Deathloop is a time-bending stealth and action game, developed by Arkane Studios, that offers much more than what meets the eye. Most of the gameplay revolves around the availability of various kinds of guns and different gameplay styles. From guns blazing to the classic hitman strategy, this game has all the right guns that will get the job done. In this article, we will look at the best weapons to use in Deathloop and where to find them as well as the best strategies to use them.
Weapons in Deathloop
In this case let’s move to Deathloop’s weapons hierarchy classification based on colors (rarity); grey (common), blue (uncommon), purple (very rare) and gold (unique). Commons weapons are widely available and can be found on every enemy of the tier yet they offer no additional benefits or modifications. But various levels of weapons, namely rare and legendary levels, start coming into the picture which not only gives out regular bonuses but brings out unique talents and inflicts a lot of damage to the wearer.
The system allows you to tailor-make synergies by mixing and matching different guns and trinkets slabs. The best weapons also have wisdom, in order to put them into action at the right time in the right place, as some of them serve a particular mission or duration very well.
Let’s take for example the weapons in Deathloop, their advantages, and their location.
1. The Fourpounder – The Most Powerful and Versatile
The Fourpounder is among the best pistols in Deathloop which has quite a number of variants such as the basic and unique models. It’s a heavy handiwork made to deal power shot orientated damage and as such can kill opponents after just a few shots if placed correctly. It is most effective when used at the middle ranges and its overwhelming force is capable of penetrating even the toughest of enemies within moments.
Why It’s Great:
Explosive Rounds: The rounds fired from The Fourpounder upon impact explodes and thus it is good for taking out bayonets or Visionaries from range when numerous or from a high number of shots.
Versatility: It can act as a dedicated and strong eliminator for a single target or when attached with some trinkets or slabs since a secondary use can be a crowd controlling weapon.
Unique Variants:
Tribunal: An enhancement of the original Fourpounder, the Tribunal is designed to be more accurate and has a longer fire rate. The explosive character of the base Fourpounder is preserved in the new version, but for those who prefer a sharper edge, the playful variations have a focus, newer strategies have a center.
How to Access / How to Obtain:
The basic model of the Fourpounder is not that rare and can be collected from some enemies or sites with extra weapons across Blackreef. The Tribunal on the other hand is quite a different type that is helpfully concealed or dropped from elite Soldiers known as Eternalists.
2. Rapier – The Best Tool for Accuracy Even at Long Ranges
The Rapier is a shotgun, but unlike other shotguns, it employs a single high-quality shot. This weapon is appropriate for combat at a distance and for gamers who like strategy, as it can cause great damage to the enemies while staying away from their reach. And while this weapon may still be classified as a shotgun, its long-range pinpoint accuracy makes it feel more like a sniper rifle.
What Makes It Excellent:
Deadly Damage: With one of the most damaging weapons in the game, The Rapier can kill all standard Eternalist units with just a single shot on most occasions.
Distance and Accuracy: The Rapier, unlike most shotguns that are usable only within close-range, is used to pick off targets that are very far away from the player.
Unique Variants:
Constancy Automatic: This version is especially deadly as it can fire continuously without reloading which allows its user to endure intense situations such as being outnumbered in a brawl.
Obtaining the Weapon:
You can locate the Rapier in numerous locations in Blackreef, especially Karl’s Bay and Updaam. More specifically, as fn Constancy Automatic is a more exotic variant, it could force you to eliminate certain Visionaries, Egor or Charlie for instance, or uncover certain areas on the island.
3. LIMP-10 – Best For Twirling Dual Wielding’ Mayhem
If there’s fast-paced and tensed dual-wielding combat action, the LIMP-10 is the weapon you can rely on. A submachine gun that is more about the speed and volume of fire than precision making it one of the effective weapon for close quarter combat. When paired with another weapon in the left hand of colt, this LIMP-10 serves as more than a gun but an advanced weapon of chaos.
