Weapons

Salvo has 24 primary weapons, 3 sidearms and 2 blades. Each class trades damage, fire rate, range, handling and magazine size differently. You start with one gun of every class, and the rest unlock as you rank up, up to level 70.

Classes

You have five custom classes, like create-a-class in other shooters. Edit them on the Loadout tab, or from the Loadout tab of the in-match menu. Each class has:

• A name, up to 16 characters.
• A Primary and a Secondary weapon, each with its own attachments and camo.
• A Blade, with its own camo.
• A Lethal: the Frag Grenade or the Sticky Grenade.

To use a class, select it and choose Use this class. If you change classes during a match, the change applies the next time you spawn. Your classes are saved to your account.

The five default classes are Assault (Talon AR), Close Quarters (Hornet SMG), Class 3 (Talon AR), Class 4 (Hornet SMG) and Class 5 (Talon AR). Each also has the P-9 Sidearm, the Combat Knife and a Frag Grenade.

Damage and headshots

• Everyone has 100 health (75 in Hardcore).
• A headshot always deals 100 damage, whatever the weapon. It kills outright with every single-bullet weapon. Each shotgun pellet that hits the head deals 100, reduced by distance.
• Leg hits deal less than body hits. Arms count as body.
• Every gun deals full damage up to a set distance, then less damage the further the target is, down to a minimum.
• Bullets drop over distance and take time to arrive. Faster bullets drop less.
• Moving, jumping and firing quickly all widen your spread. Aiming down sights and crouching tighten it.

Bots never score headshots, so their head hits count as body hits.

Ammo and reloads

• You spawn with a full magazine plus three spare magazines. Light machine guns carry two spare magazines.
• One in five kills drops an ammo pack. Walk over it to refill your ammo.
• A reload takes its full time no matter how much ammo is left in the magazine. The ammo is added when the reload finishes. If you switch weapons or swing your blade during a reload, it's cancelled and you get nothing.
• Weapon weight matters. Heavier weapons slow your acceleration, use more stamina when you sprint, jump or climb, and climb more slowly.

Unlocks

Level	Weapon
1	Talon AR, Hornet SMG, Breaker-12, Warden DMR, Longshot, Bulwark LMG, P-9 Sidearm, Combat Knife, Combat Axe
6	Ferret SMG
7	Judge .44
8	Harrier AR
10	Needle
15	Jackal SMG
20	Hatchet-10
22	Anvil AR
24	Wasp MP
26	Badger LMG
30	Vigil
34	Swarm SMG
37	Sentinel AR
40	Ramrod-12
42	Tempest
48	Mammoth LMG
52	Cyclone AR
57	Razor SMG
62	Maelstrom
65	Buzzsaw
70	Ironclad .50

You can preview a locked weapon, attachment or camo in the gunsmith, but you can't equip it until it's unlocked.

Weapon stats

In the tables below:

• Fire rate is in rounds per minute, rounded to the nearest whole number.
• Spare is the ammo you carry on top of the loaded magazine.
• Full damage to is the distance up to which the gun deals full damage. Lowest damage is what it deals at the end distance and beyond.
• Body shots to kill is against 100 health, close up and at long range.
• Move speed is a share of your normal running speed. Above 100% means faster.

Assault rifles

Weapon	Unlock	Fire mode	Damage	Fire rate	Magazine	Spare	Reload
Talon AR	1	Full auto	21	600	30	90	2.15 s
Harrier AR	8	Full auto	18	750	32	96	2.05 s
Anvil AR	22	Full auto	28	450	25	75	2.45 s
Sentinel AR	37	Full auto	22	571	30	90	2.3 s
Tempest	42	3-round burst	26	200 bursts (0.06 s between rounds)	24	72	2.25 s
Cyclone AR	52	Full auto	20	667	45	135	2.6 s

Submachine guns

Weapon	Unlock	Fire mode	Damage	Fire rate	Magazine	Spare	Reload
Hornet SMG	1	Full auto	15	900	32	96	1.65 s
Ferret SMG	6	Full auto	13	1,000	30	90	1.55 s
Jackal SMG	15	Full auto	22	571	25	75	1.8 s
Swarm SMG	34	Full auto	15	857	50	150	1.95 s
Razor SMG	57	Full auto	18	857	25	75	1.7 s

