Z-110 Directed Energy Pistol/Exotic

The Z-110 Directed Energy Pistol/Exotic, known in game as the Boltshot, is a Promethean Forerunner pistol featured in Halo 4, as a secondary weapon for War Games and Spartan Ops loadouts, as well as a weapon found in the campaign. It first made its appearance as an unnamed weapon in the Halo Waypoint UNSC weapons demonstration. A close-range precision weapon, it excels at destroying organic matter.

The Boltshot was originally used during the first century of the conflict between the Forerunners and the Flood. It remained in use until the war ended two centuries later.

The Boltshot has two firing modes: standard and a charged burst. Using the standard mode of fire, it takes 10 shots to drop a player's shield, and takes 3-4 shots to kill a player. It can also kill an unshielded player instantly with a shot to the head.

Holding the trigger down will charge the weapon. Continuing to hold the trigger for about 2 seconds, or releasing the trigger manually will cause the burst shot to release. This burst can kill a shielded player from a point-blank range, to a few meters, although its damage is inconsistent and drops quickly at range. Projectiles from this charged shot cannot cause headshots. This charged shot uses 5 bolts to fire the first blast, while the second charged shot will take the clip to empty. (Although the first charged shot uses 5 bolts of ammo, the second charged shot can fire with at least one bolt in the clip, bringing the clip to empty after the second charged shot. For example, if 3 shots were fired, and then a burst shot, there would be 2 bolts left in the magazine. If there was 5 bolts left in the magazine, and the player fired 4, they could still use the last bolt to fire a full power charged shot. This means a player could fire a burst, then 4 shots, and a second burst, all in one magazine.) A burst that uses less than 5 bolts appears to have the same number of projectiles, and do the same amount of damage as a blast that uses 5 bolts.

The weapon is found throughout most of the campaign and in many Spartan Ops missions, being dropped from the standard Promethean Crawler, and the Promethean Watcher.

Appearances

 * Halo 4

Trivia

 * Watchers can fire charged shots at close ranges, although such behavior is rare do to Watcher's mobility and skittishness under fire.
 * Crawlers cannot fire charged shots from the Boltshot.
 * This is likely either the predecessor of the Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol or what the weapon was based off of, as most Covenant weapons were based on the technology of Forerunners.