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Flamethrower Mk.1

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Gameplay
Unlock Level 44
Inventory Slot Primary
Weapon Type Special
Firing Mode(s) Fully automatic AutoIcon
Cost $920,000
Statistics
Magazine 900
Total Ammo 1800
Rate of Fire 2,000
Damage 7 + Fire
Accuracy 0
Stability 0
Concealment 7
Threat 37
Extra Weapon Statistics
Reload Time Tactical Empty
Base time 8.5s 8.5s
Lock N' Load 6.07s 6.07s
Grenade Pickup Rate Min Max
Sting Grenade
5.4
Walk-in Closet: 6.98
Fully Loaded Aced: 8.78
16.2
Walk-in Closet: 20.93
Fully Loaded Aced: 26.33
Frag Grenade
4.5
Walk-in Closet: 6.08
Fully Loaded Aced: 7.88
13.5
Walk-in Closet: 18.23
Fully Loaded Aced: 23.63
X1-a Tactical ZAPper
3.6
Walk-in Closet: 5.18
Fully Loaded Aced: 6.98
10.8
Walk-in Closet: 15.53
Fully Loaded Aced: 20.93
Incendiary Round
2.7
Walk-in Closet: 4.28
Fully Loaded Aced: 6.08
8.1
Walk-in Closet: 12.83
Fully Loaded Aced: 18.23
Viper Grenade Round
1.8
Walk-in Closet: 3.38
Fully Loaded Aced: 5.18
5.4
Walk-in Closet: 10.13
Fully Loaded Aced: 15.53
Damage Per Mag Total
Damage total 6,300 12,600
Damage/second 233.33 201.79
Fire Damage Fire Statistics
Flamethrower range 10m
Fire application chance 75%
Fire duration 1.6s
Damage per second 1100
Bullet Spread Standing Crouching
Sights 2.8 xx
Sights + moving 2.8 xx
Hipfire 3.5 3.5
Hipfire + moving 3.5 3.5
Recoil Min Max
Recoil vertical 0 0
Recoil horizontal 0 0
Other
Internal name flamethrower_mk2
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Mod stats
Description
Feel the heat with our fully-loaded, super-sized ‘flammen werfer’. Dripping with delicious thickened pyrophoric fluids, smoldering with smokin’ ignition topping and capable of spraying eye-watering hot sauce up to 20 yards, the Flamethrower is one of our most served dishes. See that skin sizzle! Try it with our Asian ‘slaw and a guava sun-tea!

The Flamethrower Mk.1 is a special weapon available in PAYDAY 2 that was added in with the The Butcher's BBQ Pack.

Overview[]

A unique and deadly weapon in the Payday crew's arsenal, the Flamethrower Mk.1 devastates enemies caught within its short reach. Though its accuracy and stability are listed as 0, these values are not used ingame; instead the Flamethrower has a low, fixed recoil and a flame projection range of several meters in front of the player. The flamethrower's fuel canister modifications can offer either an entire extra canister of ammo at the cost of a slight damage reduction, or a moderate increase in damage at the cost of reduced total ammo.

On a per-shot basis, the Flamethrower deals out the least amount of damage in a single instance out of all firearms in the game, and is the weakest weapon in PAYDAY 2. Despite this, however, the Flamethrower makes up for it with the ability to deal afterburn damage, meaning that targets on fire will suffer from continuous burns until either they, or the fire itself expires. Burning enemies will be unable to attack the crew at all, instead flailing around in pain trying to extinguish the fire, which leaves them vulnerable to further attacks. All regular enemies bar Heavy SWAT on Mayhem and above on fire can be reliably ignored as they will burn to death before the flame extinguishes.

Most units take the same amount of fire damage, with a few exceptions:

  • Cloakers will take double damage from the direct flames, and take 0.72% more damage from afterburn.
  • Tasers and Medics will take 43% more damage from the direct flames, but no extra afterburn damage.
  • Bulldozers will take 557% more damage from the direct flames, and take 2% more damage from afterburn.

Cloakers and Tasers are unable to utilize their special attacks while burning, the fire will effortlessly burn through the protective cover of Shields and Captain Winters, and Bulldozers will be slowed down by it. SWAT Turrets are particularly vulnerable against flamethrowers, as the flames pass unabashed though their external armor plating.

