The best weapons and guns in Starfield – and how to get them

While there are numerous alternatives to discuss your method out of a doubtlessly hostile scenario in Starfield, there are additionally plenty of encounters the place violence is the one reply, and for these you’ll want the best weapons.

Unlike Starfield’s best ships — the place you’ll want to rank up the Piloting talent earlier than you’ll be able to even use them — there aren’t any prerequisite expertise you want earlier than you should utilize the best weapons. That mentioned, expertise will help. You can can enhance your effectivity with varied weapons sorts by getting varied expertise in the Combat talent tree; in explicit, many weapons profit from funding in the Ballistics talent.

It’s price bearing in thoughts that other than the distinctive weapons listed right here, most elementary weapons might be improved by the extra of mods. You can even discover pre-modded variations of fundamental weapons, lots of which go toe to toe with the distinctive weapons we’ve listed right here. But should you’re wanting to monitor down a assured dependable arsenal, listed below are the best weapons in Starfield.

Sir Livingstone’s Pistol

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Weapon kind: Pistol
How to get it: Gift from mother and father

It might seem to be an odd alternative kicking off an inventory of the best weapons in Starfield with maybe probably the most fundamental pistol you’ve ever seen, however this is a wonderful alternative for anybody who picks the Kid Stuff trait at the beginning of the sport. After you’ve executed a principal mission or two — and when you’ve met your mother and father for the primary time and informed them you’re a part of Constellation now — they may present up uninvited at The Lodge after Noel lets them in. Your dad will current Sir Livingstone’s Pistol to you as a present.

There’s nothing too particular about this gun apart from it being a really dependable sidearm that does an honest quantity of injury when you’re nonetheless a reasonably low degree, principally as a result of it’s geared up with a compensator, giant journal, and excessive velocity ammo by default. It does use .45 caliber rounds, although, which aren’t probably the most frequent to come across, so chances are you’ll want to refill at a vendor each now and then.

Magshot

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Weapon kind: Pistol
How to get it: Loot

By far the best fundamental pistol I’ve used in the sport, the Magshot is actually a futuristic revolver that may kill many widespread enemies with one shot. It is the definition of a hand cannon and, in lieu of Starfield not having many glorious lengthy-vary weapons, any Magshot pistol can primarily double as a rifle.

There is a novel model of the Magshot known as Trickshot, which is acquired by looting a fallen mech in the course of the United Colonies faction mission “War Relics. The Trickshot’s particular perk there’s that each fourth shot fires two bullets directly. If you’ll be able to get the Trickshot, it’s positively the best Magshot out there, however any Magshot will probably be a worthy addition to your arsenal.

Experiment A-7

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Weapon kind: Shotgun
How to get it: Pass a persuasion examine throughout the principle mission “Entangled”

The Experiment A-7 shotgun is so good, it’s a surprise how it’s really easy to purchase. Fairly late in the principle story, you’ll play some of the compelling missions in your entire recreation, “Entangled.” When you section behind Ethan in his safety workplace, you’ll be able to ask him if he has any instruments for coping with the aliens. Pass a persuasion examine and he’ll reward you Experiment A-7, the strongest shotgun I’ve had the pleasure of utilizing.

This distinctive shotgun offers 131 harm and already comes with six out of eight mods put in, together with a reflex sight, tactical inventory, absolutely automated, and flechette rounds. It additionally has the Exterminator perk, which offers +30% harm towards aliens — a no-brainer given the context you obtain the weapon — however don’t let that idiot you, as this shotgun is greater than appropriate to take care of human foes too.

Gallow’s Reach

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Weapon kind: Rifle
How to get it: Loot from Captain Petrov’s vault on The Scow ship

There’s nothing higher than a trusty AK-47. Gallow’s Reach is the distinctive model of the Old Earth Assault Rifle, which isn’t a nasty weapon by itself, however the distinctive providing blows it out of the water. When you’re on The Scow throughout the principle mission “No Sudden Moves,” you could get into Captain Petrov’s private quarters. This is definitely executed after you steal the artifact and shoot Petrov sufficient to the purpose the place he calls off his guards. Then you’ll be able to wander spherical The Scow, looting something you please. Gallow’s Reach is in Captain Petrov’s room, in a locked secure.

What makes Gallow’s Reach so good is the Poison perk. It “randomly deals poison damage and slows the target,” making it the best choice when coping with excessive degree enemies that take extra than simply a few photographs to go down. Additionally, it comes full of 5 mods, together with armor-piercing rounds, an ergonomic grip, and a reflex sight.

The Last Priest

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Weapon kind: Melee
How to get it: Complete the “Infinity’s End” facet quest and perform The Hunter’s orders

This can’t be an inventory of the best weapons and not using a melee choice, so to that finish, we now have The Last Priest. This one isn’t out there to everybody — you could facet with The Hunter over The Emissary throughout “Unearthed,” which offers you the search “Infinity’s End.” Without spoiling an excessive amount of, The Hunter will ask you to do one thing. You can both do it. Or you can’t do it however cross a persuasion examine with The Hunter afterwards telling him you probably did do it. Either of those choices will get you The Last Priest as a reward.

There’s not an excessive amount of to say about The Last Priest apart from the actual fact it has excessive harm and the Elemental perk, which does a number of heavy lifting. Elemental “randomly deals corrosive, radiation, poison, and incendiary damage,” for an actual cocktail of enjoyable. Perfect for anybody doing a melee-solely playthrough.

[Ed. note: Spoiler follow for Starfield.]

Eternity’s Gate

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Weapon kind: Particle Beam Rifle
How to get it: Defeat The Emissary on the finish of ‘Revelation’

Finally, we now have arguably the best weapon in your entire recreation, Eternity’s Gate. Again, this one requires siding with The Hunter in Unearthed, then whenever you ultimately make it to the stand-off towards The Emissary in the course of the “Revelation” mission, you could defeat them. There is an choice to finish this peacefully by passing a persuasion examine — which is the route I foolishly took the primary time round — and doing so means you don’t obtain Eternity’s Gate, so bear that in thoughts.

Eternity’s Gate is a legendary particle beam rifle that has three perks and six mods, all of which mixed make this a pressure to be reckoned with. Like the aforementioned Trickshot, the fourth shot of Eternity’s Gate fires two projectiles directly, it has unstable rounds that pack an even bigger punch (although do have the possibility to fail), and it does +10% harm towards people. It’s price noting that siding with The Emissary and defeating The Hunter does provide a counterpart to Eternity’s Gate — a legendary laser rifle known as Unmitigated Violence — however we discovered Eternity’s Gate to be barely higher.