Flare Gun

Flare Gun
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Basic Information
Used by	Pyro
Slot	Secondary
Ammo
Ammo loaded	1
Ammo carried	16
Loadout Stats
The Flare Gun Flare Gun 100% critical hit vs burning players This weapon will reload when not active "Send out a distress signal on behalf of that guy you just set on fire."

The Flare Gun is an alternative secondary weapon for Pyro.

It fires a projectile flare that ignites enemies, and deals critical damage to burning players.

Properties

Properties
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Bullet, fire
Ranged or Melee?		Ranged
Taunt		Hadouken
Damage
Base damage	100%	30
Critical		90
Mini-crit		41
Bullet count		1
Status Effects
Effect		Afterburn
Afterburn		3 / tick
Afterburn (mini-crit)		4 / tick
Afterburn duration		10 s
Ammo
Loaded		16
Reload type		Passive
Function Times
Attack interval		2 s
All values are approximate.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Bulgarian	Сигналният пистолет	Flare Gun
Spanish	Pistola de Bengalas	Flare Gun
English	Flare Gun	-
French	Pistolet de détresse	Flare Gun
German	Signalpistole	Flare Gun
Italian	Pistola lanciarazzi	Flare Gun
Brazilian Portuguese	Arma Sinalizadora	Flare Gun
Romanian	Pistol de semnalizare	Flare Gun
Russian	Ракетница	Flare Gun

Trivia

• The Flare Gun was added to Team Fortress 2 in the 2008 "Pyro Update", and was the first unlockable to be an almost entirely different type of weapon from it's stock alternative.
• Unlike the Fire Axe, which is the color red on every team, the Flare Gun is team-colored.