Turok: Weapon and Enemy Guide:
Document Started: August 20, 2008
by Alan Chan (joylock @ hotmail.com)
The Usual:
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Purpose of this Guide:
After playing through Turok, I found the game was pretty fun, so I took a
look at the game files and wrote this singleplayer FAQ for the game's
weapons and enemies. I hope you find it useful.
Version History:
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The latest version of this FAQ can be found at www.gamefaqs.com.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Game Mechanics
- Combat Tips
- Weapons
- Signature Weapons
- One-Handed Weapons
- Two-Handed Weapons
- Enemies
- Dinosaurs & Creatures
- Soldiers
- Bosses
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*Game Mechanics:*
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-  Turok has 3 difficulty settings: Normal, Hard, and Inhuman. Oddly,
looking at the game files, it seems "Hard" is actually considered the
"default" difficulty. Not to say that Normal is an "easy" or "casual"
difficulty, however, since it still presents a decent challenge,
especially when you play the game for the first time. Difficulty setting
affects multiple gameplay factors.
On Normal difficulty:
- You have more health, and can survive a relatively high amount of damage.
- Enemies have less health.
- Enemy soldiers are less accurate.
- Enemy dinosaurs are less aggressive, delay more between attacks,
attack in smaller groups, and rarely use their maul attack.
- Knife kills are relatively easy to perform.
On Hard difficulty:
- You have 400 health, but and can survive a decent amount of damage.
- Enemies have standard health.
- Enemy soldiers have standard accuracy.
- Enemy dinosaurs have standard aggressiveness, delay less between
attacks, attack in standard-sized groups, and regularly use their
maul attack.
- Knife kills are slightly harder to perform than on Normal, but the
difference is not that noticeable.
On Inhuman difficulty:
- You have much less health, and can be killed by a second or two of
gunfire or a few dinosaur hits.
- Enemies have more health.
- Enemy soldiers are more accurate.
- Enemy dinosaurs are more aggressive, delay much less between attacks,
attack in larger groups, and use their maul attack annoyingly often.
- Knife kills are harder to perform, and many dinosaurs cannot be knife
killed from the front, only from the sides.
-  Turok uses a regenerating health system. There is no life meter;
instead, when you take damage, your vision gradual becomes red
and blurry. When critically damaged, your vision will be severely
impaired. To regenerate your health, you need to take cover and
avoid being hit for a few seconds.
Also, the rate at which you regenerate is also affected by how much
damage you've taken. If you've only taken minor damage, your
health will regenerate after only a couple seconds of not getting hit.
However, if you're seriously injured, it takes several seconds before
your health begins regenerating again.
-  Turok includes many optional stealth segments, where enemy
soldiers are initially unaware of your presence, and can be picked off
one by one using stealth tactics. Your "stealth weapons" are your bow
and your knife, which make no sound to alert enemies with. Of these,
the bow is the best, as it allows you to pick off enemies at long range,
whereas the knife forces you to walk into the area the enemies are
patrolling, making it easy for them to spot you.
While patrolling, enemies will walk over to investigate any fresh
corpses they see, but won't raise the alarm. However, if they see
another enemy soldier die while in their line of sight, they will go into
combat mode and raise the alarm. So, don't worry about leaving
corpses behind while you snipe enemies with the bow, but be sure not
to snipe an enemy down while they're in the line of sight of another
enemy soldier. Enemies will also raise the alarm if they see or hear
nearby projectile impacts (i.e. if you shoot at them and miss), or if they
see or hear gunfire of any kind.
If patrolling enemies become alert to your presence, they'll usually
shoot off a flare to summon reinforcements, who will typically either
be dropped off via helicopter, or come running in from nearby areas of
the level.
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*Combat Tips:*
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-  When fighting most standard dinosaurs (i.e. Raptors or Lurkers), the
best strategy is to use knife instant-kills against them. You're
invincible against melee attacks while performing a knife-kill stabbing
animation, so you can literally mow through a pack of Raptors
stabbing each one in the head, without taking a single hit yourself. It
takes a little practice to getting the timing of the knife-kills down right,
but once you manage it you should be able to take out dinosaurs
pretty easily.
Note, however, that knife kills are much harder to perform on Inhuman
difficulty, since most dinosaurs must be stabbed from the sides, and
cannot be stabbed from the front. On Inhuman, you're better off
mowing dinosaurs down with automatic weapons fire.
-  Enemy soldiers are best fought at long range, using a weapon with
good accuracy and range, such as the submachine gun or pulse rifle.
It's a good idea to fire from near or behind cover, so that you have a
place to duck or hide and regenerate if you end up taking damage.
Because of the game's large, open environments, enemy soldiers will
often try to flank you from the sides to blast you while you're hiding
behind cover. Watch out for enemy attempts to do this, and try to find
a good piece of cover in the back where enemies can't get a good
angle on you.
-  You can perform a sideways roll by pressing the jump button while
strafing left or right. Rolling sideways is a good way to evade dinosaur
attacks, or quickly dodge behind cover when being shot at by enemy
fire.
-  Watch out for enemy mounted machinegun turrets. These are very powerful
and can cut you down in a second or two of gunfire. They're also very
accurate, and can mow you down even at long range. Use grenades against
enemies manning a turret, or pop in and out of cover while blasting
them with gunfire.
