Spears and Spear Gun

[warlord]

So 2 things in regards to projectiles. How many spears from the spear gun does it take to down a tiger shark? I had a shark just covered in spears and was still swimming and attacking me just fine with no signs of him dying. Gave up after I ran out of projectiles.

Also seems to take a long time to kill birds with the normal spears too which you'd think would be a one hit kill for seagulls. So now I have birds flying around the islands with spears stuck to them and it's kind of odd...

[skyflyerjen]

I have found the spear gun less effective than the thrown spears, as those only take 3 to down a tiger shark.

[JiffyPopKids]

Well I Havnt had a chance to build a speargun yet.. cause of airtank reasons But It takes I think 5-10 to kill a tigershark with the wood spears and maybe 5 or so to kill them with the reinfined spear

[warlord]

Seems I'll just use the regular spear then. Less things to carry as the spear gun and ammo take 2 spots, while the spear itself just takes one and seems to be more effective anyways. Or using the axe helps.

Though seems the machete now doesn't seem to work against sharks as it used to in previous versions which is odd as you'd think it would (same as for de-husking coconuts)...

[Gileads Finest]

Before different grades of spears 3 would kill a Tiger. After I don't know.

Makes more sense that spears would be more affective than the machete/axe now. Those were a little unrealistic when in the water.

[JiffyPopKids]

Well The reinfined spears can like 5shot the tigershark if you actaully Hit them with it But Remember.. The cutting tools go stone tool reinfinedknife/pocketknife machette crude axe then reinfined axe. So machette is actaully one of the worst in the game Then the spears, The reinfined spear is way better for meleing the shark than the reinfined axe then the fishing spear does like no damage then the wood spear will take like 10/15 mele hits ti kill

[warlord]

Nice to know the stats order then of the possible weaons. And yes the axe has always seemed goot for sharks...

[warlordatf]

I usually take down a tiger shark with 5 crude spears, however if you let it get away it can heal and may require a few more. I love the shark fishing part of this game so i used the map editor to create a couple islands with lots of sharks (Tigers, Blacktips and Great Whites) and then i placed the islands near my base island as fishing holes. What i have found is Blacktips take 4 crude spears, Tigers take 5 and i have not killed a Great White yet. When i leave for a fishing trip i usually take 12 crude spears (I still miss a lot!) and just the minimum items like the axe,knife,bucket full of water and kindling.