After playing Remnant 2 for over 50 hours, I‘ve compiled a list of the top weapons in the game along with details on how to acquire them. As an avid Remnant 2 player and content creator, I‘ve explored all the weapons extensively and optimized different builds.
In this guide, you‘ll find my picks for the best Remnant 2 weapons in various categories, including highest DPS, best for bosses, best for mid-long range, and more. I‘ll provide an overview of each weapon‘s key stats and strengths.
Best Overall: XMG57 Bonesaw
The XMG57 Bonesaw is my top overall pick due to its versatility and sustainability in combat. This full auto submachine gun has the largest magazine size in its weapon class at 150 rounds. It strikes a great balance between damage output, fire rate, and ammo capacity.
While the Bonesaw doesn‘t have the highest DPS or burst damage potential, its large mag size and good stability make it extremely reliable. You can continuously fire and shred enemies without having to reload frequently. This makes it a great choice when facing hordes of ads or bullet sponge bosses.
It also has pretty decent base stats:
- Damage: 12
- Rate of Fire: 9.5
- Range: 19m
- Weak Spot Damage: +100%
To get the Bonesaw, you need to select the Medic class at the start or purchase it from Brabus in Ward 13 for 1000 Scrap.
I recommend pairing damage and fire rate mods like Hot Shot and Deadly Calm to boost its output. The large mag will let you leverage the bonus effects for longer durations.
Highest Single Target DPS: Alpha Omega
The Alpha Omega pulse rifle boasts the hands-down highest single target DPS thanks to its unique Burst mod. It fires a 5 round energy bolt burst that scales damage the longer you hold down fire.
At max charge, it can melt through beefy elites and bosses faster than any other primary weapon after stacking damage bonuses and weak point multipliers. The caveat is that it has a long charge time and small mag size, making it less suitable against ads.
Here are its baseline specs:
- Damage: 15
- Burst Count: 5
- Rate of Fire: 7.2
- Mag Size: 55
- Weak Spot Damage: +100%
To obtain the Alpha Omega, you need to craft it at McCabe with:
- 650 Scrap
- 7 Lumenite Crystals
- 1 Forgotten Memory
I suggest pairing it with armor and amulet mods to aument its Burst damage even further. It‘s great for quickly assassinating high priority targets.
Best Crowd Control: Nightfall
If you need a weapon to control swarms of enemies, look no further than the Nightfall. This semi-auto rifle excels at clearing out large groups of ads with its voluminous magazine, high fire rate, and area damage.
The key advantage of Nightfall is its Dreamweaver mod, which grants infinite primary ammo regen along with a 35% fire rate boost. You can continuously spray crowds and reposition while retaining max ammo.
It also has built-in lifesteal to sustain you during long sieges. Its baseline attributes include:
- Damage: 31
- Rate of Fire: 5
- Mag Size: 10
- Range: 18m
To craft the Nightfall, you need:
- 1 Cursed Dream Silk
- 7 Lumenite Crystals
- 1000 Scraps
The infinite ammo dreamweaver mod lets you equip damage over time mods like Song of Swords without worrying about reserves. It mows down ads and sustains you simultaneously.
Best Early Game: Blackmaw AR-47
I suggest picking up the Blackmaw AR-47 early on as your primary workhorse weapon for the first few worlds. With its fast fire rate, high capacity, and stopping power rounds, it can handle virtually any early encounter the game throws at you.
It‘s a very balanced and forgiving assault rifle – perfect for newcomers. Key stats:
- Damage: 17
- Rate of Fire: 7.3
- Mag Size: 38
- Range: 20m
The Blackmaw is sold by Brabus in Ward 13 for 1000 scraps.
While it falls off in the late game, it will carry you through the campaign smoothly until you can grab some of the more advanced weapons mentioned previously. Well worth an early investment.
Best Melee: Atom Smasher
For melee lovers, there‘s no better choice than the Atom Smasher mallet. With each crushing blow, you‘ll stagger lock and annihilate enemies in seconds with its astronomical damage output.
It also enables faster melee attacks via its integrated mod to keep pouring on pain. Key stats:
- Damage: 72
- Critical Chance: 5%
- Weak Spot Damage: +95%
- Stagger: 11%
To obtain this beast of a weapon, progress through the Tormentor boss fight aboard the train on N‘Erud planet. You can loot the Atom Smasher from a chest in the last wagon aftermath.
I strongly recommend running a melee-focused build with armor mods to boost its damage and any survivability buffs you can get to avoid being overwhelmed. It decimates at point-blank but has limited range.
Best Hand Cannon: Western Classic
If you want to sling heavy hitting rounds rapidly with a classic six-shooter, the Western Classic revolver is ideal. Despite being a handgun, it hits significantly harder per shot than most long guns to quickly down unarmored targets.
Its bonus weak spot damage and high fire rate also enable picking off dangerous elites swiftly. Stats include:
- Damage: 32
- Magazine: 6
- Rate of Fire: 5
- Weak Spot Damage: +105%
The Western Classic is sold by Brabus for a reasonable 350 scraps making it easily accessible.
The main downside is its limited magazine capacity. But each shot packs a major punch – ideal for a gunslinger build. I recommend pairing reload speed mods to offset this minor weakness.
Honorable Mentions
While the above weapons stand out as my personal top recommendations, Remnant 2 contains many other solid guns worth acquiring including:
- Twisted Arbalest: Hard-hitting semi-auto rifle effective at mid-long range due to its bounce shot.
- Breath of the Desert: Fully automatic rifle with bonus fire damage. Great ad clear.
- Defiler: Shotgun pistol that decimates at close range.
- Beam Rifle: Precise and damaging radiation beam excellent for sniping.
- Hunting Pistol: Reliable and accurate handgun – fantastic all-rounder.
Be sure to experiment to find guns that match your playstyle. The key is learning strengths, modifying via mods, and playing toward their advantages.
Putting it All Together
Hopefully this breakdown gives you a great starting point to finding Remnant 2‘s most powerful weapons for various combat scenarios and builds.
Here are some final tips to utilize these guns effectively based on my extensive experience:
- Stack damage multipliers through critical chance, weak point hits, and armor/accessory mods
- Compensate potential weaknesses like reload speed via mods
- Use guns strategically against certain enemies by exploiting bonuses
- Farm key materials to upgrade weapons over time
Let me know in the comments which Remnant 2 guns you end up enjoying the most! I‘m always happy to discuss tactics and share additional insights.
