Hand cannon

The Hand cannon is a two-handed Ranged weapon released with the Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf quest on 9 September 2009. It requires a Ranged level of 75, a Firemaking level of 61, and the completion of the Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf quest to wield. The hand cannon and hand cannon shot are dropped by Cannoneers or Koltirra. It cannot be lent.

The hand cannon has a chance of blowing up with each use. When it explodes, the player wielding it is dealt between 10 and 160 damage. The chance of this occurring decreases as a player's Firemaking level increases; however, even at level 99, it can still explode. If the hand cannon blows up, the cannon disappears and another must be obtained, either as a drop, through trading with other players, or by means of the Grand Exchange.

The hand cannon is one of the deadliest ranged weapons to date. It matches the rune crossbow's ranged bonus, but is exceeded by the dark bow, fully charged crystal bows, chaotic crossbow, maple longbow (sighted), magic longbow (sighted), and the Zaryte bow. In addition, its ammunition, hand cannon shot, has higher Ranged Strength bonus than any other ammunition (its highest documented hit is 821). Its special attack, Aimed Shot, has increased accuracy and takes up half the special attack bar, but takes longer to fire and increases the chance of the Hand cannon blowing up. Also, if used on the rapid attack style it can be used instantly for a second attack after the special is used, making it nearly a cheaper version of the Dark bow.

It should be noted that the Hand Cannon is the equivelent to a Godsword. While the Godsword is +42 higher in its accuracy (assuming the player is slashing), the Hand Cannon has a slightly higher maximum hit. At 99 Strength and 99 Ranged with nothing except both weapons (and the Hand Cannon Ammo), the Hand Cannon can deal up to 30 damage more than the Godsword (on estimate). Both weapons also have the same speed.

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Trivia

 * On 12 September 2009 a bug was discovered with the hand cannon special attack that enabled multiple users to simultaneously attack a single target in a single-combat zone, but this was fixed 13 September 2009.