Pew-matic Horn

  

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Pew-matic Horn

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Uses ammo	Bullets
Damage	20 (Ranged)
Knockback	1 (Extremely weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Velocity	14
Tooltip	Converts bullets into random stuff 'ALLOWS WIRELESS TRANSFER OF INJURY!'
Rarity	02*
Sell	1 GC50 SC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Pew-Matic Stuff
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 5117 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 968

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Deerclops(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Deerclops(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	25%
Treasure Bag(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (Deerclops)Treasure Bag (Deerclops)(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	25%

The Pew-matic Horn attacking Target Dummies. Note how the damage varies depending on the projectile being fired.

The Pew-matic Horn is a pre-Hardmode gun that has a 1/4 (25%) chance of being dropped by Deerclops. When used, it converts any bullet into a randomized item fired as a projectile. The projectiles travel in an arc and dissipate upon contact with an enemy or block. The projectile's damage varies depending on its appearance.

Its best modifier is Unreal.

Notes

• The gun fires the following random items:

List of items fired

Item fired	Damage multiplier
Cobweb	×0.1 base damage: 2
Feather	×0.25 base damage: 5
Daybloom Moonglow Blinkroot Waterleaf Deathweed Fireblossom Shiverthorn	×0.5 base damage: 10
Mushroom	×0.75 base damage: 15
Dirt Block Wood Platform Bone Rotten Chunk Jungle Grass Seeds	×1 base damage: 20
Stone Block Copper Ore Amethyst	×1.5 base damage: 30
Topaz	×1.6 base damage: 32
Sapphire	×1.7 base damage: 34
Emerald	×1.8 base damage: 36
Ruby Amber	×1.9 base damage: 38
Diamond	×2 base damage: 40

• The damage multiplier is applied after adding the bullet's damage and factoring in any other damage bonuses. For instance, a Silver Bullet (9 damage) fired from a Pew-matic Horn (20 damage) that appears as an Amethyst (×1.5 damage multiplier) will deal [math]\displaystyle{ \left\lfloor \left( 20 + 9 \right) \times 1.5 \right\rfloor = 43 }[/math] damage (without other effects).
• All items have the same chance of being fired, i.e. they are all equally common.^[1] This means that on average, the damage multiplier of the Pew-matic Horn is ×1.0417, resulting in an average base damage (without bullets) of 20.
• This weapon inherits velocity from the ammo used, but does not inherit its extraUpdates stat. This can lead to unintuitive results, like the Luminite Bullet being the slowest bullet when used by this weapon or the High Velocity Bullet being identical in projectile speed to the regular Musket Ball. However, this is not a very significant effect as all the bullets have a velocity within 3.3 of each other, while the Pew-matic Horn already has a base velocity of 14.

Tips

• As bullets with special effects grant no benefit to this weapon, bullets with the highest damage stat should be used (e.g. Silver or Tungsten Bullets at this stage).

Trivia

  

Deathweed item (left) vs. projectile (right) sprites

• Some of the projectile sprites are notably different from the respective item sprites, such as Deathweed.
• The Pew-matic Horn's behavior is a reference to its original appearance in Don't Starve: Hamlet, in which it can be loaded with any item to be used as ammunition.
• The tooltip is a reference to WX-78's examination quote for the Pew-matic Horn in Don't Starve.
• The damage dealt by the projectile is roughly correlated to the weight those items would have in real life.

See also

• Pew-matic Horn at the Don't Starve Wiki

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.3.2:
  • Increased damage from 19 to 20.
  • Decreased use time from 24 to 15.
  • Increased velocity from 11 to 14.

• Desktop 1.4.3: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.

References