Trigger Type

How the weapon operates when the trigger is pressed.
AUTO trigger weapons fire repeatedly until the trigger is released or when the magazine is empty.
SEMI trigger weapons fire 1 shot per press of the trigger.
BURST trigger weapons fire a short sequence of shots per press of the trigger.
HELD trigger weapons create a continuous beam and have a short warm up time to reach full Damage.
CHARGE trigger weapons must have the trigger held down to fire at full effectiveness.

—In-game Description

Trigger Type refers to the firing mechanism within primary and secondary weapons. The fire button (default LMB ) has varying effects depending on the equipped weapon.

List of Trigger Types

For a list of all weapons with a particular trigger type, see Weapon Comparison.

• Auto, also known as Automatic or Full-Auto, shoots a continuous stream of bullets while the fire button is held down.
  • Auto-Spool is a type of automatic fire that gradually builds up fire rate the longer the fire button is held down.
• Semi, also known as Semi-Automatic or Semi-Auto, fires a single bullet per press of the fire button.
• Burst is a type of semi-automatic fire that shoots two or more bullets, often in a burst-like fashion, per press of the fire button.
  • Auto-Burst is a combination of automatic and burst firing types that shoots two or more rounds while the fire button is held down. Currently exclusive to the Cyngas Cyngas, Battacor Battacor, and Morgha Morgha.
  • Simultaneous Burst (informal label) is a Burst subtype in which the burst is fired in a span of 0 seconds i.e. simultaneously – in a manner which is similar to innate Multishot – the only practical difference being that ammo is spent for each projectile fired; exemplified by Quartakk Quartakk and Kuva Quartakk Kuva Quartakk.
  • Mag Burst (informal label) is a Burst subtype in which the entire magazine is shot out during the burst like Pandero Pandero's alt-fire.
• Duplex shoots one round when pressing the fire button, and shoots another round when releasing the fire button. Exclusive to the Tigris Tigris, Sancti Tigris Sancti Tigris, Tigris Prime Tigris Prime, and Zylok Zylok.
• Held is a type of automatic fire that shoots a continuous beam, exclusive to Continuous Weapons. Unlike automatics that fire bullets, these beam weapons often consume ammo at a halved rate and multishot generates extra instances of damage, but possesses limited range.
• Charge builds up power in a weapon while the fire button is held down, and shoots when the fire button is released. A circular bar appears on the reticule to indicate charging. Some chargeable weapons require a full charge to fire, while others fire automatically at a full charge.
  • There are several charging types:

Quickshot Type	Release Type	Weapons
Full Quickshot	Indefinite Hold	Drakgoon Drakgoon (Kuva Drakgoon Kuva), Miter Miter, Paris Paris (MK1-Paris MK1, Paris Prime Prime), Cernos Cernos (Rakta Cernos Rakta, Cernos Prime Prime, Mutalist Cernos Mutalist), Artemis Bow (Weapon) Artemis Bow, Ballistica Ballistica (Rakta Ballistica Rakta, Ballistica Prime Prime), Epitaph Epitaph, Stug Stug Alt-Fire, Balefire Charger Balefire Charger, Velocitus Velocitus, Corvas Corvas
Half Quickshot	Indefinite Hold	Lanka Lanka
No Quickshot	Indefinite Hold	Ogris Ogris, Proboscis Cernos Proboscis Cernos, Kuva Bramma Kuva Bramma, Lenz Lenz, Daikyu Daikyu
Full Quickshot	Instant Auto-Release	Tombfinger Primary, Speargun Throw (Ferrox Ferrox, Javlok Javlok, Scourge Scourge), Phantasma Phantasma Alt-Fire,
Half Quickshot	Instant Auto-Release	Opticor Opticor (Opticor Vandal Vandal)
No Quickshot	Instant Auto-Release	Ferrox Ferrox
Autocharge	Instant Auto-Release	Javlok Javlok, Stahlta Stahlta Alt-fire, Battacor Battacor Alt-fire
Autocharge	Indefinite Hold	Ambassador Ambassador Alt-fire
Autocharged Quickshot	Instant Auto-Release	Angstrum Angstrum (Prisma Angstrum Prisma)
Full Quickshot	Delayed Auto-Release	Staticor Staticor (Releases when magazine decays)
No Quickshot	Delayed Auto-Release	Larkspur Larkspur Alt-fire (2s Release Delay)

• Active is found in deployable grenade launchers (e.g. Penta Penta) and landmines (e.g. Talons Talons) causes the fired shot to linger for a few seconds. The active shot can be manually detonated using the Alternate Fire button (default MMB ).

Burst count and subtype

The following is a listing of the number of shots contained in each Burst weapon's burst, along with the Burst trigger subtype (regular/simultaneous/auto):

• Rifle
• Shotgun
• Secondary
• Melee
• Robotic
• Archgun

Battacor Battacor (2 round automatic burst)

Burston Burston (3 round burst)

Burston Prime Burston Prime (3 round burst)

Dex Sybaris Dex Sybaris (2 round burst)

Harpak Harpak (3 round burst)

Hema Hema (3 round burst)

Hind Hind (5 round burst)

Kuva Hind Kuva Hind (5 round burst)

Kuva Quartakk Kuva Quartakk (4 round simultaneous burst)

Nagantaka Nagantaka (9 round burst, scales with magazine size)

Paracyst Paracyst (3 round burst)

Quartakk Quartakk (4 round simultaneous burst)

Sybaris Sybaris (2 round burst)

Sybaris Prime Sybaris Prime (2 round burst)

Tiberon Tiberon (3 round burst)

Tiberon Prime Tiberon Prime (3 round burst)

Bubonico Bubonico (3 round burst)

Akarius Akarius (2 round burst)

Akjagara Akjagara (2 round simultaneous burst)

Akjagara Prime Akjagara Prime (2 round simultaneous burst)

Ballistica Ballistica (4 round burst)

Cyanex Cyanex (11 round burst, scales with magazine size)

Kraken Kraken (2 round burst)

Kuva Kraken Kuva Kraken (3 round burst and 21 round burst, scales with magazine size)

Pandero Pandero (8 round burst, scales with magazine size)

Pandero Prime Pandero Prime (8 round burst, scales with magazine size)

Quatz Quatz (4 round simultaneous burst)

Rakta Ballistica Rakta Ballistica (4 round burst)

Sepulcrum Sepulcrum (2 round simultaneous burst)

Sicarus Sicarus (3 round burst)

Sicarus Prime Sicarus Prime (3 round burst)

Sarpa Sarpa (5 round burst)

Burst Laser Burst Laser (3 round burst)

Prisma Burst Laser Prisma Burst Laser (3 round burst)

Helstrum Helstrum (4 round burst)

Cyngas Cyngas (3 round burst, 3 round automatic burst in archwing mode)

Morgha Morgha (2 round automatic burst)

Patch History

Update 29.10 (2021-03-19)

• Fixed automatic burst weapons not resuming firing if the fire button is held down after interrupting it with something like a dodge.
• Fixed burst weapons with a queued shot no longer firing the first shot of the burst in the middle of a dodge.