On the plus side, enemies never seem to run over and man an empty turret
after you kill the soldier originally manning the turret.
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*Weapons:*
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-  In Turok's single-player campaign, you can only carry 4 weapons at a
time (not including frag grenades, which you can always carry). Of
those 4 weapons, 2 will always be the knife and the bow (Turok's
signature weapons), which you are required to always carry for the
entire game. As a result, you can only carry 2 firearms (such as a
submachine gun and a shotgun), and will need to drop 1 firearm to
pick up a new one.
-  Although you can only carry 2 firearms at a time, your ammo reserves
are persistant. So, if you acquire 30 sniper rounds on Mission 3, but
drop your sniper rifle, you'll continue to carry those 30 sniper rounds
through the rest of the game, and can use them whenever you next
pick up a new sniper rifle.
-  Turok features both one-handed and two-handed firearms. One-
handed firearms can be dual-wielded, with one in each hand (unlike
Halo 2 and 3, when you dual-wield 2 weapons, you are unable to
carry a third weapon in reserve). Any combination of one-handed
firearms can be dual-wielded, so for example you could dual-wield
two submachine guns, a submachine gun and a shotgun, a shotgun
and a pistol, etc. While dual-wielding, the fire button fires the left
weapon, and the zoom button fires the right weapon. Dual-wielding
takes away your ability to zoom your view, but you can still use each
weapon's secondary fire mode.
-  Every weapon in Turok has a secondary fire mode. On the PC version
of Turok, to use the secondary fire mode, you need to hold down the
"SHIFT" key, then press the fire button. To throw grenades, you need
to hold down the "SHIFT" key, then press the zoom button. For some
reason, this is never explained in the manual or within the game itself,
nor can you remap the "secondary fire" function to any other key
besides the "SHIFT" key.
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=Signature Weapons:=
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Oro P23 Combat Knife:
Damage:
Primary Fire:   SP: 30
MP: 150
Secondary Fire:
SP: 30
MP: 90
Movement Speed:
SP: 120%
MP: 115%
Primary Fire: Stab
Secondary Fire: Swipe
BRIEF BLURB:
A military combat knife. At close range, it can be used to perform special
instant-kills on most enemies, by pressing the fire button when a button
prompt appears on-screen. You also run faster when you're holding a knife
rather than a firearm. The instant-kill ability makes this probably your
best weapon for mowing through packs of dinosaurs.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
In Turok, you'll always carry a knife in the single-player campaign. At
first, the knife seems rather useless, with it's attack being a slow stab
that doesn't do much damage and has pitiful range. However, the
knife is in fact one of the most powerful weapons in the game. This is
because you can perform "instant-kills" with the knife. When you get
close to an enemy while holding the knife, an "instant kill" icon will
appear on your screen. Pressing the fire button when the icon
appears will perform a special "instant-kill" animation showing Turok
killing the enemy with one hit using the knife. Performing "instant-kills"
takes some practice, since you need to get the timing right (the icon
disappears if you're too far away or too close to an enemy), but once
you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy to do. When surrounded by
dinosaurs, you can actually chain together several "instant-kills" one-
by-one, allowing you to wipe out an entire pack of dinosaurs using
only the knife.
You also run much faster when holding the knife than when holding a
firearm, so be sure to switch to the knife when you need to travel
quickly (such as when running away from a T-Rex).
SECONDARY FIRE:
The knife's primary fire is a slow stab attack that takes 2 seconds to
perform (and thus there's a 2 second delay between each stab). The
secondary fire is a quicker slash attack that only takes 1 second to
perform (thus allowing you to slash once every second). You can't
perform instant kills with the secondary fire, but its somewhat quicker
slash speed makes it slightly useful for cutting down small pests such
as Echindons and Mini-Raptors. Generally, however, the slash
doesn't do much, and really shouldn't be used. Although faster than
the primary stab attack, it's still much slower than most other FPS
melee weapons (i.e. Half Life's crowbar or Bioshock's wrench).
EVALUATION:
The knife is one of the game's most powerful weapons, due to your
ability to perform "instant-kills" with it. When performing an "instant-
kill", you're immune to melee attacks, but will still take damage from
bullets. Thus, "instant-kills" are great against dinosaurs (you can wipe
out an entire pack of raptors without a scratch), but are suicidal
against a group of enemy soldiers, as the other soldiers will mow you
down while you're busying stabbing the first soldier.
NOTE that the knife is much less useful on Inhuman difficulty. On
Inhuman difficulty, "instant-kills" are much more difficult to perform, as
you can no long "instant-kill" most dinosaurs from the front (the
"instant-kill" icon only appears if you manage to get around to the side
of the dinosaur). The "sweet spot" in which the "instant-kill" icon
appears is also much smaller on Inhuman difficulty. Therefore, on
Inhuman difficulty it's probably better to mow down dinosaurs with
your firearms rather than try to "instant-kill" them with the knife.
