Rage 2 - All Weapons Guide and DOOM BFG 9000 Exclusive to Special Editions

In 2 Rage the main character can get 9 types of weapons. Eight of these are available to everyone but the ninth, DOOM's BFG 9000, is reserved for owners of the Deluxe Edition and Collector's. In this guide you will see how to unlock all weapons, where to find them, what their characteristics are and how to modify them.

All weapons can be upgraded. By default each weapon is level 1 when bonuses are not available. You can spend Feltrite to unlock the second, third, fourth and fifth level bonuses.

Upgrades are purchased for Weapon Core Mods, i.e. they are special items that you find in the Ark's crates or that you will get in some missions. The second level bonuses cost 1 Weapon Core Mod, third level cost 2, fourth level cost 3 and fifth level cost 4. At the second and fourth level you can choose only one of the two bonuses available, while at the third and fifth level you have a only one bonus available. Later you will unlock a blueprint that allows you to upgrade for free to weapon bonuses of the same level.

Predefined weapons
Once you have completed the prologue you have access to two weapons, the Sidewinder pistol and the Ranger assault rifle. After a while you play, you will unlock the Combat Rifle.
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Sidewinder gun

Description: Enclave fighters' reliable pistol, powerful enough to destroy a mutant. In normal mode it fires bursts of 3 bullets. When aiming, it makes single shots.
Default magazine capacity: 15.
Updates:
Level 2: Fast Charging or Fast Charger +5 capability.
Level 3: anti-armor bullets, increase armor damage.
Level 4: trigger and stabilizer, bullets travel at the same speed as the trigger is pulled, or recoil is decreased.
Level 5: Weapon mastery, increased burst rounds without aiming mode.

Ranger Assault Rifle

Description: powerful automatic rifle in Ranger configuration, resistant and versatile.
Default magazine capacity: 35.
Updates:
Level 2: Fast Charging or Fast Charger +17 capability.
Level 3: reload holster, if you don't use this rifle for 10 seconds its ammo will automatically refill.
Level 4: Rapid fire and gunfire, bullets travel as fast as the trigger is pulled, or recoil is decreased.
Level 5: Mastery of weapons, bullets return after killing the enemy. The number depends on the Overdrive multiplier which can reach a maximum of 5. The Overdrive multiplier gradually increases as you kill one enemy after another.

Combat Rifle

Description: A powerful combat rifle with overheating protection, fatal in close combat against those who do not wear armor.
Default magazine capacity: 6.
Updates:
Level 2: Fast Charging or Fast Charger +6 capability.
Level 3: Armor Destruction Hit, Increased Armor Damage.
Level 4: Rapid Fire and Long Shot, the second option provides a significant increase in the range of damage from afar.
Level 5: Weapon Mastery, kills performed at close range increase the power of the next hit in melee combat.

Unlockable weapons

Smart rocket launcher

Description: Shoot explosive missiles, aim at the target. The protection mechanisms have been disabled.
Default magazine capacity: 3.
How to unlock: Strongbox Ark.
Updates:
Level 2: fast reload or multi targeting, ability to track another target.
Level 3: Quick Look, Instant Target Capture.
Level 4: magazine capacity +3) and multi targeting, in the second option you have the possibility to capture an additional target.
Level 5: Weapon Mastery, press LMB when the missile flies to detonate it.

Dart launcher

Description: Skewer the target with a powerful volley of darts, the target then jumps far away.
Default magazine capacity: 40.
How to unlock: Needle Falls Ark.
Updates:
Level 2: Fast Charging or Fast Charger +20 capability.
Level 3: rapid fire, increased rate of fire of primers.
Level 4: Fast Primers, Work Faster and Homing Primers.
Level 5: Mastery of weapons, if you stick at least 10 darts into the enemy, the opponent explodes after hitting an object.

Firestorm Revolver

Description: A powerful weapon with a short range of fire, fires incendiary shots that attach to the target. Use the extra shooting mode to turn the target on.
Default magazine capacity: 6.
How to unlock: Dank Catacomb Ark.
Updates:
Level 2: Fast Charging or Fast Charger +3 capability.
Level 3: Blast radius, increase blast radius.
Level 4: The seekers, bullets and missiles have some search skills, and rapid fire.
Level 5: Weapon Mastery, targets that have been set on fire burn longer.

Hyper-Cannon

Description: Can be fired with a single pull of the trigger, you can aim to power up the shot to inflict crush damage. The best use of this weapon is a first ranged attack.
Default magazine capacity: 6.
How to unlock: Greenhaven Ark.
Updates:
Level 2: Fast refill or cartridge capacity, increase cartridge capacity.
Level 3: Shockwave of armor, deals damage to all elements of the enemy's armor with a single hit.
Level 4: Charge efficiency and rapid fire.
Level 5: Weapon Mastery, a target that has been destroyed by a powerful blow explodes, dealing damage to nearby enemies.

Charged Pulse Cannon

Description: melts the faces with charges of thermal energy.
Default magazine capacity: 6.
How to unlock: Greenhaven Ark.
Updates:
Level 2: Venting efficiency, improved cooling so the weapon does not suffer from overheating, or emergency cooling, accelerated cooling if the weapon overheats.
Level 3: cold fusion, reduces the waiting time between shots.
Level 4: seekers and rapid fire.
Level 5: Mastery of weapons, gradual increase in rate of fire at optimal temperature.

DOOM's BFG 9000
By purchasing the Collector or the Deluxe Edition of Rage 2 you will have the BFG 9000, the latest model of the weapon present in DOOM. To get hold of the gun, just select the Shop from the main menu and link a Bethesda account with the game. Once this is done, you will be able to find the weapon after the prologue mission. Once the latter is over, leave Vineland behind. Follow the road and pass a series of abandoned buildings and continue until you see a meteor falling from the sky until it falls before your eyes on a hill. Go to the crash site and pick up the weapon.