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The Force-A-Nature, also known as the FaN, is an unlockable primary weapon for the Scout. It is a large double-barreled hunting shotgun with sawn-off barrels and a wooden stock and foregrip.

Compared to the Scattergun, the Force-A-Nature's ammo capacity is significantly smaller, only being able to hold two shots at a time. However, it can fire twice as fast as the Scattergun and causes opponents to suffer knockback inversely proportionate to the distance between them and the Scout on hit (with extremely high knockback at point-blank range and no knockback at all at long distance). If the user fires the weapon while airborne, the recoil propels them opposite of the direction they aim. This can be used to perform a third jump in midair, opening up alternate routes for the Scout to take. Knockback is only delivered by the first shot on a target; after shooting, there is a delay of 1.5 seconds where the affected parties cannot be knocked back by a second shot.

The Force-A-Nature shares the Scattergun's increased positive damage ramp up of 175%. Overall, it deals slightly more damage than the Scattergun, spread over a greater number of pellets; 0.9× damage per pellet times 1.2× amount of pellets equals 1.08 times normal damage. However, the low ammo capacity results in more frequent reloads and a lower total damage per clip, making the Force-A-Nature struggle in extended firefights or against tankier classes like Soldiers and Heavies. When reloading, two shells are always consumed, even if only one shot was fired.

Like other bullet-based weaponry, the Force-A-Nature's first shell fires at least one pellet straight down the crosshair before "bullet spread" takes effect. When random bullet spread is disabled, the pellets spread in a fixed three-by-three grid pattern: each grid point receives one pellet, with the middle row receiving two extra pellets on its centermost point and one extra pellet on its rightmost point.

The Force-A-Nature is automatically given to any player who obtains 10 Scout achievements. The kill icon for the Force-A-Nature was contributed by NeoDement.