Handgun

Handguns are powerful tools that allow knights to attack enemies from a distance. These weapons have the ability to utilize energy around them and use it as ammunition at any given time; because of this, they appear to have an unlimited amount of ammunition, though some can take a few moments to reload. Each handgun can only contain a limited amount of power and therefore needs to "reload" itself after a certain number of shots have been fired, during which time the knight may not attack or shield. Each handgun also has a charge attack.

For more details, see the Gunslinger Guide.

All stat images are of unheated items.

List

Below is a group of elaborate sortable Gear Lists. This show/hide contains information about how to use these lists efficiently.

About Gear Lists It is best to use these lists to find items with 2 or more properties you desire and then use the show/hide for each item to compare stats. For a general quick search, try using the relevant category system, like Category:Armor. Click on the item name or icon to go to that item's page. An item's page will have much more information, such as how to acquire that item and so on. This list is generally sorted by Order of Release when in default, alphabetically if tied. To sort the table, click on the small square in cells that look like this: To reset the table (if the table starts sorting weirdly, which can happen with repeated commands), refresh the page or click the small "page" tab near the top left corner. Sorting the abilities column groups positive abilities, penalizing abilities (text of penalties is pink), and items with no abilities together, but this is not convenient for finding something specific. Use the Control+F keyboard function to find specific abilities you desire. Press enter to go through each find. For example, searching for "Fiend" will find any items that have abilities that deal with fiends. Editors have added the word "uniform" to relevant items and use abbreviations for convenient searching. These abbreviations are commonly used by the player community: ASI = Attack Speed Increased CTR = Charge Time Reduction DMG = Damage MSI = Movement Speed Increased ASD = Attack Speed Decreased MSD = Movement Speed Decreased The text in the abilities column otherwise matches up with the text in the abilities image in-game. Most icons in this table have important comparative information in popup tooltip text. To see this tooltip text, hover your cursor (mouse) over an icon for a moment. If you are browsing without a cursor, there is another way to see this information, but it is restricted to the visual seen in-game. Access the show/hide tabs in the name column to see these visuals. There is more information about how these visuals translate to text in the "for defensive/offensive" item sections below. It is important to note that the table's STATUS resistance/weakness columns will not reliably sort items ascending or descending based on their values. While the table is certainly capable of sorting this way, it seems to make players miss items because of how they are grouped. Since this table is useful primarily for simply finding items that have combinations of properties, and THEN comparing them, the potential to miss an item because it hangs out near the bottom of an otherwise grouped bunch of items is not ideal. Since most items of the same star level offer the same level of resistance, this is for the best of both scenarios. Thus, for the overall convenience of both new and veteran players, the status columns of the table simply sorts into groups, and provides comparative tooltip texts as well as in-game visuals in each item's show/hide cell. For defensive items About icons in this table: Icons indicating increased resistance are square-shaped Perk icons. Perk icons are used by the Battle Sprite interface in-game. Icons indicating decreased resistance are smaller circle-shaped Status icons. Status icons are used by many item flavortexts and other interfaces in-game. Click the show/hide to the right of the item's name to view its stats and abilities - these visuals translate like so for status columns. This applies to armor, helmets, and trinkets (natural non-UV shield status resistance bars are simply always full. Certain status resistant trinket bars fall below low, while others fall somewhere between low and med. Thus shield and "non-UV level equatable" trinket status bars are not included in this visual): For the defense columns, the tooltip text is always a number equal to its full bars + the pixel count of its partial bar. The first part of the bar isn't counted - all items (except trinkets) have the type symbol and a small blue bar to start the bar aesthetically. All such images are of an item when it is unheated. Here is an example translation: A special note: while these differences within star levels are apparent, most of them do not seem to be truly significant when taking, say, a stapler to the face from a devilite while in the field. There are plenty of discussions about these issues on the Spiral Knights Forums - here is an example thread that focuses on the influence of depth on items. In short, it is best to make an item for its abilities and basic defenses, and to not worry about the tiny differences between items that share damage type defenses and status properties. For offensive items It is important to consider what these lists can - and can't - tell you. Damage Values: what do they mean? Regular attack, or charge attack? It is best to investigate the damage tables available on the item's page. Depth and heat level significantly influence these values. Damage tables provide data gathered from testing heat level 10 items, and they use numbers that pop off struck enemies, which are different than the values in these lists - which are based on unheated items. Attack Speed: again, does this mean charge attack or regular attack? For bombs, attack speed is the detonation speed after placement, and has little to do with the time it takes to charge up. You'll definitely want to investigate combat style in addition to the attack speed value of an item. Reloading a gun, weapon switching, recovering from a sword swing, and many other situations are important things to consider. The combat style of the item is usually chosen based on an item that has that style and is the lowest available star level (or cheapest) so players can find a similar item and test it out in the Training Hall or other combat area. It is important to know that the intensity of combat style effects usually increases with star level - range, the number of explosions, and so on are all factors that can change. Often, but not always, items with the same combat style are in the same alchemy tree. Some fun stuff: The sleep resistance icon in the defensive gear list tables is user-made, because there is no perk for sleep resistance in-game. To see the editor discussion and technical feedback about the development of this system, see Forum Node 105837. To provide feedback on this system, see Forum Node 110639.

