Railgun
Production information
Type	Hitscan
Technical specifications
Damage Per Hit	100 damage per hit. 80 damage per hit in Quake Live
Maximum Ammunition	200 rounds. 25 in Quake Live
Fire Mode	Single fire
Ammunition Type	Slugs
Rate of Fire	1 round every 1,5 seconds
Accuracy	Extremely Accurate
Range	Extremely long range of 8192 units
Usage
Era(s)	Quake 3 Arena Quake Live
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In Quake 3 and 4 multiplayer, the Railgun, or "RG", is a weapon that fires a powerful projectile that kills an unarmored and completely healthy target in one hit. Railgun, depletes highly accelerated hot uranium slugs which will pierce through flesh with ease. There is a significant delay between shots; which is indicated by a part of the Railgun turning purple between shots and also a recharge noise is heard. When that part is white, it can be fired again. It can be considered Quake 3's equivalent of a sniper rifle, but with no scope you only zoom is the middle button.

StrategiesEdit

• The Railgun requires predicting skills and practice to be effective. Practice on bots at a low skill level until you get the hang of it.
• When using the Railgun, remember the cooldown period between shots. Try to run away while the gun is charging up, because an enemy will definitely notice you when you fire it, if they already haven't. Haste can speed up the cooldown if you have it.
• If you're going against somebody that has the Railgun, constantly move and jump around. Try to move them around with a Rocket Launcher's blast so that they'll be disoriented enough for their shot to miss.
• Do not use this weapon in close quarters. Its cooloff time makes you very vulnerable to enemy fire from weapons that work best in close quarters, such as the Shotgun. If you are entering a close-quarters are and have the Railgun out, take out another weapon until you're out of the area.
• Railgun is a great finisher weapon just like Shotgun. The difference is; railgun works best when your opponent is distant from you.

Quake III
Characters		Anarki · Angel · Biker · Bitterman · Bones · Cadaver · Crash · Daemia · Doom · Gorre · Grunt · Hossman · Hunter · Keel · Klesk · Lucy · Major · Mynx · Orbb · Patriot · Phobos · Ranger · Razor · Sarge · Slash · Sorlag · Stripe · Tank Jr. · Uriel · Visor · Wrack · Xaero
Weapons		BFG 10K · Gauntlet · Grenade Launcher · Lightning Gun · Machine Gun · Plasma Gun · Railgun · Rocket Launcher · Shotgun
Powerups		Armor(Light)(Heavy) · Armor Shard · Battle Suit · Flight · Haste · Invisibility · Megahealth · Personal Medkit · Quad Damage · Regeneration · Stimpack · Teleporter
Expansions		Team Arena