Why It’s Great:
High Fire Rate: The LIMP-10 spits out bullets at a staggering rate enough to quickly overwhelm the enemies.
Dual Wielding Synergy: You can Dual Wield it with an SMG or a pistol or even a shotgun to improve your killing efficiency and evade death in the heat of shooting battles.
Unique Variants:
Ever After: This is the mythical variant of the LIMP-10, delivering better firepower and higher magazine capacity enabling couplings of confrontation without worrying about reloads for longer periods.
How to Secure:
The LIMP-10 is not hard to come by as it is available in most Eternalist bastions existing on the island. However, in the case of Ever After, this might involve some questing or killing some difficult foe(s).
4. Heritage Gun – Best for Flexibility
The Heritage Gun is one of the weapons that is most striking in the game, being designed to have two working modes, that is, shooting like a shotgun and like a rifle. Because of this, it is quite difficult to limit it, and through proper use, will fit nearly anywhere.
Why It’s Great:
Dual Firing Modes: Use spread-shot for face-to-face combat and switch to a slug-shot where precision is required over great lengths. This is what brings out the potency of the Heritage Gun.
Effective At All Distances: Be it taking down Visionaries in far corners of the room or sweeping the room and taking out foes at close distances, the Heritage Gun does both jobs effortlessly.
Distinct Variants:
Heirloom Edition: The cherished heritage gun gets two unique upgrades in the form of drastically increased power and range for the slug mode, categorizing it as a long and short range weapon with high kill efficiency.
How to Obtain:
The Heritage Gun can be obtained from certain Visionary locations or secret weapon hideouts. Try to acquire it in areas frequented by many Visionaries, for example during the evening parties of Updaam.
5. Strelak 50-50 – Best for Crowd Control
The Strelak 50-50 is an automatic shotgun that is capable of taking out several foes in one shot. The speed this weapon possesses along with a fully automatic barrel and a very wide spread of pellets in a single shot makes it highly efficient in Deathloop especially when it comes to crowd control. It is the ideal weapon for the Strelak 50-50 when a pack of Eternalists closes in on you or use when you need to empty a space in a hurry.
Why It’s Awesome:
Reasonably High Rate Of Fire: The Strelak 50-50 being an automatic shotgun fires the rounds continuously with ease spraying the opposing forces.
Close Range Forces: Few will endure the shot of such a weapon, especially in confined areas and/or towards indoor spaces.
Aside From The Core Versions:
Fussilade: The epic variant of Strelak 50-50 further increases the gun’s rate of fire while shortening the level of inactivity making it more suitable in heat of many battles.
How To Get:
The Strelak 50 50 is usually located in Updaam and Fristad Rock respectively, in the places mostly occupied by Eternalists. To acquire the Fusillade variant, it may also be that you will have to kill Julianna while she is invading or when you kill a strong Visionary.
6. Sepulchra Breteira – A Sniper To Grace All Scenes
For the more tactical players, the Sepulchra Breteira may be the best weapon choice. It is a large sniper rifle that deals much damage even at extreme long ranges targeting enemy at a distance as sharp as the crosshairs. If you do well with hiding and striking the enemies one by one, this gun would serve you perfectly.
The Cons:
Exemplary Range: The Sepulchra Breteira is ideal for attacking foes without coming close to them and therefore skipping any physical confrontation.
Destructive: Even Visionaries will go down after one well-aimed headshot fired from this sniper rifle.
Unique Variants:
The Perforator: The epic variant of the sniper rifle enhances the bullet’s penetrating power enabling one to pierce through sheets or even more than one fifty states at the same time.
How To Obtain It:
The Sepulchra Breteira can be perched on some of the tall buildings in Updaam or within one of the Visionaries’ shelters. To get the Perforator version, you may have to kill some Visionaries or loot the underground parts of Blackreef.