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Argent Peacemaker		999	-4.05	999	999		-7.00 112		0		Antigua		-1DMG Bonus vs Undead: High0
Blitz Needle		999	999	-4.05	999		-5.04 84		0		Autogun		0
Callahan		999	999	-6.11	999		-2.10 42		-1		Magnus		-1Good chance of causing moderate stun (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Hail Driver		999	-5.08	999	999		-3.08 56		-4		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Iron Slug		-6.11	999	999	999		-2.10 42		-1		Magnus		-1Good chance of causing moderate stun (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Magma Driver		999	-5.08	999	999		-3.08 56		-5		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Nova Driver		999	-6.04	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Alchemer		0
Sentenza		999	999	999	-4.05		-7.00 112		0		Antigua		-1DMG Bonus vs Gremlin: High0
Storm Driver		999	-5.08	999	999		-3.08 56		-2		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate shock (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Umbra Driver		999	999	999	-6.04		-3.08 56		0		Alchemer		0
Valiance		-5.13	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Volcanic Pepperbox		-3.15	999	999	999		-5.04 84		-5		Autogun		-1Slight chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Biohazard		999	999	999	-6.04		-4.06 70		-3		Catalyzer		-1Good chance of causing moderate poison (charge attack only)0
Neutralizer		-6.11	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Catalyzer		0
Polaris		999	-5.00	999	999		-4.06 70		-2		Pulsar		-1Good chance of causing moderate shock (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Supernova		-5.08	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Pulsar		0
Plague Needle		999	999	-3.15	999		-5.04 84		-3		Autogun		-1Slight chance of causing strong poison (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Obsidian Carbine		999	999	999	-4.05		-7.00 112		-3		Antigua		-1Fair chance of causing moderate poison (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Gorgofist		999	999	999	-6.11		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Grand Tortofist		-6.11	999	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Omega Tortofist		999	-6.11	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Savage Tortofist		999	999	-6.11	999		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Overcharged Mixmaster		999	-5.08	999	999		-5.04 84		-2		Mixmaster		-1Good chance of causing moderate shock (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Arcana		999	-5.13	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Gilded Griffin		999	999	-4.05	999		-7.00 112		0		Antigua		-1DMG Bonus vs Fiend: High0
Grim Repeater		999	999	999	-4.05		-5.04 84		0		Autogun		0
Permafroster		999	999	999	-5.00		-4.06 70		-4		Pulsar		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Phantamos		999	999	999	-5.13		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Riftlocker		999	999	-5.13	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Wildfire		999	-5.00	999	999		-4.06 70		-5		Pulsar		-1Good chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Winter Grave		999	999	999	-6.11		-2.10 42		-4		Magnus		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Celestial Orbitgun		999	-5.08	999	999		-5.04 84		-5		Mixmaster		-1Good chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Owlite Wand		999	-6.04	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Alchemer		0

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Blackhawk		999	999	999	-3.13		-7.00 112		0		Antigua		-1DMG Bonus vs Gremlin: High0
Cryo Driver		999	-4.15	999	999		-3.06 54		-4		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Fiery Pepperbox		-3.08	999	999	999		-5.04 84		-5		Autogun		-1Slight chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Firo Driver		999	-4.15	999	999		-3.06 54		-5		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Master Blaster		-5.03	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Mega Magnus		999	999	-6.00	999		-2.10 42		-1		Magnus		-1Good chance of causing moderate stun (charge attack only)0
Prisma Driver		999	-5.09	999	999		-3.06 54		0		Alchemer		0
Shadow Driver		999	999	999	-5.09		-3.06 54		0		Alchemer		0
Silversix		999	-3.13	999	999		-7.00 112		0		Antigua		-1DMG Bonus vs Undead: High0
Strike Needle		999	999	-3.13	999		-5.04 84		0		Autogun		0
Volt Driver		999	-4.15	999	999		-3.06 54		-2		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate shock (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Virulent Catalyzer		999	999	999	-5.09		-4.06 70		-3		Catalyzer		-1Good chance of causing moderate poison (charge attack only)0
Volatile Catalyzer		-6.00	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Catalyzer		0
Gigawatt Pulsar		999	-4.07	999	999		-4.06 70		-2		Pulsar		-1Good chance of causing moderate shock (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Radiant Pulsar		-4.07	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Pulsar		0
Blight Needle		999	999	-3.00	999		-5.04 84		-3		Autogun		-1Slight chance of causing moderate poison (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Barrier Cannon		999	-6.00	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Feral Cannon		999	999	-6.00	999		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Mighty Cannon		-6.00	999	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Nether Cannon		999	999	999	-6.00		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Black Chaingun		999	999	999	-3.13		-5.04 84		0		Autogun		0
Blazing Pulsar		999	-4.07	999	999		-4.06 70		-5		Pulsar		-1Good chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Breach Blaster		999	999	-5.03	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Frozen Pulsar		999	999	999	-4.07		-4.06 70		-4		Pulsar		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Fusion Blaster		999	-5.03	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Mega Tundrus		999	999	999	-6.00		-2.10 42		-4		Magnus		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Raptor		999	999	-3.13	999		-7.00 112		0		Antigua		-1DMG Bonus vs Fiend: High0
Umbral Blaster		999	999	999	-5.03		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0

