All 73 Weapons and How to Get Them in Gunfire Reborn

Gunfire Reborn is a shooter where the weapons you carry shape every run. You pick them up from enemies and chests, or buy random ones from the Peddler along the way. Each weapon fires in its own style, from fast automatic guns and precise sniper shots to grenades, beams and melee swings, and many also have a special attack called a weapon skill. Learning how each type works, how to unlock new weapons and how to upgrade them makes it much easier to build a run that holds together.

Weapon Type

Rifle

10 items

Big Hippo

Holding the trigger makes its rate of fire climb after the opening shots.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: The longer you hold fire, the faster it shoots.
How to Unlock: Kill Horsehead 10 times with Non-explosion damage.
DLC: Base game

Cavalry

It fires three-shot bursts, and the third shot is a guaranteed critical hit when it connects.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It fires three-round bursts, and the third shot is a critical hit if it connects.
How to Unlock: Available from the start.
DLC: Base game

Crimson Firescale

Critical hits recharge fire bombs that power its explosive weapon skill.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Fixed Element: Fire
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Critical hits recharge fire bombs. Its weapon skill spends five bombs to launch several explosive fireballs.
How to Unlock: Kill Elite Lizard 3 times.
DLC: Base game

Dragonchaser

Its tracking mark lets later shots home in on a chosen enemy.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its weapon skill marks a target, and later shots home in on that mark.
How to Unlock: Kill White Shark 60 times.
DLC: Base game

Hexagon

Its shield blocks incoming attacks and boosts weapon damage and firing speed after a block.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its weapon skill spends resources to create a shield that blocks attacks. Blocking an attack starts a 10-second enhanced state with increased weapon damage and firing speed.
How to Unlock: Own the Visitors of Spirit Realm DLC.
DLC: Visitors of Spirit Realm DLC

Lightning Blast

Its weapon skill creates a sphere that speeds up and strengthens shots passing through it.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Fixed Element: Lightning
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its weapon skill creates a forcefield sphere that boosts the lucky-shot chance, range and speed of projectiles that pass through it.
How to Unlock: Kill Spearman 20 times in Longling Tomb-Stage 2.
DLC: Base game

Purgator

Every tenth shot becomes a stored-damage power shot that can splash critical damage to nearby enemies.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It stores 50% of shot damage; after ten shots, the next is a power shot that converts the stored amount into true damage. A critical power shot splits damage among enemies within 10 m.
How to Unlock: -
DLC: Base game (Season 7 update)

Rainbow Arch

Charging its weapon skill increases the damage of the released shot.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Charging its weapon skill increases the damage of the released shot.
How to Unlock: Kill Corrupt Monk 100 times.
DLC: Base game

Revealer

Repeated hits after aiming can mark a target so incoming weapon hits become critical.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: While aiming, repeated hits can put a target into a weak-spot state that makes incoming weapon damage critical.
How to Unlock: Kill Desert Coyote 15 times with a Crit.
DLC: Base game

Tracker

Its weapon skill locks onto marked enemies and adds a slowing energy shot after a short volley.

Weapon Type: Rifle
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Hold its weapon skill to target marked enemies automatically; every fifth shot creates an extra energy projectile that slows.
How to Unlock: Own the Realm of Frost and Inkwash DLC.
DLC: Realm of Frost and Inkwash DLC

Weapon Type

Submachine Gun

7 items

Angelic Aura

This fast automatic SMG trades a small magazine for a high firing rate.

Weapon Type: Submachine Gun
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: This fully automatic SMG fires rapidly but has a small magazine.
How to Unlock: Kill Heavy Crossbowman 10 times.
DLC: Base game

Concealed Ammo

Its weapon skill throws the gun and turns the remaining magazine into an explosion.

Weapon Type: Submachine Gun
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its weapon skill throws the gun and converts the remaining magazine into an explosion.
How to Unlock: Kill Desert Coyote 40 times.
DLC: Base game

Demonlore

Each critical hit raises its damage until you reload or switch weapons.

