Mantis Ballista is a silent yet powerful medium-to-long-range weapon that fires razor-sharp bolts, which can be picked up and reused. Weapon supports multiple bolt types, allowing you to approach fights in different ways. It also features custom firing animation where the mechanical bow limbs rotate to launch each shot. Models are made by me and they come with ≤ 2k textures.

Features

Standalone weapon that fires physics based projectiles
10 skins, various attachments and NG+ internals
Multiple bolt types with varying speeds and flight characteristics (standard, freezing, EM, heavy, explosive, supercharged hitscan)
Custom sound effects
Leveled list injection (vendors)
Achievement friendly

How to use

Unique legendary ballista, Moonprayer, will appear in Mantis Lair, located near the pole of moon Denebola I-b, Denebola system. Weapon can be found near the Mantis spacesuit. Weapon isn't quest-locked, so you can still go get it even after completing the Mantis quest. To avoid potential issues with weapon spawning, it’s best to enable this mod outside the Lair.

If you happen to lose your ballista, want to skip the Mantis Lair, or simply prefer the standard version, weapon can also be purchased from vendors starting at level 20.

Ammunition (Mantis Bolts) can be purchased from vendors and crafted at any industrial workbench (requires completed Ammunition Research).

You can teleport directly to Mantis Lair POI with console command "coc LC119MantisLair" You can also spawn weapon by opening console and typing "help bub" Console will print item name and (weapon ID). Then type player.additem (WEAPON ID)

Few words from the author

I like to think that Mantis carried a unique special weapon, perhaps something that was custom made just for her. This mod is result of that vision, and in the spirit of that, I've kept the weapon out of the general loot pool this time. I also made a themed side weapon that can be found in the lair, but its more of a novelty item than a core feature. As always, I thank you for your support, and I hope this mod brings you joy. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, feel free to DM me or ping me in Starfield Discord server: real_bub

Credits

Hexabit & fo76utils (NifSkope) LX6R (Testing) ProfX (HUD tech support) SesamePaste (Starfield Geometry Bridge) Shadedness (LL integration template https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/10936)