual Harpoons before firing. By default, the right mouse button aims the harpoon gun toward the cursor. Left-clicking will then fire a harpoon in the corresponding direction.

Fired Harpoons may be picked up as any other item with Left Mouse Button by default, and reloaded into the Harpoon gun.

Ammunition

Item	Afflictions	Structure Damage	Projectile Speed	Is Sticky?	Is Fragile?	Price	Raw materials
Harpoon	Lacerations: 30 Bleeding: 30 Stun: 0.25	10	20	True	False	27-37	Steel Bar
Explosive Harpoon	Lacerations: 10 Stun: 0.25 Explosion, Radius 200 Lacerations: 40 Bleeding: 50 Stun: 1	15	20	False	True	225-312	Harpoon C-4 Block
Physicorium Harpoon	Lacerations: 50 Bleeding: 30 Stun: 0.25	10	20	True	False	N/A	Physicorium

Item	Harpoon	Explosive Harpoon	Physicorium Harpoon
class="header"
Structure Damage	10	15	10
Projectile Speed	20	20	20
Stick to Entities?	True	False	True
Can be Recovered?	False	True	False
Price	27-37	225-312	N/A
Raw materials	Steel Bar	Harpoon C-4 Block	Physicorium

The Harpoon and the Physicorium Harpoon can be deconstructed back to their respective crafting materials, while the Explosive Harpoon will only yield Steel.

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.

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  The harpoon gun being shot.