Weapon Type: Submachine Gun
Fixed Element: Fire
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Each critical hit increases its damage until you reload or switch weapons.
How to Unlock: Kill Arrogant Lobster 40 times with Fire damage.
DLC: Base game

Dual Fang

It alternates corrosive and fire shots after a brief charge.

Weapon Type: Submachine Gun
Fixed Element: Corrosion
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: After a short charge, it fires automatically and alternates between corrosion and fire shots.
How to Unlock: Kill Elite Lobster 1 time.
DLC: Base game

Scalpel

Its firing mode switches between accurate single shots and paired shots.

Weapon Type: Submachine Gun
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its accuracy improves while firing, and its mode switches between single and paired shots.
How to Unlock: Kill Catfish Grunt 60 times.
DLC: Base game

Star Devourer

Stopping fire lets it refill its magazine automatically.

Weapon Type: Submachine Gun
Fixed Element: Lightning
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Stopping fire lets it refill its magazine automatically; a shorter reload time speeds up the refill.
How to Unlock: Available from the start.
DLC: Base game

Wolf Gaze

Its paired shot modes build alternating stacks that trigger bursts of scattered projectiles.

Weapon Type: Submachine Gun
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its two firing modes build alternating stacks; reaching the required stack count triggers stronger damage or scattered projectiles.
How to Unlock: Own the Artisan and Magician DLC.
DLC: Artisan and Magician DLC

Weapon Type

Pistol

12 items

Arc Light

Lightning strikes nearby enemies, while its weapon skill marks targets for extra lightning hits.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Fixed Element: Lightning
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Lightning automatically strikes nearby enemies. Every four lightning or dagger hits grants one Dagger Fan use. Its weapon skill throws daggers that mark targets for extra lightning strikes.
How to Unlock: Own the Visitors of Spirit Realm DLC.
DLC: Visitors of Spirit Realm DLC

Aura of Venom

Holding fire empties its magazine in a rapid burst.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Fixed Element: Corrosion
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its weapon skill rapidly fires all remaining rounds in the magazine.
How to Unlock: Kill Crossbowman 15 times.
DLC: Base game

Cloud Weaver

Its five controllable spikes deal more damage after traveling farther.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It launches five controllable spiritual spikes, and the next attack deals more damage when they travel farther.
How to Unlock: Own the Visitors of Spirit Realm DLC.
DLC: Visitors of Spirit Realm DLC

Foundry

This unlimited-ammo starter pistol scales to the lower level of your other weapons.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: This starter pistol has unlimited ammunition and matches the level of your lower-level weapon.
How to Unlock: Available from the start.
DLC: Base game

Glimmering

Its sticky explosive shots charge a weapon skill that fires a burst of instantly exploding darts.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Fixed Element: Fire
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its shots stick to enemies briefly and then explode. Hits build resources that its weapon skill spends to fire several instantly exploding darts at once; hold to charge for better accuracy.
How to Unlock: Kill Rogue Arsonist 3 times.
DLC: Base game

Icy Spear

It throws ice thorns, then recalls them for guaranteed critical hits as they return.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It throws ice thorns that deal ongoing area damage. Its weapon skill recalls them, making returning thorns deal guaranteed critical hits after piercing an enemy.
How to Unlock: Kill Golem 2 times.
DLC: Base game

Prism

Its darts ricochet and track marked enemies, and its weapon skill focuses every dart on one target.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Fixed Element: Corrosion
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its darts pierce enemies and ricochet off barriers. Hits grant resources and mark enemies so later darts track them; its weapon skill summons darts on a chosen enemy, and every active dart strikes it at once.
How to Unlock: Kill Poison Grenadier 10 times.
DLC: Base game

Scorching Rounds

Its bullets can trigger small fire explosions on impact.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Fixed Element: Fire
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its bullets can trigger small explosions on impact.
How to Unlock: Available from the start.
DLC: Base game

Star Ring

Its expanding and contracting ring hits enemies along its path.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its weapon skill expands the ring along a path, then contracts it for a stronger hit.
How to Unlock: Own the Artisan and Magician DLC.
DLC: Artisan and Magician DLC

Sunder

Its shots split sideways twice after being fired.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its projectiles split sideways twice after firing.
How to Unlock: Kill Yaksha of the Seas 60 times.
DLC: Base game

Talisman

It fires homing talismans and can switch among fire, corrosion and lightning damage.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its firing mode cycles among fire, corrosion and lightning damage; its weapon skill fires several talismans in a burst.
How to Unlock: Kill Elite Arsonist 5 times.
DLC: Base game

Viper Sight

Three critical hits prime its next critical shot to strike nearby enemies.

