PAPERHEAD Weapons — The Magical Pencil, the Shotgun and Your Boots

PAPERHEAD's weapon set, as documented on the Steam store page, is the magical pencil, a good old shotgun, various other weapons, and the strength of your mighty boots. That is the full published list. The store page does not name any of the other weapons, so this page covers what is confirmed and leaves the rest as not documented yet.

The Magical Pencil

The pencil is the most described weapon in the game. The store page gives it its own section and states that it is not only your weapon but a tool to change the world around you. That framing separates it from the shotgun: one is a tool with a combat use, the other is a weapon with a single purpose.

• Sketch bombs and kick them at your enemies.
• Draw doors and kick them down.
• Write words on walls with no reason needed.

The first two are mechanical. Sketching a bomb gives you a throwable you can kick, which extends your reach into a group without spending a shell, and drawing a door means a wall is not necessarily a barrier. The third is flavour rather than function, but it reinforces that the pencil is meant to be used freely rather than saved.

The Shotgun, Barrels and the Boots

The shotgun is the direct option. The store page says you can simply blast enemies to smithereens with it, and it presents that as an equally valid route to the physical moves rather than a fallback. It is the only gun named in the published material, which makes it the confirmed firearm and leaves the rest of the arsenal unconfirmed.

The environment supplies the other weapons. Exploding barrels are described as kickable projectiles, which makes them a positional weapon you find rather than carry. The boots are the third leg of the kit, covering the kicks, the barrel punts and the head jumps that the store page lists under combat.

Tool	Documented use
Magical pencil	Sketch bombs, draw doors, write on walls
Shotgun	Blast enemies to smithereens
Exploding barrels	Kick them at enemies
Boots	Kick enemies and barrels, jump on heads

What Is Not Documented

The published material stops at the pencil, the shotgun, the barrels and the boots. The store page does not name any other gun, does not list a melee weapon beyond the boots, does not describe ammo types or an ammo economy, and does not mention weapon upgrades, unlocks, shops or crafting. Whether the pencil consumes a resource is also not documented yet.

For how those tools fit into combat, see PAPERHEAD gameplay. For the habits that go with them, see PAPERHEAD tips.