Boomstick

The boomstick is a combo weapon in Dead Rising 2. It can be created by combining a Pitchfork and a Shotgun. You can get the combo card by leveling up or by defeating Jed Wright in Case Zero.

Attacks

 * Primary: Tap the button and Chuck will stab a zombie with the pitchfork and fire, killing any zombies that are behind the blast. This results in 200 prestige points per zombie killed by this method.
 * Secondary: Hold down the button and Chuck will stab a zombie with the pitchfork, lift it up, and fire three times, each blast causing chunks of the zombie to fly off in gibs. Using the heavy attack will make the gun use three shots instead of one, and nets you 2500 prestige points per kill.
 * Thrown: Hold down the trigger to go into aim mode then press the  button to throw it one handed, over hand, the same way you throw the pitchfork.

Jed is armed with this weapon and can aim and use the shotgun as a firearm, unlike Chuck who can't use the shotgun function without stabbing a zombie first.

Trivia

 * The name "Boomstick" is a reference to the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness series, which has its own undead theme.
 * The image to in the infobox shows that the shotgun has a stock, but in gameplay it does not.
 * The Boomstick has 30 shotgun rounds instead of the 20 the original shotgun has.
 * This weapon cannot be aimed like conventional guns, instead it is thrown. If a zombie is killed using this method, the gun will register as if a shot had been fired, and will still reward you 200 prestige points.
 * If Chuck tries to attack survivors or psychopaths with this weapon, he will only stab them with the pitchfork of the gun. The shotgun never fires, merely causes a bit of damage, and will actually start to degrade or break, even if the player has several shots left.
 * The Boomstick gives the most PP out of all combo weapons: its heavy attack gives 2500 PP, making it great for getting lots of PP in a short time.