Spud Gun

Spud Gun icon

30
(40)

## Throwable Stats

### Chambered Tracer Hex

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### Ignores Collisions?

*None*
True

## Throwable Explosion Stats

### Sharpnel Count

13
0
0

## Calculated Stats

### Avg Burst Damage

14.95
14.95
14.95

### Avg Headshot DPS

144.44
144.44
166.11

### Obstacle DP Magazine

390
390

### Firing Duration

666.67
2.7

### Total Throwable Damage

13

The **Spud Gun**, officially designated as the **SMG-8** (**Spud Missile Generator-8**), is an SMG added in the v0.8.82 "*Free Fryer*" update on December 30th, 2019. It uses Potato Ammo (Brown Ammunition) and has infinite ammo just like the Potato Cannon. It spawns in the Silo Shack and sometimes in Golden Air Drops and the Red Emblem Case at the Crimson Ring Club. It only appears on the Potato Map.

## Pros and Cons

### Pros:

* Infinite ammo
* Decent magazine size for an SMG
* Area damage
* Increases the size of the target on hit

### Cons:

* Can hurt yourself due to area damage
* Rare and highly sought after

## Strategies

### Using

* Don't worry about ammo, as it is unlimited by default.
* The potato wedges are explosive and deal damage in a very small area. This means that the projectiles cannot ricochet on metal walls, so try to shoot directly at your target.
	+ Additionally, be wary of using this at a very close range, as the wedge's blast radius is large enough to inflict self-damage.
	+ This also means a Pan will not reflect potato wedges and will still damage a target attempting to block with a Pan.
* If you have a Sniper Rifle or Shotgun, you can shoot your target with the Spud Gun to increase their size, then shoot them with the Shotgun or Sniper Rifle easily.
* Do not try to shoot it at your teammates, as you make them grow larger, which will be easier for enemies to hit them.
* The spuds make a loud noise when hitting players, allowing you to spray at targets out of sight.
* The Spud Gun slows down your enemies, which will lessen their chances of getting away.
* The Spud Gun does not change if you shoot potatoes, so the "Spray n' Pray" tactics could work if you wanted to use them.

### Countering

* Obstacles are your friends. Put yourself in a position that protects you from incoming fire.
* The small explosion radius of the potato wedges requires the user to land direct hits. This means that you are nearly immune to splash damage, unlike with the Potato Cannon.

## Trivia

* This weapon increases the size and decreases speed of players who are hit with it. The effect of this size increase wears off in time.
	+ The enlargement effect also works on teammates, but does no damage.
* This gun's sprite looks strangely similar to the Super 90.
* Splinter Rounds doesn't work with this gun.
	+ However, it will still deepen its fire sound.
* It is the third gun in the game with unlimited ammo by default.
* In the game files, this gun is called "Potato SMG". Loot name is "loot-weapon-potato-smg", and world image is divided into two parts, one being the Spud Sack, the other being the gun. The sack is "gun-potato-smg-top-01", the gun is "gun-potato-smg".
* The real Spud Gun is a toy and shoots out potato fragments.
* The Spud Gun was the last gun to be added by the former Developers.
* Its shots leave small explosion marks similar to the Potato Cannon's.
	+ The damage dealt with this gun is calculated in the grenade damage quest since its bullets are explosive.
* This gun looks a lot like the in real life Sterling SMG, a British SMG that uses 9mm.
	+ The pistol grip, folding stock, and heat shield resemble the Sterling Mk8.

## Gallery

The Spud Gun seen as ground lootA fellow Survivr holding the Spud GunSize difference of someone shot with a Spud GunSurvivr with 2 Spud Guns and a Naginata