Flare Gun


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Dual Wielding data still being gathered 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, but it summons an Air Drop, 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, OTs-38, M4A1-S, the CZ-3A1 (all of which are gold air drop weapons), or some other weapons, some useful (like the M249 and Saiga-12), some not quite as much (like the M9). 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.
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Since the  you can find a Flare Gun in a Flare Gun Case at the Logging Camp.

In the  update the Faction Leader of each team gets a flare gun that can summon a massive airdrops capable of well-equipping many team members.

Sound
Firing

Reloading

Strategies

 * Because Air Drops 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.
 * You can use this attraction to your advantage by firing the Flare Gun directly next to a Barrel. When the air drop lands, the barrel will explode, killing or heavily damaging enemies standing close to the air drop.
 * Using the Flare Gun as a weapon is a bad idea. Don't use it, as it deals no damage, and the airdrop is unreliable to use as an actual weapon, as despite instantly killing anyone underneath, it is very easy to avoid and it will likely attract even more enemies
 * If you find a flare gun in the beginning of the game and you don't want others to take the loot, fire the flare into the ocean. By doing this, there is a smaller chance for anyone to come for your airdrop, considering it is on the edge of the map where the storm reaches first. 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, rocks, 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.
 * If you have enough adrenaline, shooting off in in the red zone will attract less attention.
 * When the airdrop lands, it releases a small puff of smoke similar to the smoke grenade. You can use this to briefly hide yourself from an enemy.
 * If you are pinned down behind a Meteor Crate, don't unlock it - it is impervious to damage whilst it has its metal outer shell attached.



History

 * 0.7.4
 * Added the ability for Flare Guns to be dual wielded
 * 0.5.0
 * Added Flare Gun to the game

Trivia

 * The Air Drop can spawn a Flare Gun, despite the fact that the purpose of the Flare Gun is to call an Air Drop. With extreme luck, you can get theoretically infinite Air Drops.
 * Flare Guns projectiles can go through walls/players (at least visually)
 * The Flare Gun can be dual wielded, like all other pistols. However, this was only added in the v0.7.4 update, so it used to not be able to be dual wielded. It was changed back during the Later tater update so it can’t be dual-wielded anymore.
 * The Flare Gun is the first weapon in the game to not shoot any form of damaging bullet.
 * The Flare Gun is the 3rd gun in the game to have it's own unique ammo type, the others being the DEagle 50 and the AWM-S. You can get additional ammo by opening armored crates with the Wood Axe or Katana.
 * When shot, it produces a bright orange translucent circle that glides in a straight line for a few seconds, and then disappears.
 * An Air Drop 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 8 seconds for it to hit the ground.
 * Smoke immediately appears after the Air Drop hits the ground.
 * The Flare Gun also ejects a 12 gauge shell when fired. This makes sense, since the in-game model resembles an Orion model flare gun, which fires 12 gauge flares.
 * 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!" This is due to the fact that an air drop can’t penetrate the roof. 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 was originally 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 three events that happened at August 10, 2018, September 22, and February 22, 2019, squad mode featured a massive increase of flare gun spawn.
 * Realistically, if the flare hits an enemy, it should cause damage through burn wounds, however in Surviv.io it doesn't.
 * Flare guns are used as emergency signals in the real world, or as a light in darkness.
 * The Flare Gun though actually looks like a shot fired from a SV-98 with a orange glow around it.