Core Weapons
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+============
+These are the main weapons of Xonotic. They are used either as starter weapons or can be collected in most official maps.
-Blaster (aka Laser)
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+Blaster
+-------
 
-The blaster is the weakest weapon and one of the starter weapons. It does not use any ammo and it's shot is rather weak, but the strong pushback force can be used to knock enemies to their doom.
+The Blaster is the weakest weapon and one of the starter weapons. It does not use any ammo and it's shot is rather weak, but the strong pushback force can be used to knock enemies to their doom.
- Primary attack: Fire a weak blaster shot that deals little damage, but has a strong pushback.
- Secondary fire: Switch to previously selected weapon
- Ammo: None
- Impulse: 1/230
+- Also known as: Laser
Shotgun
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The machine gun rapidly fires bullets. It has a limited magazine size and needs to be reloaded when the magazine is empty. You can reload manually with the reload key (default: R).
- Primary fire: Rapidly fire bullets. Cost: 1 bullet per shot.
-- Secondary fire: 3-bullet fire burst. Cost: 3 bullets.
+- Secondary fire: 3-bullet fire burst. More accurate than primary fire, but has a slight delay between bursts. Cost: 3 bullets.
- Ammo: Bullets (magazine size: 60)
- Impulse: 3/232
+Arc
+----------
+ 
+
+- Primary fire: Hold pressed to fire a straight beam of energy that damages enemies and heals team mates.
+- Secondary fire (in version 0.8.2): Fire a more powerful beam of energy. Needs a cooldown after this attack.
+- Secondary fire (in developer version): Rapidly fire green energy balls.
+- Ammo: Cells
+- Impulse: 3/249
+
Mortar
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-A grenade launcher.
+A slow long-range grenade launcher.
- Primary fire: Launch grenade that explodes on impact. Cost: 2 rockets.
- Secondary fire: Launch grenade that explodes after a fixed, short amount of time. Cost: 2 rockets.
Fires purple balls of energy with many unique properties. They can spread and deflect. Very fast players that get hit by the balls might also be slowed down significantly.
-- Primary fire: Fire purple energy balls that will spread and deflect on surfaces once. Hold pressed for the balls to continue to spread, release the button to inverse the spreading direction of the balls.
+- Primary fire: Fire 6 evenly-spread purple energy balls that will spread and deflect on surfaces once. Hold pressed for the balls to continue to spread, release the button to inverse the spreading direction of the balls.
- Secondary fire: Fire purple energy balls that are more concentrated. They will not deflect.
- Ammo: Cells
- Impulse: 6/236
-Vortex (aka Nex)
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+Vortex
+------
 
A sniper rifle.
- Secondary fire: Zoom.
- Ammo: Cells
- Impulse: 7/237
+- Also known as: Nex
Hagar
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- Ammo: Rockets
- Impulse: 8/238
-Devastator (aka Rocket Launcher)
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+Devastator
+----------
 