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Oro C9 Perforator Compound Bow:
Normal Arrows:
Damage:   SP: 105 to 180
MP: 225 to 435
Max Ammo: 50
Tek Arrows:
Damage:   SP: 250
MP: 150
Max Ammo: 10
Movement Speed: 80%
Primary Fire: Draw Bow
Secondary Fire: Switch Arrow Type
BRIEF BLURB:
A modern compound bow. Has a long range 3x zoom for sniping enemies
at long range. At full torque, the bow kills enemy soldiers with
a single shot. It's also completely silent, and won't alert enemies
to your presence. A very nice sniping weapon that's with you the
entire game. Can also be used to fire powerful explosive-tipped
Tek arrows.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
Along with the knife, the compound bow will always be with you in the
single-player campaign. To use the bow, you need to hold down the
fire button to draw an arrow backwards and torque the bow. The more
your torque the bow, the further the arrow will travel and the more
damage it will do when it hits. You'll know the bow is at full torque
when the crosshair and the bow itself become vertical instead of
diagonal. At full torque, the bow has very good range; even at
relatively long range you don't have to worry to much about gravity,
and the arrow will strike pretty much where you point the crosshair.
Only at extreme long range do you have to worry about the arrow's
downward arc.
Note, however, that you can only hold the bow at full torque for a few
seconds, after which your arm will fatigue and involuntarily release the
arrow, causing it to fire uncontrollably off-target.
The bow is very powerful, and can kill most enemy soldiers in a single
hit. Only M-G RPG troopers, M-G Heavy Weapons soldiers, and M-G
Pyros are heavily armored enough to survive an arrow hit (On
Inhuman difficulty, M-G Elites are also tough enough to survive one
arrow hit). It's less useful against dinosaurs; it usually takes a few
arrows to kill a dinosaur, unless you manage to score a headshot
against them.
One of the primary advantages of the bow is that it can zoom much
further than most of your firearms (the bow has approximately a 3x
zoom), allowing you to target enemies at longer range. In fact, only
the pulse rifle and of course the sniper rifle can zoom to a similar
degree as the bow.
The bow is also perfectly silent, which makes it great for picking off
enemies without alerting other nearby enemies to your presence.
Note, however, that while enemies won't be able to hear the bow, they
WILL go into combat mode if they see one of their fellow soldiers die
from an arrow hit. So, if you're picking off a group of enemies one-by-
one, be sure not to shoot a soldier while he's in the line-of-sight of
another soldier.
SECONDARY FIRE:
Secondary fire switches the type of arrows you're using. You can fire
either normal arrows, or Tek arrows. Tek arrows explode on impact
and do seriously heavy damage, however like sticky bombs the
splash damage radius is below average, so direct hits are pretty
important. On Hard difficulty, a single direct hit will kill any enemy
(including M-G Heavy Weapons soldiers) except for DIlophosauruses
and M-G Pyro soldiers. On Inhuman difficulty, however, M-G Heavy
Weapons soldiers and M-G Pyros require 2 Tek arrows to kill.
Tek arrows are heavier than normal arrows, and thus have shorter
range due to being more affected by gravity. Keep this in mind if you
try hitting enemies at long range with them.
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
Arrows are less common than submachine gun or pulse rifle bullets,
but you still find them reasonably often. Arrows can't be acquired from
killed enemies, but you do frequently find arrow quivers in enemy
ammo stockpiles. Each individual ammo pickup also gives you a LOT
of arrows (you get 25 arrows per normal arrow quiver, and 10 Tek
arrows per Tek arrow quiver). Arrows are certainly common enough
for you to use the bow regularly without worrying too much about
running out of ammo.
EVALUATION:
The bow is a great weapon for sniping, due to its increased zoom
range. Its silent nature also makes it good for picking off enemy
soldiers steathily. Against most enemy soldiers, the bow is a 1-hit kill
weapon, making it very effective against them. Ammo for it is also
reasonably plentiful. It's overall pretty useful, which is good since you
have to carry it with you for the entire game.
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Oro FG8 Grenade:
Damage:   SP: 200
MP: 150
AI: 300
Max Ammo: 3
DESCRIPTION:
In Turok, you can carry up to 3 frag grenades, which can be used at
the same time as your primary firearms. To throw a frag grenade, hold
down the SHIFT key, then press the "zoom" button. Frag grenades
are thrown in an arc, and explode about a second or so after landing.
They do good damage, and can usually kill most enemies outright.
Unfortunately, their splash damage radius is pretty average (less than
a dozen feet), so you need to land the grenade pretty close to an
enemy to damage them. Still, they're good for taking out a close-
together group of enemies, or killing enemies who are hiding behind
cover.
M-G Veteran shotgun soldiers are pretty good at diving away from frag
grenades. Otherwise, M-G soldiers tend to spot frag grenades and will
belatedly try to run away from them, but their reaction time is pretty
average, and they usually get caught in the splash radius as long as you
manage to land the grenade close enough to them.
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=One-handed Weapons:=
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Oro Hog 9mm Handgun:
Damage:
Single Shot:   SP: 45
MP: 60
AI: 40
3-Shot Burst:
SP: 40 x 3
MP: 50 x 3
Rate of Fire: 450 rpm
Clip Size: 15
Max Ammo: 150 + 15
Movement Speed: 100%
Primary Fire: Single Shot
Secondary Fire: 3-Shot Burst
BRIEF BLURB:
A select-fire pistol that be fired in either single-shot or 3-shot burst.
