Burst

What it is

Burst is an uncommon hitscan weapon that snaps three shots per cast at the closest enemies in range, applying damage immediately with no traveling projectiles. The visible beam line is suppressed, so each cast reads as an instant muzzle flash plus on-target impact.

Identity

Field	Value
Weapon ID	burst
Rarity	uncommon
Family	sniper
Damage tag	bullet
Target mode	closest
Collision mode	beam_trace
Area mode	beam_width
Scaling curve	linear
Can hit destructibles	yes
Warmup	0.0 s

See target modes, damage tags, collision modes, area modes, scaling curves.

Stats by level

Base stats from the weapon spec, evaluated as base + scaling * (level - 1).

Stat	L1	L10	L20
Damage per shot (base)	38	236	456
Shots per cast	3	3	3
Fire rate (casts/s)	1.60	2.50	3.50
Cast interval (s)	0.625	0.400	0.286
Acquire range (units)	228	263.1	302.1
Beam width (units)	6.0	7.8	9.8
Travel range multiplier	1.0	1.0	1.0
Beam length multiplier	1.0	1.0	1.0

Effective per-shot damage after the global damage multiplier curve (includes early-level buff):

Level	Base damage	Level multiplier	Effective damage per shot
L1	38	1.30	49.4
L10	236	2.50	590
L20	456	7.50	3420

Behavior

Each cast fires three independent shots in the same tick, each retargeting a different nearby enemy. Damage applies on contact via beam-trace collision; no projectile travels through space.

The visible beam line between muzzle and target is suppressed. Visuals are muzzle flash plus impact only.

“More Projectiles” upgrades stack additional shots on top of the base three; each added shot picks its own nearby enemy via the multi-target angle resolver.

Horizontal modifiers

Modifier	Rate
Damage per H	0.04
Fire rate per H	0.10

See horizontal modifiers for how these rates apply to upgrade choices.

Scaling

Linear curve — effective level equals nominal level at every step. Damage, fire rate, acquire range, and beam width grow linearly with level via their respective base + scaling * (level - 1) formulas. Shots per cast is held flat at three across all levels by a stepped-stat definition.

Global damage scaling is layered on top via the shared damage multiplier curve.

EXTRACT-CANDIDATE flags

• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-scaling-curves should document the six curve types (linear, exponential, steep_exp, front_loaded, s_curve, linear_fast) and their t -> curvedT formulas.
• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-damage-multiplier-curve should document the piecewise-linear anchors [1, 1.00], [4, 1.25], [8, 2.00], [12, 3.00], [16, 5.00], [20, 7.50] and the low-level early-game buff (+30% at L1, -5% per level, 0% at L7+).
• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-target-modes should enumerate closest, furthest, flanking, low_hp with selection rules.
• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-collision-modes should enumerate first_hit, pierce_all, target_only, beam_trace, chain_arc.
• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-area-modes should enumerate the eleven area modes including beam_width and how the Area horizontal modifier maps to each.
• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-damage-tags should enumerate bullet, energy, bomb, fire and the legendary secondary-tag rule.
• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-horizontal-modifiers should document the dmgPerH / ratePerH rates and how H-stacks compound.
• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-stepped-stats (new) should document the [minLevel, value][] evaluation rule used here for projectileCount and across chain/blade/shell counts.
• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-multi-targeting (new) should document how “More Projectiles” upgrades stack additional shots and how the multi-target angle resolver picks per-shot targets.
• EXTRACT-CANDIDATE: concept-hideBeamLine behavior (instant-cast hitscan visual archetype) is shared across any future hitscan weapon — promote to a concept-hitscan-weapons page if a second weapon adopts it.