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The toxic needle gun is an mechanoid-only ranged weapon added by the Biotech DLC. It is the main armament of the apocriton.

This weapon cannot be independently obtained in normal play. It is provided here for comparisons sake.

Acquisition[edit]

Toxic needle guns spawn on all apocritons. However, it is not possible to obtain it directly in normal play. Pawns carrying it will not drop it on death, downing, or complete loss of manipulation like other weapons. It can be spawned in by the Debug actions menu but, like all unobtainable weapons, will disappear after being dropped.

Summary[edit]

For each point of damage dealt with the toxic bullets, the victim receives 0.65% toxic buildup. Note that this scales inversely with both toxic resistance and body size.

Analysis[edit]

The toxic needle gun has a range of 44.9 tiles, matching a sniper rifle. Compared to a sniper, the toxic needle gun is more dangerous: it deals the same damage per shot, has 3% less armor penetration, and fires faster.

The toxic needle gun is highly likely to deal full damage through mid-tier armor such as flak jackets, flak helmets, normal quality dusters, and neolithic options such as the war mask. Flak vests offer decent protection - a normal quality vest offers a 32.5% chance of negating its damage.

With each unmitigated shot increasing severity by up to 16.25%, the accumulation of Toxic Buildup is not as immediate of a threat as the damage itself. However, care should be taken to avoid pawns reaching moderate or worse levels of Toxic Buildup. Vomiting is a potentially deadly side effect, and the Consciousness loss can directly kill a pawn before they would die from thieir wounds.

Attack table

Ranged

Toxic needle gun	Dam.	AP	Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Market value
Toxic needle gun	25	35%	60%	80%	90%	85%	5.62	3.37	4.5	5.06	4.78	1400

^{Values shown in Red indicate the weapon is out of range at the reference point for this range band.
The value is provided due to the interpolated nature of accuracy between range points.}

Melee

Feature	Toggle
Attacks

Toxic needle gun		Barrel (Blunt)					Barrel (Poke)					Human: Left & right fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value
3.91	12.25%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	12.5%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	12.5%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 37.5%	100	1400

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

Version history[edit]

Biotech DLC Release - Added.
1.4.3555 - Damage increased from 15 to 25.

Weapons

Melee | Neolithic: Breach axe • Club • Ikwa • Knife (Jade) • Spear

Medieval: Gladius • Longsword • Mace • Axe • Warhammer

Ultra: Eltex staff • Monosword (Persona) • Plasmasword (Persona) • Zeushammer (Persona)

Improvised: Beer • Elephant tusk • Thrumbo horn • Wood

Ranged | Neolithic: Greatbow • Pila • Recurve bow • Short bow • Flamebow

Medieval: Nerve spiker

Industrial: Assault rifle • Autopistol • Bolt-action rifle • Chain shotgun • Heavy SMG • Launcher (EMP, Incendiary, Smoke, Toxbomb ) • LMG • Machine pistol • Minigun • Pump shotgun • Revolver • Sniper rifle • Hellcat rifle • Incinerator

Spacer: Charge lance • Charge rifle

Consumables: Doomsday rocket launcher • Triple rocket launcher

Throwables: EMP grenades • Frag grenades • Molotov cocktails • Tox grenades

Mechanoid: Heavy charge blaster • Inferno cannon • Needle gun • Thump cannon • Beam graser • Charge blaster turret • Hellsphere cannon • Mini-flameblaster • Mini-shotgun • Slugthrower • Spiner • Toxic needle gun

Structures: Autocannon • Mini-turret gun • Mortar (Weapon) • Uranium slug cannon • Auto-mortar • Inferno cannon (Turret) • Light charge blaster • Mini-slugger • Tactical turret gun

Related | Body part weapons: Prosthetic arm • Bionic arm • Archotech arm • Power claw • Field hand • Drill arm • Venom talon • Venom fangs • Knee spike • Elbow blade • Hand talon • Flesh whip

Integrated weapons: Grenadier armor • Phoenix armor

[Actual-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.

