Harpoon gun (Far Harbor)

The harpoon gun is a weapon in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.

Characteristics
Originally deployed as a ship-mounted weapon meant for hunting large oceanic animals, the harpoon gun has been converted into a man-portable heavy weapon. It has a rugged look, being made of bare steel and weathered wood, with a yellowish gas tank that contains the propellant and a trigger that is almost as big as the handle. Its harpoons are capable of inflicting very high damage (more than a Broadsider cannonball without maxed-out Demolition Expert), but it can only hold one at a time and takes a long time to reload.

Aside from the option of adding a sight or a low-powered scope, the harpoon gun can be modified to change its function on the battlefield. The Flechette mod turns the weapon into a heavy shotgun of sorts by replacing its single large harpoon with seven smaller ones that get fired with surprisingly tight spread, thus making them effective at ranges where normal shotguns would not hit anything anymore. Flechette harpoons can inflict multiple critical hits per shot but severely reduce the weapon's effective range, and they still require a lengthy reload after every pull of the trigger. The Barbed modification on the other hand is more straightforward and simply adds a bleeding effect to the single projectile fired.

The gun's standard and barbed harpoons can be recovered from targets hit with them or, in case the shot went wide, from any obstacle they hit instead. Flechettes can only be recovered from dead enemies in the form of basic harpoons but may yield more projectiles than were originally fired.

Variants

 * Admiral's Friend - unique variant with the Instigating legendary affix; sold by Allen Lee
 * Skipper's Last Stand - unique variant with the Resilient legendary affix; quest reward for completing Shipbreaker

Locations

 * Occasionally carried by Trappers.
 * Can be bought from Far Harbor weapons vendors, primarily Allen Lee.

Behind the scenes
This weapon was to be released in the original game and was most likely tied with the quest 20 Leagues Under the Sea, but was cut. The model found hidden within the files of original game, and the completed weapon which appears in Far Harbor are dramatically different in appearance.

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