The Flamethrower has a 75% chance to ignite enemies, dealing an additional 551 damage 1 second and 1.5 seconds after the enemy has been ignited.

Summary[]

Pros:

  • Very high rate of fire
  • Very large ammo pool
  • High ammo pickup
  • Very large magazine
  • High threat
  • Burns stunned enemy units in place for several seconds while very high dealing damage
  • Can pass through Shields, and stuns Tasers and Cloakers
  • Flame range extends 10 metres in front of the player, allowing the fire to pass through multiple targets
  • Can be modified for even higher total ammo
  • Very effective at destroying glass and other destructible items

Cons:

  • Very low damage per shot
  • Terrible concealment
  • Limited modifications
  • No iron sights and can only provide a nominal "zoom"
  • Limited range
  • Very long reload
  • Fire particles have a tendency to obscure large areas from view while firing
  • Relatively expensive 
  • Fire particles and lighting effects are relatively taxing on performance
  • DoT application relies on chance

Compared to the MA-17 Flamethrower:

  • Same damage, fire rate, reload speed, accuracy/stability
  • Higher afterburn damage
  • Slightly larger magazine and ammo reserve
  • Much lower concealability
  • Unlocks 3 levels earlier
  • Requires DLC ownership to use
  • Is a primary weapon rather than a secondary weapon

Tips[]

  • The damage value of the flamethrower means very little, as the majority of the damage comes from the afterburn.
    • Therefore, the Rare modification is the best choice available to the player.
    • As continuous fire of resets the DoT (never reaching the 1s duration for the first tick of damage) using taps rather than continuous fire (like the OVE9000 Saw) can achieve a much better effect.
  • Accuracy and stability are useless for the Flamethrower, so installing the corresponding boosts is a waste of a modification slot.
  • Because of the long reload of the weapon, cover is an important factor to consider while on the move.
    • The Flamethrower can be instantly reloaded with 10 headshots if using the Copycat Perk Deck, best combined with a rapid-reloading secondary like the Speedpull Magazine Mark 10 or a Parabellum pistol.
  • The Flamethrower almost instantly destroys the armorplate on SWAT Turrets, allowing a team to destroy them quickly and easily.
  • Unlike conventional firearms, the Flamethrower has a maximum range. This can be gauged by firing on the practice targets at the Safe House. The flame will clear up to the second row without trouble but will not reach the third set of dummies. It'd be wise to keep this range value in mind as most of the time enemies will be firing at the player from a distance and will need to be approached in order to be burned.
    • The hit boxes of the flames tend to go a couple feet further or shorter than the fire particles themselves would suggest when the user is moving. This is most noticeable in third person when a person abruptly switches between moving forward and backward.
  • When using the Flamethrower, always try to attack groups of enemies. Fire particles pass through enemies and have large hit boxes, so make the most of your ammo by pushing them through as many bodies as possible.
  • If the presence of Shields are to be expected, the Flamethrower is also a good option to consider over conventional "Shield-busters" such as sniper rifles, shotguns loaded with HE rounds/AP Slugs, or explosives. The Flamethrower has a much larger ammo capacity and reserve, thus will make much more efficient uses of Ammo bags, and can be utilized to great effect on nearly all enemy types. The downsides to this, however, are the burner's relatively limited range and uncomfortably slow (8.5 seconds) reloads.
  • The flamethrower is the best weapon for destroying lots of breakable objects like glass. On the Mallcrasher job it can be swept across the wine bottles and earphones to destroy them more consistently than even the Vulcan Minigun or an LMG does. A short tap of the trigger can break multiple glass panes around the center of the screen and the car is destroyed in a split second.
  • Because of the 8-second reload speed, it can sometimes be effective to run next a Taser and let him shock you, as this will instantly reload the magazine. The basic or aced version of the Shockproof skill can negate most of the dangers associated with this method.
  • Consider taking a high-damage melee weapon along (the Shinsakuto Katana is ideal) as you can conserve ammo by finishing off burning MFRs by meleeing them. Combine with Bloodthirst Aced to reduce the long reload significantly.
  • The Flamethrower's high damage and large hit boxes make them highly effective at breaking Bulldozers' face plates; however, like most explosive weaponry, the Flamethrower lacks the ability to make use of headshot damage multipliers. This makes it rather ineffective against Bulldozers on its own despite its ability to freeze them in place while burning them. Instead of wasting a large amount of ammo and time slow-roasting the Bulldozer to death, it may be better to use the Flamethrower to torch the face plate and then swap to a secondary conventional firearm to finish the job.
    • It should be noted that the Flamethrower's lack of headshot multipliers also carries over to the Body Expertise skill, so investing in the skill is unwise despite the fact that the Flamethrower is technically a "full-auto special weapon" as the skill demands.
  • The Javelin might be considered a useful projectile weapon for back-up. If used effectively it can make quick work of some of the tougher special enemies, such as the Cloaker and Taser, who might otherwise use up a lot of precious fuel bringing them down. A well-placed headshot with the Javelin after burning the face plate off of a Dozer will kill him in one hit as well.
  • An accurate pistol or SMG should be paired with the Flamethrower in case it is necessary to engage Snipers.
  • Pairing a secondary shotgun like The Judge with the Flamethrower (or, for the more masochistic, a secondary OVE9000 Saw) puts the user at an extreme disadvantage in ranged engagements, but allows them to wreak havoc in close quarters or enclosed spaces by using the aced Overkill skill to increase the Flamethrower's already high DPS by 75% for 20 seconds, more than enough time to render a room or two completely devoid of life.
  • The Flamethrower's burn time, while short, allows it to synergize well with the Grinder perk deck, as the frequent damage ticks will quickly build up a fast regeneration rate with very little ammo usage, no matter how many targets you hit.
  • The Flamethrower also works well with the Sociopath perk deck, as the close quarters combat style enforced by its short range ensures that the user benefits from damage reduction and armor regeneration on kill, and the Flamethrower's tendency to soften up targets and leave them defenseless and burning makes it possible to easily make use of Clean Hit's health boost on melee kill even without much investment in melee skills. It makes somewhat of a waste of Showdown's panic ability, however, as most enemies susceptible to panic will likely already be preoccupied with being on fire unless a secondary weapon was used to trigger Showdown's effects.

