Needle gun

Needle gun

A long-range weapon used by mechanoids. Named after its needle-like projectiles, it fires single shots with great accuracy. While it does less damage than charge weapons, it can reach over very long distances.

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Base Stats

Type

Equipment – Weapons

Market Value

1400 

Mass

2.6 kg

Class

Mechanoid

Ranged Combat

Mode

Single-Shot

Damage

15

Armor penetration

35%

Warm-Up

150 ticks (2.5 secs)

Cooldown

126 ticks (2.1 secs)

Range

44.9 tile(s)

Accuracy

60% - 80% - 90% - 85%

Avg. accuracy

78.75%

Velocity

120 (m/s)

Burst Count

1 (per burst)

DPS

3.26 (2.57)

Stopping power

1.5

Melee Combat

Melee Attack 1

Barrel
9 dmg (blunt)
2.6 seconds cooldown
13% armor penetration

Melee Attack 2 

Barrel
9 dmg (poke)
2.6 seconds cooldown
13% armor penetration

Melee Average DPS

4.5

Melee Average AP

13%

Technical

weaponTags

MechanoidGunLongRange

The needle gun is a mechanoid-only weapon equipped on pikemen which deals a moderate amount of damage per shot; longer time between shots; very long range and high overall accuracy.

This weapon is unobtainable in normal play, though it can be spawned in by the Debug actions menu. It is provided here for comparisons sake.

Quality Table

Quality	Damage	AP	Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Market Value
Awful Needle gun	15	35%	48%	64%	72%	68%	3.26	1.56	2.09	2.35	2.22	700
Poor Needle gun	15	35%	54%	72%	81%	77%	3.26	1.76	2.35	2.64	2.51	1050
Normal Needle gun	15	35%	60%	80%	90%	85%	3.26	1.96	2.61	2.93	2.77	1400
Good Needle gun	15	35%	66%	88%	99%	94%	3.26	2.15	2.87	3.23	3.06	1750
Excellent Needle gun	15	35%	72%	96%	100%	100%	3.26	2.35	3.13	3.26	3.26	2100
Masterwork Needle gun	18.75	43.75%	81%	100%	100%	100%	4.08	3.3	4.08	4.08	4.08	3400
Legendary Needle gun	22.5	52.5%	90%	100%	100%	100%	4.89	4.4	4.89	4.89	4.89	4400

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

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Weapons

Neolithic Melee

Club • Ikwa • Knife (Jade) • Spear

Medieval Melee

Gladius • Longsword • Mace • Axe • Warhammer

Neolithic Ranged

Great bow • Pila • Recurve bow • Short bow

Industrial Ranged

Assault rifle • Autopistol • Bolt-action rifle • Chain shotgun • Heavy SMG • Launcher (EMP, Incendiary, Smoke) • LMG • Machine pistol • Minigun • Pump shotgun • Revolver • Sniper rifle

Industrial Consumable

Doomsday rocket launcher • Triple rocket launcher

Throwables

EMP grenades • Frag grenades • Molotov cocktails

Spacer

Charge lance • Charge rifle

Mechanoid

Heavy charge blaster • Inferno cannon • Needle gun

Structures

Autocannon • Mini-turret gun • Mortar (Weapon) • Uranium slug cannon • Auto-mortar • Inferno cannon (Turret) • Light charge blaster • Mini-slugger

Other

Beer • Elephant tusk • Thrumbo horn • Wood

Ultra (DLC)

Eltex staff • Monosword (Persona) • Plasmasword (Persona) • Zeushammer (Persona)