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- Desert Hawk
Desert Hawk
Semi-auto hand cannon. Huge damage on every click. The Desert Hawk is a elite-grade pistol in Squadbreak that any class can use, as a primary or as a sidearm.
Stats
As it drops, and with every upgrade part at its Elite cap (7 levels, before Augment Cores). Your level, skills, mods and boosts add more damage and fire rate on top.
| Stat | As found | Fully upgraded |
|---|---|---|
| Damage per shot | 75 | 117 |
| Shots per second | 3 | 4.05 |
| Magazine | 9 | 22 |
| Reload | 1.3s | 0.39s |
| Range | 760 | 1,186 |
| Bullet speed | 1,450 | 2,262 |
| Spread | 0.02 | 0.003 |
| Crit chance | 0% | 21% |
| Damage per second (with reloads) | 157 | 1,218 |
Traits
- Semi-auto: one shot per click
How to get it
The Desert Hawk only drops in missions, from gun cases (amber) dropped by enemies, bosses and mission wins. It can drop once you’re level 8 or higher: gear more than 2 levels above you never drops.
Elite is the grade rolled on 0% of drops on tier-1 maps, 10% of drops on tier-2 maps, 32% of drops on tier-3 maps, and 45% of tier-3 boss drops. See loot and drops.
A gun you already own is scrapped for gold when it drops again.
Best classes for it
- Ranger: semi-auto: Deadeye’s crits land on every heavy shot.
Builds that use it
Upgrades
Spend gold in the Inventory to upgrade each part up to its grade’s cap. Taking every part to the cap costs about 68,000 gold. An Augment Core plus gold then pushes a capped part 2 levels further at 1.5× strength.
| Part | Group | Per level | Max levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Barrel | Damage | +8% damage | 7 |
| Precision Optics | Damage | +3% crit chance | 7 |
| Hollow Points | Damage | +20% crit damage | 7 |
| Hair Trigger | Damage | +5% fire rate | 7 |
| Stabilizer | Handling | +12% less spread | 7 |
| Long Barrel | Handling | +8% range and bullet speed | 7 |
| Extended Mag | Handling | +20% ammo capacity | 7 |
| Speed Loader | Handling | +10% faster reload | 7 |
| Burst Chamber | Rounds | +1 extra round per shot | 3 |
| Penetrator Rounds | Rounds | +1 more enemy pierced | 7 |
| Phase Rounds | Rounds | +1 wall passed through | 3 |
| Seeker Module | Rounds | +1 homing strength | 3 |
| Shrapnel Tips | Effects | +8% of each hit splashes nearby | 7 |
| Vampiric Rounds | Effects | +2% of damage heals you | 7 |
| Arc Coil | Effects | +6% chance to arc to another enemy | 7 |
| Elemental Core | Effects | +10% elemental effect chance | 7 |
Other pistols
| Gun | Type | Grade | Level | Damage | Shots/s | Mag | Reload s | Range | DPS | Sidearm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Service Pistol | Pistol | Scrap | 1 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 1.1 | 620 | 56 | Yes |
 Twin Revolvers | Pistol | Standard | 3 | 33 | 5 | 24 | 1.4 | 600 | 128 | Yes |
 Breacher | Pistol | Military | 6 | 105 | 1.6 | 6 | 1.5 | 700 | 120 | Yes |
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