Available modifications[]

Concealment

Base game
v·d·e
ModBoost
Total Ammo - Magazine -
Reload - Damage -
Accuracy - Stability -
Concealment +1 Threat -
Cost: $9,000
Card Drop & Side Job / Continental coins 6
More Info.
Note(s)

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Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_concealment_p1

Stability

Base game
v·d·e
ModBoost
Total Ammo - Magazine -
Reload - Damage -
Accuracy - Stability +4
Concealment - Threat -
Cost: $9,000
Card Drop & Side Job / Continental coins 6
More Info.
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N/A

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Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_recoil_p1

Accuracy

Base game
v·d·e
ModBoost
Total Ammo - Magazine -
Reload - Damage -
Accuracy +4 Stability -
Concealment - Threat -
Cost: $9,000
Card Drop & Side Job / Continental coins 6
More Info.
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Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_spread_p1

Team Boost

Base game
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TeamBoost
Total Ammo - Magazine -
Reload - Damage -
Accuracy - Stability -
Concealment - Threat -
Cost: $9,000
Card Drop & Side Job / Continental coins 6

Special Effect(s): +3% Experience & money reward for you and your crew.

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Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_team_exp_money_p3

Total Ammo

Base game
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ModBoost
Total Ammo +30 Magazine -
Reload - Damage -
Accuracy - Stability -
Concealment - Threat -
Cost: $9,000
Card Drop & Side Job / Continental coins 6
More Info.
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Compatible weapons
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OVE9000 • Platypus 70 • MA-17 Flamethrower • Rattlesnake • Lebensauger .308 • Desertfox • Contractor .308 • R93 • Repeater 1874 • Grom • Nagant • Thanatos .50 cal • Vulcan Minigun • Flamethrower Mk.1 • Plainsrider Bow • Light Crossbow • English Longbow • Heavy Crossbow • Pistol Crossbow • Hailstorm Mk 5 • Cash Blaster
Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_total_ammo_p1

Damage

Base game
v·d·e
ModBoost
Total Ammo - Magazine -
Reload - Damage +1
Accuracy - Stability -
Concealment - Threat -
Cost: $9,000
Card Drop & Side Job / Continental coins 6
More Info.
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MA-17 Flamethrower • Flamethrower Mk.1
Internal name wpn_fps_upg_bonus_damage_p1, wpn_fps_upg_bonus_damage_p3

Rare

The Butcher's BBQ Pack
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Rare (Flamethrower)
Total Ammo +450 Magazine -
Reload - Damage -4
Accuracy - Stability -
Concealment - Threat -
Cost: $9,000
Bonus (1), Card Drop & Side Job / Continental coins 6
More Info.
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Trivia

Rare:

  • In common usage, the term "Rare" is applied to meat products, especially steaks, that are made intentionally unfinished over low fire to produce a raw center surrounded by semi-to-well-done meat. This is reflected by the reduced flame temperature/damage applied when using this mod.

