Gunslinger

Gunslinger
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Basic Information
Used by:	Engineer
Slot:	Melee
Equip region:	Arms
Released:	Engineer Update
Availability:
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Vintage Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Gunslinger 1 - 100 +25 max health on wearer No random critical hits Replaces the Sentry with a fast building Mini-Sentry

"Robot arm" redirects here. For the special Halloween 2012 item, see Voodoo-Cursed Robot Arm.

“

Say you have two things: a perfectly good hand, and a brilliant inventor for a grandfather. One day you stumble across a blueprint for an amazing-as-hell robot hand meant to replace an arm-stump. Wait, you have three things: the hand, the grandfather, and a saw. — Blog post highlighting the Gunslinger

”

The Gunslinger is an unlockable melee weapon for the Engineer. It is a robotic hand, comprising segmented finger parts, wires, team-colored casing and a pressure gauge that replaces the Engineer's right hand.

The device grants the Engineer an additional 25 max health, raising his total health to 150, promoting more offensive play at the cost of no random critical hits. In addition, the player is able to perform a three-part combo attack on enemies. Should an enemy be hit three times in succession, the third strike (a downward motion with a clenched fist) will become an automatic critical hit. This does not need to be performed on a single enemy, but the attack key cannot be released during the combo or it will be lost and reset.

The critical hit animation for the Gunslinger is a downward punch swing. After that, if left idle, the hand will jerk and produce a mechanical twitching noise before resuming the normal idle animation, though this is only a visual effect. The critical hit animation will also play when attacking friendly players.

Using the Gunslinger allows the Engineer to build the Combat Mini-Sentry Gun, instead of the standard Sentry Gun. The Mini-Sentry takes only 2.5 seconds to build, starts with full health upon deployment, costs only 100 metal, rotates 35% faster, and fires 50% faster. However, it cannot be upgraded or repaired, and each shot deals 50% of the damage compared to that of a normal level 1 Sentry Gun.

Switching from this weapon to a different melee weapon will destroy all existing buildings.

Taunting with the Gunslinger equipped will perform the Organ Grinder kill taunt.

The Gunslinger is automatically given to any player who obtains 11 Engineer achievements.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Wrench

Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage	100%	65
Point blank		55-75
Critical		195
Mini-crit		75-101
Damage repaired per hit		105
Upgrade amount per hit		25
Metal cost per repairing hit		1 + damage / 5
Metal cost for reloading ammo		1 / bullet 2 / rocket salvo
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Class Token - Engineer		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal		Scrap Metal		Gunslinger		Short Circuit
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Gunslinger Strange Robot Arm - Sentry Kills: 0 (Kills: 0) +25 max health on wearer No random critical hits Replaces the Sentry with a fast building Mini-Sentry Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank. Notes: Any strange parts added to this weapon will only count actions with the Gunslinger itself, not any built sentry guns.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Engineer

Built to Last Help a single building tank over 2000 damage without being destroyed. Circle the Wagons Repair 50,000 damage to friendly buildings constructed by other players. Doc, Stock, and Barrel Repair a sentry gun under fire while being healed by a Medic. Fistful of Sappers Destroy 25 sappers on buildings built by other team members. Get Along! Manage to get to, and then remove, a sapper placed on your building while you were several meters away.

Land Grab Help a teammate construct a building. Quick Draw Kill a Spy and two sappers within 10 seconds. Rio Grind Perform 50 repairs and/or reloads on a Sentry gun being Wrangled by another Engineer. Silent Pardner Upgrade 50 buildings built by other team members. The Wrench Connection Kill a disguised spy with your Wrench.

Update history

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• The Gunslinger was added to the game.

July 9, 2010 Patch

• The Gunslinger 3 hit combo now only increments the combo count when hitting enemy players.

July 13, 2010 Patch

• Fixed an exploit where Engineers could create level 3 mini-Sentry Guns.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Engineers who hit teammate Sentry Guns with their Wrench now get kill assists from that Sentry Gun.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed Engineer's first-person arms using the wrong bodygroup when having a renamed Shotgun or Pistol equipped with the Gunslinger.
• Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Replaced the no-crit attribute with -25% damage on the Gunslinger.

April 15, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Replaced the -25% damage attribute with no-crit.

August 18, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Short Circuit.

September 6, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a bug that would cause the Gunslinger to draw a normal Engineer hand first-person sometimes when wielding other weapons

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Gunslinger given a unique swing line.
• [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.

January 11, 2012 Patch

• Fixed some cases where strange wrenches would fail to correctly count kills.

October 9, 2012 Patch

• Fixed the Gunslinger not accepting "Sappers Removed" strange parts.

Unused content

• The Engineer model has an attachment point named "exhaust" which is located where the exhaust port for the Gunslinger is. At one time the Gunslinger may have have been planned to give off exhaust.

Bugs

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An Engineer holding both the Southern Hospitality and the Gunslinger at once.

• There is currently an exploit that allows players to use a Mini-Sentry by changing from the Gunslinger, while holding a Mini-Sentry toolbox, to any other Wrench outside of spawn.
• Weapon switching glitches can occur with the Gunslinger and any Wrench, which creates a glitched client view model of the Gunslinger holding the selected Wrench at the same time (which should be impossible as they are both melee weapons, and thus could not be used together). It is also possible for the Gunslinger to appear as the Engineer's default glove.
• It is possible to "store" combo hits if alt-fire is held during and after each hit. Releasing alt-fire will cancel out this effect. The same effect will be produced if another weapon is switched out after a punch while holding down fire and then returning back to the Gunslinger for the next hit. This can be exploited to store crit attacks.
• The right hand gib of the gibbed Gunslinger-wearing Engineer will still show his regular glove.
• If an ÜberCharge is deployed on the Engineer using the Gunslinger, it will show a wrong skin position of the invulnerable Engineer.
• The weapon does not glow when crit boosted.
• If connection to the item server is lost while equipped with the Gunslinger, the Engineer's left arm will be invisible on all weapons.
• Occasionally, the Gunslinger will not load in-game and the melee weapon slot goes missing. This glitch can be fixed by switching to a Wrench of any kind.

Trivia

Radigan Conagher wielding the Gunslinger.

• The Gunslinger, along with the Frontier Justice, Wrangler, and Southern Hospitality, appears to have been designed by Radigan Conagher, the Engineer's grandfather. This is shown by a hidden link in the Engineer Update.
• The Gunslinger shares traits with the P.D.Q., an Engineer weapon from the closed beta. Both items share the ability to construct non-upgradable Sentry Guns in a shorter time span than normal. In contrast, the Gunslinger's 4x construction rate for the Mini-Sentry beats the P.D.Q.'s 1.5x construction rate for all buildings.
• The term "gunslinger" is used to refer to a person who is known for being dangerous or skilled with a gun.
• The concept of a robot arm item was added based on community feedback of the background blueprints in the Engineer Update teaser trailer.

Gallery

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  RED first-person view

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  BLU first-person view

See also

• Gunslinger strategy