38 Special
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| 38 Special | |
|---|---|
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| Statistics | |
| Type: | Semiautomatic |
| Quality: | 
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| Magazine Size: | 6 |
| Max Ammo: | 350 |
| Reload Time: | 0.78s |
| DPS: | 26.5 |
| Damage: | 5 |
| Fire Rate: | 0.07 |
| Shot Speed: | 23 |
| Range: | 35 |
| Force: | 10 |
| Spread: | 5 |
| Class: | SHITTY |
| Damage Type: | None |
| Sell Creep Price: | 16 
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| Ammonomicon Entry | |
| For The Inquisitive | |
| The sidearm of choice for investigative efforts. | |
| Meta Info | |
| Item ID: | 56 |
| Int Name: | 38 Special |
| Object Name: | 38_special |
| Sprite Name: | 38_special |
38 Special is a gun in Enter the Gungeon. It can be fired very rapidly after dodge rolling.
SynergiesETG
Detective Magnum - If the player also has Magnum, the guns are dual-wielded.- Detective Mode - If the player also has Badge, the gun's maximum ammo is increased, its reload time is halved, and its damage is increased by 20%. The police officer will also show the contents of nearby chests while 38 Special is held.
- Reload Roll - If the player also has Easy Reload Bullets, dodge rolling reloads six bullets.
- This synergy does not function if obtained through the Lich's Eye Bullets.
- Sleuth Out - If the player also has Scope, while holding 38 Special, enemy bullets become slower, but its rate of fire is decreased by 20%.
Unused or Altered Synergies
Altered: Like Shooting Fish - This gun used to be able to synergize with Barrel for the synergy Like Shooting Fish.
Trivia
- With a fire rate of 0.07, the 38 Special requires a minimum of ~14 clicks per second to fire at maximum DPS, meaning the player is likely to be unable to take full advantage of the high fire rate.
- This can be mitigated on PC by temporarily binding the player's fire keys to ScrollUp and ScrollDown on the scroll wheel.
- The 38 Special is used by various detectives in a wide range of films and other media, hence the description.
- This may be a reference to the Max Payne series of games, where the protagonist, a detective, slows down time when dodging, allowing him to fire faster and more accurately.
- The Detective Mode synergy is a reference to the mechanic of the same name from the Batman Arkham games.
- The 38 Special does not appear in Exit the Gungeon, however it still exists in the assets and text string database of the game. Like all real-world guns in Exit the Gungeon, the unused 38 Special has a different name in the Apple Arcade string database, where it is called the Detective Special.
Gallery
The 38 Special's appearance with the
Detective Mode synergy.
