Single-shot Pistol

Single-shot Pistol
A powerful weapon, but useless after being discharged.
Location
Dry Meadow Hideout - Outdoors bonus Crate Pig Shed - Corpse Swamp - Found randomly under movable rocks Tank Wreck (B)
Item Type	Firearm
Item Types
Value	50
Max. Stack
Crafting	2x 1x
Repair Cost	{{{repair}}}
Healing	{{{heal}}}
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Notes	Fires only once. It is three times stronger and aiming faster than a Pistol.
Duration	{{{lasts}}}
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The Single-shot Pistol is a craftable firearm in Darkwood. To be crafted, it requires 2 Scrap Metal and 1 Metal Pipe. It fires once before breaking and is not repairable.

It is considered a last-resort weapon in the early game due to its high effectiveness to most enemies in that stage despite its single usage. Most early game players will keep one in their hotbar for emergencies.

Trivia

• This weapon used to be named "One Shot Pistol."
• This weapon was added in Alpha 5.0. as a replacement to the Pellet Gun.
• The recipe for crafting this item was changed in Alpha 7.0. Before, it would require one Scrap Metal, one Wire and one Tape.
• Compared to the Pistol, the Single-shot Pistol has a noticeably tighter cone for the round to travel, making it slightly more accurate than the former.

Gallery

Damage from a single shot to the Sow with full health.

• In Alpha 8.0, it was possible to craft a Single-shot Pistol which had no ammo. This meant the pistol was useless, and resources were wasted by crafting it. This bug was fixed in Alpha 8.1's hotfix 1.
• Before Alpha 3.1^{[unconfirmed]}, this item's flavor text had a small grammar error, saying "but is useless after being discharged".