Weapons

Weapons

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Weapons unlock from the current run's score. Each weapon has its own magazine, reload, spread, projectile speed, weight-based recoil, and persistent mastery track for signed-in non-tutorial play. Fire-rate values are milliseconds between shots before bonuses.

Arsenal statistics

Slot	Weapon	Unlock score	Damage	Fire mode	Magazine	Reload	Fire rate	Projectile speed	Spread	Weight
1	Pistol	0	25	Semi-auto	12	1.0 s	300 ms	2.0	0.020	1.0
2	Rifle	100	35	Semi-auto	30	1.5 s	150 ms	3.0	0.010	1.5
3	Shotgun	250	15 per pellet	Semi-auto, 5 pellets	8	2.0 s	800 ms	1.5	0.150	1.7
4	SMG	450	20	Automatic	40	1.2 s	165 ms	2.5	0.030	1.2
5	Sniper	700	100	Semi-auto	5	2.5 s	1,200 ms	5.0	0.005	2.0
6	Minigun	1,100	30	Automatic	100	3.0 s	50 ms	3.0	0.050	3.0
7	Rocket Launcher	1,600	150 direct base	Semi-auto rocket	3	3.5 s	2,000 ms	1.8	0.010	2.5
8	Subverter	2,200	0 kinetic	Semi-auto hack deploy	4 chips	2.8 s	850 ms	—	0	1.0

All firearms can ADS in the implementation. There is no separate numeric effective-range statistic or damage-falloff table; ordinary bullets are created with a 100-tick lifetime, while launcher rockets use 240 ticks. Do not convert those values to meters without a verified fixed update rate.

Live tutorial gallery

These first-person captures come from the public build's invincible Tutorial mode. The HUD confirms the selected weapon; the mode unlocks the full loadout without requiring a score grind.

Pistol	Rifle
Shotgun	SMG
Sniper	Minigun
Rocket Launcher	Subverter

Projectile and hit behavior

• Bullets are visible tracer projectiles with muzzle flash, smoke, shell casing (except Launcher), recoil, camera kick, and a synthesized weapon-specific report. Each round is modelled as a small near-white head with a burning tail tapering behind it along its flight axis, aimed at spawn so the elongation reads as travel direction. Rounds that strike the world play a material-matched impact sound and leave a surface-tinted bullet hole.
• Bosses clamp the damage a single bullet can deal to 14% of their maximum health; explosives and ability bursts are exempt. See Enemies.
• The Shotgun emits five projectiles per trigger pull. Its listed damage is per pellet before modifiers.
• The Rocket Launcher emits a modeled rocket with fins and exhaust, then resolves an area explosion with distance falloff, crater effects, and Revenant shield-breaking behavior.
• Headshots multiply damage by 2 + Headshot Mastery bonus, then apply headshot perks and the Operative passive. The mobile aim-assist hit path can also award a critical hit.
• The Skull Hunter-style modifier does not literally block body collisions; it reduces body-shot damage to 10%.
• Shot spread tightens in ADS, especially for the Sniper; walking, sprinting, jumping, and sustained fire add bloom. Crouching reduces movement bloom.

Recoil and reloads

Recoil is derived from weapon weight using weight^1.45 × 0.85, then reduced by mastery. The camera also receives per-weapon pitch/yaw kick, shake, and a short FOV punch. The heaviest visible recoil tuning is on the Launcher, Sniper, and Shotgun.

Reload time can be modified by Quickdraw, the Engineer passive, weapon mastery, and run perks. The viewmodel animates reloads across the actual calculated reload window: magazine swaps for most weapons, shell-by-shell loading for the Shotgun, and chip-cartridge loading for the Subverter.

Subverter hacking deck

The Subverter is an equipment-like eighth loadout rather than a projectile gun.

Property	Confirmed value / behavior
Targeting	Closest eligible target within 17 units and a forward cone (dot ≥ 0.25)
Chip capacity	Four chips per cartridge
Hack duration	6.5 seconds
Hacked behavior	Ignores the player, hunts nearby non-hacked enemies, and uses 2.4× its normal attack damage against them
Burnout	Green EMP at the end of the timer; 6.8-unit radius, 110 center damage falling to about half at the edge
Immune targets	Bosses are immune to direct hacking, hacked attacks, and the EMP. Revenants reject direct chips but can be hunted indirectly by a hacked enemy.
Presentation	Animated deck screen, physical chip ejection/reload, data beam, chip attachment, scan/glitch visuals, and dedicated procedural audio

The Subverter needs a detailed/near enough target just like bullets; it cannot hack a distant low-detail stand-in. A failed deployment does not consume a chip.

Weapon mastery

Each weapon tracks cumulative XP from kills. XP is persisted through Convex; Tutorial kills do not add mastery.

Enemy	Mastery XP
Fast	4
Normal	5
Sniper	9
Tank	12
Revenant	40
Boss	60
Crowned Elite	4× its enemy-type value

The level thresholds are L1 50, L2 130, L3 260, L4 450, L5 720, L6 1,080, L7 1,540, L8 2,120, L9 2,840, and L10 3,720 XP. L3 begins reload-speed reduction, L5 begins recoil reduction, and L10 grants a 25% magazine bonus; the improvements ramp per level as implemented.

Implementation references: src/types/game.ts, src/App.tsx, src/utils/GunModel.ts, src/utils/WeaponMasterySystem.ts, src/utils/SoundManager.ts.