Weapon Type: Pistol
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: After three critical hits, the next critical hit spreads to the three nearest enemies within 8 m. Aiming with its weapon skill reveals weak points.
How to Unlock: Own the Echoes from Primal Grove DLC.
DLC: Echoes from Primal Grove DLC

Weapon Type

Shotgun

8 items

Argus

Its wide horizontal spread can knock nearby enemies backward.

Weapon Type: Shotgun
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its bullets spread horizontally and knock nearby enemies back; hitting a barrier on the return can deal extra damage.
How to Unlock: Available from the start.
DLC: Base game

Hell

It reloads one shell at a time, so you can fire as soon as a shell is loaded.

Weapon Type: Shotgun
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It reloads one shell at a time, and you can fire as soon as one is loaded.
How to Unlock: Kill Elite Spearman 3 times.
DLC: Base game

Illusion

Holding fire increases both its firing speed and projectile count.

Weapon Type: Shotgun
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Holding fire increases both its firing speed and projectile count.
How to Unlock: Kill Lu Wu 1 time.
DLC: Base game

Jackpot

Every eighth shot rolls a random effect for the next eight shots.

Weapon Type: Shotgun
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Every eighth shot randomly selects an effect that applies to the following eight shots.
How to Unlock: Own the Echoes from Primal Grove DLC.
DLC: Echoes from Primal Grove DLC

Porcupine

Its projectiles spread widely and deal corrosion damage.

Weapon Type: Shotgun
Fixed Element: Corrosion
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its projectiles spread widely and deal corrosion damage.
How to Unlock: Kill Rogue Villain 30 times with Corrosion damage.
DLC: Base game

Pupil

Charging a shot tightens its aim and boosts damage when fully charged.

Weapon Type: Shotgun
Fixed Element: Lightning
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Charging increases accuracy, and a fully charged shot deals 50% more damage.
How to Unlock: Kill Catfish Gunner 20 times with Lightning damage.
DLC: Base game

Wheel Saw

Its weapon skill deals damage ahead while the weapon reloads.

Weapon Type: Shotgun
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Hitting with every projectile in a shot or weapon skill empowers the next weapon skill; that skill attacks ahead while reloading.
How to Unlock: Kill Lightning Swordsman 15 times.
DLC: Base game

Wild Hunt

Pressing and releasing fire triggers its two shots separately.

Weapon Type: Shotgun
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Pressing and releasing fire trigger its two shots separately.
How to Unlock: Available from the start.
DLC: Base game

Weapon Type

Sniper

11 items

Bloody Drill

Its bullets pierce enemies and cause bleeding that drains health over time.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its bullets pierce enemies and cause bleeding that drains health over time.
How to Unlock: Kill Elite Yaksha 2 times.
DLC: Base game

Brick

Critical hits drop a pickup that makes your next attack a stronger critical hit.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Critical hits drop a pickup that makes your next attack a stronger critical hit.
How to Unlock: Own the Artisan and Magician DLC.
DLC: Artisan and Magician DLC

Double Caliber

It spends two rounds per shot but returns them when both bullets critically hit.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Each shot uses two rounds, but returns them if both bullets critically hit.
How to Unlock: Kill Catfish Man 100 times with a Crit.
DLC: Base game

Drift Shard

Its four-arrow volleys charge a weapon skill that rains tracking arrows onto weak points.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It fires four arrows in quick succession and gains energy on hits. When full, its weapon skill fires 12 homing arrows that seek weak points and deal area damage.
How to Unlock: Own the Echoes from Primal Grove DLC.
DLC: Echoes from Primal Grove DLC

