Ranking All Of Starfield's Weapons - Tier List

[@cassieudy5718]

I think you're seriously underrating the guns that can have binary triggers. It turns anything into a full-dmg machine gun. My go to NG+ gun is the unique Regulator "Elegance" sold in Akila. It has great mods preinstalled and comes with the very rare Shattering effect.

[@ReapeeRon]

That is fair to say, I really don't like the feel of the binary trigger. I get why others really like it and it can be pretty fun to spam but I don't enjoy it as much as semi auto guns.

[@MrDavePed]

"Has a surprising amount of recoil for such a small pistol.." That's what is supposed to happen. The smaller the pistol the more the recoil. A large heavy pistol will have greatly reduced recoil. The extra weight diminished the recoil. A countermanding effect of a large pistol is they usually fire heavier grained rounds and so that will increase the recoil. All rounds being equal, a large pistol will have much less recoil. ..

[@MapleSwish]

Also cause of the round used obviously, glock has no where the same as a D.50

[@faultyfilter5747]

Does anyone else find it confusing that the Va’ruun skill magazines improve sneak attacks but the Va’ruun weapons can’t have suppressors?

[@sebastianboyce678]

It is strange, I think they have kind of a Dune vibe where they use these particle weapons but melee otherwise

[@Dmc1184]

sneak attacks do not require a suppressor, only that you are not detected

[@faultyfilter5747]

@@Dmc1184 Yes, but without a suppressor you’re a helluva lot less likely to be able to sneak attack twice in the same encounter

[@XDex91]

Great video; you put a ton of work into this, and I hope it pays off for you! Overall, I mostly agree with your choices. One thing I'd consider is DPS per kg of weight. If you're playstyle is Human Loot Vacuum, the weight of your gear is critical. Hard Target? Great gun, but if I can do the job with something lighter that gives me more space in my inventory for loot, I'll go with the lighter gun. Most situations in the game can be handled by a well-thrown rock.

[@pauls4522]

I got a rare quality anti personnel hunter breach shotgun with 4-5 attachments including slugs on it by level 20 doing a freestar rangers board quest. It was a tough fight as the enemy was around level 50 and all my guns sucked at the time, but I scum saved and he dropped this bad boy. I never put a scope on it, so I never invested in snipping skill, but with the shotgun and ballistic skill tree invested in I was one shotting most enemies in the game until the very end of my very hard mode playthrough. Especially after I invested up to level 3 armor piercing. The only part that sucked was remembering to buy ammo for it. 15x25 is not the most plentiful ammo in the game world, but you are guaranteed to buy it at vendors if you remember to stop in the shop. When I first got the gun somehow I had around 375 rounds for it, so with the occasional ammo pick ups here and there I did not need to actually buy ammo for it until I was nearly finished with the game.

[@ReapeeRon]

That sounds like it is pretty strong.

[@pdraggy]

"The Big Bang is a late game weapon, you won't find it until late game" unless you look behind the bar at Jakes at THE VERY START OF THE GAME lol.

[@ReapeeRon]

yeah lol.

[@PatJWilliams]

I got a big bang by level 10 or 12 and got a instigating refined starshard real early like level 5. Was my go to sidearm til like lvl 50

[@pdraggy]

@@PatJWilliams in my latest game I got a inflictor (hard difficulty) at level 30, wasn't keeping track of the big bang since I just swiped mine off Jake as soon as I had two chameleon pieces so I could get away with it lol. It really matters what difficulty you play in. Sometimes you just get lucky as well lol it is a looter shooter after all!

[@EJSimonsen]

Thanks for doing this I'm sure it took you a long time but as I mentioned before it's great reference for for all of us looking forward to continue reviews and top 10 list for Starfield!

[@bjokvi91]

If A, B, C, D, E, F, is not enough, one might add something like A+ or S. But S and S+, without there being any E or F.... What is going on here?

[@chevy2die]

I can't believe you did the Magshear dirty like that. It's the only gun I use, period. Actually it's the Revenant because it's like a badass Magshear with extended mag. I don't even mess around with anything else. Kills anything in seconds. I even give advanced versions to my follower.

