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Weapons - Organized and Compared

By Drake Ravenwolf

The weapon store isn't that well organized making it difficult to compare weapons directly to one another... that's what this guide is for

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Drake Ravenwolf
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Category: Crafting, Secrets, Weapons

Languages: English

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5 Jul, 2021 @ 6:26pm

15 Jul, 2021 @ 11:39am

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Guide Index

Overview

Introduction

50 Cal

Arrows

LMG

Melee

Pistol

Rifle

Rocket Launcher

Shotgun

SMG

Everything Else

ALL Sidearms (Duplicate Entries)

Conclusion

Comments

Introduction

I'll be sorting weapons by their ammo type while also making note of sidearms (can be assigned to slot #4) as well as weapons which differ significantly from others in the same class (usually just those which cannot accept a silencer)

Within each section I've sorted the weapons by:
1st: (Damage + Rate of Fire) with Damage breaking ties
2nd: (Accuracy + Range)
Last: Handling

All weapons are fully upgraded; usually with the most expensive scope possible, but I did put red-dot scopes on all the shotguns instead of anything higher-end. Reason for doing this was to facilitate apples-apples comparisons.

50 Cal

SA-50 ("Free State" is the same)
MBP .50 ("Blood Dragon" & "Gold and Steel" are the same)
Jacob's Rifle (Cannot be Silenced)
D50 (Sidearm, Cannot be silenced)

Arrows

Recurve Bow
Slingshot
Compound Bow ("Big Game Hunter" is the same)

LMG

MG42 (Cannot be silenced)
M249 ("Militia" is the same)
M60 (Model "V" is the same)

Melee

Brass Knuckles (Replaces bare fists, so no reason not to use them)
Shovel ("Optimism" is the same)
Spiked Bat ("Wisdom" is the same)
Aluminium Bat
Whack! (Oar)
Pipe (Bolted / Socket are the same)
Baseball Bat (Bamboo Stick is the same)

Pistol

44 Magnum-L (Sidearm, Cannot be silenced, "Cannon" & "Sixer" & "Steel and Ivory" are the same)
44 Magnum (Sidearm, Cannot be silenced)
1911 (Sidearm, All 1911s are the same)
M9 & P226 (Sidearm, "Amendment 2" is the same)
P08-L (Sidearm)
P08 (Sidearm)
6P9 (Sidearm)
*ALL Pistols are Sidearms

Rifle

Hellfire (Cannot be silenced)
45/70 ("Fall's Ghost" is the same)
45/70-T
Bulldozer (Cannot be silenced)
Nerve Reaper (Cannot be silenced)
AR-C ("The Shark" & "Silver & Carbon Fiber" are the same)
M-16
AR-C "Stars n Stripes"
Grape Popper (Cannot be silenced)
SVD
AK-47 & AK-M ("The Whitetailer" is the same)
AK-MS "Warrior"
MS16
AR-CL ("Sharkbite" is the same)
MS16 Trooper
BP-2
308 Carbine ("Old Flame" is the same)

Rocket Launcher

The Obliteratorrrr (Sidearm)
Nut Hugger (Sidearm)
RAT4 & RPG-7 (RAT4 Rockets are GUIDED unlike the alternatives)

Shotgun

SPAS-12 ("Flameout" is the same)
SBS (Cannot be silenced, "The Farmhand" is the same)
1887
1887-T
M133 (Model "M" and "The Grand Slam" are the same)
M133 MS
D2 (Sidearm, Cannot be silenced, "Sin Eater" & "Outlaw" are the same)

SMG

Vector45 ACP
MP5K ("American Muscle" is the same)
MP5 (MP5SD & "Hours of Darkness" is the same)
BZ19
A-99 (Sidearm)
SMG-11 (Sidearm)
Skorpion (Sidearm, "Big Spender" is the same)
MP34
MP40