Golden Bow

Charging raises its weapon damage and critical multiplier, and can reveal weak points.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Charging increases weapon damage and critical multiplier, and can reveal enemy weak points.
How to Unlock: Kill Bandit Retainer 40 times with a Crit.
DLC: Base game

Goshawk

Charging releases a powerful bolt.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Charging releases a powerful bolt.
How to Unlock: Kill Bandit Tactician 40 times with a Crit.
DLC: Base game

Lighting Ksana

It can shield teammates with its weapon skill and spend stored energy on stronger scoped shots.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Fixed Element: Lightning
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Hitting a teammate deploys a damage-blocking shield. Blocked damage and no-scope critical hits charge energy for stronger scoped shots.
How to Unlock: Own the Visitors of Spirit Realm DLC.
DLC: Visitors of Spirit Realm DLC

Piercing Flame

Its shots pierce through enemies and deal fire damage.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Fixed Element: Fire
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its fire bullets pierce through enemies.
How to Unlock: Available from the start.
DLC: Base game

Sting

Its explosive shots can break the armor of enemies near the impact.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Fixed Element: Corrosion
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its explosive shots break the armor of enemies near the impact.
How to Unlock: Kill Umbrella Spirit 40 times.
DLC: Base game

Strike Wing

A hit sends three extra arrows toward enemies behind the first target.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: A hit sends three extra arrows toward enemies behind the first target.
How to Unlock: Kill Catfish Man 20 times.
DLC: Base game

Woodpecker

Aiming builds a weapon damage bonus that holds while you stop aiming.

Weapon Type: Sniper
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Aiming builds weapon damage that decays over time; while you are not aiming, the bonus pauses but does not apply.
How to Unlock: Kill Longbowman 20 times.
DLC: Base game

Weapon Type

Launcher

9 items

Bone Dragon

Its gravity orb pulls enemies together before triggering repeated explosions.

Weapon Type: Launcher
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its gravity orb pulls in nearby enemies and triggers several explosions on impact.
How to Unlock: Kill Bomber 20 times.
DLC: Base game

Deafening Mortar

It launches close-range explosive barrages, either as a sequence or a charged triple shot.

Weapon Type: Launcher
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It fires explosive barrages at close range; its weapon skill launches three mortar shells after a short charge.
How to Unlock: Kill Arrogant Lobster 5 times.
DLC: Base game

Dragon Breath

Its explosions charge a piercing shot that can be released early with precise timing.

Weapon Type: Launcher
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Hitting an enemy triggers an explosion and starts a charge. Timed use of its weapon skill completes the charge early and makes the next shot pierce enemies.
How to Unlock: Kill Flame Bomber 20 times.
DLC: Base game

Frenzied Shark

Its grenades bounce and explode on enemies or cover.

Weapon Type: Launcher
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its grenades bounce and explode on enemies or cover; each enemy hit reduces the next bounce damage.
How to Unlock: Available from the start.
DLC: Base game

Justice

Its grenade leaves a damaging lava field when it explodes.

Weapon Type: Launcher
Fixed Element: Fire
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its grenade leaves a damaging lava field when it explodes.
How to Unlock: Kill Ichthyosaurus Offspring 1 time.
DLC: Base game

Shrieker

A weak-point hit or barrier hit triggers a larger explosion.

Weapon Type: Launcher
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Hitting a weak point or barrier triggers a larger explosion; a weak-point hit guarantees a critical explosion.
How to Unlock: Kill Spear-Thrower 20 times.
DLC: Base game

Tempest

Its weapon skill marks a target, then spends stored energy on a heavy hit.

Weapon Type: Launcher
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Hits create small explosions and restore energy. Its weapon skill marks enemies, then releases a heavy attack against the locked target.
How to Unlock: Own the Realm of Frost and Inkwash DLC.
DLC: Realm of Frost and Inkwash DLC

Thunder Storm

Its electric orb sends lightning arcs into nearby surfaces when it lands.

