Flare Gun
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| “ | It allows the Pyro to ignite an enemy at long range, but does require careful aim on their part. It’s particularly useful for causing havoc on Snipers and Engineers who want to keep their distance.
— Flare Gun publicity blurb
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The Flare Gun is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Pyro. It is a flared-end, single-shot team-colored flare gun.
The weapon fires low-damage flare projectiles that travel at approximately 1450 Hammer units per second. The flares have a shallow trajectory curve that causes them to drop vertical distance drastically at extremely long range. Enemies hit by the flare will suffer minor damage and be set on fire. The damage dealt is not subject to distance indexed damage falloff or rampup. Additionally, flares will deliver a critical hit on already burning targets. Unlike most other weapons that require reloading, the Flare Gun will be reloaded even if the player switches to a different weapon before the reload animation plays.
The flare disintegrates on contact with any surface or flare fired by the opposing team with a hissing noise. While the weapon cannot be fired whilst the player is underwater, the flare can damage but not ignite enemies if fired into water.
Taunting with the Flare Gun equipped makes the Pyro perform a deadly Hadouken.
The Flare Gun is automatically given to any player who obtains 10 Pyro achievements.
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Damage and function times
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| Shot type | Projectile | |
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| Base damage | 100% | 30 |
| Critical hit | 90 | |
| Mini-crit | 41 | |
| Afterburn | 3 / tick 60 total |
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| Afterburn (mini-crit) | 4 / tick 80 total |
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| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 2 s | |
| Afterburn duration | 10 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
| Class Token - Pyro | Slot Token - Secondary | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | ||||||||||||
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As a crafting ingredient
| Reclaimed Metal | Flare Gun | Detonator | ||
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Strange variant
Related achievements
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Update history
- The Flare Gun was added to the game.
- Hadouken taunt now kills people it hits.
- Fixed Flare Gun trail particles on DX8.
August 19, 2008 Patch (A Heavy Update)
- Fixed bug where switching from Flare Gun-wielding Pyro to another class meant you didn't get a full ammo loadout on first spawn.
- Increased flare direct hit damage from 20 to 30.
- Flare Gun will now mini-crit on a burning enemy.
- Fixed the Pyro not being able to deflect enemy flares.
- Flares that hit a burning player at mid-to-long range will crit.
April 29, 2010 Patch (119th Update)
- Fixed the Flare Gun's afterburn duration being lowered by the Flamethrower's duration reduction.
- Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.
- Fixed burning deaths to always use the death notice icon for the weapon that started the burn.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Changed Flare Gun flares to always crit burning targets, regardless of range.
- [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Detonator.
- Refined reload force for Flare Gun
July 12, 2011
- [Item schema update] Added Strange Quality.
Unused content
- The Flare Gun has a second reload sound effect in the GCF.
Bugs
- If a Pyro were to reflect a flare and hit a target who then dies from the afterburn, the kill icon will be that of the Flare Gun and not the reflected flare icon.
- From a first person view, the flare seems to fire from behind the Flare Gun, similarly to the Huntsman.
- When reloading the Flare Gun after using the last flare, it shows you putting a flare into the gun, but not using it.
Trivia
- The Flare Gun was first seen in Meet the Sniper without being publicly revealed at the time of the video's release.
- In real life, flare guns are normally used for distress signalling and have very limited capabilities as a weapon.
Gallery
See also
External links
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| Slot 1 | stock | Scattergun | Rocket Launcher | Flame Thrower | Grenade Launcher | Minigun | Shotgun | Syringe Gun | Sniper Rifle | — |
| unlock | Force-A-Nature | Direct Hit | Backburner | — | Natascha | Frontier Justice | Blutsauger | Huntsman | — | |
| craft | Shortstop Soda Popper | Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original | Degreaser Phlogistinator | Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger | Brass Beast Tomislav | Widowmaker Pomson 6000 | Crusader's Crossbow Overdose | Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina | — | |
| promotion | — | — | — | — | Iron Curtain | — | — | — | — | |
| Slot 2 | stock | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | Submachine Gun | Revolver |
| unlock | Bonk! Atomic Punch | Buff Banner | Flare Gun | Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance | Sandvich | Wrangler | Kritzkrieg | Jarate Razorback | Ambassador | |
| craft | Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger | Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison | Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter | Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen | Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Family Business | Short Circuit | Quick-Fix | Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper | L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback | |
| promotion | Lugermorph | — | — | — | Fishcake | Lugermorph | — | — | Big Kill | |
| Melee | stock | Bat | Shovel | Fire Axe | Bottle | Fists | Wrench | Bonesaw | Kukri | Knife |
| unlock | Sandman | Equalizer | Axtinguisher | Eyelander | Killing Gloves of Boxing | Gunslinger | Übersaw | — | — | |
| craft | Holy Mackerel Candy Cane Boston Basher Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin | Pain Train Half-Zatoichi Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector | Homewrecker Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree | Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Ullapool Caber Claidheamh Mòr Half-Zatoichi Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Scottish Handshake Conscientious Objector | Gloves of Running Urgently Warrior's Spirit Fists of Steel Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch | Southern Hospitality Jag Eureka Effect | Vita-Saw Amputator Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector | Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Shahanshah Conscientious Objector | Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle | |
| promotion | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Golden Wrench Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Saxxy Black Rose | |
| PDA | stock | — | — | — | — | — | Build Tool | — | — | Disguise Kit |
| PDA 2 | stock | — | — | — | — | — | Demolish Tool | — | — | Invisibility Watch |
| unlock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer | |
| promotion | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Enthusiast's Timepiece | |
| Building | stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sapper |
| Taunt | various | Home Run (Sandman/Atomizer) | Kamikaze (Equalizer) | Hadouken (Shotgun/Flare Gun/Detonator/Reserve Shooter) Mmmph (Phlogistinator) | Decapitation (Eyelander/HHHH/Claidheamh Mòr/Half-Zatoichi/Persian Persuader/Nessie's Nine Iron) | Showdown (Fists/Saxxy/Apoco-Fists/Holiday Punch) | Dischord (Frontier Justice) Organ Grinder (Gunslinger) Eureka Effect Taunt (Eureka Effect) | Oktoberfest (Kritzkrieg) Medicating Melody (Amputator) Spinal Tap (Übersaw) | Skewer (Huntsman) | Fencing (Knife/Your Eternal Reward/Conniver's Kunai/Saxxy/Big Earner/Wanga Prick/Black Rose) |
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