While Rage 2 has fewer weapons than most open-world video games these days, all the weapons are fairly dang candy. On high of that, you may carry all of them without delay, which means you may change from a rocket launcher to an assault rifle to a shotgun to a pistol that lights individuals on fireplace in a matter of seconds. Of course, you need to purchase the weapons earlier than you’ve gotten a menu of cool choices at your disposal.
Most Rage 2 weapons require a little bit of exploration to accumulate and are locked behind mysterious Arks usually protected by foes of various difficulties. Our Rage 2 weapons information reveals you the best way to unlock all weapons within the wasteland on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
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Sidewinder Pistol
Location: Starting weapon
The Sidewinder Pistol is the beginning weapon in Rage 2. So all you need to do right here is boot up the sport to get your arms on it. Pistols in first-person shooters are often fairly weak, however the Sidewinder Pistol is a surprisingly efficient weapon even when going up towards a few of the harder enemies within the wasteland. It can for positive come in useful once you’ve depleted your whole main ammunition.
Ranger Assault Rifle
Location: Taken from a lifeless Ranger
This is the story of a Ranger whose head was chomped proper off by a large mutant. That’s really the way you get the Ranger Assault Rifle. In the opening mission, you watch one of many final residing Rangers (not for lengthy) commerce killing blows with a large. Your character then places on the Ranger gear, turns into the true final Ranger, and inherit his assault rifle.
The Ranger Assault Rifle is definitely essentially the most versatile weapon within the recreation. In truth, you may play by means of virtually your entire recreation with out ever switching weapons. That would damage the enjoyable of the wackier weapons, although.
Combat Shotgun
Location: Gun Barrel Ark (Marshall’s Blackout mission)
The Combat Shotgun is the one weapon within the recreation present in an Ark that you need to get. During your first mission (Blackout) for Marshall within the sewers, you’ll come throughout the Gun Barrel Ark. Inside, you’ll get the Combat Shotgun, which is extremely useful towards the fast-moving mutants that dodge and roll their method in the direction of you.
Coupled with the Ranger Assault Rifle, this can be a nice 1-2 punch. The Combat Shotgun is the most effective weapon for close-range fight. The Combat Shotgun’s alternate fireplace mode — when aiming down the sight — hones the unfold and offers most harm to a concentrated space.
The Gun Barrel Ark introduces you to the unlock mechanic at play for every successive weapon Ark. You can’t open Arks with out clearing the realm of enemies first. Once cleared, your swimsuit’s AI will let you’re all good. At the foot of the Ark, you employ your Focus capacity to open the door. Once inside, you’ll discover the principle prize and another goodies.
Smart Rocket Launcher
Location: Strongbox Ark (Torn Plains)
Found within the Strongbox Ark within the Torn Plains, the Smart Rocket Launcher is nice for taking down bosses, mini-bosses, and clusters of enemies. The Strongbox Ark is guarded by stage 4 enemies (on a 10-point scale), so getting access to this Ark is pretty simple. Simply clear the realm and the Smart Rocket Launcher is yours.
The Smart Rocket Launcher has two firing modes. The commonplace “big boom” single rocket, and a homing missile variant that may lock onto a number of enemies. It solely holds 15 rounds firstly, so saving it for powerful conditions is right.
Grav-Dart Launcher
Location: Needle Falls Ark (The Wilds)
Located within the southwest part of The Wilds, Needle Falls Ark is guarded by stage seven enemies. Before attending to your new weapon, you’ll must do some heavy lifting. Once you’re in, you’ll be greeted with one of many extra intriguing weapons in Rage 2: the Grav-Dart Launcher.
The Grav-Dart Launcher is mainly an automated rifle that shoots needles. Once the needles burrow into enemies, you may fling them into partitions, exploding barrels, and even their buddies to get two kills for the worth of 1. The Grav-Dart Launcher, whereas cool, might be the least sensible weapon within the recreation. It simply doesn’t pack sufficient punch, though you may toss bandits round like rag dolls.
Firestorm Revolver
Location: Dank Catacomb Ark (Sekreto Wetlands)
Found within the Dank Catacomb Ark simply southwest of Kvasir’s lab within the Sekreto Wetlands, the Firestorm Revolver is critically magical. Getting to it, although, requires taking out a big occasion of stage seven enemies. It’s well worth the work, although. The Firestorm Revolver shoots what initially seem like common bullets. But after they hit their goal, you may press L2/LT to snap your fingers and switch the bullet into flames. That’s proper, you’re like an motion film hero who someway is aware of precisely when the constructing goes to explode. Only right here you are able to do it repeatedly.
The Firestorm Revolver may be fairly efficient when enemies are bunched up, giving the flames room to unfold. It’s even higher in alternate fireplace mode, because it shoots mines that explode on influence. The coolness issue of the gun truthfully outweighs its efficiency, which falls under even the Sidewinder Pistol.
Hyper-Cannon
Location: Greenhaven Ark (The Wilds)
You’ll must journey to virtually the northern fringe of the map to succeed in Greenhaven Ark in The Wilds. Home of the Hyper-Cannon, Greenhaven Ark is essentially the most difficult Ark to achieve entry to within the recreation. Rated with stage 10 enemies, a troublesome boss (two phases, no much less) awaits you. The mech’s minions are not any slouches both, and neither are the rival faction who’s sparring with them once you arrive. The boss doesn’t enter the realm till you do, so you may stand on the ledge earlier than dropping in and choose off all the minions beforehand. It makes issues a lot simpler. After the boss falls, you may enter Greenhaven Ark and rating the Hyper-Cannon.
The Hyper-Cannon is basically a railgun.  It can rip by means of quite a few enemies with a single spherical. The alternate fireplace mode, which prices when aiming down the sight, packs a good mightier punch.
Charged Pulse Cannon