Does about twice as much damage as the submachine gun and has a decent
rate of fire, but the clip size is "only" 15 shots, and the pistol
also only has average accuracy. It's decent at medium range against one
or two enemies, but not too good for large firefights. I see no
particular reason to carry it.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
The pistol is pretty much your standard FPS sidearm. It fires in single
shots, and you need to press the fire button each time to fire each
individual shot. The pistol has decent stopping power, doing roughly
twice as much damage as the submachine gun per bullet. It also has
a quick rate of fire, a decent clip size, and fairly decent accuracy
(although not as accurate as the submachine gun or pulse rifle).
Unfortunately, although decent, the clip size is quite low compared to
that of the submachine gun or pulse rifle, and you'll find yourself
reloading frequently if you engage in firefights against multiple
enemies using the pistol.
SECONDARY FIRE:
The pistol's secondary fire is a 3-shot burst that fires 3 bullets at once.
If all 3 bullets hit, this can drop an M-G Grunt in a single burst.
Unfortunately, the 3-shot burst has quite a lot of recoil, and
your gun will jump upward with each bullet in a 3-shot burst, making it
hard to stay targeted on enemies.
Indeed, the recoil means the 3 bullets won't land in the same place,
but rather will form a vertical line. This can limit the 3-shot burst's
effective range to medium range. Be sure to aim at the lower portion
of the enemy's body to ensure all 3 shots hit them.
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
The pistol, and ammo for it, are actually pretty rare. M-G Grunts
occasionally carry pistols (especially in indoor bases), and pistol
ammo can be found on ammo shelves inside enemy bases. However,
ammo for the pistol is overall pretty scarce, and you'll barely find any
at all in the game's later levels.
EVALUATION:
Overall, the pistol is a decent weapon, but the standard automatic
weapons such as the submachine gun or pulse rifle simply perform
much better with their higher automatic rates of fire and superior
range and accuracy. I don't see any real reason to use the pistol,
although it is a decent weapon if you do decide to use it (the
downside being that the scarce ammo means you'll probably run out
of bullets pretty quickly).
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Oro FP9 SMG:
Damage:
Normal Fire:   SP: 25
MP: 32
AI: 15
Silencer Fire: SP: 20
MP: 25
Rate of Fire: 600
Clip Size: 45
Max Ammo: 300 + 45
Movement Speed:
SP: 100%
MP: 95%
Primary Fire: Normal Fire
Secondary Fire: Attach Silencer
BRIEF BLURB:
A fully automatic submachine gun. Does decent damage, with a good
rate of fire, good accuracy, and a pretty large clip size. Overall,
this is a good weapon, and works well both for shooting down enemy
soldiers in long range combat, or mowing down attacking dinosaurs in
close range combat. This should be your default weapon for the
first several levels of the game, until you can upgrade to the
pulse rifle.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
The submachine gun is essentially the game's default weapon. It's the
first firearm you acquire, and the one you'll probably be using for most
of the game's first several levels. As you'd expect, the submachine
gun is a full-auto weapon with a high rate of fire and pretty good
accuracy.
The submachine gun works well against most standard foes; it can
mow down M-G Grunts with a couple quick bursts, or M-G Elites with
a second or two of sustained fire. It can also mow down Raptors or
Lurkers with sustained automatic fire, especially when dual-wielded.
The submachine gun has good accuracy, especially if you use zoom
mode, and works well even at long range. The submachine gun also
doesn't suffer from recoil issues; you can fire sustained automatic fire
without your aim rising upward.
SECONDARY FIRE:
The submachine gun's secondary fire attaches a silencer to the
barrel, reducing the noise it makes when fired. Unlike the knife or
bow, a silenced submachine gun isn't perfectly silent. Enemies can
still hear the noise it makes if they're close by, or already on alert for
nearby danger. Still, it makes less noise than a regular weapon, and
thus reduces the chances of enemies figuring out your position from
the sound of your gunfire. Note that the silencer slightly reduces the
damage the SMG's bullets do, so don't use it if stealth isn't a factor at
all.
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
Ammo for the submachine gun is very, very common, especially in the
first several levels of the game. Pretty much every M-G Grunt you
encounter will drop submachine gun ammo when killed, and you'll
also find a lot of it in enemy ammo stockpiles or near enemy corpses
scattered around the jungle. Feel free to use the submachine gun
liberally, as you won't have to worry about running out of ammo.
EVALUATION:
The submachine gun is pretty much your default weapon, until you
get your hands on the pulse rifle. It's a standard FPS automatic
weapon, and works well for mowing down dinosaurs at close range,
or M-G soldiers at long range. I found it much more reliable and
effective than some of the more specialized weapons, such as the
shotgun or sticky bomb gun. That said, it's weaker than the pulse rifle,
so you should upgrade to a pulse rifle once you finally find one.
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Oro Enforcer Shotgun:
Damage:
Shotgun Blast:   SP: 30 x 6
MP: 40 x 6
AI: 40 x 6
Flare:
SP: 5
MP: 5
AI: 20
Rate of Fire: 180 rpm
Clip Size: 10
Max Ammo: 50 + 10
Movement Speed:
SP: 85%
MP: 75%
Primary Fire: Shotgun Blast
Secondary Fire: Flare
BRIEF BLURB:
A full-auto combat shotgun. Has a relatively high rate of fire, and
does good damage at close range, but the wide pellet spread limits
its effectiveness to close range (a maximum of about 15 to 20 feet).