Shotguns

Weapon	Unlock	Fire mode	Damage	Fire rate	Magazine	Spare	Reload
Breaker-12	1	Pump	13 × 8 pellets	73	6	18	2.52 s
Hatchet-10	20	Semi-auto	11 × 6 pellets	200	8	24	2.3 s
Ramrod-12	40	Pump (full choke)	17 × 6 pellets	60	5	15	2.2 s
Maelstrom	62	Full auto (drum)	9 × 6 pellets	300	12	36	3.0 s

The Breaker-12 kills in one shot with every pellet on target out to about 5.5 m, and the Ramrod-12 out to about 4.5 m. The Hatchet-10 and Maelstrom need at least two shots.

Marksman rifle

Weapon	Unlock	Fire mode	Damage	Fire rate	Magazine	Spare	Reload
Warden DMR	1	Semi-auto	36	240	15	45	2.35 s

Sniper rifles

Weapon	Unlock	Fire mode	Damage	Fire rate	Magazine	Spare	Reload
Needle	10	Bolt action	100	63	6	18	2.8 s
Longshot	1	Bolt action	100	52	5	15	3.1 s
Vigil	30	Semi-auto	70	143	8	24	2.9 s
Ironclad .50	70	Bolt action	100	40	4	12	3.5 s

Light machine guns

Weapon	Unlock	Fire mode	Damage	Fire rate	Magazine	Spare	Reload
Bulwark LMG	1	Full auto	19	720	80	160	4.4 s
Badger LMG	26	Full auto	20	632	60	120	3.8 s
Mammoth LMG	48	Full auto	24	522	100	200	5.0 s
Buzzsaw	65	Full auto	16	1,000	120	240	5.4 s

Sidearms

Weapon	Unlock	Fire mode	Damage	Fire rate	Magazine	Spare	Reload
P-9 Sidearm	1	Semi-auto	19	500	15	45	1.1 s
Judge .44 (revolver)	7	Semi-auto	45	143	6	18	1.45 s
Wasp MP (machine pistol)	24	Full auto	12	1,000	20	60	1.3 s

Range and handling

Weapon	Full damage to	Lowest damage	Body shots to kill (close / far)	Aim time	Move speed	Weight
Talon AR	25 m	15.12 at 55 m	5 / 7	0.20 s	95%	3.6 kg
Harrier AR	26 m	11.7 at 46 m	6 / 9	0.17 s	98%	3.3 kg
Anvil AR	30 m	21 at 60 m	4 / 5	0.24 s	92%	4.0 kg
Sentinel AR	30 m	16.5 at 65 m	5 / 7	0.23 s	93%	3.9 kg
Tempest	30 m	19.5 at 60 m	4 / 6	0.20 s	95%	3.7 kg
Cyclone AR	22 m	14 at 50 m	5 / 8	0.25 s	91%	4.1 kg
Hornet SMG	12 m	9 at 30 m	7 / 12	0.15 s	104%	2.6 kg
Ferret SMG	12 m	7.15 at 24 m	8 / 14	0.13 s	105%	2.3 kg
Jackal SMG	16 m	13.64 at 36 m	5 / 8	0.16 s	102%	2.8 kg
Swarm SMG	12 m	9 at 28 m	7 / 12	0.18 s	100%	3.0 kg
Razor SMG	9 m	9 at 24 m	6 / 12	0.15 s	103%	2.5 kg
Breaker-12	5 m	3.25 per pellet at 16 m	1 / 4	0.18 s	100%	3.8 kg
Hatchet-10	4 m	2.75 per pellet at 12 m	2 / 7	0.20 s	98%	3.4 kg
Ramrod-12	4 m	5.1 per pellet at 20 m	1 / 4	0.22 s	97%	3.6 kg
Maelstrom	3 m	2.25 per pellet at 11 m	2 / 8	0.24 s	93%	4.4 kg
Warden DMR	40 m	28.8 at 80 m	3 / 4	0.25 s	92%	4.6 kg
Needle	30 m	80 at 55 m	1 / 2	0.22 s	92%	5.0 kg
Longshot	120 m	90 at 200 m	1 / 2	0.32 s	86%	6.2 kg
Vigil	60 m	59.5 at 120 m	2 / 2	0.30 s	88%	6.6 kg
Ironclad .50	300 m	100 at 350 m	1 / 1	0.42 s	80%	12.0 kg
Bulwark LMG	30 m	14.25 at 60 m	6 / 8	0.32 s	85%	8.4 kg
Badger LMG	30 m	14.4 at 54 m	5 / 7	0.26 s	90%	7.6 kg
Mammoth LMG	35 m	19.2 at 70 m	5 / 6	0.38 s	82%	9.4 kg
Buzzsaw	20 m	10.4 at 45 m	7 / 10	0.40 s	80%	10.0 kg
P-9 Sidearm	15 m	11.4 at 35 m	6 / 9	0.12 s	106%	0.9 kg
Judge .44	18 m	29.25 at 40 m	3 / 4	0.14 s	104%	1.3 kg
Wasp MP	10 m	6.6 at 25 m	9 / 16	0.12 s	105%	1.5 kg