Weapon Type: Launcher
Fixed Element: Lightning
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its electric orb sends lightning arcs into nearby surfaces when it lands.
How to Unlock: Kill Elite Hermit 1 time.
DLC: Base game

Tiger Cannon

Its shells explode across a large area.

Weapon Type: Launcher
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its shells explode across a large area.
How to Unlock: Kill Heavy Crossbowman 3 times in Longling Tomb-Stage 1.
DLC: Base game

Weapon Type

Injector

7 items

Clawspray

Repeated water jets grow bubbles on targets until they burst.

Weapon Type: Injector
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Repeated water jets grow bubbles on targets until they burst.
How to Unlock: Kill Fiddler Crab 20 times.
DLC: Base game

Fire Dragon

It sprays flames to burn enemies.

Weapon Type: Injector
Fixed Element: Fire
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It sprays flames that burn enemies.
How to Unlock: Kill Fire Lizard 40 times with Fire damage.
DLC: Base game

Jet Octopus

It absorbs nearby energy and spends it on a water-column weapon skill.

Weapon Type: Injector
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It absorbs energy in front of it and spends that energy on a water-column weapon skill.
How to Unlock: Own the Artisan and Magician DLC.
DLC: Artisan and Magician DLC

Laser Gloves

Keeping its laser on one target increases the damage.

Weapon Type: Injector
Fixed Element: Fire
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Keeping its laser on one target increases the damage.
How to Unlock: Kill Yoruhime-Maru 1 time.
DLC: Base game

Radioactive Gauntlet

Its corrosive laser tracks nearby enemies and can refract into more targets.

Weapon Type: Injector
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its corrosive laser tracks a nearby enemy. A timed weapon skill fires an enhanced beam that refracts to up to three nearby enemies.
How to Unlock: Kill Venomous Lizard 20 times.
DLC: Base game

Rainbow

Its ray locks onto nearby enemies, or onto a target marked by its weapon skill.

Weapon Type: Injector
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its ray locks onto nearby enemies, or onto an enemy marked by its weapon skill.
How to Unlock: Talent reaches Lv. 10.
DLC: Base game

Thunderclap Gloves

Its lightning beam jumps from one target to another.

Weapon Type: Injector
Fixed Element: Lightning
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its lightning beam jumps from one target to another.
How to Unlock: Talent reaches Lv. 20.
DLC: Base game

Weapon Type

Melee Weapon

5 items

Cloud Edge

Quick slashes and movement charge a resource that powers enhanced attacks.

Weapon Type: Melee Weapon
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Quick slashes hit enemies and movement restores weapon-skill energy. At 36 energy, it enters an enhanced state that strengthens its attacks.
How to Unlock: Defeat Pikeman five times while within 5 m.
DLC: Base game (Season 7 update)

Fire Tower

Its melee swings deal fire damage, and its weapon skill sends a fire wheel forward.

Weapon Type: Melee Weapon
Fixed Element: Fire
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its melee swings deal fire damage, and its weapon skill sends a fire wheel forward.
How to Unlock: Kill any Lantern Spirit 50 times.
DLC: Base game

Flowing Light

It stores up to three charges for quick forward thrusts.

Weapon Type: Melee Weapon
Fixed Element: Lightning
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It stores up to three charges, each releasing five quick forward thrusts.
How to Unlock: Kill Foot Soldier 60 times.
DLC: Base game

Poisonous Ghost

Its hits build charges for a piercing blade wave that hits harder against high-health enemies.

Weapon Type: Melee Weapon
Fixed Element: Corrosion
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Every six hits build a blade-wave charge. Its weapon skill releases a piercing wave that deals more damage to enemies with more health.
How to Unlock: Kill Elite Catfish Warrior 3 times.
DLC: Base game

Storm Chaser

Moving forward builds a faster, stronger state that can knock back normal enemies.

Weapon Type: Melee Weapon
Fixed Element: -
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Moving forward builds an accelerated state with higher movement speed, weapon damage and resistance; repeated hits can deal true damage to normal enemies.
How to Unlock: Kill Catfish Warrior within 10 meters of yourself 15 times.
DLC: Base game

Weapon Type

Staff

4 items

Armillary Sash

Its shots bounce between enemies and build marks that its weapon skill detonates.