[Chance-2] Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

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 {{Biotech}}
-{{infobox main|weapon|
+{{Infobox main|weapon
 | name = Toxic needle gun
 | image = ToxicNeedleGun.png
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 | tech level = Spacer
 | marketvalue = 1400
-| damage = 15
+| damage = 25
 | damage type = Toxic bullet
 | armorPenetration = 35
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 | accuracyMedium = 90
 | accuracyLong = 85
-| accuracyAvg = 79
 | mode = Single-Shot
 | warmup = 141
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 | meleeattack2cool = 2.6
 | meleeattack2ap = 13
-| MeleeWeaponAverageDPS = 4.5
+| has quality = False
-| MeleeWeaponAverageAP = 13
 | page verified for version = 1.4.3525
 | weaponTags = MechanoidGunToxicNeedle
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 == Summary ==
-For each point of damage dealt with the toxic bullets, the victim receives 0.65% toxic buildup.  Note that this scales inversely with both toxic resistance and body size.
+For each point of damage dealt with the toxic bullets, the victim receives 0.65% toxic buildup.  Note that this scales inversely with both [[toxic resistance]] and [[body size]].
 == Analysis ==
-The Toxic Needle Gun has a range of 44.9 tiles, matching a [[sniper_rifle|sniper rifle]]. Compared to the sniper rifle it has 3% less [[Apparel#Calculation|armor penetration]], <!--There's probably a better link for that -->deals 40% less damage, takes a second less to aim, and has a slightly shorter cooldown after a shot before aiming can begin again.
+The toxic needle gun has a range of 44.9 tiles, matching a [[sniper_rifle|sniper rifle]]. Compared to a sniper, the toxic needle gun is more dangerous: it deals the same damage per shot, has 3% less [[Apparel#Calculation|armor penetration]], and fires faster.
-The Toxic Needle Gun is highly likely to deal full damage through mid-tier armor such as [[Flak_jacket|flak jackets]], [[Flak_helmet|flak helmets]], normal quality [[duster]]s, and neolithic options such as the [[war_mask|war mask]]. [[Flak_vest|Flak Vests]] of normal quality offer decent protection- offering a 32.5% chance of negating damage from the Toxic Needle Gun.
+The toxic needle gun is highly likely to deal  full damage through mid-tier armor such as [[Flak_jacket|flak jackets]], [[Flak_helmet|flak helmets]], normal quality [[duster]]s, and neolithic options such as the [[war_mask|war mask]]. [[Flak vest]]s offer decent protection - a normal [[quality]] vest offers a 32.5% chance of negating its damage.
-With each [[Apparel#Calculation|unmitigated]] shot increasing severity by {{#expr:{{P|Damage Base}}* 0.65}}%, the accumulation of [[Toxic_buildup|Toxic Buildup]] is likely to be less immediately pressing than the wounds inflicted by the gun itself, but care should be taken to avoid pawns reaching moderate or worse levels of Toxic Buildup as vomiting is a potentially deadly side effect while fighting an apocriton and the increasing [[consciousness]] loss can lead to deaths well before a pawn would die from damage.
+With each [[Apparel#Calculation|unmitigated]] shot increasing severity by up to {{#expr:{{P|Damage Base}}* 0.65}}%, the accumulation of [[Toxic_buildup|Toxic Buildup]] is not as immediate of a threat as the damage itself. However, care should be taken to avoid pawns reaching moderate or worse levels of Toxic Buildup. Vomiting is a potentially deadly side effect, and the [[Consciousness]] loss can directly kill a pawn before they would die from thieir wounds.
+{{Weapon Stats Table}}
 == Version history ==
 * [[Biotech DLC]] Release - Added.
+* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Damage increased from 15 to 25.
-[[Kind::Weapons| ]]
+{{Nav|weapon|wide}}
-{{nav|weapon|wide}}
+[[Category:Weapons]] [[Category:Mechanoid Weapons]]
-[[Category:Weapons]]
-[[Category:Equipment]]