The sniper rifles have built-in scopes: 3× on the Needle, 3.5× on the Vigil, 4× on the Longshot and 5× on the Ironclad .50. Shotguns stop at 50 to 80 m, the Longshot and Vigil reach 300 m, the Ironclad .50 reaches 350 m, and every other gun reaches 250 m.

The Loadout screen and the Firing Range armory show each weapon's stats, including damage, shots to kill and time to kill at each distance.

Blades

Every class carries a blade in the third slot. Both blades kill a full-health player in one hit.

Blade	Damage	Reach	Swing time	Move speed	Weight
Combat Knife	150	2.3 m	0.5 s	112%	0.3 kg
Combat Axe	150	2.7 m	0.75 s	110%	1.1 kg

• Press Melee to swing your blade from any weapon. With the blade out, Fire swings it too.
• A swing has to be aimed within 55° either side of where you're facing. Walls block it.
• A swing cancels a reload.
• Swings are checked by the server with the same lag compensation as shots.
• 150 damage isn't enough to kill the Infected in one hit. They have 250 health.

Grenades

Each class has a Lethal. You spawn with two grenades, and every kill gives you one back, up to two. Gun Game has no grenades.

	Frag Grenade	Sticky Grenade
Fuse	2.4 s	1.6 s
Behavior	Bounces and rolls	Sticks to walls, floors and players
Damage at the center	140	140
Full damage within	2.4 m	2 m
Blast radius	6.5 m	5 m

• Outside the full-damage area, damage drops off toward the edge of the blast.
• A blast needs a clear line to you, so cover protects you.
• Your own grenade hurts you too, at 60% of its damage.
• A throw takes 0.7 seconds, and the grenade leaves your hand after 0.28 seconds. It carries some of your own movement.

Attachments

Every gun has seven attachment slots, shown in this order in the gunsmith: Optic, Muzzle, Barrel, Underbarrel, Magazine, Stock and Ammo. You can fit one attachment per slot. Blades take no attachments.

Attachments unlock with kills using the weapon they go on, so each gun has its own progress. Each attachment improves some stats and costs others. Effects are shown live in the gunsmith as you try parts on.

Use the gunsmith

1. Go to Loadout and pick a class.
2. Choose Customize on the primary or secondary weapon.
3. Click a part on the 3D weapon, or pick a slot from the list, to see that slot's options.
4. Choose an attachment, or None for the factory part.

Locked parts can be tried on. The Preview banner tells you what you still need, and Equip saves the build once everything on it is unlocked.

What fits where

Weapon type	Notes
Assault rifles, SMGs, marksman rifle, LMGs	Most attachments. The Bipod doesn't fit SMGs.
Shotguns	Only shotguns take the Choke. No Tactical Laser or Bipod.
Sniper rifles	Only the 8x Sniper Scope and 2.5x Quick Scope as optics. No CQB Barrel or Tactical Laser.
Sidearms	No stocks. Optics are limited to the Red Dot and Reflex Sight, and the only underbarrel is the Tactical Laser.

The Drum Mag and Rapid-Fire Barrel only fit full-auto weapons.

Optic

An optic's zoom replaces the gun's own zoom.

