Fire Bottle

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• ◆At the time of Red Dead Redemption, gasoline would have been a rare commodity, but strong alcohol would be relatively common. Additionally, there is no historical evidence of the fire bottle existing prior to the Spanish Civil War (1936). It became popularized during the Winter War (1939) in Finland and the USSR as a cheap weapon for the Finns to use against the Soviets. The Finns named it the "Molotov Cocktail" after the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. The in-game weapon would likely use widely available ethyl alcohol, a less-desirable fuel for the fire bottle. The concept of the Molotov cocktail dates to pre-modern history when sulfur and oil soaked items were sometimes ignited and thrown at the enemy.
• ◆After obtaining level 3 Dead Eye, fire bottles, throwing knives and dynamite can be used to mark targets in Dead Eye mode, which will cause the projectile to act like a homing missile and fly straight at the target, guaranteeing a hit, which is very effective against a fleeing victim.
• ◆Shooting a bottle held by another player will make it ignite in their hands, injuring the player.
• ◆Unlike dynamite, the fuse on the Fire Bottle will never burn down and set off the bottle in the thrower's hand.
• ◆The Fire Bottle will not ignite underwater, but water does not extinguish a person who is on fire from a Fire Bottle.
• ◆After unlocking the Fire Bottle, scorched wagons and caravans can be found on the side of the road in Nuevo Paraíso.
• ◆If the player throws a bottle at someone's head in multiplayer, the game will treat it as if the player head shot them. In some instances, it will even state that the player "Shot the head off the player", "Decapitated", and even "Hollowed out the head".
• ◆If the player throws a fire bottle at a horse, it will not catch fire, although the horse may still die due to the bottle's impact.
• ◆Fire bottles can also be used as a light source in dark areas, although they're not as effective as the torch in Undead Nightmare.
• ◆It takes about 4 fire bottles to kill a player in singleplayer mode.