The Top 10 Best Weapons in Remnant: From the Ashes
Remnant: From the Ashes offers players an expansive arsenal of firearms, melee weapons, and mods to experiment with. However, with so many options available, it can be overwhelming deciding which ones are actually worth using. That‘s why I‘ve compiled this definitive list of Remnant‘s 10 best weapons, providing key details on what makes each one great.
1. Beam Rifle
Base Stats:
- Damage: 20-60
- Rate of Fire: 4 rounds per second
- Magazine Size: 30 rounds
The Beam Rifle is, without a doubt, one of the best weapons in Remnant for consistent DPS (damage per second). Its rapid fire rate empties its sizable 30-round magazine in seconds, while the electrical beam damage it deals bypasses physical armor for maximum hurt.
Enemies hit by the Beam Rifle also receive a stacking Radiation debuff, reducing their stamina and making them more vulnerable to interrupts/staggers. This allows you to efficiently lock down targets while shredding them.
The only downside is that holding down the trigger for too long causes the rifle to overheat, temporarily preventing firing until it cools. Still, with proper trigger discipline, the Beam Rifle brings stellar add clear and single-target damage to the table.
How to Get: Complete the "Lost Gantry" dungeon event in Rhom.
2. Chicago Typewriter (Assault Rifle)
Base Stats:
- Damage: 19.5-45
- Rate of Fire: 7.3 rounds per second
- Magazine Size: 35 rounds
The Chicago Typewriter assault rifle is ideal for mid-long range combat, boasting a fast fire rate and large magazine size. Its consistent damage output makes it highly versatile – great for both clearing adds and wearing down bosses.
When fully upgraded, the Typewriter reaches its maximum potential as a shredding machine. The only catch is that you‘ll burn through ammo quickly, so be sure to keep some in reserve, especially for longer boss encounters.
Overall, the Chicago Typewriter‘s well-rounded stats cement its place as one of Remnant‘s best primary weapons.
How to Get: Acquire quest item from "Supply Run" dungeon event in Earth realm.
3. Particle Accelerator (Beam Rifle)
Base Stats:
- Damage: 20-60
- Rate of Fire: 4 rounds per second
- Magazine Size: 30 rounds
This souped-up Beam Rifle variant amps up the power even further. The Particle Accelerator comes packed with the Anomaly mod, which causes the player‘s shots to split into two projectiles. This effectively doubles your damage output, shredding through enemies faster than any other rifle.
Aside from the sweet anomaly mod, the Particle Accelerator retains the stellar base stats of the standard Beam Rifle. Rapid fire rate, high magazine capacity, and no bullet drop make this an incredibly deadly weapon in skilled hands. It does still overheat when fired continuously, but with judicious trigger pulling, you‘ll vaporize adds and chunk bosses with ease.
How to Get: Craft after getting the Beam Rifle and killing various world bosses
4. Hunter‘s Mark (Hunting Rifle)
Base Stats:
- Damage: 135-375
- Rate of Fire: Bolts per reload
- Magazine Size: 1 round
Boasting immense damage per shot, the Hunter‘s Mark is arguably Remnant‘s best sniper rifle. Each long-range headshot you land hits with a massive critical strike, capable of one-shotting lower tier enemies. And with a 20% crit modifier by default, landing those tasty yellow numbers happens frequently.
Because the Hunter‘s Mark is lever-action, you‘ll need to reload after every shot. But when over half your hits deal 350+ damage, you don‘t need many shots to annihilate foes. This rifle truly excels at chunking bosses and elites while providing great cover fire in co-op.
Just beware of getting swarmed at close range!
How to Get: Loot in a mini dungeon beneath the Church
5. Eye of the Storm (Revolver)
Base Stats:
- Damage: 275-825
- Rate of Fire: Single Action Revolver
- Magazine Size: 6 rounds
When it comes to big damage in a small package, nothing beats the Eye of the Storm. This menacing revolver hits with the force of a truck, dishing out enough hurt to one-shot lower enemies with ease.
It truly shines against elites and bosses though. By emptying all 6 shots point blank into a target, you can chunk their health bar massively thanks to the StringProperty mod. This causes every bullet that hits to increase the next shot‘s damage by 15%, scaling up quickly to eye-watering levels.
Just be warned, the Eye‘s biggest flaws are its slow reload and small magazine. You‘ll need to make every bullet count, ideally by blasting baddies in the back after your teammates grab threat. But if you can leverage the revolver well, nothing else deletes health bars faster.
How to Get: Chance to loot from killing The Unclean One boss
6. The BRUTAL Mark (Hunting Rifle)
Base Stats:
- Damage: 135-375
- Rate of Fire: Bolts per reload
- Magazine Size: 1 round
This souped up Hunting Rifle lives up to its name, massively increasing critical hit damage to jaw dropping levels. On top of the innate 20% crit chance, The BRUTAL Mark deals a whopping +300% bonus critical damage.