Not much use against soldiers (who are usually fought at long range).
Decent against dinosaurs, but usually requires 4 to 5 shots to kill
a single Raptor or Lurker. The high, full-auto rate of fire lets you
kill close-range enemies quickly, but also results in significant
recoil. Overall, I prefer the submachine gun or pulse rifle, but your
mileage may vary. The shotgun can also be used to launch signal flares,
which can be used to lure dinosaurs away from you and towards groups
of enemy soldiers.
DESCRIPTION:
This full-auto shotgun fires 6 pellets per shot, and with its relatively
high rate of fire you can deliver several high-power shotgun blasts in a
couple seconds. The downside to the shotgun is that the pellet spread
is pretty wide, seriously limiting its effective range. Evening when
using zoom mode for a better shot, you can only reliably hit enemies
up to about 15 to 20 feet or so, and you have to be at nearly point-
blank range to do full damage. Another major problem with the
shotgun is that it has significant recoil, so if you fire it full-auto your
aim will quickly be jerked skyward.
As a result of its limited range, the shotgun isn't much use against M-
G soldiers, who are usually fought at long range. The shotgun is
moderately effective against dinosaurs, but it often takes about 4 to 5
shots to kill a single Raptor or Lurker. On the plus side, a full blast
from the shotgun will often knock enemies to the ground for a second or
so, stopping their attacks and giving you a chance to shoot them while
they're down.
SECONDARY FIRE:
The shotgun's secondary fire launches a bright red flare that travels
for several dozen feet before dropping to the ground. You have an
infinite number of flares, but can only fire a flare once every 8
seconds. Flares attract dinosaurs to them, so you can use them to
lure dinosaurs away from you, or towards a group of M-G soldiers.
Note that dinosaurs usually won't be distracted by a flare if they
already see you and are walking towards you to attack.
If you stick a flare directly onto an enemy, it will often cause nearby
dinosaurs to attack that enemy. Sticking a flare to an M-G soldier or
dinosaur will also cause them to drop to the ground for a couple seconds
and try to extinguish themselves, which leaves them vulnerable to your
gunfire.
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
Ammo for the shotgun is pretty common, and can be found
throughout the game in ammo stockpiles or near soldier corpses
scattered throughout the jungle. Along with the submachine gun and
pulse rifle, the shotgun is one of the game's 3 most common, ammo-
available weapons.
EVALUATION:
Overall, I'm not a big fan of the shotgun. Most of the game's combat
takes place at long range, especially when fighting enemy soldiers, so
the submachine gun or pulse rifle work much better than the short-
range shotgun. At close range against dinosaurs, the knife seems
superior to the shotgun with its one-hit instant-kill ability (except on
Inhuman difficulty, where instant-kills with the knife are much harder).
Still, the shotgun is a decent weapon for blasting dinosaurs at close
range. Just remember it usually takes about 4 to 5 shots to kill each
enemy, so use full-auto fire while pressing downward to compensate
for the upward recoil.
The shotgun actually works pretty well against dinosaurs when
dual-wielded along with a submachine gun. Use the SMG to fire at dinos
from a distance, then shotgun them when they get close to knock them
down and finish them off. You can also use the flare launcher to
stick flares to charging dinos and stun them for a couple seconds,
allowing you to perforate them with your SMG.
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ESUS Blackfly Sticky Bomb Gun:
Damage:   SP: 300
MP: 50 + 150
Rate of Fire: N/A
Clip Size: 5
Max Ammo: 10 + 5
Movement Speed: 100%
Primary Fire: Sticky Bomb
Secondary Fire: Proximity Mines
BRIEF BLURB:
A pistol-sized cannon that fires grenade-like sticky bombs, which
travel for several dozen feet and will stick to any enemy or
surface they hit. Press the fire button again to detonate the
bomb. A single hit will kill all but the toughest enemies,
but ammo capacity is a bit limited, and it can be hard to hit
fast-moving or sidestepping enemies at long range. The secondary
fire creates proximity mines that explode when stepped on.
Personally, I just used it whenever it became available, then
discarded it for something else whenever ammo ran out.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
The sticky bomb gun fires small grenade-sized bombs that stick to
whatever they impact against, whether it be a wall, the floor, or an
enemy. Pressing the fire button again after shooting a sticky bomb will
detonate the bomb. Sticky bombs do decent damage; on Normal and
Hard difficulty, a direct hit will kill any enemy except for
Dilophosauruses, M-G RPG Troopers, M-G Heavy Weapons Soldiers,
and M-G Pyros. However, on Inhuman, M-G Elites and Lurkers can
also survive a sticky bomb hit.
The sticky bomb gun has decent range; the bombs can travel for
several dozen feet before falling to the ground. On the downside, the
sticky bomb's blast radius is kind of small (about several feet or so),
so you'll generally only be able to really hurt enemies by sticking a
bomb directly to them, or detonating one while they're very close to it.
SECONDARY FIRE:
The sticky bomb gun's secondary fire causes the sticky bomb to form
a patch of many mini proximity mines when it hits a surface. Enemies
that step on the mines will detonate the patch, creating an explosion.
The proximity mines are useful for boobytrapping tight corridors, but
aren't much use out in the open as enemies can simply step around
them. Be careful, as the mines will explode if you step on them also.
