Flare Gun

The Flare Gun is a special weapon that is added in the v0.5.0 "" on July 26, 2018 and is fairly rare. Unlike normal guns, the Flare Gun shoots a special type of ammo, the Flare ammo. The Flare Gun deals no damage (formerly 10 per shot), but it summons an Airdrop, either the normal Meteor Crate, or the Golden Meteor Crate which can reward you with special loot that only spawns in Airdrops such as the AWM-S, M1 Garand, M4A1-S, and the CZ-3A1 and other not so good weapons. Since the Flare Gun summons an Airdrop, in which air drops can crush the player for 100 armor piercing damage, the Flare Gun theoretically has the ability to shoot the highest damaging projectile in the game (excepting the AWM-S which does 180 damage), which technically also means this gun does damage, but indirect damage. In a Solo game, when there are 14 people left, an airdrop will land somewhere on the map. When an airdrop automatically drops, it will never drop inside the Red Zone, or the approaching Red Zone area. It will always drop in the safe zone or in between the circle and the redzone. The Flare Gun uses Flare (Orange) ammo.

In the Into the Woods LTE you can find a Flare Gun in a Flare Gun Crate at the Logging Camp.

In the Incursion recursion update the leader of each team gets a flare gun that can summon a massive airdrops capable of wel-equipping many team members

Sound
Firing

Reloading

Strategies
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 * Because Airdrops have great loot, they will also attract many people, turning the area surrounding it into a war zone very fast. Consider this before shooting the Flare Gun.
 * Using the Flare Gun as a weapon is a bad idea. Don't use it, as it deals no damage.
 * If you want to make sure no one gets your loot, shoot the flare deep in the Red Zone. Make sure that you have plenty of healing items before doing this. (This is easier to do early game since the red zone hurts less in its early stages)
 * It is best to put this weapon away as soon as you find it, as it will make you a target for other players
 * You can also use the Flare Gun to summon an Airdrop, and then use that as bait. This is best done near places where you can hide (containers, trees, etc). When someone comes near the airdrop, quickly fire your weapon at them (shotguns are best for this), which will most likely surprise the player and catch them off-guard.
 * Make sure to be prepared for this. Usually more than one person will want the airdrop, so after finishing off one person quickly get back into your hiding spot.

Trivia

 * Flare Guns projectiles can go through walls (at least visually)
 * The Flare Gun cannot be dual wielded.
 * The Flare Gun is the first firearm in the game to not shoot any form of bullet.
 * The Flare Gun is the 3rd gun in the game to have it's own unique ammo type. You can get additional ammo by opening armored crates with the Wood Axe.
 * When shot, it produces a bright orange circle that glides in a straight line for a few seconds, and then disappears.
 * An Airdrop will drop on the spot where you fired the gun, not where the flare disappears
 * It usually takes about 15 seconds after a flare is fired for an Airdrop to appear, then about 10 seconds for it to hit the ground.
 * Smoke immediately appears after the Airdrop hits the ground.
 * The Flare Gun also ejects a 12 gauge shell when fired. This makes sense, as some flares are 12 gauge shells in real life.
 * The Flare Gun's sprite seems to be based off of the Orion Flare Gun.
 * The Flare Gun cannot be fired indoors. When this is attempted, a warning comes up saying "Gun cannot be fired here!", similar to other messages like "Better item equipped!" Due to a bug, it can sometimes be fired in buildings with destructible roofs, although it usually can't.
 * The Flare Gun can be fired inside a shipping container.
 * The Flare Gun's reload sound is the exact same as the QBB-97's reload sound, but without the cocking bit at the end.
 * However, the Flare Gun now has its own unique reload sound.
 * During two events that happened at August 10, 2018 and on September 22, squad mode featured a massive increase of flare gun spawn.
 * The Flare Gun used to deal 10 damage, but this was removed in the v0.6.0 secret update.
 * Flare guns are used as emergency signals in the real world.
 * Realistically, if the flare hits an enemy it should cause damage through burn wounds.
 * The Flare Gun though actually looks like a shot fired from a SV-98 with a orange glow around it.

History

 * 0.6.0
 * Nerfed Damage from 10 to 0 (Secret Update)
 * Headshots technically do 2x DMG still, but this does nothing now.
 * 0.5.0
 * Added Flare Gun to the game