Flare Gun
The Flare Gun can be obtained in the Mining Station save room near the end of S-23 Sierpinski.
It can also be loaded with highly explosive grenades. To do so, use 'Combine' on a Grenade Shell, then select the Flare Gun. If a Flare Shell is currently loaded, it will be unloaded into an empty slot.
Damage Stats[edit]
The normal flare gun deals an initial amount of damage and then applies burn damage over time. Testing reveals its damage to be 18 initial +5 burn on Survival difficulty, 30 initial +5 burn on Normal, and 70 initial +5 burn on Casual.
The HE grenade flare gun deals 60 damage in a radius on all difficulties, with damage decreasing based on distance from the center point.
Datamining reveals these two guns have mostly the same stats, which read as follows: Damage: 15, Cooldown: 0, reloadTime: 2.5, magSize: 1, magAmmo: 1, fullAuto: 0, burstSize: 0, and burstSpeed: 0. However, the standard flare gun has stats of 100 in hurt and critical chance, while the HE grenade flare gun has 50.
Trivia[edit]
- The flare gun is the only weapon in the game with two interchangeable ammo types.
- The flare gun seems to be inspired by the GECO LP2, a 26.5mm flare pistol used by the West German Bundeswehr during the Cold War.
- The HE grenade variant of the flare gun is known in the game's code as the Flakgun.