Weapon Type: Staff
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its shots bounce between up to three enemies and build marks; elemental effects add two marks, up to eight. Its weapon skill detonates the marks for more damage and hits.
How to Unlock: Own the Echoes from Primal Grove DLC.
DLC: Echoes from Primal Grove DLC

Crane Chant

Its guided plum-blossom shots build energy for an area-damage shadow crane.

Weapon Type: Staff
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its slightly guided plum-blossom shots build energy. Shooting or using a hero skill releases a shadow crane for area damage.
How to Unlock: Talent reaches Lv. 30.
DLC: Base game

Phoenix Roar

Its marks explode when you hit marked enemies with the staff or skill damage.

Weapon Type: Staff
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: Its attacks mark enemies, and damage from the staff or a skill triggers area damage on marked targets. Its charged weapon skill creates a domain that marks nearby enemies.
How to Unlock: Own the Realm of Frost and Inkwash DLC.
DLC: Realm of Frost and Inkwash DLC

Starfly

Its auto-targeting barrage becomes denser and faster in its charged mode.

Weapon Type: Staff
Weapon Skill and Mechanic: It auto-targets an area and fires a scattered barrage. Its charged weapon skill increases projectile count and firing speed.
How to Unlock: Own the Realm of Frost and Inkwash DLC.
DLC: Realm of Frost and Inkwash DLC

How Weapons Work in Gunfire Reborn

Weapons are the tools you carry and fire during a run, and what you hold can change as you go. Enemies and chests can drop them, and the Peddler sells random ones along the way. Many weapons also have a weapon skill, a special attack that works apart from normal firing and often needs energy, charges or another resource built up before you can use it.

Each weapon also has a level, and higher levels hit harder. Keeping an eye on levels helps you judge whether a weapon you already have is still worth carrying.

The Weapon Types and What They Do

Weapon type is the first thing that sets a weapon's feel. It affects how the weapon handles and how it uses ammunition, so two weapons of different types can call for very different play. Rifles are the all-round guns, with a wide mix of effects from charged damage to targets that track enemies. Submachine Guns are built around speed, but they vary a lot: some refill their magazine on their own once you stop firing, while others switch between different shot styles.

Pistols are the flexible sidearms, and many carry a trick of their own, such as homing talismans, darts that ricochet off barriers or daggers that mark enemies for extra lightning strikes. Shotguns fire a spread of projectiles in one go, and their effects often change how that spread behaves, whether it's knocking nearby enemies back or adding shots when you hold fire. Snipers reward careful aim. Many charge for a stronger shot, and several send their hits through enemies or split off extra arrows.

Launchers fire explosive rounds, like grenades, mortar shells and orbs that blow up on impact or when they land, so their blasts can cover an area. Injectors work differently from bullet guns. They spray water, flames, lasers or beams, and some build damage the longer you keep them on one target. Melee Weapons are for close-range fighting, with quick slashes, thrusts and swings, and several build charges as you hit that release a wave or a stronger attack. Staffs have a more mystical feel, with guided shots, shots that bounce between enemies and marks that set off extra damage.

Elements and Inscriptions: How a Weapon Fits Your Build

Some weapons come with a fixed element, which is built into the weapon and shapes how its hits land. The elements you'll see are fire, lightning and corrosion. Many weapons have no fixed element at all, so their character comes from inscriptions instead.

Inscriptions are random effects that roll onto a weapon, and they're a big reason two guns of the same type can play differently. An element and a set of inscriptions only help if they fit what the rest of your build is doing, so it pays to look at both before deciding a weapon is worth keeping.

How to Get Weapons in Gunfire Reborn

Enemies and chests are the main way weapons turn up during a run, so clearing rooms and opening chests can both pay off. The Peddler is the other dependable place to find them. It's a stationary merchant that appears in normal rooms within each act and always shows up in a boss stage. Every weapon it offers is the same level, based on the act and stage you're in, and comes with inscriptions to match.

