Black Kite

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The Desert Eagle (Called Black Kite in games) is a high powered semi-automatic magnum made in the US, but mostly manufactured by Israeli weapon Industries. Although most Desert Eagles use either .50 Action express, .44 magnum or .357 magnum shells, the Desert Eagles in the Zone appear to be custom made; where they can use less powerful, but more abundant .45 ACP rounds (although it isn't exactly clear that this would even be possible with the real gun). The Black Kite is not a commonly found pistol in the Zone, and found only in a few locations and sold only by a few traders.

Shadow of Chernobyl

In Shadow of Chernobyl, the Black Kite can be first found on Gordon's corpse, near the family rifle. Although, if one patched his game far enough, it's possible to buy one from Duty. The Black Kite sold by Duty presumably belonged to a mercenary named Hog, who was featured in Clear Sky. The weapon has a very powerful recoil that prevents anyone from accurately training the weapon at mid to long range after firing a shot. The player will have to wait for the gun's recoil to be neutralized in order to accurately fire the pistol again. Like Big Ben, players can also fit a silencer, although this will decrease the weapon's power slightly.

Clear Sky

The Black Kite is a more exclusive and rare weapon in Clear Sky. Some Bandits in Limansk have a Black Kite as a sidearm. Kostyan and Hog are known to carry one of these pistols. Alternatively, you can either join the Bandits and buy it from Tooth or do enough jobs for the Bandits and wait for the job that requires the "Modified shooter", a fully modified Black Kite with its initial stats boosted. One other way to get it is to kill all Bandits at their base until the base door opens, and kill their leader, Yoga. When fully upgraded for accuracy, the Black Kite has the hitting power rivaling an assault rifle, while its accuracy is second only to the Kora-919; making it the second most accurate pistol in the game and second to none in terms of pistol firepower. Unlike in Shadow of Chernobyl, the recoil of the gun is lessen in comparison; as the barrel rising has been noticeably reduced. However, the gun's handling is still compromised by rapid firing, making it very easy to lose aim of a distant target if firing in that manner. Aydar, Thunderov and Grey are the only ones who can fully upgrade the Black Kite, though you will need to get 2 USB flash disks containing upgrade schematics for Aydar. Limpid can also upgrade the Black Kite but cannot install the final upgrades. You also cannot attach a silencer to the weapon.

Modified Shooter

The modified shooter is a custom Desert Eagle with its initial stats boosted, and is fully upgraded for accuracy and damage. It appears as a Bandit job where one will have to fetch it from a fallen Renegade who, in the Bandit's words, "Didn't get along" with Yoga and was ordered to "disappear". Due to the Black Kite's rarity and sheer power compared to other pistols, it is better to keep the pistol instead of trading it in; as you will only receive 1,500 rubles for your services. But if you are trying to improve relations with the Bandits, or you are merc who keeps his word, it is better to trade it in.

Call of Pripyat

Nimble is known to sell a Steppe Eagle, which is a unique version with higher accuracy and damage. The regular Eagle is more commonplace in the game, carried by some Experts from the Freedom and Monolith faction, and found in the hands of Master Bandits on occasion - some can also be found in caches, and in the later stages can be purchased from Hawaiian, giving the player plenty of Eagles to customize. Unlike most pistols with the full three tiers of upgrades, the Desert Eagle lacks any kind of firing mode upgrade. It will only ever fire in semi-auto, limiting its rate of fire and thus its effectiveness against anything more then an unsuspecting Loner. The Steppe Eagle - with its large accuracy bonus - is much more effective, and due to the high recoil and weight of the regular Eagle compared to other stock pistols, it is perhaps preferable to sell stock Eagles, or deposit them in one's locker.