So while the base stats remain unchanged from the standard Hunting Rifle, you‘ll routinely witness terrifying yellow numbers in the 500-1.5k range when those beefy crits trigger. It essentially turns you into a deleted button – capably one-shot killing weaker enemies and severely mauling elites/bosses.
Much like the base Hunting Rifle, you‘ll still need to play at long range and leverage cover to avoid return fire after each lever-action reload. But if you can snipe smartly, nothing compares to The BRUTAL Mark‘s insane spike damage from stealth.
How to Get: Chance to loot from killing Brabus boss
7. Submachine Gun (SMG)
Base Stats:
- Damage: 15-45
- Rate of Fire: 13 rounds per second
- Magazine Size: 50 rounds
Boasting a blistering rate of fire at 13 rounds per second and a large 50 round magazine, the Submachine Gun is king when it comes to sheer bullet output. The downside is its mediocre per shot damage, which requires spraying to stack up.
But combined with mods like Expansion or Swarm, this little critter becomes a feared add clearer. The high ROF allows status build-up like Radiation or Bleed to stack rapidly too. Against bosses, sustained fire from an SMG, especially in crit spots, delivers reliable DPS.
The SMG is also remarkably ammo efficient for an automatic weapon. Just be wary of its range drop off versus rifles. Overall, it‘s a versatile bullet hose guaranteed to fill whatever you point it at with lead!
How to Get: Loot random military containers
8. The Messiah (Revolver)
Base Stats:
- Damage: 275-825
- Rate of Fire: Single Action Revolver
- Magazine Size: 6 rounds
Ah, The Messiah. This mysteriously returned revolver retains its insane per bullet damage from the base Eye of the Storm. Except now, landing repeated shots buffs you with the Holy Mission mod – reducing incoming damage and making you immune to disables for 5 seconds.
Basically, The Messiah allows you to facetank enemies after landing some heavy revolver hits. During the 5s Holy Mission buff, you become an invincible deletion machine. This synergizes insanely well with the Eye of the Storm‘s other mods too.
The biggest issue is uptime on Holy Mission. You‘ll need to blast away consistently with the Messiah‘s slow reload to keep proccing the buff. But in the hands of a revolver expert, the damage prevention makes you deceptively tough to kill.
How to Get: Chance to loot from killing The Unclean One in New Game+
9. Rapid Fire (SMG)
Base Stats:
- Damage: 15-45
- Rate of Fire: 20 rounds per second
- Magazine Size: 50 rounds
As you may have gleaned from the name, the Rapid Fire cranks its siblings‘ rate of fire to insane levels – 20 rounds per second! Such bullet hose potential does sacrifice some damage per shot. But combined with a large magazine size and laser beam stability, you‘ll mince most enemies in seconds.
Like the base SMG, Rapid Fire excels when used with mods that afflict status effects like Bleed or Radiation. The sheer number of bullets allows those damage over time impacts to stack ridiculously quick. And by dumping lead downrange, you‘ll have plenty of chances to land bonus critical hits.
Rapid Fire is the ultimate "spray and pray" bullet hose. Just be conscious of burning through ammo reserves faster!
How to Get: Craft after getting the SMG and killing various world bosses
10. Petrified Maul (Hammer)
Base Stats:
- Damage: 550-1650
- Swing Speed: Slow Heavy Hitter
- Mag Size: N/A
Finally, no weapons list is complete without an epic boss-crushing melee option. That‘s where Petrified Maul comes in – delivering skull-cracking AoE explosions with every hammer smash.
While slow to swing, each blow hits with thunderous force, blasting back and damaging groups of enemies caught in the blast radius. It also debuffs targets with Weakened, reducing their outgoing damage.
Up close, the Maul crushes elites and Even shreds bosses when you land repeated slams. The added defense from Weakened also helps offset the risk of close quarters brawling.
Just beware of getting cornered and guard broken by agile enemies. But in terms of sheer melee dominance, no weapon compares to the bone-powderizing might of the Petrified Maul!
How to Get: Chance to loot from Dolore, Cleric world boss
And there you have it – the definitive top 10 weapons you should seek out in Remnant: From the Ashes. No matter your preferred playstyle, equipping a few of these bad boys will have you dishing out pain across the apocalyptic landscapes.
Of course, weapon viability comes down to personal preference and build synergies too. But overall, these 10 provide a killer baseline of firepower to blast away The Root and their minions however you see fit!
Let me know which Remnant weapons you rely on most in the comments section. And as always, happy hunting out there, survivors!
