The Big Ben is a unique weapon featured in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. It was also cut from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.
Appearances[]
Shadow of Chernobyl[]
A gun that is already powerful, reworked to fit rifle bullets. Truly a killing machine for close-range combat.
― Shadow of Chernobyl in-game description
This unique Black Kite is modified to fire 9x39mm rifle rounds, resulting in higher damage and higher armor penetration than any other pistol. Aside from the more effective caliber, the Big Ben receives a large increase in damage, from overall 55 per shot to 67 per shot. It is spawned with 8 rounds of 9x39 mm SP-5 rounds by default, along with 60 rounds of 9x39 mm SP-6 rounds.
The Big Ben is by far the most powerful pistol of the game, its damage value being close to that of the Vintar BC sniper rifle. This makes the weapon very valuable as a sidearm as its stopping power is quickly capable of taking down enemies thanks to high bullet penetration and damage. Like a regular Black Kite, it has heavy recoil and a quite low fire rate, although this is balanced by the fairly high damage per shot.
Acquisition[]
This weapon is located in the Electro tunnel in the Wild Territory, in a sealed box near Freeman's corpse in the vicinity of Hunter's Family Rifle. It is sealed along with a couple of 9x39mm SP-6 boxes. It is always found in perfect condition, making it a very valuable item for further adventures.
Clear Sky[]
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A true Goliath among pistols. Its already lengthy barrel is additionally extended with a special permanent attachment. Provides outstanding stopping power and uses .45-caliber ammo.
― In-game description
The Big Ben was scheduled to make a return in Clear Sky. Unlike in Shadow of Chernobyl, it was meant to use .45 ACP ammunition just like the standard Black Kite, but with better stopping power.
As with all other cut weapon variants of the game, the only remnants of this weapon are its name (st_wpn_eagle_m1) and description (st_wpn_eagle_m1_descr) found in the st_items_weapons.xml file.
According to design documents, it was meant to appear somewhere in the Garbage.
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Trivia[]
- The name is a possible reference to Valve's Gabe Newell, specifically his famous email "gaben@valvesoftware.com" and his size. This is further corroborated with the weapon's proximity to a character named "Gordon Freeman", who is another reference to Valve's Half-Life.
- The weapon shares its name with Big Ben, the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster.
- In version 1.0 of the game, if the player puts the Big Ben into a corpse, instead of 9x39mm rounds which the pistol uses, the 7.62x54mm 7N1 sniper rounds will be spawned instead every time the player visits the map, making the Big Ben an average supply for sniper rifles, since their ammo is incredibly rare in the same game version. The spawning of sniper ammo is either a bug, or it is most probably due to the fact that the pistol was firstly intended to use the 7.62x54mm round, but later it was decided that it will use 9x39mm instead. Of course, that will also cause the Big Ben to become randomly worn like any other weapon in a corpse.
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