Laser Pistol

The Laser Pistol is a handheld energy weapon used to redirect laser beams. It is primarily encountered as a progression item tied to the Laser Lab in the Adjustment Wing of Cascade Laboratories, where at least one is needed to redirect a laser and open the portal to Rise at the Lens Epicentre.

It is unlocked by examining a whiteboard with an Interesting Diagram in the Laser Lab, behind a door that requires Antethermite and Keypad Hacker (Tier 3). Once obtained, it can also be used in the laser lab puzzle to make a laser path work as needed, and it can temporarily cause the associated barrier or obstacle to vanish.

• The Laser Pistol is recharged with a battery charger, or manually by pressing the reload key to crank it.
• Its crank recharge rate matches the Energy Pistol, but it does not benefit from the passive recharging provided by the related trinket, so its total recharge potential is lower when that trinket is equipped.
• Its damage is easy to misread from the UI: it fires 2 ticks for 30 damage each, for a total of 60 damage. This is only a 20% increase over the Energy Pistol’s 50 total damage, not a tripling of damage.
• In exchange, it fires much faster than the Energy Pistol.
• The cranking sound effect is the same mechanically powered flashlight sound used elsewhere in the game.