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Blamite, known commonly as needles, is a crystalline ammunition used in Needle Rifles and Needlers.[1] They are mined from Suban, one of Sanghelios' two moons.[2]
Overview
Blamite is one of the Covenant's few unique ammunition types in their arsenal. It can cause two types of damage: penetration, getting hurt on impact of the crystalline needles, and super-combine, explosion of needles wedged in the body and splash damage to surrounding units. A crystalline projectile can cause fatal damage to its victim—a single shard can cause internal bleeding or strike a vital organ, with untreated wounds resulting in death. Depending on the impact area and angle, several crystalline shards can cause amputation of limbs, and impacts to the chest are in most cases fatal; the super-combine properties can easily crack ribs, damage the lungs or heart, and cause severe flesh damage that can be very difficult to repair.
While used exclusively in Needle Rifles and Needlers, the needles behave differently in both weapons when fired upon. Needles fired from a Needler appear to have some sort of "identify-friend/foe" function, as they will track on hostile targets but not allies of the wielder. Needles fired from a Needle Rifle lack this function, behaving more like traditional projectiles.
Trivia
- The name "blamite" comes from Bungie's method of censoring swearing on their forums, which replaces objectionable words with -blam!-.Template:Fact
- Killing 10 enemies in either Firefight or campaign with a supercombine explosion without dying unlocks A Spoonful of Blamite, a Halo: Reach achievement.[3]
Gallery
Needlers and its needles in Halo: Combat Evolved.
A needle in Halo 3.
A needle in Halo 4.
Blamite encased in a Needler ammunition casing in Halo: Combat Evolved.
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List of appearances
- Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Halo: The Flood
- Halo: First Strike
- Halo 2
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
- Halo 3
- Halo: The Cole Protocol
- Halo Wars
- Halo: Helljumper
- Halo 3: ODST
- Halo Legends
- Halo: Blood Line
- Halo: Reach
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
- Halo 4
- Halo: Spartan Assault
- Halo: Initiation
- Halo: Escalation
Sources
- ^ Bungie.net: The Bungie Podcast: 1/27/2010 (Sage Merrill at 36:40: "It is the equivalent on the Covenant side of the DMR. It is their sort of medium-range, repression rifle. As with all the blamite weapons, it does supercombine.") (audio podcast)
- ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 128
- ^ Bungie.net: Bungie Weekly Update 07.30.10
