Sharpened Volcano Fragment
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Pyro |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Released: | February 3, 2011 Patch |
| Availability: | Promotional (Genuine quality version), Craft |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 Sharpened Volcano Fragment |
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— The Spy
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The Sharpened Volcano Fragment is a promotional melee weapon for the Pyro. It appears as an obsidian axe with glowing lava flowing along the blade's extreme edges.
This weapon deals 20% less damage than the standard Fire Axe, but ignites enemies upon contact.
Players who pre-ordered RIFT on Steam before March 1, 2011 received a Genuine quality version of the weapon.
Contents
Damage
- Base: 52
- Mini-Crit: 70
- Critical hit: 156
- Base: 3 damage every 0.5 seconds for 10 seconds (60 damage total)
- Mini-Crit: 4 damage every 0.5 seconds for 10 seconds (80 damage total)
Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.
Function times
- Attack Interval: 0.8
All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
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Related Achievements
Pyro
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Update history
- The item was added to the game.
- Fixed burning deaths to always use the death notice icon for the weapon that started the burn.
- Updated the burn effect from the Pyro's Sharpened Volcano Fragment to only last for a limited time on enemies.
- Updated the RIFT pre-order items to be not-tradable until the RIFT pre-order period is over.
- The item became tradable and craftable.
Trivia
- According to Trion Worlds' press release for the promotion, the Sharpened Volcano Fragment was originally intended to use the Axtinguisher's stats [1].
- The Genuin Sharpened Volcano Fragment was not tradable during pre-order period.
Gallery
First-person view.
Promotional image featuring the Scout and the Pyro wielding the RIFT weapons
Announcement on Steam featuring the new items
See also
References
External links
- TF2 Official Blog: "From Hell" February 3, 2011
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