Tranquilizer Gun

Tranquilizer Gun
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Basic Information
Used by	Spy
Slot	Primary
Ammo
Ammo loaded	1
Ammo carried	24
Loadout Stats
Tranquilizer Gun Tranquilizer Gun On Hit: Color blind victim, slow their movement, and decrease ranged gun damage for 5s Tranquilized enemies take guaranteed crits from melee attacks This weapon will reload when not active "In your dreams, chéri."

The Tranquilizer Gun is an alternative primary weapon for the Spy. It is a metal, pistol-shaped pneumatic dart gun that shoots a single large syringe dart, loaded by placing one in its barrel via a metal hinge. Even though the darts have a team-colored tracer, they will always appear black when embedded in the world.

The Tranquilizer Gun fires one dart at a time, dealing 20 damage regardless of range, that will tranquilize an enemy player for five seconds. The length of time tranquilized decreases with distance, down to 1.5 seconds at long range. While tranquilized, that player will have their movement speed reduced by 20% and ranged damage (excluding afterburn and bleed) reduced by 30%, with a black-and-white colorblind effect that fades over time. The damage reduction includes projectiles that were fired before the enemy was tranquilized. Critical damage is only reduced by 10%. In addition, all melee weapons, including the Spy's own Knife, will deal guaranteed critical damage against that player. The Tranquilizer Gun can also damage enemy buildings, but it will not apply the tranquilize effect. When shooting a sapped Sentry Gun, it will only deal 33% of its base damage (6 or 7, down from 20).

The dart travels extremely fast, is 100% accurate, and is only affected by gravity by a small amount, making it viable to shoot enemies from a long distance away with minimal compensation. It will not deal any knockback. Like most projectiles, the dart can be airblasted by an enemy Pyro.

Properties

Properties
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee?		Ranged
Taunt		Brush off
Damage
Base damage	100%	20
Critical		60
Mini-crit		27
Bullet count		1
Status Effects
Effect		Tranquilize
Tranquilize duration		5 s
Ammo
Loaded		1
Carried		24
Reload type		Passive
Function Times
Attack interval		0.4 s
Reload		1.9 s
Activation time		0.025 s
All values are approximate.

Related achievements

Achievement		Description
	I'm Just Needling You	Get a long-distance kill with the Tranquilizer Gun.
	Enter Sandman	Earn 2000 support points with the Tranquilizer Gun.
	Air Sickness	Knock an airborne enemy out of the sky with your Tranquilizer Gun.
	Deep Sleep	As a Spy, kill 10 tranquilized players with your melee weapon.
	Sleepwalker	Kill 5 enemy Spies who tranquilized you.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Bulgarian	Успокоителният пистолет	Tranquilizer Gun
Spanish	Pistola Sedante	Sedative Gun
English	Tranquilizer Gun	-
French	Pistolet tranquillisant	Tranquilizer Gun
German	Betäubungspistole	Tranquilizer Gun
Italian	Pistola tranquillante	Tranquilizer Gun
Brazilian Portuguese	Arma Tranquilizante	Tranquilizer Gun
Romanian	Pistol tranchilizant	Tranquilizer Gun
Russian	Транквилизатор	Tranquilizer

Trivia

• The Tranquilizer originates from Team Fortress Classic, and was originally intended to return in Team Fortress 2, making it as far as the game's first trailer. It is unknown what the Team Fortress 2 version's stats were.
• Even though the Flight or Fight Day 3 update page states that "Tranquilized enemies now deal 20% less damage", the actual reduction in-game is 30%.