Item from Half-Life 2 by Valve
The most famous melee weapon in gaming — a simple red crowbar that became the symbol of one man's impossible resistance.
The crowbar is Gordon Freeman's signature. Not because it's his most powerful weapon — it isn't even close — but because it's his first. Picked up in the ruins of Black Mesa, it has followed him through two decades, a dimensional invasion, and the fall of human civilization. In gameplay, it's the weapon of last resort and the tool of first resort — breaking crates, smashing boards, clearing headcrabs. In the mythology of the resistance, it's something more. When people talk about the Freeman, the crowbar is always part of the legend. Barney jokes about it. Combine intelligence reports reference it. The Vortigaunts probably have a name for it in their own tongue. A theoretical physicist with a crowbar tore apart a transdimensional empire. There's a poetry in that the Combine never understood.
A standard red-painted steel crowbar, slightly curved, with a flat prying end and a hooked nail-pulling end. Unremarkable in every way except what it represents. It has no modifications, no upgrades, no special properties. It is a tool that became a weapon that became an icon.
Also known as: Crowbar, The Crowbar, Freeman's Crowbar