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

On the topic of purchasing 40mm xpl rounds, just go to Laredo Arms in Akila City, the company that makes the Bridger. They'll sell 30-40 or so every time you visit. Otherwise you can get 8-12 at specific gun stores like Centauri Arsenal in New Atlantis(and there's always a Bridger on display that you can steal and mod to make it yours). There's a PoI with a guaranteed Advanced Bridger drop too: the bounty hunter that offers to partner with you to bring down an Ecliptic base has one in her storage shed. That's 300 damage per shot, on impact, for 80 credits; thrown grenades are 100 damage for 300 credits.

[@rickyricardo4331]

Level 196 NG+10 here. The Hard Target and Va'ruun Inflictor with the Instigator and Hitman perks are so OP, I have to play on Normal or harder to get in more than one shot to kill. Furious on the Magshear is pretty much like spraying a waterhose full of bullets. The legendary versions of these are the only weapons I use.

[@sol029]

I love my "the last breathe" hard target.

[@koyooko5160]

Been rocking a coach man with instigating and extended mag with hornets nest as my main, thing deletes legendary enemies even with very hard settings

[@yesteryearr]

Are you sure the Big Bang gets affected by ALL 4 PERKS? The perks say Ballistic "Weapon" & Laser "Weapon" but the big bang is considered a Particle Weapon

[@madmotorcyclist]

Should be three tier lists (short range, medium range, and long range).

[@tizza963]

Never played star field and never will, but I love your tier lists! I fall asleep to them sometimes too I find it relaxing for some reason haha. Thanks for the content! 👍🏿

[@ReapeeRon]

Awesome, glad that you are enjoying the tier lists. They are a lot of fun to make.

[@OkRoach]