Everything Else

Flamethrower (All Flamethrowers are the same)
Tazer Spazer Annihilazer (Infinite Ammo Sidearm)
M-79 (Grenade Launcher & Sidearm, "Shark Shooter" is the same)
Shovel Launcher
Magnopulser (Infinite Ammo)

ALL Sidearms (Duplicate Entries)

The Obliteratorrrr (Cannot be silenced)
Tazer Spazer Annihilazer (Cannot be silenced, Infinite Ammo)
D50 (Cannot be silenced)
M-79 (Grenade Launcher, Cannot be silenced, "Shark Shooter" is the same)
Nut Hugger (Cannot be silenced)
A-99
SMG-11
Skorpion ("Big Spender" is the same)
44 Magnum-L (Cannot be silenced, "Cannon" & "Sixer" & "Steel and Ivory" are the same)
44 Magnum (Cannot be silenced)
D2 (Cannot be silenced, "Sin Eater" & "Outlaw" are the same)
1911 (All 1911s are the same)
M9 & P226 ("Amendment 2" is the same)
P08-L
P08
6P9

Conclusion

Let me know if I missed anything (besides hoes - can't see stats on items like that)
If you have any constructive critismism or helpful comments - I welcome such feedback.
Or if you have any questions I'll do my best to help out.
Otherwise thank you for taking a look at my guide. :)
And remember to rate, like, and favorite this guide if you found it helpful :D

25 Comments

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Drake Ravenwolf [author] 20 Apr, 2023 @ 1:33pm

Ugh, w/e server stores these images has deleted them, and Steam Support said they will not do anything >.>

Follow the issue if you like:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/552520/discussions/1/3828665107777491179/
:S

Drake Ravenwolf [author] 20 Apr, 2023 @ 9:08am

Oh for... why are the images no longer being displayed?

KamikaziFly 13 Jan, 2022 @ 4:38am

lol, thats funny as hell!
I just thought they all had gun guys and enthusiasts coding gun games.

Drake Ravenwolf [author] 2 Oct, 2021 @ 8:57pm

Not in game there isn't

ProxyJames 2 Oct, 2021 @ 3:43pm

my dude.....the second labeled 50 cal...a desert eagleis chambered in .50 AE and the rifles are chambered in .50 BMG (also referred to as 12.7×99mm) there is a big difference

KamikaziFly 7 Aug, 2021 @ 7:59pm

Thats a good tip! (mars weaponry vaporizes loot)
As I continue to find more info, it looks like all the DLC Unlocks are reskins with the exact same stats. Thanks for confirming this in your guide!

Drake Ravenwolf [author] 7 Aug, 2021 @ 2:21pm

fyi the mars weapons tend to vaporize their targets leaving NO loot - powerful but keep that in mind

KamikaziFly 6 Aug, 2021 @ 4:56pm

Great guide! But I came looking for what the unlocks are on the DLC, during the sale. I saw on yt there are shovels or outfits on the Zombie DLC, but can't find pictures nor any stats info on them. From your guide it would seem that the MARS DLC would have the best weaponry unlocks. I'm unsure if there is a good reason to unlocking the unlocks.

Drake Ravenwolf [author] 3 Aug, 2021 @ 2:23pm

I don't like "picking winners," but with this sorting algorithm - the higher a weapon is within the section the "better" it ought to be. So my advice would be to start with the 1st one and see what you think, don't like it? Try the 2nd one, and so on

Angrysaurus Rex 3 Aug, 2021 @ 2:16pm

Excellent presentation and great work. One thing I might suggest if you have the time and want to is select a winner or tied overall winner (I would exclude the OP expansion lasers and stuff) or winners and a runner up in each category. I know some are so close statistically it really doesn't matter but in some categories that are lengthy (rifles for instance) it might help to narrow it down to a general "suggested fully automatic" and "suggested semi-automatic". Just a thought. I really wish the Far Cry Games would give you more dynamic differences between weapons of the same category, and more weapons in general.

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