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Antigua		999	999	-1.05	999		-7.00 112		0		Antigua		0
Cryotech Alchemer Mk II		999	-1.13	999	999		-3.08 56		-4		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Firotech Alchemer Mk II		999	-1.13	999	999		-3.08 56		-5		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Magnus		999	999	-2.05	999		-2.10 42		-1		Magnus		-1Good chance of causing moderate stun (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Needle Shot		999	999	-1.05	999		-5.04 84		0		Autogun		0
Pepperbox		-1.02	999	999	999		-5.04 84		-5		Autogun		-1Slight chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Prismatech Alchemer Mk II		999	-2.02	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Alchemer		0
Shadowtech Alchemer Mk II		999	999	999	-2.00		-3.08 56		0		Alchemer		0
Super Blaster		-2.00	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Voltech Alchemer Mk II		999	-1.13	999	999		-3.08 56		-2		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate shock (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Industrial Catalyzer		-2.05	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Catalyzer		0
Toxic Catalyzer		999	999	999	-2.02		-4.06 70		-3		Catalyzer		-1Good chance of causing moderate poison (charge attack only)0
Heavy Pulsar		-1.13	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Pulsar		0
Kilowatt Pulsar		999	-1.09	999	999		-4.06 70		-2		Pulsar		-1Good chance of causing moderate shock (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Toxic Needle		999	999	-1.00	999		-5.04 84		-3		Autogun		-1Slight chance of causing moderate poison (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Grim Buster		999	999	999	-2.05		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Primal Buster		999	-2.05	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Stoic Buster		-2.05	999	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Wild Buster		999	999	-2.05	999		-3.08 56		0		Shard Cannon		0
Dark Chaingun		999	999	999	-1.05		-5.04 84		0		Autogun		0
Elemental Blaster		999	-2.00	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Flaming Pulsar		999	-1.09	999	999		-4.06 70		-5		Pulsar		-1Good chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Freezing Pulsar		999	999	999	-1.09		-4.06 70		-4		Pulsar		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Pierce Blaster		999	999	-2.00	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Shadow Blaster		999	999	999	-2.00		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Tundrus		999	999	999	-2.05		-2.10 42		-4		Magnus		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0

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Blaster		-1.09	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0
Cryotech Alchemer		999	-1.06	999	999		-3.08 56		-4		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Firotech Alchemer		999	-1.06	999	999		-3.08 56		-5		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate fire (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Autogun		-0.15	999	999	999		-5.04 84		0		Autogun		0
Prismatech Alchemer		999	-1.11	999	999		-3.08 56		0		Alchemer		0
Shadowtech Alchemer		999	999	999	-1.11		-3.08 56		0		Alchemer		0
Voltech Alchemer		999	-1.06	999	999		-3.08 56		-2		Alchemer		-1Good chance of causing moderate shock (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Catalyzer		-1.13	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Catalyzer		0
Pulsar		-1.06	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Pulsar		0

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Frost Gun		-0.10	999	999	999		-4.06 70		-4		Blaster		-1Good chance of causing moderate freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Pummel Gun		-0.12	999	999	999		-2.10 42		0		Magnus		-1DMG Bonus vs. Construct: Medium0
Super Stun Gun		-0.10	999	999	999		-4.06 70		-1		Blaster		-1Good chance of causing moderate stun (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Zapper		-0.10	999	999	999		-4.06 70		-2		Blaster		-1Good chance of causing moderate shock (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0
Spitfire		-0.10	999	999	999		-4.06 70		-5		Blaster		-1Good chance of causing moderate fire (charge attack only)0
Chilling Duelist		-0.05	999	999	999		-7.00 112		-4		Antigua		-1Slight chance of causing minor freeze (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0

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Punch Gun		-0.06	999	999	999		-2.10 42		0		Magnus		-1DMG Bonus vs. Construct: Medium0
Stun Gun		-0.05	999	999	999		-4.06 70		-1		Blaster		-1Good chance of causing moderate stun (both regular/combos and charge attack, chance value might differ)0

The below 0-star items have limited acquisition. These items cannot be traded between players. They are very much in the game, but they are unobtainable via trade, crafting, and so on, and are not included in the main 0-star list. The proto gun is given to each starting knight only once.

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Proto Gun		-0.05	999	999	999		-4.06 70		0		Blaster		0

Reskins

A "reskin" is an item in its own right (it can have its own Unique Variants), but it mimics exactly the combat statistics of another item (assuming that neither have different unique variants, of course). It simply looks and perhaps animates in a different manner.

For a list of Handgun reskins, sort the "notes" column of the table on the reskin page.

For a compressed list of all reskins in the game, see the Reskins Category.

See Also

• Leveling Equipment
• Unique Variant
• Guides (Player Made)