Sniper talk! Hard Target Rifle: It might not have the "best" raw damage numbers, but it is the highest raw damage of all the guns that can equip a suppressor. So you can assume most, if not every hit with this thing is at minimum x2 without skills, which is insane. The Advanced Magsniper does 470 dmg and a Fire Rate of 17 unmodded while the Hard Target does 258 and a fire rate of 25 unmodded. Both have the same range, the Mag has better accuracy by about 12% over the Hard Target and has 12 bullets in the Magsniper's mag instead of the mere 5 of the Hard Target. Looking at all the mods: Barrels : Hard Target gets to chose between Stabilizing Barrel and Bull Barrel. MagSniper is pretty much Stabilizing only. ADS speed is really not noticeable. Internal : While the Magsniper have access to Hair Trigger, the default Firerate of the mag is 17, while the Hard Target is 25. So with Hard Target you don't waste this mod slot for Hair Trigger and can chose High Powered without guilt. Magazine : Really, the only mod you will need for most of your playthrough is Penetrator if you have the Armor Pen skill and the many reload skills for rifles, semi-automatics and scoped, and both have it. However, at higher difficulty, the Whitehot Rounds inflict Burn damage, which scale with the target's hp. It's not as efficient as the Laser 4 skill and Cutter but it's long range, silenced and you're probably stealthy AF for those sneak attacks. It's a safe bet. Laser : Both have Recon laser Sight, and the Hard Target have Laser Sight. Muzzle : I mean... The Mag can shoot electric rounds with Shock Charge Band, but it ain't burn. And the Hard Target gets Suppressor, I don't have to say more than that. Optics : You're probably already using the Recon laser Sight, so the Recon Scope is useless in both case. Leaving the Mag with Medium or Long scope, and the Hard Target with those two and Reflex Sight. At this point, it's preference and Hard Target has one more option for you to choose. Receiver : It's Semi-automatic. Bonus for Hard Target only! Stock and Grips : If you're worried about ADS speed being reduced with the other mods, do not worry. Tactical Grip gives you better ADS speed, better Reload Speed and better Stability. It's like everything a sniper wish for. Calculating damage, in combat, the MagSniper is probably better while in combat. But why would you be in combat in the first place when you can disengage and do x4 sneak attack damage with the Concealment skill. ... Burn damage talk! In the end, it's the Whitehot Rounds. Always has been. You're better off with a Grendel or even better, The Buzzcut from Frank Renick in Neon Tactical. Pluck Whiteout rounds, a Suppressor, and watch the world burn. If you like being stealthy, the weapons that can equip Whitehot Rounds AND Suppressor are : -- Common -- Drum Beat (Rifle, everywhere) RoF : 160 Eon (Pistol, everywhere) RoF : 50 Grendel (Rifle, everywhere) RoF : 170 Hard Target (Rifle, everywhere) RoF : 25 Lawgiver (Rifle, Everywhere) RoF : 10 Maelstrom (Rifle, Everywhere) RoF : 150 Rattler (Pistol, Everywhere) RoF : 50 Regulator (Pistol, Everywhere) RoF : 18 Sidestar (Pistol, Everywhere) RoF : 40 Solace (Pistol, Everywhere) RoF : 30 Tombstone (Rifle, Everywhere) RoF : 90 Urban Eagle (Pistol, Everywhere) RoF : 25 -- Rare/Unique/Legendary -- Ace Sidearm (Pistol, New Atlantis - Jemison Mercantile) RoF : 40 Acid Rain (Rifle, New Atlantis (The Well) - Apex Electronics quest for the vendor) RoF : 170 Ambassador (Pistol, UC Vanguard - Friend Like These quest (Blackmail Radcliff)) RoF : 109 Elegance (Pistol, Cheyenne - Rowland Arms) RoF : 109 Feather (Rifle, Kryx The Key - Aludra Tahan shop) RoF : 117 Fiscal Quarter (Rifle - All That Money Can Buy main quest) RoF : 180 Head Ranger (Rifle, Cheyenne - Laredo Firearms) RoF : 14 Justifier (Rifle, Freestar Collective - The Hammer Falls side quest) RoF : 12 Long Distance Relatioship (Rifle, Cheyenne - Tracker's Alliance HQ Stache random Epic gear) RoF : 25 Marathon (Pistol, Gagarin Landing - Clint De Haven shop) RoF : 33 Memento Mori (Pistol, UC Sysdef/Crimson Fleet - Burden of Proof quest (Provide enough evidence to Lt.Toft)) RoF : 40 Peacemaker (Rifle, Akila - Peacemaker side quest) RoF : 13 Pirate Legend (Rifle, Kryx The Key - Aludra Tahan shop) RoF : 180 Power Beat (Rifle, Kryx The Key - Zuri Abara shop) RoF : 39 Radburn (Pistol, UC Vanguard - During Grunt Work, in a blue container) RoF : 114 Tempest (Rifle, Sysdef/Crimson fleet - Eye of the Storm (Side with SysDef from Delgado's body)) RoF : 90 The Buzzcut (Rifle, Neon - Neon Tactical) RoF : 213 The Last Breath (Rifle, NG+ Starborn trader) RoF : 25 The Zapper (Pistol, Cheyenne - Rowland Arms) RoF : 104 Again, best of the best for endgame : The Buzzcut, a Grendel with 25% faster RoF effect. And it's quite easy to grab, uses common ammo and an okay range, not that it matters with burn damage anyway.

[@N7-alpha]

Hellers cutter is the only cutter with a extra perk in it extra damage to robots . Nova disruptor is good in missions you need to sneak no kill.

[@ReapeeRon]

Both of those are true.

[@High_Key]

Love the whole series and nice wrap up. My character is a space cowboy/freelance smuggler primarily gun running. Rocking 2 extended mag legendary Coachman’s (concussive and skip shot), 2 extended mag Razorbacks (Shattering & Demoralizing) and an Instigating Hard Target on the quick wheel. But do carry a shattering extended mag incendiary magshear as a just in case weapon. Weapon crate glitching pre patch has spoiled me with hundreds of legendaries lol 😅 but it took forever to land all the right perks.

[@ReapeeRon]

Very nice, sounds like a lot of fun for a build. Also sounds really fun.

