Is also a very handy tool when it comes to crossing chasms and collecting Spore Fruits.įound in: Chapter 8: Vicarious Reality, in a display case. Secondary fire lowers the player to the ground safely when the grapple is hooked on to said Xen moss. Primary fire launches the barnacle's tongue to pull an object/enemy towards the player (mainly headcrabs) or, if the object is too large, pulls the player towards it. More of a puzzle-solving tool than a weapon, it can latch on to green moss-like growths that appears in gigantic numbers after the grapple was found. Secondary: extend tongue (when hooked on to Xen moss)Īny sewer-dweller's worst nightmare, a fully living, healthy (and hungry) Barnacle is now at your disposal. Primary: tongue launch, if hooked onto an enemy then the Barnacle will bite them when retracted However, the true power of the Combat Knife lies at its capability to backstab human enemies resulting in an insta-kill, provided you snuck up close enough behind your target.įound in: Chapter 1: Welcome to Black Mesa, planted into a dead Vortigaunt near the Osprey crash site. Base DMG: 10 (primary) / Instant Kill (backstab)īeing a standard issue does not mean being huge and overly OP, the Combat Knife serves as a last-ditch effort to shoo away enemies during a firefight, smacking headcrabs, or simply as a makeshift can-opener when crates are abundant (and you are bored, big time). One whack from this hunk of metal can seriously injure any creature foolish enough to try coming near, though caution must still be exercised since the primary swing might not be powerful enough to one-hit larger enemies and the secondary swing is too slow to be reliable.įound in: Chapter 1: Welcome to Black Mesa, on the ground near the first fat security guard This big boy is a HUGE (emphasize HUGE) step up from the lowly crowbar used by Gordon Freeman. Base DMG: 10 (primary) / 45 to 200+ (secondary)

However, in the multiplayer game the player can carry both the new Opposing Force weapons and their Half-Life variants at the same time.įrom the humble Crowbar to the almighty Pipe Wrench, these solid baddies, while not being of much use at range, they can really make the difference between a live marine and a dead marine when it comes to close quarters. In the single-player campaign, some of the weapons replace their Half-Life counterparts (Desert Eagle - Colt Python, M40A1 - Crossbow, Pipe wrench/Combat knife - Crowbar, Shock Roach - Hivehand).

*This section includes any and all forms of obtainable weapons found in the singleplayer maps of Opposing Force*

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