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| [ | Burn baby. Burn. ―Arsonist engulfing their enemies in flames. 
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The Lantern Lighter is a primary weapon for the Arsonist. It is a soiled-green flamethrower, a blackened barrel and nozzle with a blue flame sticking out of the propane torch. The fuel magazine has a distinctive decal displaying a red fire with numbers labeling, "A08-1".
Its afterburn damage and duration are increased by 50% and 20%, respectively, which makes it an effective weapon to stop a push by forcing your opponent to retreat else they risk dying very quickly, in exchange however, you deal 50% less damage when directly attacking players with the primary fire.
It's designed around being a great combo weapon when used right alongside weapons like the Flare Gun and Thousand Degree Axe, but heavily punishes you for not using it correctly. Due to its damage penalty, it's a bad weapon to use when fighting against enemy Arsonists or other afterburn-immune targets such as Agents with the Icicle or Marksmen with the Turtle Rock.
The direct damage penalty makes the weapon harder to use than normal, and players have a multitude of ways to put themselves out, whether it be with with health kits scattered around the map, enemy Doctors and Arsonists, supportive Flankers with Mad Milk, and Marksmen with Lemonade, to name some. If you intend to kill people using just afterburn, make sure health kits are out of the question first.
Damage and Function Times
| Damage and function times | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shot type | Particle | |
| Damage type | Fire | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 3.25 |
| Maximum ramp-up | 200% | 6.5 |
| Maximum fall-off | 50% | 1.625 |
| Critical | 9 | |
| Mini-crit | 4.38-8.77 | |
| Afterburn | 6 / tick 48.8 total damage (>4.8 secs) 144 total damage (>12 secs) | |
| Mini-crit afterburn | 8 / tick 64.8 total damage (>4.8 secs) 192 total damage (>12 secs) | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.03s | |
| Ammo consumption rate | 0.08s | |
| Afterburn duration | 4.8-12s | |
| Airblast cooldown | 0.75s | |
| Airblast cost | 20 | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Tips
- Due to its poor burst damage capabilities, it is best to play more defensively.
- Its longer afterburn time can make it good for checking for enemy Agents.
- Because of its longer afterburn duration, it is good to combo with it with the Flare Gun or Detonator.
- It can also be good to combo with the Thousand Degree Axe to give you more time to attack, and the 1000 Degree Axe for longer regen.
Related Achievements
See also: Achievements
Arsonist
Doctor
Marksman
Agent
Update History
June 18, 2016
- Added Lantern Lighter as a Randomizer DM-exclusive weapon.
September 10, 2016
- Added Lantern Lighter to the Fitten Co. Store.
- New model by Roblox. (Undocumented)
September 21, 2017
- Removed Lantern Lighter. (Undocumented)
August 18, 2018
- Re-added Lantern Lighter.
July 31, 2021 (Total Anarchy)
- Removed Lantern Lighter from player inventories and the Fitten Co. Store.
April 15, 2022
- Fixed an issue where players still have the Lantern Lighter in their inventory.
Trivia
- The model was taken from a Roblox gear called Flamethrower.
- This weapon's stats is based on a custom Team Fortress 2 weapon, Afterburner, demonstrated by a YouTube channel known as CustomTF2 Weapons.
- The removal reason was likely due to it being deemed "useless".[1]
Bugs
- Players who haven't played in a long time since it was removed from player inventories and the Fitten Co. Store will still have the Lantern Lighter in their inventory.
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