Rifled Barrels

Improves rifle, pistol, harpoon gun, and elixir gun range. — In-game description

Rifled Barrels

Specialization

Firearms (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

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Rifled Barrels

Improves rifle, pistol, harpoon gun, and elixir gun range.

 Range increase: 200

— In-game description

Notes

• Prior to the removal of this trait, despite not being named in the description, the following benefits were also provided:
  • Elixir F: Increases swiftness and cripple durations by 2 seconds.
  • Fragmentation Shot: Slightly increases direct damage.
• The following anomaly was also recorded:
  • Despite the tooltip claiming a flat 200 range increase, this trait increased the range of skills by varying amounts. For example, Elixir Gun skills were increased to 1200 range from 900.

Range increase by skill

#	Name	Base	Traited
Pistol
1	Fragmentation Shot	900	1050
2	Poison Dart Volley	900	1050
3	Static Shot	900	1050
4	Blowtorch	600	No change
5	Glue Shot	700	1050
Rifle
1	Hip Shot	1000	1200
2	Net Shot	1000	1200
3	Blunderbuss	400	500
4	Overcharged Shot	400	500
5	Jump Shot	700	800
Harpoon gun
1	Homing Torpedo	1000	1200
2	Scatter Mines	1000	1200
3	Capture Line	1000	1200
4	Timed Charge	1000	1200
5	Net Wall	1000	1200
Elixir Gun
1	Tranquilizer Dart	900	1200
2	Glob Shot	900	1200
3	Fumigate	450	No change
4	Acid Bomb	-	-
5	Super Elixir	900	1200

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: This trait is now partially baseline and has been removed from the game.
March 26, 2013	No longer applies incorrect bleed and weakness durations to the Tranquilizer Dart skill. No longer reduces the recharge time on the Elixir F skill.
October 01, 2012	This Firearms trait now works with the Elixir Gun kit when underwater.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Rifled Barrels has been added to the game.