Assault Rifle

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Assault Rifle
Assault Rifle
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A fully automatic, military grade rifle.

Assault Rifle is a two-handed procedurally generated rifle weapon model.
It can be common, uncommon, and rare. Common Assault Rifles will shoot bullets, while uncommon and rare Assault Rifles shoot elemental plasma type projectiles.

Base Statistics

  • Base DPS: 9.0-10.0 health per second (Common), 9.5-10.5 health per second (Uncommon/Rare)
  • Energy Usage: 27-30 energy per second (Common), 28.5-31.5 energy per second (Uncommon/Rare)
  • Average Fire Time: 0.11-0.18 seconds between bullets (approx. 5.6-9.1 bullets per second)
  • Knockback Power: 4-8 (very weak knockback)
  • Fire Mode: Automatic or Burst
  • Burst Count: 2-4 bullets
  • Burst Delay: 0.075 seconds between consecutive bullets within a burst

NPC-Exclusive Variants

Most NPCs that use assault rifles, including the Outlaw and Soldier Crew members, use the NPC Assault Rifle. Floran hostiles use the Floran Assault Rifle, and Deadbeat hostiles in Decayed biomes use the Deadbeat Assault Rifle. All NPC-exclusive assault rifles, though they may differ from each other in appearance, have the same base statistics.

  • Rarity: Common
  • Base DPS: 9.5 health per second
  • Energy Usage: 15 energy per second
  • Fire Time: 0.15 seconds between bullets (approx. 6.7 bullets per second)
  • Knockback Power: 4-8 (very weak knockback)
  • Fire Mode: Automatic
  • Special Attack: None

Elemental Damage

Uncommon and Rare weapons have an assigned elemental damage type. Uncommon assault rifles can only inflict status effects with special attacks, but rare assault rifles inflict status effects with all attacks.

Special Attacks

Common Only

  • Bouncing Shot
    • Description: Fires special projectiles which bounce off of surfaces.
    • Damage Multiplier: 1.5x
    • Energy Usage: 40 energy per second
    • Number of Bounces: 3
  • Explosive Shot
    • Description: Fires special projectiles which explode on contact.
    • Damage Multiplier: 1.75x
    • Energy Usage: 50 energy per second
  • Spray n' Pray
    • Description: Sprays an inaccurate storm of bullets which can annihilate foes.
    • Base DPS: 30 health per second
    • Energy Usage: 75 energy per second
    • Fire Time: 0.04 seconds between shots (25 bullets per second)
  • Flashlight
    • Description: Shines a light in the direction of aim.

Uncommon/Rare Only

  • Energy Lance
    • Description: Produces a spike of elemental energy which impales enemies in melee range, knocking them back.
    • Base Damage: 10 health
    • Knockback: 40 (very strong knockback)
    • Energy Usage: 50 energy
    • Cooldown: 1.0 seconds
  • Explosive Burst
    • Description: Shoots a burst of bullets which explode in the area around the aim cursor. Note: Liquids slow these projectiles causing them to explode halfway.
    • Base DPS: 10 health per second
    • Energy Usage: 50 energy per second
    • Average Fire Time: 0.2 seconds between bullets
    • Burst Count: 5 bullets
    • Burst Time: 0.05 seconds between consecutive bullets within a burst
    • Minimum Travel Distance: 5 tiles before explosion

All Rarities

  • Grenade Launcher
    • Description: Fires a grenade which explodes to deal damage in an area.
    • Base Damage: 9 health
    • Energy Usage: 25 energy
    • Fire Time: 2.0 seconds between grenades

Name Pool

Prefixes Names Sufix

Manaticon
Rotik
Callox
Graxus
Xia-Li
Shade Co.
Necrolix
Teklacki

Star
Impact
Psi
Riot
Skull
Tsunami
Force
Galaxy
Wave
Moon
Talon
Focus
Nexus
Luna
Broken
Poly
Pixel
Terra
Solar
Storm
Planet
Perfect
Soul
Heart
Mountain
Terror
Nebula
Nimbus
Celestial
Sky
Ocean
Ether
Reality
Matter
Light
Void
Fusion
Phase
Dawn
Dusk
Flux
Cyclone
Atomic
Astral
Comet
Warden
Howl
Pulse

rifle
gun
sprayer
stopper
sprinkler
blaster
howitzer
pitcher
tosser
phaser
wrecker
destroyer
ruin
sinner
slayer
plugger
enforcer
trigger
pump
expeller
barrage
terror


History

Data

File Details

Spawn Command /spawnitem commonassaultrifle
File Name commonassaultrifle.activeitem
File Path /items/active/weapons/ranged/assaultrifle/middle/<variant>.png