[@Honor_and_Steel]

Just a note on suppressors: the original "Silencer" brand was patented by Hiram Maxim's son. Maxim had invented the machine gun and spent most of his life testing guns himself. This absolutely destroyed his hearing. The suppressor was designed as a form of hearing protection for the user and to this day, that is the intended purpose. The noise reduction from a suppressor is not like Hollywood shows it. It takes a gunshot volume down to a loud hand clap on a pistol. Anything larger and it's still loud enough to damage your hearing. You can still tell it's a gunshot though. To achieve the nearly silent operation, the bullet itself has to stay subsonic which severely limits the range and "stopping power". You can run full power ammo through a suppressor, but they foul up and need frequent cleaning. They also put more stress on the internals of the firearm due to the increased pressure from the gasses. Assuming the Starfield concepts are the same general physics and ballistics as modern day, slap a suppressor on absolutely everything you can because that caseless ammo is perfect for keeping full power while minimizing the drawbacks of a modern suppressor. Even Grandma could shoot a minigun without going totally deaf that way. 😂😂😂 Loved the list bossman, keep up the good work.

[@ReapeeRon]

Thank you very much! I also take it that you are a fellow Forgotten Weapons watcher. I think I saw something like that recently and it was pretty cool to see. Thanks for the comment Jeremy!

[@Honor_and_Steel]

@@ReapeeRon Gun Jesus is proud of you.

[@svensvenson1196]

The varuun inflictor is by far the Most powerful weapon in the game 4-5k crit damage oneshots everything on extreme. Microgun and the magstorm do to Little damage.

[@msxbrc]

Pretty sure Energy weapons like Orion work better on robots/mecha, so weapons efficiency is contextual.

[@michaelellis4338]

Great video! Anyway you can share the final tier list? Google sheet?

[@ReapeeRon]

Thanks, I actually don't have a thing for the tier list because this was made by someone else and then I added in the modded weapons. You should be able to find the list on Tiermaker though, it's the one with Todd Howard dressed up as a teletubby holding a pump shotgun.

[@TheAgentAssassin]

The officers Elemental Kodama is very good. Instigating , 25% fire rate and elemental Melts everything and procs bleed, fire, corrosive, poison and radiation. Set it to burst fire and the damage doubles and with the 25% fire rate you lose the fire rate penalty switching from full auto to burst. Amazingly underrated gun. At level 110 it was by far my favorite gun in the game. Is it the best overall in damage ? no , but fun factor wins for me and it damages every enemy type effectively.

[@ThomasChandler-e7r]

Very useful and well done, wish I had found much earlier.. Supscribing.

[@jeffie8696]

Boom there it is

[@ReapeeRon]

Thanks Jeffie!

[@shhfiftyfive]

if only i could get the varuun rifle before killing hunter / emissary. at launch i managed to get one elsewhere. vangurad faction? or some quest with serpent stuff i cant remember how to start... 2nd playthrough i got a legendary crimson pirate mag auto rifle with double magazine size that was insane. in NG+ i go the the vendors immediately to browse weapons.. Big Bang is common, but i don't care for it.

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

They can appear at high levels, with a slightly higher chance to appear on Zealots. I think in NG+ cycles the wandering Starborn merchant can sell a specialized version. Modded for critical hit damage they can deal obscene burst damage against enemies.

[@kmoov90]

Modded versions are always better, this could have been a shorter vid lol

[@minotaur818]

I love how melee weapons weren't even considered, just like how bethesda treated the system

[@SecretlySeven]

I'm curious when melee weapons stopped being "weapons" I guess I was confused by the title "All of Starfields weapons"

[@ReapeeRon]

When Bethesda made them all the same? I guess.

[@Enlightened91]

I get 3 tapped on ng+10 very hard

[@svyatoslavaistov5840]

Disagree about Breach. The firing rate is terrible and damage is not that great compared to other shotguns, even fully modded. D tier gun

[@SlashKyubi]

When i saw Magshear Rifle A tier ,Magshot Pistol S Tier I knew this video was trash lol.magsher best assault rifle in the game period.Magshot best pistol in the game period.

[@nancynobullets85]

You should redo the list without talking about ammo. If you do the guns will balance better on the list.

[@TJPavey]

Damage in this game is bad design IMO. It should be based on the ammo with small changes based on barrel length. Gun should affect accuracy, recoils, fire rate, reload speed, etc. a full auto should do as much damage per shot but should quickly shake off target. instead we get wildly different damage for the same ammo with the other differences being basically meaningless.

[@MrDavePed]

How in the world do you remember all that ??!?

[@devastatheseeker9967]

Damn the zero people who play starfield will love this