Simple Pistol

Simple Pistol

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This simple revolver trades accuracy for flexibility.

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Weapon

Type

Gun

Ammo used

 Simple Bullet

Melee damage

10

Ranged damage

100

Rate of fire

2.1 RPS

Magazine size

6

Reload time

3.33 seconds

DPS

97 / 210

Supported
attachments

 Flashlight
 Laser
 Scope
 Silencer

Item

Weight

5.0

Durability

60.0 (-0.2 per use)

Single use

No

Found in Supply Crate

Purple

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 1 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi WeaponGun 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponGun.PrimalItem_WeaponGun'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 34

Engram points

15 EP

Crafting XP

100.8 XP

Prerequisites

•  Flare Gun

Unlocks

•  Fabricated Pistol

Crafted in

•  Smithy
•  Argentavis Saddle
•  Castoroides Saddle
•  Thorny Dragon Saddle
•  Tek Replicator
•  Exo-Mek

Required stations

Refining Forge

Ingredients

60 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

5 × Wood or Fungal Wood

15 × Hide

The Simple Pistol, also called the Revolver or just the Pistol, is one of the Weapons in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is unlocked at Level 34 for 15 Engram Points.

The Simple Pistol is a 6-shot revolver with a high rate of fire and good damage. Though it's designed to be used at close-to-medium ranges, it can be outfitted with a Scope Attachment, increasing its effective range considerably.

The Simple Pistol has 60 Durability, costing 0.2 durability per use, for a total of 300 uses.

The Simple Pistol is superseded by the  Fabricated Pistol.

Notes

• The Simple Pistol is the first gun able to be crafted by players.
• Many creatures will take increased damage if you shoot them in the head.
• During the height of the day, reflections from the hammer may blind you. Dyeing the Simple Pistol a dark color like Black or Slate will solve this.
• Currently on Xbox, having a  Laser Attachment equipped and active mutes the Simple Pistol's shots as if the gun had a  Silencer Attachment; the same problem happens on PC when having a  Flashlight Attachment equipped.

Trivia

• The Simple Pistol's model is heavily based on the Colt 1836 Paterson 5 shot revolver, as noted by the handle, folding trigger, and lack of trigger guard. It also shares some similarities to the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, as indicated by it being a 6 shot revolver instead of only 5 shot, and having a loading lever, which Paterson's originally lacked, though many were fitted with them later on. It is missing the distinctive rear sight notch in its hammer that actual Colt's have to aid in aiming as well. In game, it loads unlike any real-world open-top revolver - in game, the loading lever allows the cylinder to be removed, while in real life, the gun must be disassembled in order to remove the cylinder.