Leech Gun

### Upgrades:

More Fertilizer Drops, Range, +Clip Size, Faster DMG Buildup, Create Mole Hole When Out of Ammo, Extra Leech, Extra Leech

### Home Improvements (If Any):

2% chance to start with an upgrade (twice).

### Ability:

Beam-like weapon that gathers extra  Fertilizer and automatically sucks in pickups. Requires farming-related tasks to be completed in order to regain ammo. ()

### Description:

"Suck fertilizer from your enemies. Do farm work to recharge the leech."

The **Leech Gun**, sometimes more simply referred to as the **Leech**, is a ranged Weapon exclusive to the  Reap What You Crow DLC.

## General Description

The Leech Gun is one of two Weapons available in the  Reap What You Crow DLC, and will only become accessible after said DLC has been purchased. Unlike most Weapons, the Leech Gun is beam-based instead of firing single projectiles. This requires the trigger to be held down for the Leech to continuously deal damage. This effect also grants the Leech Gun homing by default, curving towards the nearest Enemy to attack them. Each Leech head can only attack one Enemy at a time. The Leech Gun cannot attack through walls, as seem in some Camps.

## Special Ammo

The Leech Gun differs considerably from other Weapons in how its ammo situation is handled. Instead of passively reloading, the Leech Gun only gains ammo when farming-related actions are completed in the nearby vicinity. This includes watering Crops, harvesting Crops and collecting other  Cashew goods, Weed cutting, tilling Soil, and sowing seeds. Note that the player does not have to necessarily complete these actions themselves; any nearby source doing it will give ammo. Whenever one of these actions is completed, a pink projectile will fly towards the player's gun and grant one "bullet." This essentially means that the player will need to return to the Farm in order to refill the Leech whenever it is out of ammo. Utilizing Seed Scrolls is slightly different, as even if the player uses one while off the Farm one piece of ammo will given per Crop sown. This interaction can serve as a way to near-immediately refill the Leech while the player is exploring. Furthermore, harvesting Berries also grants ammo, making this an additional source while in Biomes.

If the Leech Gun is ever completely empty, it can still be fired, however it will shoot out a different projectile. Instead of Leeches, a single, short ranged, slow moving, low damage bullet will be released. The attributes of this projectile making it much less capable than the regular Leech.

## Comparison

The Leech Gun is a proficient tool at gathering  Fertilizer, being superior to other Weapons in that regard. The innate homing effect also makes this gun easier to use. Both aspects are only amplified if the player receives Mods that grant additional Leech heads. The downsides of the Leech Gun come in the form of its different ammo situation and lack of as great scaling with the player's  Fighting Stat. In later Years and later Biomes, the Leech can become less efficient than other Weapon options for killing Enemies. As a result, the Leech Gun is situational, being valuable when the player requires  Fertilizer but less so for fast Camp clearing later on.

## Mods

The Leech Gun has the following possible Mods:

### More Fertilizer Drops

Increases the  Fertilizer drops from Enemies.

### +Clip Size

Extends the size of the Leech Gun's clip before being empty.

### Faster DMG Buildup

Allows for each Leech head of the Leech Gun to reach their maximum damage output faster.

### Create Mole Hole When Out of Ammo

Whenever the Leech Gun is completely out of ammo, a Mole Hole will appear at the player's feet. Entering this via the interact key will immediately teleport the player to the Farm. Each Mole Hole spawned is single use.

### Extra Leech

Grants an additional Leech Head to attack Enemies with. Can be obtained up to twice, making for three Leeches maximum. Each Leech behaves independently of one another and will seek out whatever target is nearest to that given Leech.

## Trivia

* The Leech Gun is Atomicrops' first and currently only beam-based Weapon.
* The Leech Gun will instantly kill the Unfriendly Worm when shot at it.
	+ This is since the Leech Gun's damage is tick-based and the Unfriendly Worm is composed of multiple hitboxes, making the damage stack extremely.
* The Leech Gun will not consume ammo while used in Town, unlike most Weapons.
* The Leech Gun is one of two DLC-related Weapons in the game, the other being the [[Scythe].