Weapons

Weapons are used to deal damage to enemies. Various types of weapons exist in Anthem.

Weapon damage can be increased by using relevant damage amplifiers such as weapon-specific universal components and sigils. Weapon damage inscriptions also increase the damage dealt by a weapon.

Melee Weapons are a special category of weapons also considered weapons and affected by the weapon damage and melee weapon damage inscription.

Melee Weapons

• Ranger Melee Weapons
• Colossus Melee Weapons
• Storm Melee Weapons
• Interceptor Melee Weapons

Guns

All Javelins

• Assault rifle
• Light machine gun
• Marksman Rifle
• Shotgun
• Sniper rifle

Colossus Specific

These heavy weapons can only be use dby Colossus because of their sheer size.

• Autocannon
• Grenade launcher

Ranger, Storm, and Interceptor Specific

These light weapons can only be used by Ranger, Storm, and Interceptor because they are too small for heavy javelins.

• Heavy Pistol
• Machine Pistol

Echoes of Reality Weapons

These guns were introduced during the Echoes of Reality cataclysm and can be used by all javelins.

• Blade Slinger
• Pulse Accelerator
• Volt Caster

Trivia

• Initially, there were only 9 types of guns with 6 sub-types each, including the upgraded forms. Update 1.3.0 brought in 3 new types (with 3 sub-types each)-- Blade Slingers, Pulse Accelerators, and Volt Casters.
• Initially there was only one melee weapon for each javelin. Update 1.3.0 added 3 more melee weapons types, including upgraded forms for each javelin.