Prototype Atom Rifle

Prototype Atom Rifle

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Damage	94 Ranged
Knockback	0.5 (Extremely Weak)
Elemental Bonus	(Plasma Blast)
Critical chance	4%
Velocity	12
Tooltip	(4 ) Replaces normal bullets with Plasma Rounds Requires an Energy Pack to be in your inventory
Lore	'A Teochrome experimental weapon, it was created after a board meeting, in which military contractors wanted a nuclear powered sniper rifle for seemingly little reason, it miraculously had a functioning prototype created, and the death toll from radiation exposure has been surprisingly miniscule.'
Rarity
Sell	20
Research	1 required

Projectile created

Plasma Blast

Sounds

Use

Plasma Blast

Dropped by
Entity	Quantity	Rate
Laboratory Crate	1	14.29%
Reinforced Laboratory Crate	1	3.57%

The Prototype Atom Rifle in use.

The Prototype Atom Rifle is a Hardmode gun found in Standard Security Lockers in the Abandoned Lab. On use, it consumes 4 Energy and replaces all bullets with high velocity Plasma Rounds that pierce twice and leave Plasma Blasts on contact with enemies or tiles.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Crafting

Recipe

Crafting Station
Shimmer
Ingredient(s)		Amount
	Gravity Hammer	1
Result
	Prototype Atom Rifle	1

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Tesla Field Generator	Prototype Atom Rifle	Shimmer

total: 1 row(s)

Notes

• Despite the tooltip stating that it only converts normal bullets, the Prototype Atom Rifle will replace all bullets.

History

• 0.8.0.4042: Can now be shimmered into Tesla Field Generator.
• 0.8.0.399:
  • Now deals Fire Elemental damage.
  • Shifted its holding offset to better line up with the player.
  • Fixed glowmask.
• 0.8.0.397: Resprited.
• 0.8.0.389: Plasma Rounds now ignore water.
• 0.8.0.385: Plasma Blast now counts as an Energy-based projectile.
• 0.8.0.361:
  • Increased Plasma Round's pierce from 1 to 2.
  • Plasma Rounds now use the new trail system.
• 0.8.0.3:
  • Decreased damage from 144 to 94.
  • No longer attempts to shoot when below 4 Energy.
• 0.8: Introduced.