Attachment	Kills	Zoom	Effect	Fits
Red Dot (1x)	10	1×	10% tighter aimed spread, 3% slower aim	All except sniper rifles
Reflex Sight (1.25x)	35	1.25×	5% faster aim, 8% wider aimed spread	All except sniper rifles
Holographic (1.5x)	55	1.5×	15% tighter aimed spread, 7% slower aim	Rifles, SMGs, shotguns, marksman rifle, LMGs
2.5x Tactical Scope	130	2.5×	20% tighter aimed spread, 15% slower aim, 8% slower while aiming	Rifles, marksman rifle, LMGs
4x Prism Scope	195	4×	25% tighter aimed spread, 25% slower aim, 12% slower while aiming, 5% slower swap	Rifles, marksman rifle, LMGs
8x Sniper Scope	285	8×	Full scope view, 18% slower aim, 10% slower while aiming	Marksman rifle, sniper rifles
2.5x Quick Scope	130	2.5×	Scope view, 18% faster aim	Sniper rifles

Muzzle

Attachment	Kills	Effect	Fits
Flash Hider	5	Hides your muzzle flash, 10% less recoil, 4% slower aim	All
Small Suppressor	30	Suppressed, no muzzle flash, 15% shorter damage range, 5% slower aim	All
Choke	35	25% tighter hip-fire and aimed spread, 6% slower aim	Shotguns
Muzzle Brake	50	35% less sideways kick, 5% less recoil, 6% wider hip-fire spread, 4% slower aim	All
Compensator	60	22% less recoil, 10% wider hip-fire spread, bigger muzzle flash	All
Large Suppressor	150	Suppressed, no muzzle flash, 12% longer damage range, 12% less recoil, 15% slower aim, 4% slower movement	All
Heavy Compensator	215	30% less recoil, 10% less bloom, 12% slower aim, 12% wider hip-fire spread, 3% slower movement	Primary weapons

Suppressed gunfire is only heard by enemies within 20 m, unless they can see you, and it never shows on the enemy radar.

Barrel

Attachment	Kills	Effect	Fits
CQB Barrel	45	10% faster aim, 10% tighter hip-fire spread, 2% faster movement, 20% shorter damage range, 10% more recoil, 10% slower bullets	All except sniper rifles
Fluted Barrel	70	6% faster aim, 15% faster swap, 2% faster movement, 15% more bloom, 6% more recoil, 5% shorter damage range	All
Long Barrel	110	20% longer damage range, 8% tighter aimed spread, 10% faster bullets, 10% slower aim, 3% slower movement	All
Heavy Barrel	180	12% less recoil, 15% less bloom, 10% longer damage range, 14% slower aim, 4% slower movement, 10% slower swap	All
Rapid-Fire Barrel	300	8% faster fire rate, 15% more recoil, 10% more bloom, 12% shorter damage range	Full-auto primary weapons

Underbarrel

Attachment	Kills	Effect	Fits
Vertical Grip	15	18% less recoil, 10% less bloom, 6% slower aim, 2% slower movement	Primary weapons
Stubby Grip	65	12% tighter hip-fire spread, 6% less recoil, 12% wider aimed spread, 3% slower aim	Primary weapons
Angled Grip	80	12% faster aim, 6% less recoil, 8% wider hip-fire spread	Primary weapons
Tactical Laser	120	25% tighter hip-fire spread, visible beam, 4% slower aim	Rifles, SMGs, marksman rifle, LMGs, sidearms
Handstop	140	12% faster movement while aiming, 5% faster aim, 10% more recoil	Primary weapons
Bipod	270	When crouched on the ground: 40% less recoil and 25% tighter spread. 15% slower aim, 5% slower movement, 15% slower swap	Rifles, marksman rifle, sniper rifles, LMGs

Magazine

Attachment	Kills	Effect	Fits
Light Mag	20	25% smaller magazine, 15% faster reload, 6% faster aim, 2% faster movement	All
Extended Mag	25	50% bigger magazine, 20% slower reload, 5% slower aim, 2% slower movement	All
Fast Mag	100	28% faster reload, 10% slower swap	All
Drum Mag	240	Double magazine, 50% slower reload, 12% slower aim, 5% slower movement, 15% slower swap	Full-auto weapons

On pump shotguns, which load shell by shell, magazine attachments change the reload time by the number of shells instead.