The secondary fire can also be used as a direct-fire weapon, as the
sticky bomb will explode on impact with an enemy, instead of merely
sticking to them.
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
Ammo for the sticky bomb gun is somewhat uncommon, so once you
use up all 15 of your shots for it, that's pretty much it. You do find
sticky bomb guns and sticky bomb ammo at multiple weapons
stockpiles, so you will have many opportunities to use it throughout
the game.
Also, whenever you pick up a sticky bomb gun, you always get the
max 15 shots you can carry, which is nice.
EVALUATION:
Overall, the sticky bomb gun does good damage, but the projectile
travels at an average speed, so it can be easy to miss enemies that
strafe around quickly or are at long range. As a result, it's good at
close-to-medium range against dinosaurs, but not too useful against
M-G soldiers. You also can't carry much ammo for it (you've got a
maximum of 15 shots at any one time). I personally don't use it that
much, as I prefer more rapid-fire weapons like the submachine gun or
pulse rifle.
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=Two-handed Weapons:=
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Oro L66 Pulse Rifle:
Damage:
Pulse Fire:         SP: 50
MP: 50
AI: 20
Disruption Grenade: SP: 50
MP: 50
Rate of Fire: 600 rpm
Clip Size: 100
Max Ammo: 400 + 100
Movement Speed: 85%
Primary Fire: Pulse Fire
Secondary Fire: Disruption Grenade
BRIEF BLURB:
A futuristic assault rifle that holds 100 rounds of ammo at once.
Does rather high damage, has good accuracy, and has a good rate of fire.
Also features a 3x zoom that lets you target enemies accurately at
long range. This is an extremely good weapon that I highly recommend
using as your default weapon for most of the game. The only weakness is
that it overheats and shuts down for a few seconds if you fire it
continuously for more than 3 seconds, so fire in short bursts. Can
also be used to launch disruption grenades, which do minor damage,
but have a high splash radius and knock enemies to the ground.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
The pulse rifle is essentially a futuristic assault rifle that loads 100
rounds per magazine, and fires depleted uranium bullets using
electromagnetism instead of propellant. The pulse rifle is powerful,
accurate, and has a high rate of fire, making it an excellent weapon.
You should probably use it as your default weapon once it becomes
available.
Besides its high damage per bullet and great accuracy, the pulse rifle
also has a much further zoom than the game's other firearms,
allowing you to target more distant enemies with it (the pulse rifle has
a roughly 3x zoom). Indeed, the zoom is equal to that of the
compound bow; the only weapon in the game with a longer range
zoom is the sniper rifle.
The pulse rifle's major weakness is that it heats up as your fire it. If
you fire continuously for 3 seconds (which uses 28 rounds), the pulse
rifle will overheat and shut down, forcing you to wait several seconds
before it can be fired again. As a result, you should fire the pulse rifle
in short bursts instead of using full-auto fire. Two or three short bursts
will kill most enemies in the game, so this isn't too much of an issue.
SECONDARY FIRE:
The pulse rifle is equipped with an undermounted disruption grenade
launcher, which is activated by the secondary fire. The launcher fires
a blue disruption grenade which travels a few dozen feet, bounces off
walls or along the floor, and explodes after a couple seconds. The
disruption grenade has a fairly large splash damage radius (the
largest in the game). It doesn't do much actual damage, but the blast
will send enemies flying through the air and knock them down on their
backs for a couple seconds when they hit the ground. Thus, the
disruption grenade isn't much good for killing enemies, but it's good
for stunning them for a couple seconds, allowing you to maneuever to
a better position or finish them off with the primary fire.
The undermounted grenade launcher holds 3 disruption grenades. It
will need to be reloaded after all 3 grenades are used, or you can
reload the launcher manually (although this has to be done seperately
from reloading the main rifle).
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
You'll find that pulse rifle ammo is very common once the weapon
becomes available to you. Like the submachine gun, you can often
get ammo from slain enemy troops (in this case, M-G Elite soldiers),
and you'll also frequently find pulse rifle ammo in enemy ammo
stockpiles or near the bodies of dead soldiers scattered around the
jungle.
Disruption grenade ammo is also very common, as every pulse rifle
you pick up from a killed M-G Elite will give you a few grenades. You
also get disruption grenades at enemy ammo stockpiles.
EVALUATION:
The pulse rifle is a great weapon, and works well both for picking off
M-G soldiers at long range, or mowing down dinosaurs up close. I
highly recommend using it as your default weapon as soon as it
becomes available. Just be sure to fire in short bursts to avoid
overheating it.
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Triglav 92 Stalker (T92) Sniper Rifle:
Damage:   SP: 125
MP: 200
AI: 300
Rate of Fire: 30 rpm
Clip Size: 5
Max Ammo: 30 + 5
Movement Speed: 75%
Primary Fire: Single Shot
Secondary Fire: Scope Zoom (2x, 5x, 10x)
BRIEF BLURB:
A bolt-action sniper rifle. Does good damage and can kill enemy
soldiers and Raptors with a single shot to the body. However,
the bolt-action means there's a 2-second delay between each shot.