Prices climb as you go deeper into the acts. Haggle cuts the price of everything the Peddler sells, and Ultimate Firearm guarantees an Exclusive inscription on any weapon the Peddler sells. Knowing where weapons come from helps you decide when to push through a room and when to save your Copper for a visit.

How to Unlock Weapons in Gunfire Reborn

Not every weapon is open to you right away. A few are available from the start, but many have to be earned through an unlock condition, and on PC those conditions usually ask you to defeat a certain enemy a set number of times. Some add a twist, like a specific element, landing critical hits or doing it in a particular stage. Icy Spear, for example, opens up after you kill Golem twice, while Double Caliber asks for 100 kills of Catfish Man with critical hits.

Some weapons unlock through talent progress instead. Rainbow, Thunderclap Gloves and Crane Chant become available once a talent reaches level 10, 20 and 30. Others need a DLC. Owning the Visitors of Spirit Realm DLC unlocks weapons such as Hexagon and Cloud Weaver, Realm of Frost and Inkwash brings Tracker and Starfly, Artisan and Magician adds Wolf Gaze and Star Ring, and Echoes from Primal Grove includes Viper Sight and Jackpot.

Knowing which route a weapon uses tells you whether getting it means playing more or owning a DLC, which makes it much easier to plan what you're chasing.

Upgrading Weapons with the Craftsman

The Craftsman is a blacksmith who randomly appears in rooms on the way through each stage, and always shows up in a boss stage. For Copper, the Craftsman can make your weapons stronger. Enhancing raises a weapon's level by one, which adds to its base damage each time. The cost depends on the level it's at, so each enhancement on the same weapon costs more than the last. A weapon can be enhanced up to two times at each Craftsman, or three with the Skilled Craftsman talent.

Reforge costs Copper and randomly swaps one Gemini inscription on a weapon for another, but it only works on weapons that already have a Gemini inscription. An icon appears next to any option the weapon can't take. The Legendary Craftsman talent unlocks Etch, which adds one extra inscription to a weapon, once per weapon, at a cost that rises with the weapon's level. Etching at a low level is cheaper but often gets lower-rarity inscriptions, so timing matters.

Together these services let you shape a weapon around your build instead of settling for whatever you picked up.

Is There a Best Weapon in Gunfire Reborn?

No single weapon is best for every run. What works depends on your hero, the inscriptions a weapon carries, whether your build needs a certain element, the range you like to fight from, and the upgrades your run has picked up. Yoyo is the one clear hero link: she has a special bond with all Staff weapons, so Staffs are worth a close look if she's your hero.

For other heroes, the match comes down to how a weapon's effects work with the rest of your build. Because a run can change so much, it helps to stay flexible rather than locking in a favorite too early. A weapon that looks weak at first can become the right pick once an upgrade or inscription lines up with it.

FAQ

What weapon do you start with in Gunfire Reborn?

The Foundry is the starter pistol, and it's unlocked from the beginning. It has unlimited ammunition, so it never runs dry, and it automatically matches the level of your lowest-level weapon. That same link is why the Craftsman can't enhance it, since it's already copying the lowest level you hold.

Can you choose which weapon the Peddler sells?

No. The Peddler's weapons are random, so you can't ask for a specific one. The New Look effect can refresh all the random weapons and scrolls once per Peddler, though anything you've already bought stays as it is. Refresh Addict adds one more refresh of the wares, which gives you another shot at what you're after.

Can a weapon be enhanced past the normal limit?

Yes, in a few ways. Hidden Transaction gives each enhancement a chance to raise the level by two instead of one, and its enhanced version also adds one more allowed enhancement to that weapon. Enhancement Lover removes the cap at each Craftsman, though the Copper cost starts climbing from the fourth upgrade. In multiplayer, every player gets their own limit, so a weapon passed between players can keep getting enhanced.

Can you reroll a weapon's inscriptions?

Yes, with the Supreme Craftsman talent, which works on Reincarnation difficulty. It rerolls all of a weapon's inscriptions, up to three times per weapon at each Craftsman, and it costs no Copper. That's useful when a weapon has a good base but its inscriptions don't fit your build.