Stock

Attachment	Kills	Effect	Fits
Light Stock	40	6% faster aim, 3% faster movement, 12% more recoil	Primary weapons
Tactical Stock	75	15% faster movement while aiming, 5% less recoil, 6% slower aim, 6% wider hip-fire spread	Primary weapons
Precision Stock	170	15% tighter aimed spread, 8% less recoil, 8% slower aim, 10% slower swap	Rifles, marksman rifle, sniper rifles, LMGs
Heavy Stock	205	15% less recoil, 10% less bloom, 10% slower aim, 3% slower movement	Primary weapons
No Stock	255	15% faster aim, 5% faster movement, 15% faster swap, 30% more recoil, 20% wider aimed spread, 15% more bloom	Rifles, SMGs, shotguns, marksman rifle

Ammo

Ammo attachments fit every gun.

Attachment	Kills	Effect
Hollow Points	90	12% more leg damage (never more than body damage), 15% shorter damage range
Piercing Rounds	120	Bullets pass through up to 2 more bodies, doing 75% damage to the second and 56.25% to the third. 5% more recoil
High-Velocity Rounds	160	15% longer damage range, 15% faster bullets, 10% more recoil, 5% more bloom
Incendiary Rounds	200	Sets the target on fire for 3 seconds: 6 damage every 0.5 seconds, 36 in all. A new hit restarts it. 15% shorter damage range, 8% more bloom
Match-Grade Rounds	225	12% tighter aimed spread, 10% less bloom, 10% shorter damage range, 8% slower reload
Explosive Rounds	300	Each hit sets off a small blast: 45 damage at the point of impact, falling to nothing at 2.5 m. It needs a clear line and never hurts you. 55% slower fire rate, 20% more recoil, 20% slower bullets

Attachment effects stack, within limits, so no combination can push a stat too far.

Weapon camos

Camos change how a weapon looks. They don't change its stats. Pick a camo in the gunsmith under Camo.

Kill camos

Kill camos unlock separately on each weapon, including each blade, when you reach that many kills with it. Kills on bots count.

Camo	Kills with the weapon
Factory	Default
Woodland	25
Desert Digital	50
Rusted	50
Urban Digital	75
Carbon	150
Snakeskin	200
Arctic	250
Cyber Hex	325
Crimson Tiger	400
Frost	500
Gold	600
Diamond	1,000

Gold marks a mastered weapon. Mastering weapons counts toward the Weapon Master and Golden Arsenal achievements. See Progression.

Prestige camos

Prestige camos unlock on every weapon at once when you reach a rank level.

Camo	Level
Chrome	25
Obsidian	50
Galaxy	60
Damascus	75
Molten	90
Prism	100

Promo camos

Some camos only come from promo codes: Orangered, Neon Circuit, Founder, Bone Yard, Jack-o'-Lantern, Mech Plating, Biohazard, Hellfire and Damien. A promo camo unlocks on every weapon. A code can also unlock a prestige camo early.

Chrome, gold and other shiny camos reflect light like real metal.

Firing Range

The Firing Range is a private range just for you. Open it from the Play tab: choose Range. It opens on the closest server that has one.

• Six lanes run out to a 100 m backstop, with boards and a target dummy at 5, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 m.
• Two more dummies strafe on rails, there are cover pieces for practicing peeking, and a roofless shoot house has dummies for close quarters.
• Dummies never shoot back. They take real damage through the normal hit checks and stand back up 1.5 seconds after dying.
• A readout shows your shots, hits, accuracy, headshots, last hit damage and distance, and the time to kill on your last target. Damage numbers are always on.
• You carry 999 spare rounds.
• Type /respawn in chat to go back to the firing line.

Press B, or choose Armory (B) in the menu, to open the Armory. It has every weapon, attachment and camo, whether or not you've unlocked them, applied straight to the gun in your hands. It shows live stats and a table of body damage, shots to kill, time to kill and bullet drop at each distance. Use Load my class to bring in one of your classes, or Reset session stats to clear the readout.

TIP

Nothing you do in the Firing Range counts. You earn no XP, and no kills, medals, stats or camo and attachment progress.