Shrouded Vault Ark

Shrouded Sub Station Alpha

Shrouded Sub Station Bravo

Location: Shrouded Vault Ark (Dune Sea)
The Shrouded Vault Ark is the one Ark within the recreation that requires you to do extra than simply get rid of enemies to open it. To even achieve entrance to the fortress surrounding the Ark on the jap fringe of the Dune Sea, you first must destroy the reactors at Shrouded Sub Station Alpha and Shrouded Sub Station Bravo. Simply by visiting the Ark, these places ought to pop up in your map. Both are close to your location.
Destroying the reactor items at every location can also be a multi-step course of. First, you need to battle by means of enemies, then you need to pull a lever. Once the reactor rises from beneath the ground, you need to use Focus on every of the three blue rotating panels to show the weak factors. Each reactor location follows the identical course of.
With the reactors destroyed, the door on the left facet of the Shrouded Vault Ark fortress will open. Once inside, you’ll must work your method by means of rooms stuffed with enemies to get to the Vault. The Sub Stations have stage 4 enemies, and the Ark space has stage six. It’s extra time consuming than difficult.
The Charged Pulse Cannon fires power bolts at a speedy price. It’s in all probability the most effective unlockable weapon within the recreation and second to solely the Ranger Assault Rifle when it comes to practicality.
BFG 9000
Location: Meteorite crash zone (Limited and Collector’s Edition variations solely)
The well-known mammoth of a gun from the Doom sequence is accessible in Rage 2 as effectively, however there’s a catch. You must buy both the Deluxe or Collector’s Edition to get it. If you personal both of those variations you’ll have to move to the principle menu of the sport and choose ‘Store’ to hyperlink or create your Bethesda account. Only then may have the prospect to get the BFG in Rage 2. If you do have one in all these editions, you will discover the ridiculously massive gun at a meteorite crash website north of the Vineland. It’s positioned proper by the three-way intersection on the spot marked on the map above.

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