Nishanka Boltshark X-80
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Requires Scout  21
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| “ | An extremely versatile, modern crossbow designed for large game and built especially to fire a wide selection of bolts. Electric bolts, fire bolts, triple bolts, bolts that make enemies blow up, you name it! A fresh, deadly spin on a tried and tested classic. |
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The Nishanka Boltshark X-80 is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Scout. It is a modernized compact crossbow with a lightweight framework and an adjustable stock. In the center, a single bolt is loaded and drawn by an orange bowstring, which requires a reload after every shot. With certain modifications and overclocks, the Boltshark is capable of firing a wide range of bolt variants that each possesses a unique effect.
The Boltshark features a secondary ammo pool consisting of specialized bolts which can be swapped to by pressing the Reload button ("R" by default). These bolts are obtained exclusively in the first tier of the weapon's modifications and does not affect the primary ammo pool. Using a resupply pod will replenish both ammo pools separately.
The Boltshark also features the ability to retrieve ammo in a similar fashion as the Driller's Impact Axes, where most bolt variants that do not strike enemies can be returned to its respective ammo pool by pressing the Use button ("E" by default). Retrievable bolts will produce a small amount of light in order for players to locate them more easily and will completely despawn after a certain amount of time.
Modifications
There are five tiers of modifications and each tier has two to three upgrades. Only one modification can be equipped per tier.
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| Tier 1 |  Special Bolt: Pheromone Dart |
+Special Bolt: Pheromone +9 Special Ammo |
"A bolt filled with a mixture of pheromones which releases in contact with targets, making its allies turn against it and increases the chance of a fight breaking out." |
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 Special Bolt: Chemical Explosion |
+Special Bolt: Chemical Explosion +9 Special Ammo |
"A bolt filled with a volatile chemical that is injected into the target's bloodstream and causes a chemical reaction when they die, turning them into ticking time bombs." |
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 Special Bolt: Taser |
+Special Bolt: Taser +12 Special Ammo |
"A bolt fitted with small generators that electrify targets and are able to connect to other nearby Taser Bolts through an electric arc. The electric surge renders the bolts unretrievable after use." |
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| Tier 2 6
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 Broadhead Bolts |
+25 Damage +15 Radial Damage |
"More mass, greater impact and able to dig just a tad deeper into enemies, increasing the overall damage." |
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 Increased Quiver Capacity |
+7 Max Ammo | "It took a bit of rearranging, but you can now carry more bolts." |
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 Expanded Special Quiver |
+4 Special Ammo (Pheromone) +4 Special Ammo (Chemical Explosion) +5 Special Ammo (Taser) |
"It's a bit on the heavier side, but your total special bolt capacity is increased." |
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| Tier 3 10
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 Stabilizing Arm Brace |
-0.4 Reload Time | "R&D has fitted you with an arm brace that stabilizes your arm, which enables flawless motion allowing you to reload and switch ammo types faster, without risk of injuries." |
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 Reinforced String |
+50% Projectile Velocity | "A reinforced synthetic fiber string that increases the velocity of your bolts, making them travel faster and further." |
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| Tier 4 14
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 Battle Frenzy |
+Battle Frenzy | "Move faster for a short time after killing an enemy." |
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 Radio Transmitter Module |
+Radio Transmitter Module | "All Bolts and your crossbow are fitted with a small radio transmitter that allows calling back retrievable bolts from a distance by hovering your crosshair over them." |
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| Tier 5 18
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 Potent Special Bolts |
+2.5 Special Effect Duration (Pheromone) +3.5 Special Effect Duration (Chemical Explosion) +3 Special Effect Duration (Taser) |
"A more potent version of your special bolt that increases its duration." |
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Magnetic Shafts |
+Magnetic Shafts
+25% Kinetic Bolt Damage Vs Electrified Targets |
"Bolt shafts made of a magnetic material that is attracted by electricity, pulling them towards electrified enemies or enemies affected by an electric field. The magnetic pull causes them to deal more damage on impact." |
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 Banshee Module |
+33% Fear Chance | "Tiny devices are attached to your bolts that emit a fear inducing high pitched noise for a limited time. Can be reset and reused if picked up." |
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Overclocks
Overclock calculations happen after modifiers.
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Quick Fire
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"R&D improved the reload mechanism of the crossbow, making it pull back sooner for you to put a bolt in the chamber. They also reinforced the string free of charge, enabling the crossbow to fire bolts with little to no drop." |
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The Specialist
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"Extra potent special bolts and more of them. What more could you want?" |
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Cryo Bolt
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"A small module based on the Cryo Grenade tech has been strapped to your bolts, enabling them to cool and freeze enemies. Pin them to the ground or the face of enemies and turn any bugs in near proximity into popsicles. The intense cold takes a toll on the bolt, reducing overall damage and destroying it after use." |
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Fire Bolt
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"Bolts with highly advanced cannisters full of volatile chemicals, with the ability to radiate intense heat. Shoot it at your enemies or the ground to activate it. The high temperature comes at a cost though, reducing overall damage and rendering the bolt useless after impact." |
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Bodkin Points
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"The crossbow has been modified so it can fire a thinner bodkin point bolt with the ability to penetrate targets and ricochet to the nearest target. Its thin frame makes it do less damage and requires a slower reload process. This however does not affect special bolts." |
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Trifork Volley
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"With a few adjustments to the firing mechanism and the string you can load a volley of three bolts into the chamber. The bolts do a tad less damage, but are packed compactly enough for you to carry more of them. The modification and size of the rounds make reloading slower, and the bolts are ruined after firing them, making them unretrievable. This does not affect special bolts." |
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Stats Breakdown
The Boltshark deals Piercing rather than Kinetic damage, which Oppressors (50%) and Praetorians (30%) have some resistance to.