Scope features a 2x, 5x, and 10x zoom for picking off enemies at
long range. The sniper rifle is nice for long range combat, but
the pulse rifle and compound bow also have pretty decent zoom
abilities, so the sniper's not absolutely necessary for long
range combat. Also lacks a crosshair when unzoomed, so you can't
accurately fire it "from the hip" while running around at close
range.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
This bolt-action sniper rifle is pretty powerful; on Normal or Hard
difficulty, it can kill any standard M-G soldier (including Grunts,
Veterans, and Elites) with a single shot to the body (On Inhuman, it
takes 2 shots to the body to kill an Elite). Heavily armored M-G
soldiers such as Heavy Weapons soldiers or Pyros can be killed with
one headshot. It can also kill Raptors with a single shot to the body,
and can kill most other enemies with a single headshot. It also comes
with a variable scope that lets you pick off enemies at long range. The
drawback of the sniper rifle is it's low bolt-action rate of fire; there's a
2-second delay between each shot.
The sniper rifle's main weakness is that it has no crosshair when
unzoomed, so you can't really run-and-gun with it. You need to aim
through the scope to shoot targets accurately with it. Activate the
secondary fire while looking through the scope to zoom the sniper rifle
at a higher magnification.
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
Ammo for the sniper rifle is uncommon, so you're likely to run out if
you use it a lot. Still, sniper rifle ammo can be found at several enemy
weapons stockpiles, so you do get many chances to use it throughout
the game.
EVALUATION:
Overall, the sniper rifle is nice for picking off distant enemies, but it's
not really necessary. Both the compound bow and the pulse rifle also
feature relatively long-range zooms, and can be used to snipe
enemies effectively at long range. The one advantage of the sniper
rifle is that you can use it to snipe enemies from safely outside the
range of their firearms, but since enemies actually have a pretty long
effective range, you have to be really, really far away to take
advantage of this.
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ESUS Fireblade Flamethrower:
Damage:
Flamethrower:   SP: 10
MP: 15
AI: 5
Napalm Grenade:
SP: 200
MP: 100
Rate of Fire: 900 rpm
Clip Size: 450
Max Ammo: 1200 + 450
Movement Speed: 60%
Primary Fire: Flamethrower
Secondary Fire: Napalm Grenade
BRIEF BLURB:
A short-range flamethrower that fires a stream of fire about 20
to 25 feet. Each individual hit does relatively low damage, but
the weapon has a high "rate of fire". The biggest advantage of
the flamethrower is that being hit by a flame stream will cause
enemies to be knocked down or backwards, preventing them from
reaching you and biting you. It's decent against Soldier Bugs
and good against Raptors, but not much use against enemy soldiers
due to the short range. I mostly use the flamethrower in
Mission 9: Down and Out against the Soldier Bugs, then discard
it afterwards.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
The flamethrower fires a stream of flames about 20 to 25 feet. Each
individual "hit" doesn't do much damage, but the flamethrower has a
high "rate of fire" and thus does good continuous damage. The main
advantage of the flamethrower is that it pushes enemies back and
also knocks them down; this stuns them and prevents them from
attacking you. It's very useful against Soldier Bugs and dinosaurs, but
not much good against M-G soldiers due to its short range.
SECONDARY FIRE:
The flamethrower's secondary fire launches a napalm grenade that
explodes on impact. Napalm grenades do decent damage and have
an average splash damage radius; they're especially good against
Soldier Bugs; a single napalm grenade hit will splatter a group of
Soldier Bugs, even on Inhuman difficulty. The downside of the napalm
grenades is that the flamethrower only holds one at a time, and needs
to be reloaded after each shot (you automatically reload the
flamethrower's grenade launcher after firing a napalm grenade, during
which you can't fire the flamethrower).
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
Ammo for the flamethrower is pretty common in Mission 9: Down and
Out, but otherwise it's pretty damn rare throughout the rest of the
game. You only really get flamethrower ammo from the M-G Pyro
soldiers in the game's last few missions. Likewise, the only times you
can even pick up a flamethrower after Mission 9 is to kill a M-G Pyro
soldier and take his flamethrower.
EVALUATION:
I find the flamethrower reasonably useful against Soldier Bugs in
Mission 9 (the game essentially forces you to fight them with it), but
otherwise didn't find much use for it elsewhere in the game. It's
decent for pushing back and burning down dinosaurs at close range,
but fairly useless against enemy soldiers armed with long-range
automatic weapons.
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Oro War-Horse Minigun:
Damage:   SP: 45
MP: 50
AI: 20
Turret Health:   Normal: 500
Hard: 500
Inhuman: 750
Rate of Fire: 950 rpm
Clip Size: 250
Max Ammo: 1000 + 250
Movement Speed:
SP: 100%
MP: 61%
Primary Fire: Minigun Fire
Secondary Fire: Automated Turret
BRIEF BLURB:
A powerful minigun that does relatively high damage and has a
high rate of fire. Unfortunately, it has below average accuracy and
an inability to zoom. It's good for mowing down enemies at medium
range, but not much good at long range. The minigun takes a second
to spin up before it begins firing, but you can pre-spin it by
holding down the zoom button. The minigun can also be turned into an
automated turret, which can be very useful for adding backup
firepower to heavy firefights. You can even create 2 turrets at
a time for maximum backup.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
As you'd expect, the minigun is a large portable heavy weapon that
fires powerful bullets at an extremely high rate of fire. With a huge
ammo capacity, you can spray bullets for a prolonged period of time
before needing to reload. The trade-off is that the minigun isn't as
accurate as a submachine gun or pulse rifle, although it is still
reasonably accurate at medium range. Just don't try sniping at long
range with it.
