"The fashionable and lethal Gunboots allow players to unleash a torrent of firepower on the nasty creatures dwelling in the well and slow your descent with each shot." -Downwell Steam Page
The Machine Gun is one of the available weapons in Downwell, serving as the player's starting weapon during a run. It fires a semi-automatic stream of bullets downward until it runs out of charge. Each bullet fired slightly slows the player's descent, providing extended airtime when fired continuously.
Description[]
The Machine Gun fires one bullet vertically for every tap, consuming one unit of charge per shot. Holding the shoot button will cause it to rapidly fire bullets for as long as the player has enough charge.
Acquisition[]
The Machine Gun is the default starting weapon. It can also sometimes be found as Gun Modules within Safe Zones.
Strategy[]
The Machine Gun is a relatively simple weapon. Because it only consumes one unit of charge per shot, the player can shoot several rounds of fire after accruing more units of charge throughout the game, allowing them to slow their fall relatively longer compared to other weapons. While tied with Noppy in terms of charge consumption, the Machine Gun trades horizontal range for consistency, making it overall useful in most situations.
Trivia[]
- As the starting weapon in the game, the Machine Gun can be thought of as the "default" form of the Gunboots, and collecting gun modules allows the Gunboots to fire differently with a different weapon type.