Unique Modifications
Special Bolt: Pheromone Dart
Pheromone Bolts cause enemies struck by the bolt to become affected by its own unique version of the Pheromones status effect.
Projectile:
- Damage: 15 Piercing
- Area Damage: 10 Piercing
- Retrievable: True
Pheromones:
- Maximum Aggroed Targets: 12
- Move Speed: 0.7x
Special Bolt: Chemical Explosion
Chemical Explosion Bolts cause a Poison DoT to affect any enemy they strike. Should the enemy die while affected by the Poison DoT it will have a unique death effect that causes an explosion that can damage nearby creatures.
Projectile:
- Direct Damage: 15 Piercing
- Area Damage: 12 Piercing
- Retrievable: True
Poison DoT:
- Damage: 2 Poison
- Tick Rate: 0.2s
Death Explosion:
- Damage: 140 Poison
- Damage Radius: 4m
- Max Damage Radius: 2.5m
- Minimum Damage: 30%
- Fear Factor: 100%
- Armor Break: 300%
- Stun Chance: 100%
- Stun Duration: 1s
- Friendly Fire Modifier: 25%
Special Bolt: Taser
Taser Bolts are able to create a beam of electricity when placed within a certain distance of one another (shown as a blue sphere projected around the fired bolts). The electric beam will connect the Taser Bolts together, and if it passes through an enemy it will deal electricity damage over time for as long as the enemy is touching the beam. The Taser Bolts are also able to individually deal elecicity damage over time to enemies they are in close proximity with. The two DoT effects are separate from one another.
Projectile:
- Direct Damage: 15 Piercing
- Area Damage: 10 Piercing
- Retrievable: False
Proximity DoT:
- Damage: 2 Electric
- Tick Rate: 0.1-0.15s
- Move Speed: 0.5x
- Radius: 0.35m
- Stackable: True
Electric Beam:
- Connection Range: 5m
- Damage: 6 Electric
- Tick Rate: 0.2s
- Move Speed: 0.2x
- Stackable: True
- Stack Limit: 2
Electric Beam vs Players:
- Damage: 1 Electric
- Move Speed: 1x
The Proximity DoT will stack with itself should two or more arrows be touching the same enemy. This will cause the damage to add together for every arrow affecting an enemy, and the move speed modifiers will multiply together for each arrow touching the enemy.
The Electric Beam is able to stack with exactly one additional copy of itself for a total of 12 damage every 0.2 seconds. It is also able to stack unconditionally with the similar effects caused by the Engineer's Turret Arc overclock and the Electric Crystals of the Crystal Caverns.
Unique Overclocks
Cryo Bolt
Cryo Bolt causes the normal bolts to apply Cold damage both to the struck target and within an area around the bolt itself in exchange for reducing the normal bolts' damage output. The Area Cold damage does not apply to a target that has been stuck directly with the Cryo Bolt unless there is another bolt stuck into another enemy or a surface that is nearby. Both the direct and area Cold damage is applied as a Damage over Time effect, and each of these DoTs will stack with both themselves and each other.
Direct Cold DoT:
- Damage: 2.25 Cold
- Tick Rate: 0.1-0.15s
- Duration: 6s
- Stackable: True
Area Cold DoT:
- Damage: 2 Cold
- Tick Rate: 0.1s
- Damage Radius: 2m
- Max Damage Radius: 2m
- Duration: 6s
- Stackable: True
Fire Bolt
Fire Bolt causes the normal bolts to apply Heat damage both to the struck target and within an area around the bolt itself in exchange for reducing the normal bolts' damage output. The Area Heat damage does not apply to a target that has been stuck directly with the Fire Bolt unless there is another bolt stuck into another enemy or a surface that is nearby. Both the direct and area Heat damage is applied as a Damage over Time effect, and each of these DoTs will stack with both themselves and each other.
Direct Heat DoT:
- Damage: 2 Heat
- Tick Rate: 0.1-0.15s
- Duration: 6s
- Stackable: True
Area Heat DoT:
- Damage: 2 Heat
- Tick Rate: 0.1s
- Damage Radius: 2m
- Max Damage Radius: 2m
- Duration: 5s
- Stackable: True
Mastery
Each modification that is purchased advances a mastery bar by one unit.
Mastery unlocks:
- Three modifications – First Stripe Weapon Paintjob
- Seven modifications – Deepcore Weapon Paintjob
- All (13) modifications – The Company Special Weapon Paintjob
Skins
Full gallery of skins can be seen at Weapon Skins.
Gallery
All of the Nishanka Boltshark X-80 Bolts. From left to right: Cryo, Fire, Default, Bodkin Point, Pheromone Dart, Taser, Chemical Explosion, and Trifork Volley.
Trivia
- The Nishanka Boltshark X-80's weapon prototype used the Flare Gun model.
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