Firearms

## Overview

Firearms are a type of weapon in Our Worldly Woes, in particular a type of ranged weapon. The majority of ranged combat weapons are firearms, and the rest are archery weapons like bows and crossbows. or other miscellaneous weapons that can be thrown at a distance. Compared to melee weapons, firearms and ammunition are much more scarcely found but are incredibly valuable due to their ability to easily dispatch enemies from range, eliminating the risk of getting injured at close range. Even the weakest or worst firearms are highly valued in post-outbreak \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A wide variety of guns can be utilized such as self-defense handguns, hunting rifles and shotguns, police and military-grade weapons, and even custom range toys. Additionally, many firearms are highly customizable with attachments or parts replacements to make them more useful and reduce their shortcomings.

## Skill

Using firearms increases the general Ranged Combat skill, no matter the firearm. The firearm skills increase based on which type of gun is used - handguns, long guns, automatics, and heavy guns. This is further divided into subskills for each firearm type:

* Handguns include the subskills of Revolvers and Pistols
* Long guns include the subskills of Rifles and Shotguns
* Automatics include the subskills of SMGs, Assault Rifles, and LMGs
* Heavy guns do not include any subskills.

Miscellaneous melee weapons such as bricks and bottles only increase the general ranged combat skill when used as throwing weapons. **\*move this sentence to the Ranged Combat page\***

See: Ranged Combat (skill) for more information.

## List of firearms by type

##### **Handguns vs Long guns** -

Handguns are small firearms that can fit in a single hand and are usually chambered smaller, less powerful cartridges. The advantages of these weapon types are their light weight and portable size, and they are generally easier to find ammunition for. The disadvantage of these weapons are they are generally less effective on advanced infected types or armored human enemies due to their nature as lower-power firearms. These guns make great sidearms or secondary weapons.

Long guns are larger firearms with long barrels that require two hands to use, are braced against the shoulder, and are usually chambered in more powerful cartridges than handguns are. The advantages of these weapon types are their power and accuracy at longer ranges. Shotguns are much more powerful than handguns at the same ranges, while rifles are much more powerful at longer ranges. The disadvantage of these weapon types are they are heavier, harder to carry, and generally louder than handguns. These weapons make great primary weapons.

**\*guns below are currently named based on the caliber they use and a rough description of the gun - they will be given proper names eventually\***

### Handguns:

* 22 revolver
* 22 snubnose revolver
* 9mm duty pistol
* .45 pistol
* .45 revolver
* .44 magnum

### Long guns:

* 22 plinker rifle
* 12 gauge pump shotgun
* 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun
* .308 hunting rifle

### Automatics:

* US assault rifle
* Russian assault rifle

### Heavy guns:

* Flamethrower
* RPG
* Minigun

## Strategy

* Finding different types of firearms is simply a matter of looking where items would be expected to be found. For example, nightstands are good places to search for self-defense handguns and gun safes are good places to search for home-defense shotguns. If you're lucky, military checkpoints and military bases may have automatic weapons or other military weapons. Heavy guns are usually only found in such areas.