Revolver

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Revolvers are the main firearms in Syndicate, six-shot handguns both twins carry alongside derringers and semi-automatic pistols. You use them for Countershots in melee and for picking off armed enemies, and the in-game police carry them too.

Category: Handgun
New or returning: New to the series

Appears in

The Darkest HourThe Darkest Hour is the first World War I memory: as Lydia Frye in September 1916, you clear German spies from a safehouse, find a hidden radio guiding zeppelins inside Tower Bridge, then man an anti-aircraft gun on a boat to bring down the raid's escorts.

Good to know

Syndicate's revolvers include the Model 1, Model 3, (54 Bore) 1856 Revolver, Single Action Army, .38 Double Action, M1877 Lightning and M1877 Thunderer.
Pack and reward models include the Demonic and Stealth revolvers (downloadable content) and the Bullseye Revolver (Ubisoft Club).
The Jack the Ripper expansion adds the Fire-Spitter and Insidious Pistol; The Rend Asunder also appears in the weapons gallery.
A medium bullet pouch costs £1,000 and 100 Leather; the large one costs £1,500, 150 Metal and 50 Silk.
The large bullet pouch schematic is in a locked chest in The Strand.
The Black Market Affiliation gang upgrade cuts ammunition prices by 25%.

Using it well

The Countershot skill lets you shoot an enemy who is about to fire at you, and Gunslinger I reloads an empty gun mid-combo. Jacob's Gunslinger II turns his Countershots into automatic headshots, which makes him the better gunfighter.

Who else uses one

Crawford Starrick owns an M1877 Thunderer. In 1916, Lydia Frye fights with an M1877 Lightning. Syndicate's police also carry revolvers, a choice the developers made for gameplay, since real Victorian officers mostly had truncheons.

Related weapons

Melee
Kukri
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The kukri is the deadliest of Syndicate's three melee weapon types, a curved Nepalese chopping blade that Jacob and Evie can both equip. Pick it when you want enemies to die quickly; it trades away some of the stunning power a cane-sword gives you.