7. Vopat Trencher – Most effective for intermediate spoils
The Vopat Trencher is a heavy assault rifle famous for its ability to inflict uniform damage at a striking distance. It supports players who prefer to lay focus on spraying bullets instead of taking single shots and wish to dominate the arena without being close to their enemies. With the right kinds of upgrades, has the potential to be one of the best weapons in Deathloop – the Vopat Trencher.
The Reason It is Awe Inspiring:
Support Fire – With the Vopat Trencher, you will always have your weapon loaded and ready to shoot thanks to the weapon’s capability in providing mid range suppression fire and eliminating wave after wave of foes.
Weight – Because it is light, solidly built and user friendly, most players tend to use this weapon because it hardly jams and is also resistant to overheating.
Distictive Variants:
Winter’s Blast – This Mythic version of the Vopat Trencher enhances the bullets by adding a freezing effect to them hence making all its opponents and enemies in particular extremely slow or even still if they are aimed at, thereby good for crowd control or even lone super bulls. Enemies that are slow or frozen are much easier to dispose of giving an advantage when in mid range battles.
How to Get it:
The Vopat Trencher appears on low tier Eternalist enemies and in various places outside Karl’s Bay or on Fristad Rock. It is found less frequently, and perhaps due to completion of certain side quests or found in some concealed areas of the Blackreef
8. PT-6 Spiker – Best for Stealth Approach
For those who like to play it safe and take their time hunting down their foes, The PT-6 Spiker is perfect for players who engage in stealth based gameplay. It’s a gun that uses nails instead of bullets and can shoot these missiles fairly quietly allowing wearers to intrude into the enemy base incognito. It is quiet, it is deadly, and it is ideal for eliminating foes with care without awaking other enemies’ attention.
Why It’s Great:
Silent Shots: The primary attribute of the PT-6 Spiker is that it is silent. This means that you can eliminate enemies without tiptoeing around other enemies making it an important weapon to players who prefer stealth.
Adaptable in Various Situations: Nevertheless, the Spiker is still capable of performing in quite open fighting as an alternative when the need arises, even if incorporated mainly as a stealth device, due to its relatively low fire rate, combat in larger scale engages is not encouraged.
Unique Variants:
Silent Death: This is an improved version of the PT-6 Spiker. It has a longer range and better accuracy making it deadlier over range but still keeps the silent aspect.
How to Obtain:
The PT-6 Spiker can be easily discovered in less populated areas in Blackreef, particularly The Complex or Updaam. Silent Death version can be introduced to the player by completing missions with a certain level of stealth or from respective Visionaries and high rank Eternalists drops.
9. Pepper Mill – Best Effective Standard Mid-Range.
The Pepper Mill is an all-purpose gun with a large ammo belt and is capable of short to medium range firing allowing players to express their maximum ammo utilization in short sequences. This is suited for enemy suppression or area control where there is likelihood of being overrun by a large number of Eternalists. That large caliber weapon with a high magazine capacity and mid-range accuracy, allows for spraying technique which is particular popular with many gamers as they do not have to care about ammo expenditure.
Why It’s Great:
High Capacity: Equipped with impressive ammunition capacity, a Pepper Mill allows for prolonged firing without respite which is the perfect advantage in combat situations especially intense ones.
Mid-Range Dominance: It cannot be compared to a sniper rifle or a shotgun in terms of power but, the best figure can be maintained in mid-range in which the pepper mill operates making it a jack of all trade type of weapon for combat.
Rephrased:
Bullet Hell: This loudmouthed variant of the Pepper Mill also known as Bullet Hell takes the fire rate to another level and reduces the time taken to reload, making it very effective in mid-range engagements with a need for some level of uninterrupted fire.
How to Obtain:
One is likely to find the Pepper Mils in most outposts of the Eternalists across the Blackreef and especially in areas where there are a lot of combatants. The Bullet Hell re-skin can be found within the ground lairs of Visionaries or simply after very hard missions.
