# Do Underbarrel Flashlights Exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Drawing Board\ **Created:** [January 24, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732 "2015-01-24T16:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/1 "2015-01-24T16:05:17Z")

There’s my question. I’d like if someone could answer. ---

**Author:** ![Rhodri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rhodri/32/342_2.png) [@Rhodri](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rhodri)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/2 "2015-01-24T16:27:02Z")

> [@Flashlight Hoarder](#): > > There’s my question. I’d like if someone could answer. After some searching in the “Wish for an item” option in the debug menu, I have found that the answer is no. ---

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/3 "2015-01-24T17:24:26Z")

Darn. There should be, I mean they’re one of the most common under-barrel attachments. ---

**Author:** ![Sundaysmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sundaysmile](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sundaysmile)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/4 "2015-01-24T19:46:00Z")

> [@Flashlight Hoarder](#): > > Darn. There should be, I mean they’re one of the most common under-barrel attachments. I’d go for that. Would be a nice attachement to a pistol, rifle, shotty or even a spear. So yeah. All my Want. ---

**Author:** ![Caconym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aca169/32.png) [@Caconym](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Caconym)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/5 "2015-01-24T19:48:11Z")

OP is livin’ up to his username! ---

**Author:** ![Darkfirephoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@Darkfirephoenix](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Darkfirephoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/6 "2015-01-24T20:00:15Z")

> [@Caconym](#): > > OP is livin’ up to his username! I imagine that he would take a lightsaber and attach a flashlight to it, AFTER turning the lightsaber into a flashlight itself! 😃 ---

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/7 "2015-01-25T00:56:47Z")

Damn, Their on to Me! _Sprints in the Opposite direction_ ZOMBIE HULK! The Prototype isn’t ready, No stay back! I’m Warning You! AHH!_Horrible Crushing Noises and Agonized Screams are Heard_ OK guys I still have 3 hit points, Just get me som- A Shocker, I hate Life. ---

**Author:** ![Darkfirephoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@Darkfirephoenix](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Darkfirephoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/8 "2015-01-25T01:48:19Z")

> [@Flashlight Hoarder](#): > > Damn, Their on to Me! _Sprints in the Opposite direction_ ZOMBIE HULK! The Prototype isn’t ready, No stay back! I’m Warning You! AHH!_Horrible Crushing Noises and Agonized Screams are Heard_ OK guys I still have 3 hit points, Just get me som- A Shocker, I hate Life. _stands and watches from a distance_ What a bad way to go… Is this shocker wielding a flashlight and beating him to death with it?! O.o Karma you scary! ---

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/9 "2015-01-25T01:49:51Z")

_Crawls off painfully_No It’s not a Shocker, Just my cousin, It’s what happens when you binge on Slime Mutagen, Meth, And CBMs. ---

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/10 "2015-01-25T01:51:02Z")

Everyone knows that Heroin and Beast Mutagen is far healthier. ---

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/11 "2015-01-26T21:14:08Z")

Will this become a thing? ---

**Author:** ![Packbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Packbat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Packbat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/12 "2015-01-27T02:24:26Z")

What would be the advantage of underbarrel flashlights over wearable flashlights? Reduced aiming time? ---

**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/13 "2015-01-27T04:42:16Z")

> [@Caconym](#): > > OP is livin’ up to his username! The first time i read his username i thought it could totally be characterized. But when i started to see topics about flashlights, i knew it was too late. Hahahah, this is awesome. ---

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/14 "2015-01-27T15:10:30Z")

> [@Packbat](#): > > What would be the advantage of underbarrel flashlights over wearable flashlights? Reduced aiming time? Yeah Probably and you wouldn’t have to worry about the 2 Storage Space, And you’d get a medium damage bludgeon attack. What’s awesome? ---

**Author:** ![Datanazush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/datanazush/32/1055_2.png) [@Datanazush](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Datanazush)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/15 "2015-01-27T17:14:21Z")

A mounted flashlight is INSANELY bright. Like, a lot of soldiers have a nickname for them along the lines of “Sun-on-a-stick”, so I reckon if you swept a person or animal with it at relatively close range you’d be able to daze them, make their next action take longer. Apart from that, aiming is kind of faster, like you can snap on to a target faster, but anything other than a snapshot isn’t really affected. The key use of underbarrel/heavy duty lights, being able to see shit in the dark without having to put away your weapon doesn’t really matter in cata right now, because you don’t need to wield a flashlight to have it provide light. ---

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/16 "2015-01-27T21:11:22Z")

Yeah but it’s still one of the Most Common gun mods in Real Life and Cataclysm dda prides itself on having a redundant level of Rare items. ---

**Author:** ![Datanazush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/datanazush/32/1055_2.png) [@Datanazush](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Datanazush)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/17 "2015-01-27T21:16:46Z")

Indeed it is, indeed it does, and indeed it should be in. I’m on the side of a possibly major change here; Dramatically decreasing/eliminating the illumination range of a flashlight unless wielded/worn, because hell yeah I want a sun on a stick for my M27. ---

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/18 "2015-01-27T22:09:42Z")

> [@Datanazush](#): > > Indeed it is, indeed it does, and indeed it should be in. I’m on the side of a possibly major change here; Dramatically decreasing/eliminating the illumination range of a flashlight unless wielded/worn, because hell yeah I want a sun on a stick for my M27. I Agree! ---

**Author:** ![Packbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Packbat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Packbat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/19 "2015-01-27T23:55:29Z")

> [@Datanazush](#): > > The key use of underbarrel/heavy duty lights, being able to see shit in the dark without having to put away your weapon doesn’t really matter in cata right now, because you don’t need to wield a flashlight to have it provide light. That should probably change, actually. Maybe Cataclysm should have two wield slots, like Project Zomboid? That would also allow the inclusion of a zero-point “Left-Handed” and non-zero-point “Ambidextrous” trait. ---

**Author:** ![Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Flashlight\_Hoarder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flashlight_Hoarder)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732/20 "2015-01-28T15:12:26Z")

> [@Packbat](#): > > [quote=“Datanazush, post:15, topic:8732”]The key use of underbarrel/heavy duty lights, being able to see shit in the dark without having to put away your weapon doesn’t really matter in cata right now, because you don’t need to wield a flashlight to have it provide light. That should probably change, actually. Maybe Cataclysm should have two wield slots, like Project Zomboid? That would also allow the inclusion of a zero-point “Left-Handed” and non-zero-point “Ambidextrous” trait.[/quote] This makes sense, But it’s kind of hard to dual wield an M27 and a flashlight. [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-underbarrel-flashlights-exist/8732.md?page=2)