The minigun takes a second to spin up before it begins firing.
However, you can pre-spin the barrel by holding down the "zoom"
button, allowing you to fire instantly as soon as you press the "fire"
button.
SECONDARY FIRE:
The minigun's secondary fire lays down the minigun as a tripod-
mounted automated turret, which will automatically open fire on any
enemies that enter into its line of sight. This is VERY useful,
especially when defending an area against respawning enemies. You
can also have up to 2 minigun turrets operating at the same time.
Be aware that laying down a minigun portable turret uses up a lot of
ammo, since in addition to the bullets already loaded into the minigun,
you'll also load the turret with up to 750 bullets from your ammo
reserve. On the plus side, this allows the minigun turret to fire for a
very long period of time before it runs out of ammo.
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
Ammo for the minigun is less common than submachine gun,
shotgun, or pulse rifle ammo, but you can still find a decent amount of
it throughout the game. Minigun ammo can occasionally be found at
enemy ammo stockpiles, and can also be acquired from slain M-G
Heavy Weapons soldiers. Each minigun ammo pickup gives you a
LOT of bullets, so you can max out your ammo to full capacity pretty
quickly.
EVALUATION:
The minigun is great for mowing down enemies en-mass at medium
range; it's great against dinosaurs, and also works well against M-G
soldiers. The minigun's greatest advantage, however, is it's ability to
function as a portable automated turret that you can lay down
anywhere to provide you with supporting firepower. This can be very
useful, especially in some of the game's tougher areas where you
have to deal with overwhelming odds or respawning enemies.
The only weakness of the minigun is its inability to zoom and reduced
accuracy, limiting it to medium-range combat. So be sure to also be
carrying a pulse rifle for long-range firefights.
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Oro Redfist RPG:
Damage:   SP: 500
MP: 80
AI: 200
Rate of Fire: N/A
Clip Size: 1
Max Ammo: 10 + 1
Movement Speed: 80%
Primary Fire: Rocket Shot
Secondary Fire: Lock-On Targeting Scope
BRIEF BLURB:
A one-shot rocket launcher. Extremely powerful, this will kill any
non-boss enemy with a single direct hit. A targeting scope can be used
to lock onto enemies and fire heat-seeking rockets. The only drawback
is that the rate of fire is low, since the launcher needs to be
reloaded after each shot. Also, ammo is really rare for this
weapon, so your chances to use it are somewhat limited. It's
fun for turning large dinosaurs into ludicrous gibs, though.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
The RPG launcher fires a powerful rocket propelled grenade, and is
easily the most powerful weapon in the game. A single direct hit will
kill ANY non-boss enemy; even the large and powerful
Dilophosauruses will be blown into bloody chunks by a direct RPG hit.
Pretty much the only enemies that can survive multiple RPG hits are
the M-G Spider Tank and the T-Rex. The splash damage radius is
also pretty good, and you can kill a group of several close-together
enemy soldiers with a single RPG blast. Unfortunately, the RPG
launcher has to be reloaded after each shot, giving it a fairly low rate
of fire (although the reload speed is actually not that bad).
SECONDARY FIRE:
The RPG launcher's secondary fire activates a computerized targeting
scope, through which you can "lock-on" to enemies by pointing the
scope at them for a second until the crosshair aligns and turns red.
This activates the RPG's heat-seeking feature, allowing you to fire a
heat-seeking RPG that will track their movements and home in
directly on them.
AMMO AVAILABILITY:
Unfortunately, RPG ammo is damn rare, and pretty much only shows
up in the assorted mini-boss and boss fights where you need to use it
(such as against M-G helicopters or the M-G Spider Tank).
EVALUATION:
The RPG launcher is extremely powerful, but the severely limited
ammo means you'll probably only be using it in the boss fights where
it's required. It's also serious OVERKILL against most enemies
anyway, although it's nice for taking out M-G Heavy Weapons soldiers
or Dilophosauruses in a single shot.
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*Enemies:*
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=Dinosaurs & Creatures:=
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-  Dinosaurs are the native inhabitants of the Lost Land, and serve as a
neutral faction in the game. While they will attack you and your
Whiskey Company squadmates, they will also attack the enemy
Mendel-Gruman soldiers. This occurs if the dinosaurs spot the enemy
soldiers before they spot you, or if you use a shotgun flare launcher to
lure dinosaurs near Mendel-Gruman troops.
-  Dinosaurs occasionally attack each other as well; predators are
especially likely to attack both herbivores and predators of a different
species.
-  Some dinosaurs takes extra damage from most firearms, so killing
them requires somewhat less ammo than their health stats would indicate.
Dinosaurs are still overall tougher than soldiers, requiring more bullets
to bring down.
-  On Normal and Hard difficulty, dinosaurs are easily wiped out with
knife kills. On Inhuman difficulty, however, most dinosaurs can no
longer be knife killed from the front, only from the sides. This makes it
easier to simply mow them down with automatic weapons in Inhuman
difficulty.
Echindon:
Appearance: Small, 3-feet tall, brown bipedal lizard.