K3 Boltcaster SMG

The K3 Boltcaster SMG is a special SMG that fires tungsten bolts. It suffers from low damage output, small magazine size (for an SMG) and slow reload time. It has a small chance to shoot 2 arrows.

In Arena, it can be purchased for Assassin as a Series 4 weapon.

The abbreviation for this weapon is 'BC.'

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * Fairly powerful per-hit
 * If acquired, shock arrows inflict short-duration stuns on enemies, which can be stacked to increase duration
 * As a result, the weapon is capable of stunlocking almost every enemy type in the game
 * Low heat

Disadvantages:


 * Limited magazine capacity and max ammo

Ammo

 * Pickup: 50
 * Ballisticap.png Ballistic Armor-Piercing Ammunition
 * Tungsten Arrow
 * Compatible Ammo
 * Poison Arrow (Poison/Acid)
 * Shock Arrow (Soft Point)

Perks

 * 10% Double Shot Chance
 * 10% chance to shoot 2 arrows instead of 1

Notes/Tips

 * The duration of a stun is indicated by the visibility of a blue glow around the stunned enemy (more visible = longer duration)
 * Bosses are stunned for shorter durations; stuns will interrupt their attacks and inflict slow instead
 * Counts as both an SMG and a Marksman rifle


 * Acquire Shock Arrows as soon as possible through soft point ammo sources (playing as a level 5+ Riot Guard is the easiest, since you start with soft point ammo)
 * Increase the duration of stuns by using the Weapons Master module on Guardian classes or recycling the Tsunami Talisman item
 * The Hyper Accelerator attachment will allow multiple enemies to be stunned at once through piercing

Trivia

 * Prior to Update 17, Tungsten Arrows were guaranteed to stun and came as default ammo, which allowed the Boltcaster to outperform a vast majority of the game's weapons at base level due to its potential to stunlock enemies and accessibility as a common rarity weapon
 * This weapon was formerly named K3 Auto Boltcaster
 * This weapon's design is based off of the Magpul PDR
 * In 25.2 the weapon had a bug where the firerate is randomized constantly.