Tek Railgun

Tek Railgun

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Shoots explosive plasma bolts, with an infrared zoomable scope. Equipping requires learning this Tekgram.

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DLCs

Aberration, Extinction, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2

Weapon

Type

Gun

Ammo used

 Element

Ranged damage

850

Magazine size

1000

Item

Weight

10.0

Stack size

1

Durability

80 (-0.05 per use)

Single use

No

Unlocked upon defeating

•  Desert Titan
•  Rockwell (Alpha)

Added in

v275.0

Spawn Command

cheat gfi TekSniper 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Aberration/WeaponTekSniper/PrimalItem_TekSniper.PrimalItem_TekSniper'" 1 0 0
Unlock Tekgram
cheat unlockengram "Blueprint'/Game/Aberration/WeaponTekSniper/PrimalItem_TekSniper.PrimalItem_TekSniper'"

Crafting

Crafting XP

720 XP

Crafting time

15s

Crafted in

•  Tek Replicator
•  Exo-Mek

Required stations

Refining Forge

Ingredients

450 × Polymer, Organic Polymer, or Corrupted Nodule

120 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

525 × Congealed Gas Ball

20 × Element

55 × Black Pearl

120 × Red Gem or Red Crystalized Sap

The Tek Railgun is an end-game ranged weapon introduced in Aberration and also available on Extinction, Genesis: Part 1 and Genesis: Part 2. It is the upgraded version of the  Fabricated Sniper Rifle and part of the Tek Tier item set.

Usage

The Tek Railgun fires explosive plasma blasts. While firing, it consumes  Element, each piece supplies the rifle with 2 shots.

Much like the  Tek Rifle, it does not need to be reloaded at any time, but unlike the rifle, it will overheat after every single shot and has to cool down before it can be used again. It is worth noting that the Tek Railgun cannot be fired underwater, whereas the Tek Rifle can be.

The Tek Railgun has a built-in scope lens that increases the sight range when activated, similar to the  Scope Attachment for lower-tier guns. The scope lens also has a heat signature tracking function, allowing the scope to identify living creatures by tracking heat signature. To zoom in while aiming, use the scroll wheel.

It also has a toggleable x-ray feature, which can be used to see creatures through walls (under a purple hue), but this feature will consume the durability of the supplied Element, at a rate of 3%^{[citation needed]}.

This weapon also has a very powerful piercing ability, capable of shooting through 5 metal behemoth gates and killing a person on the other side.

It is not recommended to use the Tek Railgun as an all-around weapon, as it takes a very long time to cooldown. The Tek Railgun is very bad with swarms, and should be used on high health targets you seek to kill.

Controls

Toggle X-ray vision

Double-tap R, , ,

Zoom

Hold Rmb, , ,

Shoot

Press Lmb, , ,

Tekgram

The Tekgram is unlocked by either defeating  Alpha Rockwell or the Desert Titan.

Notes

• The Tek Railgun Bullet has a limited Range of 10000 UE units which means bullets will disappear after ~ 33 Foundations and won't hit targets behind that.
• The Tek Railgun loses 1 durability every 20 shots and an additional 4 durability each time a shot pierces a mineable resource such as small trees.
• May also be rewarded from the Home is Where the Pouch is mission on Genesis.

Bugs

• on Xbox the Tek Railgun will not hit your target and will instead hit yourself dealing no damage.
• On Switch you can't seem to fire the Tek Railgun even if you unlock it. You will be able to pull it out and use its thermal and x-ray abilities, but you can't fire it. (Looks like this has been fixed)

Changelog

Patch	ASE Changes
275.0	Tek Railgun is added to the game.
312.35	Fixed an exploit related to the Railgun.
345.25	Temporarily disabled the Tek Railgun's ability to shoot through geo/meshes on Official PvP whilst we investigate exploits related to the gun. Unofficials can enable using PVPDisablePenetratingHits.
345.28	Further iteration on the TEK Railgun (see previous patch note)
345.31	Fixed a crash with the Tek Railgun. Re-enabled the Tek Railgun's ability to shoot through geo/meshes on Official PvP. Fixed an exploit with the Tek Railgun. Fixed a bug with the Tek Railgun's range.
345.33	Fixed multiple exploits with the TEK Railgun
349.1	Added server config to temporarily disable the Tek Railgun on PVP servers. (Now disabled on Official PVP servers) -DisableRailgunPVP

Gallery

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  X-Ray Vision