Internal name wpn_fps_fla_mk2_mag_rare

Well Done

The Butcher's BBQ Pack
v·d·e
Well Done (Flamethrower)
Total Ammo -450 Magazine -
Reload - Damage +7
Accuracy - Stability -
Concealment - Threat -
Cost: $9,000
Bonus (1), Card Drop & Side Job / Continental coins 6
More Info.
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Trivia

Well Done:

  • In common usage, the term "Well Done" is applied to meat products, especially steaks, that are intentionally overdone over strong flame to produce a completely cooked dish. This is reflected by the increased flame temperature/damage applied when using this mod.

Internal name wpn_fps_fla_mk2_mag_welldone

Skins[]

  • St. Basil refers to the St. Basil's Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, a famous church in Moscow, Russia, most notable for the ornate onion domes atop its roofs, which are depicted in the skin on the weapon's fuel canister.
  • The Dragon Lord, according to the Update #90 announcement site, belonged to a Chinese lieutenant known as "Tang", who was described to have had a "love affair" with fire after surviving a napalm bombing in 1969 in Vietnam. He created a drug-smuggling ring in Taipei named The Dragon Lords, of which Tang was "the General" of, and in 1976, the Dragon Lords' enemy gangs fought with the ring in little short of a bloody war. Tang eventually called a truce and invited all of Taipei's crime lords to a surrender negotiation at a dockyard, only for Tang to incinerate them all, and himself, and burn down the entire dockyard with the flamethrower.

Achievements[]

Global Warming Global Warming
Complete the Alaskan Deal job with all crew members using only Flamethrowers.
Crouching Bomber, Hidden Flamer Crouching Bomber, Hidden Flamer
In the Mountain Master job on the OVERKILL difficulty or above with each crew member wearing a variant of the dragon bomber suit, kill Yufu Wang in loud using only flamethrowers and steal his mask. Unlocks the "Mountain Master Crown" mask.

Trivia[]

  • This weapon is the first firearm in the series to be completely fictional in make and model. It was modeled directly after the flamethrower prop used for the production of the DLC's trailer.
  • The modifications' names are references to certain styles of meat getting cooked. "Well Done" is fully cooked and "Rare" is cooked, yet still with parts of meat being pink on the inside. The unmodified version is referred to as "Medium" on the announcement page.
  • The in-game Flamethrower likely uses combustible gas (e.g. propane) instead of liquid fuel to produce fire as the tank profiles and volumes matches that of conventional burners and stoves. The rather short range and lack of burning fuel residue supports this. Rather appropriately, this means the in-game weapon does in fact, throw actual fire rather than coating its target(s) in flaming liquid fuel.
    • The Flamethrower likely utilizes some sort of internal ignition system to light its fuel, the jets it shoots burn up automatically upon leaving the barrel without passing through a pilot light. While the emitter for the pilot light is visible underneath the muzzle, it is not active.
      • This suggests that it is not an actual flamethrower at all but rather an oversized (and overpowered) blowtorch that acts like a flamethrower.
    • The separate propellant tank is never replaced at all, which would realistically render the Flamethrower inoperable after expending several full canisters worth of flame.
  • The Flamethrower Mk.1 has the longest non-interruptible reload of any weapon in the entire series, at 8.5 seconds, only tied with the later released MA-17 Flamethrower.
  • The flamethrower's noise during operation is treated as common gunfire by the game engine, thus will result in alarm-raised prompt mentioning the former if the weapon breaks stealth.
  • Despite having a visible tactical rail on top and some rail space at the foregrip area, the Flamethrower cannot equip any sights or gadgets.
  • The Flamethrower Mk.1 is the third weapon in PAYDAY 2 to be renamed in a later update, after the Lucille Baseball Bat and KSP 58.
    • The Flamethrower Mk.1 is branded as a "mk2" in the asset files, despite being the first ever of its kind to be added to the game.

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