Flare Gun
| Flare Gun | |
|---|---|
| |
| Category: | Tool |
| Status: | Functional |
| Function: | |
| A handheld tool that visually signals your position by shooting a flare. | |
| Mass: | 1 kg |
| Volume: | 6 L |
| Data Controls: | [edit] [purge] (?) |
The Flare Gun is a handheld piece of equipment that is used for signaling your location to other players, igniting explosives, or for illuminating mining tunnels or asteroid caves for a few seconds. It requires Flare Gun Clips as ammo, of which it can load four.
Usage
To equip the Flare Gun:
- Put the Flare Gun and Flare Gun Clips in your inventory.
- Press G key to open the Toolbar config menu.
- Go to the Character Weapons category and drag the Flare Gun icon to your toolbar.
- Press ESC key to close the window.
- Press the number key of its toolbar slot to wield the Flare Gun.
The Flare Gun loads the clip and is ready to shoot four flares. - Optionally, hold
to aim. 
-click to shoot.
Trivia
The hand-held Flare Gun functions similar to a pistol, but it shoots magnesium projectiles that can fly in a high arc and light the darkness for 5 sec and then despawn.
The shot projectile can push light non-static blocks and it bounces off walls and ceilings. The projectile is physical and can destroy weak or unwelded blocks on impact. When aimed at armed warheads, armed Explosive Barrels, or explosives, they can ignite. Floating explosive blocks that are armed on a countdown can be pushed and explode at the end of their countdown.
On the other hand, the shots cannot be aimed very precisely, clip capacity is low, and reload time is slow.
Assembly
Unintuitively, this item is functionally a tool that looks like a weapon, but you craft both the Flare Gun and its ammo on the Production tab of an Assembler, a Basic Assmebler, or a Survival Kit, on the Equipment tab.
| Material | Quantity |
|---|---|
 Iron Ingot |
1.00 |
 Nickel Ingot |
0.30 |
