| [ | Nothing beats American-made munitions, pal! ―Trooper getting a kill with this authentic American weapon. 
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The Boonie Blaster is a secondary weapon for the Trooper. It is a semi-automatic M14 battle rifle.
It replaces the close-range reliability of shotguns with more reliable mid-range damage. It fires similarly to Agent's revolvers, having to shoot a single bullet per shot and becoming more inaccurate with each successive shot.
It fires much slower when compared to most of Trooper's other secondaries, but makes up for it by allowing you to soften up your enemies at mid to long-range before getting into proper combat with your Rocket Launcher, or as a fallback when you run out of ammo.
Damage and Function Times[]
| Damage and function times | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shot type | Hitscan | |
| Damage type | Bullet | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 40 |
| Maximum ramp-up | 150% | 60 |
| Maximum fall-off | 50% | 20 |
| Critical | 120 | |
| Mini-crit | 54-81 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.62s | |
| Reload speed | 2.2s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Tips[]
- This weapon encourages the user to remain in medium range to deal a comfortable amount of damage, as it becomes more difficult to land shots outside of mid-range confrontations.
- This weapon is a pretty fair weapon to use if wearing the Friendly Fire Foiler. This will let you imitate a Marksman, but at close-range.
- You'll also be able to reload fast, with your reloading speed only being a mere 1.5 seconds. This will help with ugly close-range fights with enemy Flankers, for example.
- A good melee to use with the Boonie Blaster is the Tunnel Rat.
- Hitting enemies once to give them a bleed debuff and then firing the Boonie Blaster will help you defeat them quicker.
- If you have a primary that cannot effectively deal with buildings, such as the Cow Mangler 5000 or Rocket Jumper, you can use this weapon to take them out comfortably from long range.
- If all of your shots do approximately 40 damage, you can destroy any building in one or two ammo clips!
Update History[]
November 27, 2018
- Added Boonie Blaster, though it could not be purchased from the shop. (Undocumented)
September 11, 2019
- Added backpack icon. (Undocumented)
- New model. (Undocumented)
February 21, 2021
- Added Boonie Blaster to the shop.
February 22, 2021
- Added 20% slower reload time on primary penalty.
- Removed -80% primary ammo on wearer penalty.
- Removed the scrapped weapon clarification.
- Added new firing and reloading sounds. (Undocumented)
March 25, 2021 (Fit with Fitten)
- Added 23% slower firing speed penalty.
- Removed 20% slower reload time on primary penalty.
- Added "(Compared to Revolver):" note to the stats.
December 18, 2021 (Holiday 2021)
- Removed -23% slower firing speed penalty. (Undocumented)
July 14, 2023 (The Update with Patches And Content)
- Removed +33% clip size bonus. (Undocumented)
October 28, 2023 (Typical Horrors III)
- Removed +33% clip size bonus from the inventory stats. (Undocumented)
Trivia[]
- The model and animations are taken from the M14 from Arsenal.
- The original description was "Gone, but not forgotten."
- Boonie (or Boondocks) is an expression for a remote or rural area, usually used by the United States.
- Some players use the Boonie Blaster along with the Friendly Fire Foiler and Tunnel Rat to play as a pure World War I soldier.
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