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, 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 five smaller ones that get fired in a horizontally oriented fan. This allows it to hit multiple enemies at once but severely limits its effective range without providing more than one shot per magazine. The Barbed modification on the other hand is more straightforward and simply adds a bleeding effect to the single projectile fired.

The gun's harpoons can be recovered from targets hit with them or, in case the shot went wide, from any obstacle they hit instead.

Locations

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

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