The Devastator is a strong rocket launcher.
- Secondary fire: Detonate your flying rocket.
- Ammo: Rockets
- Impulse: 9/239
+- Also known as: Rocket Launcher
-Other Weapons
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-
-@\#!%'n Tuba
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-
- 
-
-A very silly weapon and a rare sight in Xonotic. If you hold down the attack key, you will play the tuba. The pitch of the sound will vary when you're walking while you hold the tuba.
-
-- Primary fire: Play the tuba and deal rapid short-range damage to enemies you're facing.
-- Secondary fire: Same as primary fire, but one octave higher.
-- Ammo: None
-- Impulse: 1/244
-
-Shockwave
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- 
-
-This weapon is experimental. It currently looks identical to the shotgun.
-
-- Primary fire: Fire a shockwave that deals short-range damage.
-- Secondary fire: Slap your opponents (same a shotgun).
-- Ammo: None
-- Impulse: 2/248
-
-Arc
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- 
-
-- Primary fire: Hold pressed to fire a straight beam of energy that damages enemies and heals team mates.
-- Secondary fire (in version 0.8.2): Fire a more powerful beam of energy. Needs a cooldown after this attack.
-- Secondary fire (in developer version): Rapidly fire green energy balls.
-- Ammo: Cells
-- Impulse: 3/249
+New Toys
+========
+These are weapons that the [New Toys](New Toys) mutator introduces. But you might also be able to find them in some maps.
Mine Layer
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Hint: Use the Mine Layer to protect isolated areas of the map, particularly important areas such as those that contain weapons, [powerups](Powerups), control points in [Onslaught](Onslaught), flags in [CTF](Capture-the-Flag), and checkpoints in [Assault](Assault).
-This weapon is used in [New Toys](New Toys).
-
Heavy Laser Assault Cannon (HLAC)
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-- Primary: Rapidly fire laser particles, dealing a small amount of knockback and 10-13 damage.
-- Secondary: Fire a single, broadly scattered shot.
+- Primary fire: Rapidly fire laser particles, dealing a small amount of knockback and 10-13 damage. Primary fire will lose accuracy the longer you shoot. Stop shooting for a while to restore the accuracy.
+- Secondary fire: Fire a single, broadly scattered shot.
- Ammo: Cells
- Impulse: 6/243
-This weapon is used in [New Toys](New Toys).
-
-Vaporizer (aka MinstaNex)
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- 
-
-The Vaporizer is a super weapon and the strongest sniper weapon in the game. It is capable of one-shot kills.
-
-- Primary fire: Fire the deadly beam. Kills with one shot, unless the target got an extra life (see [InstaGib](InstaGib)).
-- Secondary fire: Fire a blaster-like projectile with a very strong pushback. Very useful to move yourself around in the map.
-- Ammo: Cells
-- Impulse: 7/241
-
-This weapon is used in [InstaGib](InstaGib).
-
Rifle
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- Ammo: Bullets (magazine size: 80)
- Impulse: 7/245
-This weapon is used in [New Toys](New Toys).
-
T.A.G. Seeker
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- Ammo: Rockets
- Impulse: 8/247
+Super weapons
+=============
+Super weapons are the deadliest weapons in Xonotic. When you pick up a super weapon under normal conditions, you will only be allowed to hold it for 30 seconds. After this, it will disappear.
+
+Vaporizer
+---------
+ 
+
+The Vaporizer is a deadly super weapon and the strongest sniper weapon in the game. One shot deals 150 damage. In [InstaGib](InstaGib), one shot of this weapon is deadly (unless the target has an extra life).
+
+- Primary fire: Fire the deadly beam. Deals 150 damage. 1 second delay between shots. Costs 10 cells (or 1 in [InstaGib](InstaGib)).
+- Secondary fire: Fire a blaster-like projectile with a very strong pushback. Very useful to move yourself around in the map.
+- Ammo: Cells
+- Impulse: 7/241
+- Also known as: MinstaNex
+
+In [InstaGib](InstaGib), every players gets the Vaporizer for free and without time limit.
+
Fireball
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-Fireball is a very explosive super weapon.
+Fireball is a very explosive super weapon. It doesn't consume ammo.
- Primary fire: Launch a large ball of fire that will fly in a straight line detonate in a huge explosion. The shot has a delay of ca. 1 second, however.
- Secondary fire: Throw fire mines that hurt anyone nearby. You can throw them with a delay of ca. 3 seconds each.
-- Ammo: Fuel
+- Ammo: None
- Impulse: 9/246
-Port-O-Launch
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- 
-
-Port-O-Launch creates one-way portals that teleport players. Primary and secondary fire launch “portal balls” that will create portals when they hit a flat surface. Portal balls will be repelled by some surfaces.
-
-You need two portals for this to work: An in-portal (red) and an out-portal (blue). When you have created both portals, any player that enters the in-portal gets teleported to the out-portal. The out-portal will not teleport players back.
-
-Portals stay open only for a limited amount of time (default 15 seconds). Both portals also close when the player that created the portals has died.
-
-- Primary fire: Fire the portal entrance (red).
-- Secondary fire: Fire the portal exit (blue).
-- Ammo: None
-- Impulse: 14/240
+Tools
+=====
Grappling Hook
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- Ammo: Fuel (or nothing when [Grappling Hook mutator](Grappling Hook) is active)
- Impulse: 14/242
-The “hook” key (default: E) works as a shortcut for primary fire. In this case, this key selects the grappling hook and fires it.
+Hints and notes:
+- The “hook” key (default: E) works as a shortcut for primary fire. In this case, this key selects the grappling hook and fires it.
+- The grappling hook is *not* a hitscan beam! Depending on the distance, it may take a second or two for the hook to actually reach its destination, so use careful timing if using it for an escape!
+- Conserve your charge (on-hand grappling hook only). It may take a while to regenerate, so don’t consume it all at once.
+
+Port-O-Launch
+-------------
+ 
+
+Port-O-Launch creates one-way portals that teleport players. Primary and secondary fire launch “portal balls” that will create portals when they hit a flat surface. Portal balls will be repelled by some surfaces.
+
+You need two portals for this to work: An in-portal (red) and an out-portal (blue). When you have created both portals, any player that enters the in-portal gets teleported to the out-portal. The out-portal will not teleport players back.
+
+Portals stay open only for a limited amount of time (default 15 seconds). Both portals also close when the player that created the portals has died.
+
+- Primary fire: Fire the portal entrance (red).
+- Secondary fire: Fire the portal exit (blue).
+- Ammo: None
+- Impulse: 14/240
Ball Stealer
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Overkill Weapons
=======
+Overkill is a rule set that introduces a few new weapons. NOTE: This section is incomplete.
Heavy Machine Gun (HMG)
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- Primary fire: ???
- Secondary fire: ???
- Ammo: ???
-- Impulse: ???
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+- Impulse: ???
+
+Silly and experimental weapons
+==============================
+
+@\#!%'n Tuba
+------------
+
+ 
+
+The @\#!%'n tuba is a very silly and @\#!%'n annoying weapon that makes the ears of your enemies bleed!
+
+If you hold down the @\#!%'n attack key, you will play the @\#!%'n tuba. The pitch of the sound will vary while pressing different directional keys or the @\#!%'n Jump key while make some noise.
+
+Using it as weapon can be @\#!%'n challenging, as it obscures a large portion of your sight.
+
+- @\#!%'n primary fire: Play the @\#!%'n tuba and deal low but rapid short-range damage to whoever the @\#!% you're facing.
+- @\#!%'n secondary fire: Same as @\#!%'n primary fire, but with higher pitch.
+- Ammo: None
+- Impulse: 1/244
+
+Shockwave
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+ 
+
+This weapon is experimental. It fires shockwave blasts and does not need ammo. It currently looks identical to the shotgun.
+
+- Primary fire: Fire a shockwave blast that deals short-range damage.
+- Secondary fire: Slap your opponents (same a shotgun).
+- Ammo: None
+- Impulse: 2/248
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