10. Constancy Automatic – The Best for Uninterrupted Shooting Without Any Reloading
The Constancy Automatic is one of the most unique weapons in, and for a good reason: it provides the ability to keep firing incessantly and not bother about stopping to reload. This is because it has a dual magazine system – one of them can be shot out while the other one is reloaded. Hence the Constancy Automatic is an effective weapon in combat situations where sustained fire is extremely crucial.
Why It’s Great:
Dual Magazine: The Constancy Automatic Dual Magazine system provides you the ability to cordinate fire without any break in fire by automatically switching the magazine when one is finished.
Ideal for Pressure Gameplay: If you are that kind of a person who likes to deal nonstop pressure to your enemies with no option of running back or reloading, the Constancy Automatic is fitted for you.
Unique Variants:
Full Auto Fury: The Full Auto Bargain is the improved model of the Constancy Automatic, which raises its rate of fire and the size of the magazine enabling its deadly effectiveness even in extended gun battles.
Ways To Acquire One:
The Constancy Automatic can be acquired after eliminating certain Visionaries, like Egor or Aleksis, or in guarded locations in Blackreef. The Full Auto Fury type is an uncommon find, usually found in hidden places or after difficult fights with Eternalists.
Best Weapon Synergies and Strategies
While every single weapon in Deathloop has its innate lethality, ‘its’ combinations with slabs and trinkets end up being more enjoyable in the experience. Some strategies on how to fully utilize the best rated guns in the game are within paragraphs bellow:
Weapon and Slab Combinations:
Heritage Gun + Shift Slab: This combo is thanks to the multiple firing ranges of the Heritage Gun and the teleporting capabilities of the Shift slab. The enemies can be engaged at different distances and the engagements to be very quick, relatively to the time taken to cover the distances.
Sepulchra Breteira + Aether Slab: For such snipers, nothing is better than a Sepulchra Breteira sniper rifled with an Aether slab attached which serves to render the user invisible at all times. The user can then shoot enemies without being detected.
Fourpounder + Karnesis Slab: The combination of the Fourpounder’s deadly explosive bullets and the Karnesis slab which lets you propel enemies skyward, creates a deadly pair. You can even make enemies airborne while you shoot them using explosive bullets for enhanced devastation.
Trinket Weapon Enhancement Recommendations:
Trinkets can also be used for weapons. As a result, trinkets add more perks and make the weapon more useful in the fight. Here are some best weapon combinations with trinkets to recommend:
Swift Shooter: A trinket that increases the fire rate of the weapon which is applicable to the Pepper Mill and Constancy Automatic. Shock Absorber: A trinket that attempts to reduce the recoil effects on a weapon. This helps in making the Rapier and Strelak 50-50 accurate even in lengthy bouts of fighting.
Perforator: it is a trinket that allows for armor piercing additions this is useful for the Sepulchra Breteira and Heritage Gun to be able to inflict more damage to difficult foes.
General Playstyle Tips:
Dual Wielding LIMP-10: If on the other hand you are more immersive and energetic in your gameplay, you can also choose to use two LIMP-10 shooting them would be like being clamped down under an unending rain of bullets. Just that you make use of trinkets that reduces the recoil while increasing the size of the magazine to prevent the slaying from being out of hand.
Stealth Approach with PT-6 Spiker: while aiming to execute silent takedowns, rather stay on the roofs and the edges of the layout. The PT-6 Spiker will let you take out enemies without a sound, while slabs such as Aether or Shift will allow you to pass through areas and people undetected.
Closing Statement
Weapons in Deathloop are many and serve different purposes. For players who prefer or sniping players from a distance, shooting, and many other things, the game has a number of weapons for every taste. Champions in Deathloop know that it is not only about the most potent weapon, but also about figuring out which slabs, trinkets, and play style goes most effectively with which others.
While navigating around Blackreef and fighting alongside Visionaries and Julianna, try different weapon combinations so you can know and use what loadout is appropriate for you. With those, you will be in the best condition to break the loop and explore the mysteries of this Island that possesses time.