Hammerhead

The Hammerhead is a slug loaded shotgun capable of stunning opponents at close range and lethal headshots at any range.

"A pump-action shotgun. Can attach red dot sights."

Gameplay details

The Hammerhead is equipped by pushing the Front Item or Back Item keybind, assigned to the number one key (1) and the number two key (2) respectively. Fire1, left click, will fire the weapon. Fire2, right click, will aim down sights. Reload, R, will load shells one at a time if there is any spare ammo.

The Hammerhead has a capacity of 6 shells. The balance and energy damage it deals ignores armor. Headshots will always kill at any distance. Players who are standing up will be knocked down by a body shot at any distance.

The shotgun has a steep damage drop off within the ranges of 3 to 20 meters. Health damage starts decreasing at 3 meters, balance damage at 6 meters, and energy damage at about 5 meters. The minimum damage for all three flatline at 20 meters.

The Hammerhead breaks glass in one hit. The handling of this weapon completely ignores balance and energy, making it a good option for rushing. Can equip a red dot sight that enables a focused zoom.

Hammerhead damage
	regular	with Heavy Armor
body	50 - 35 Health 100 - 51 Balance 100 - 10 Energy	30 - 21 Health 100 - 51 Balance 100 - 10 Energy
head	250 - 175 Health 100 - 51 Balance 100 - 10 Energy	150 - 105 Health 100 - 51 Balance 100 - 10 Energy

Hammerhead stats
maximum range	>215 meters
penetration	yes; <6.30 meters
bullet tracer	no
muzzle flash	yes
audible distance	>215 meters
muzzle smoke	large
bullet impact smoke	large

Hammerhead penalties
firing penalty	-2 Energy
low energy penalty	none
low balance penalty	none

Tuning options

Having a load capacity lower than the amount currently in the weapon will allow for the reload animation to be played without effect.

Example code:

{
  "GuardTuning": {
    "Shotgun": {
      "canUseOnLadder": false,
      "canUseInWater": false,
      "canUseUnderWater": false,
      "canUseOnZipline": false,
      "dropWhenRagged": false,
      "hideOnRagdoll": false,
      "fireRate": 0.85,
      "fireRecoverRate": -1,
      "fireDelayTime": 0,
      "hasSemiAuto": true,
      "hasFullAuto": false,
      "hasBurstShot": false,
      "maxClipAmmo": 6,
      "reloadTime": 10,
      "autoReload": false,
      "reloadOnEquip": false,
      "hasScope": false,
      "playGunFireEmptySound": true,
      "canJumpFire": false,
      "unequipOnEmpty": false,
      "unequipDelay": 0,
      "removeFromInventoryOnEmpty": false,
      "equipTime": 0.5,
      "shellSpeed": 2,
      "shellEject": true,
      "advancedRecoil": false,
      "hasStockRecoil": false,
      "stockRecoilRecoverySpeed": 5,
      "recoilBalance": 15,
      "precoilBalance": 74,
      "canFocusShot": false,
      "noPrecoilZoomed": false,
      "medHighEnergy": 60,
      "lowMedEnergy": 30,
      "aimDownSightsFov": 50,
      "extraZoomingFov": 25,
      "shellEjectDelay": 0.52
    }
  }
}

Trivia

The shotgun is also known as the H2 and sometimes capitalized as "HammerHead".

The Hammerhead was first added to the game on 2019 February 15 as a non-lethal "beanbag" weapon that would knock players over and zap their energy.

The Hammerhead was changed to fire lethal slug rounds on 2021 April 24. Before deciding on slugs there was internal testing of shot loaded rounds that would spread out at a distance. This was seen as too unpredictable and overcomplicated headshot damage multipliers.

The Hammerhead's model was replaced on 2021 June 24.

The prototype shotgun model had a blue texture with a green flashlight attachment. The prototype shotgun ammo pickup was a similarly blue, standalone shotgun cartridge.

Gallery

History

Steam Builds

Build 1108 - Shotgun is added and fires beanbag rounds.
Build 1169 - Shotgun can now be used in custom maps.
Build 1900 - Shotgun is now lethal and fires slugs.
Build 2011 - New shotgun model.

Old screenshots

the H2 in-game

Firing the H2

Reloading the H2

Weapons and Gadgets
Holster	Panther - Shrike
Primary	Manta - Hammerhead - Falcon - Shield Banana Rifle - Snowball Launcher
General	Remote Charge - Banana - Grenade - CS Grenade - Smoke Grenade Goober Grenade - Bloon Gun - Boxing Gloves
	Laser Sensor - Cardboard Decoy - Bush Camouflage - Binoculars - Bloon Cam - Medkit
	Red Dot - Heavy Armor - Keycard
	Hands - Radio - Lock Pick - Mirror Cam
Ammo	Pistol Ammo - SMG Ammo - Shotgun Slugs - Sniper Ammo Banana Rifle Ammo - Snowball Launcher Ammo