It is a special weapon designed specifically for use against the Chickens. It fires forks at a decent firerate, which can deliver more damage than most other weapons. The projectiles can either go straight up, or to the sides, giving it a wide range. Its only disadvantage is that it's locked behind unlockables in all games it appears in.
You can unlock this weapon in Revenge of the Yolk for completing a mission once. After that, it may appear starting from Chapter 6. The Yolk-Star™ will drop it even if it's not unlocked. In Ultimate Omelette and Cluck of the Dark Side, it has to be bought for 200 and 150 respectively. Even then, it won't appear until Chapter 5.
In Universe, it's unlocked from Tier ?.
Pros
It can fire both straight and to the sides.
Great choice for chapters like Supernova Explosion or the Feather Fields of Yolkon-7 due to its spread.
Like other weapons, the Utensil Poker exists as an item that can be bought either in the galactic shop or at Heroware stores. Its price in the galactic shop is 575 , and upgrades cost 144 , with the total expenditure being 1727 . Without upgrading, it weighs 860kg and uses up 190 KW of energy. After fully upgrading, it weighs 1260kg and uses up 500 KW of energy.
Power Levels
This weapon has 12 power levels.
Image
Name
Description
Level 0 (⚡0)
The power level you start with. The shooting pattern here is: straight up, 1.875 degrees to the right, straight up, 1.875 degrees to the left.
Projectiles: One Fork from the tip Base damage per volley: 300 (1x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 1 (⚡1)
The shooting pattern here is: straight up, outwards (1.875 degrees), outwards (3.75 degrees), outwards (1.875 degrees).
Projectiles: Two Forks from the front weapon pods Base damage per volley: 600 (2x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 2 (⚡2)
Projectiles: Three Forks from the tip and the front weapon pods
Base damage per volley: 900 (3x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 3 (⚡3)
Only the shooting pattern is changed. Here, it's: straight up, outwards (3.75 degrees), outwards (7.5 degrees), outwards (3.75 degrees).
Projectiles: Three Forks from the tip and the front weapon pods Base damage per volley: 900 (3x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 4 (⚡4)
Projectiles: One Carving Fork from the tip and two Forks from the front weapon pods
Base damage per volley: 1050 (1x450 + 2x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 5 (⚡5)
Projectiles: Five Forks from the tip and the weapon pods
Base damage per volley: 1500 (5x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 6 (⚡6)
Projectiles: One Carving Fork from the tip and four Forks from the weapon pods
Base damage per volley: 1650 (1x450 + 4x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 7 (⚡7)
Projectiles: Two Carving Forks from the front weapon pods and four Forks from the tip and the rear weapon pods
Base damage per volley: 1800 (2x450 + 3x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 8 (⚡8)
Projectiles: Three Carving Forks from the tip and the front weapon pods and four Forks from the rear weapon pods
Base damage per volley: 1950 (3x450 + 2x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 9 (⚡9)
Projectiles: One Fork from the tip and four Carving Forks from the weapon pods
Base damage per volley: 2100 (4x450 + 1x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 10 (⚡10)
Projectiles: Five Carving Forks from the tip and the weapon pods
Base damage per volley: 2250 (5x450) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Level 11 (⚡20)
Projectiles: Five Carving Forks from the tip and the weapon pods, additional two Forks from the rear weapon pods
Base damage per volley: 2850 (5x450 + 2x300) Firerate (max/automatic): 6.5/s / 3.33/s
Projectiles
This weapon has two types of projectiles.
Image
Name
Damage
Description
Fork
300
Used in: most power levels (except for the 10th)
Behavior: can go forward or to the sides
Carving Fork
450
Used in: later power levels (4th and from 6th onward)
Behavior: can go forward or to the sides
Trivia
The forks are used as cursors in the Chicken Invaders games and on the wiki.
In the main menu of the non-remastered The Next Wave, you can poke a Chicken with a fork until it flies offscreen. This might be what inspired this weapon.
The internal name for its shooting sound is "sword".
The final power level used to be stronger before 0.40BETA. It presumably added two Carving Forks instead of regular ones, bringing the damage up to 3150 per volley.
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