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The Hydra was a secret Rocket Launcher in Ravenfield that could be found North of Dustbowl on an oasis.

As of the November 29th beta update of EA5, it is no longer a secret weapon and can be found from the equipment menu. It is a pink variant of the Scalpel and fires multiple homing missiles at targets.

Map
The Hydra, when it was a secret weapon it could be found on the map Dustbowl. At the top of the map is an oasis. In the grass of that oasis there's a weapon podium with a hologram of Hydra. Get there, and it will be avaliable permanently afterwards.

Combat
The Hydra fires seven homing Javelin/Stinger missiles (the missiles behave like Javelin missiles when fired at ground vehicles and Stinger missiles when fired at air vehicles), which circle around each other. The Hydra's missiles are completely excessive against aircraft as a single Scalpel missile can take down any aircraft, let alone six. It also has lower projectile velocity which means that it will never be able to chase after fast-moving aircraft. Thus, the Hydra is better off against tanks or any slow vehicle, as it's devastating firepower can easily destroy them and it's easy to hit.

Threats
The Hydra retains the time delay for launching of the Scalpel, which can get the player shot, killed, or lose the target. The Hydra seems to be less accurate than the Scalpel, and may even kill the user directly if a rocket happens to stray in the wrong direction. It is unable to hit fixed-wing aircraft and might not hit land vehicles all the time.

Trivia

 * The Hydra is based off of the real life FGM-148 Javelin and FIM-92 Stinger rocket launcher, since it's basically a pink Scalpel, which are based on the same weapons.
 * The Hydra is named after a mythical monster from Greek Mythology. However, the Hydra in myth has nine heads, while the Hydra in Ravenfield only shoots seven missiles.
 * Due to problems with targeting, SteelRaven removed Hydra from the game, and planned to re-introduce it in the future with better capabilities.

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