Golden Crowbar

Overview
The magnificent Golden Crowbar is a special prototype crowbar of unknown origin, presumably hand-crafted by Santa Claus himself.

While it may seem like a simple gold plated variant of the original Crowbar, the Golden Crowbar acts very differently.

Primary attacks will rapidly send out a stream of green lasers, dealing 10 damage each, quickly racking up if enough hit. The lasers do, however, have a spread at a distance.

Secondary attacks will send out a blue, snake-like electrical bolt that will latch onto a target and rapidly deal heavy damage, jumping to a new target during or after the bolt is attacking a target. After enough jolts, the bolt will vanish.

Some enemies have interesting reactions to the Golden Crowbar's shock bolts: Kamikaze Headcrabs will explode immediately after being touched by one, and Rollermines will be lifted into the air until the bolt dissapears, where the Rollermine will then detonate. Explosive barrels have a similar reaction, being lifted into the air by the bolt before detonating abruptly.

Acquisition
The Golden Crowbar has a very different means of appearing compared to other weapons in SMOD. It will only appear on December 31st, in a gift that appears in Dr. Kleiner's lab (shown above).

This event may also be triggered by the command "instant_trig_run xmasset", or given to the player via "give weapon_gcrowbar" or "giveall", otherwise it won't appear at all, or anywhere else.

Advantages

 * Deals high, very rapid damage.
 * Both attacks have infinite range.
 * Shock bolts (via secondary attacks) move very quickly.
 * Infinite ammo.
 * Due to being able to jump between targets, shock bolts are capable of wiping out entire groups with little effort.
 * Shock bolts home in on targets.
 * Primary attack has a fast fire-rate

Disadvantages

 * Only appears once in noticeably specific circumstances.
 * Primary attacks have wide spread over a distance.
 * Shock bolts are able to latch onto and kill allies and essential NPCs.
 * Primary attacks deal little damage at a distance due to the spread.
 * Unlike the normal Crowbar, the Golden Crowbar cannot be used as a melee weapon.

Tactics
-Use the secondary attacks on bunched up enemies. The shock bolts are capable of damaging up to three enemies at once, and will quickly jump from target to target once it kills.

-Remember that the Golden Crowbar has infinite ammo. If your other ranged weapons are out of rounds, don't be afraid to draw the crowbar and fire away.

-Try not to use the primary attacks at long range, as the lasers have quite a bit of spread.

-If you need to deal with targets from a distance, use the secondary attack. Don't forget the bolts home in onto enemies and move very fast as well.