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The Needler is ane of the three new Science weapons in The Outer Worlds latest DLC. Every bit you work your manner through the Murder on Eridanos, you'll kickoff to acquire more almost aetherwave star Halcyon Helen and her famous sidearm. Almost the cease of the tale, yous'll finally have a chance to attempt out The Needler for yourself.

It's of import to annotation that this guide will delve into some story spoilers for the Murder on Eridanos' end-game. We recommend running through the DLC yourself and coming back if you couldn't find The Needler on your own.

Finding The Needler

To go The Needler, you need to reach the "Naked Hunch" quest. It unlocks after y'all tell Ludovico who you think the killer is. The quest takes you over to Rizzo'southward Distillation Manufactory, where y'all'll meet up with Halcyon Helen and Ludovico. We won't spoil how or why she's alive, but she'll give you a choice to make. Whether you choose to side with Helen or Ludovico, you can all the same become the gun. You need to make some specific choices if you desire to do so.

Siding with Helen

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If you lot side with Helen, you'll need to run out of an exploding Distillation Factory. After escaping, you'll see up with Helen back at your penthouse before heading into the next story mission. In that location, you'll have the run a risk to ask her to use The Needler.

Once you've ran through her dialogue about the mission, you'll get the take a chance to persuade her to give yous her sidearm. Just select "Not and so fast. Let me infringe your Needler" and, if you have a high plenty persuasion rating, she'll pass information technology along.

Side with Ludovico

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If you lot side with Ludovico, you won't get admission to The Needler as apace, but you can still pick it upward. Once you head over to The Pilothouse to do the next quest, you'll find yourself waylaid by enemies. Afterward you bargain with them, Helen volition come to confront you. Decline her last adventure pleas and murder her. Then, you lot tin can pick the weapon upward off her corpse.

Regardless of how you acquired The Needler, you now have one of the more fun guns in the game. The Needler doesn't crave you to reload. Instead, reloading changes the ammo type. There are 3 unlike ammo types for you to switch. Here they are:

  • Rid O' Life – deals harm over time.
  • Caustoleren – eats at shields over time.
  • Debilerol – slows the target.

Swapping between the three ammo types lets you tear through enemies and quickly deal with anything the game throws in your path. It's a worthy reward for finishing off the latest DLC.