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Fuel Rod Gun
The Fuel Rod Gun in Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer.
Gameplay role
Faction:	Covenant
Weapon tier (?):	Heavy weapon
Weapon class (?):	Launcher
Weapon type (?):	Explosive
Firing mode:	Semi-automatic
Effective range:	Medium
Counterparts:	Human (UNSC) Rocket Launcher Covenant Fuel Rod Gun (SP)
Weapon stats
Damage:	28 to 30 (random) out to 0 wu, down to 20 after 120 wu (range)
Splash damage:	85 to 90 (random) out to 0.5 wu, down to 60 at 2 wu (radius)
Projectile effects:	Detonates on impact
Projectile speed:	16 wu/s out to 0 wu, down to 10 wu/s after 120 wu 110% gravity
Hitscan range (?):	~0.533 wu
Max range (?):	0 wu
Rate of fire:	2.2 rounds per second
Spread (?):	0 to 7.5 degrees
Battery:	-3.6% per shot (28 shots)
Heat:	Generation: +30% per shot Cooldown: -18% per second
Auto aim (?):	1.5 degrees out to 25 wu
Sticky aim (?):	12 degrees out to 25 wu
Melee damage (?):	Melee
Tag name (?):	plasma_cannon

The Fuel Rod Gun (also known in the tags as Plasma Cannon) is a Covenant heavy weapon featured in the PC port of Halo: Combat Evolved exclusively available in multiplayer, alongside the Combat Evolved component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It is one of two fuel rod guns that appears throughout the Combat Evolved experience, with the other an unusable campaign-exclusive weapon fielded by enemies. Despite the two weapons' superficial similarities, they have wholly different properties.

Information on the Fuel Rod Gun found in the Halo: Combat Evolved campaign can be found here. For the Halo: Campaign Evolved iteration, it can be found here.

Universe and lore

Main article: Zasqi-pattern fuel rod gun

The Zasqi-pattern fuel rod gun is one of multiple fuel rod gun models developed and used by the Covenant.

Gameplay

Counterparts

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  Rocket Launcher

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  Fuel Rod Gun (campaign)

Multiplayer

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The Fuel Rod Gun ins Halo multiplayer is exclusive to the game's PC and Master Chief Collection ports. Despite the similar visual design it is radically different to its campaign counterpart, boasting a battery rather than a reloadable magazine, bringing it more in line with other Covenant energy weapons. The battery has capacity to fire five rounds in rapid succession before overheating, and 28 rounds in total.

The weapon notably fires its projectiles on a ballistic arc, allowing the user to use it similarly to a grenade launcher, arcing shots over surfaces to hit enemies behind cover.

Damage Modifiers

impact damage

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0	0	0	5	2	0.3	0.3	0.3	2	1	0.5	1	0.5	1	1	1	0.5	1	0.5	1	1	1	1	1	1	0.5	0	0	3	0	0.5	5	0.5

plasma_cannon_explosion

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1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0

Skins

In the Combat Evolved component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, there are a number of weapon skins for the Fuel Rod Gun.

Fuel Rod Gun v • d • e
Icon	Name	Description	Unlock requirements
	Default	Default skin.	Unlocked by default
	Brutal	A Jiralhanae's best friend.	Series 2, Tier 9 ( 1)
	Schism	For those seeking redemption.	Series 2, Tier 26 ( 1)
	Zealot	Glory in an honorable death.	Series 2, Tier 31 ( 1)
	Ultra	The Evocati don't mess around.	Series 2, Tier 49 ( 1)

Production notes

Main article: Cut Halo: Combat Evolved weapons

The Fuel Rod Gun's design is based on a mix of two pre-Xbox weapons; the Flak Cannon and Fuel Rod Gun. In the 1999 builds of the game the Flak Cannon was to fire explosive projectiles in an arc, a behaviour that was replicated with the final PC port multiplayer fuel rod.

The weapon's visual design, however, comes from the 1999 Fuel Rod Gun, which was realised in Combat Evolved as a campaign NPC-exclusive weapon. In the base game the weapon is textured with a gold colouration (something which would be later followed up in Halo 2 onward), though the game shaders give it a black tint. When developing the PC port, Gearbox Software remodelled and textured the weapon in higher-fidelity and changed the colour to purple for consistency with other Covenant equipment.

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  1999 Flak Cannon.

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  1999 Fuel Rod Gun.

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  2001 Fuel Rod Gun (campaign).

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  2003 Fuel Rod Gun (multiplayer).

Gallery

Halo: Combat Evolved PC port

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  A fuel rod gun schematic as seen in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  A Spartan holding a Fuel Rod Gun in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  A Spartan with a fuel rod gun in Halo: Combat Evolved for PC Multiplayer.

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  From a Spartan's point of view in the PC version of Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  The Fuel Rod Gun overheating in Halo: Combat Evolved PC.

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  A Spartan holding the fuel rod gun on Danger Canyon.

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  A wallpaper of a Spartan holding the fuel rod gun.

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  A HD retexture of the Fuel Rod Gun for Halo: The Master Chief Collection's multiplayer skins.