Flame Thrower

A short-range fire hose for burning down wooden walls and doors. Hungry for low grade fuel and weak as a PvP weapon, so bring it for raids, not fights.

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Characteristics

Category: Weapon

Stack size: 1

Durability: 300

Workbench: Level 2

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 60 Scrap

Overview

In-game description

A Flamethrower. Uses low grade fuel as ammunition.

Pick this up when the target is made of wood. Spray a wooden wall or door without letting go of the trigger and it eventually breaks, and holding fire also drops burning fireballs that slow and hurt anyone who walks through them.

Its ammo is low grade fuel, and it drinks a lot of it. Bring far more than you think you need. Against stone, or anything without a surface for the flames to land on, it is close to useless for raiding.

As a PvP gun it disappoints. Range is short, damage per second is low, and anyone with a rifle simply backs off. Its fireballs also burn bodies away, though the loot still drops in a bag.

You can research it and craft it at a Level 2 workbench. For a single wooden door, though, a Molotov thrown from cover does the job without making you stand at the door. The military flamethrower is a separate loot-only version, so do not plan around crafting that one.