Helldivers 2 Weapons Guide - All Weapons, Best Weapons (2025)

You’ll begin with basic industry weapons suitable for any Helldiver, then you’ll earn more weapons and throwables that suit how you like to play. To help you pick which one would be the best weapon for you and the variety of options that await you, we compiled this Helldivers 2 Weapons Guide for that specific reason.

Weapons Guide – Helldivers 2

You can find and equip different weapons in Helldivers 2. These are categorized in the game as Primary Weapons, Secondary Weapons, and the third category is thrown which includes grenades of different types. Below, you will find them in the same categories for easy classification.

Primary Weapons

This section of the guide lists all Primary Weapons in Helldivers 2.

AR-23 Liberator

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock
055	045	015	640	Light Armor Penetrating	Automatically given to all Helldivers when starting the game.

MP-98 Knight

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock
050	050	020	1380	Light Armor Penetrating One Handed	Unlocked as part of the pre-order bonus for Helldivers 2 Super Citizen Edition.

SG-8 Punisher

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
360	016	110	080	Light Armor Penetrating Rounds Reload	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	4 Medals

R-63 Diligence Marskmen Rifle

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
112	020	035	350	Light Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	8 Medals

SMG-37 Defender Submachine Gun

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
070	045	010	520	Light Armor Penetrating One Handed	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	15 Medals

SG-225 Breaker Shotgun

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
330	016	030	300	Light Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	20 Medals

Las-5 Scythe

Damage/Sec

Fire Limit

Recoil

Stun Time

Weapon Traits

How to Unlock

Cost

300

008

001

0 Seconds

Light Armor Penetrating

Beam

Heat

Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.

30 Medals

AR-23P Liberator Penetrator Assault Rifle

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
045	030	019	640	Medium Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	40 Medals

R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper Marksmen Rifle

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
128	015	053	350	Light Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	40 Medals

SG-8S Slugger Shotgun

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
280	016	110	080	Rounds Reload Light Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals

SG-225SP Breaker Spray&Pray Shotgun

Secondary Weapons

This section of the guide lists all of the secondary weapons that you can find and equip in Helldivers 2.

P-2 Peacemaker Pistol

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock
060	015	023	900	Light Armor Penetrating One Handed	Given to all Helldivers automatically when starting the game.

P-19 Redeemer Pistol

Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
060	031	011	1100	Light Armor Penetrating One Handed	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	5 Medals

P-4 Senator Pistol

Damage

Capacity

Recoil

Fire Rate

Weapon Traits

How to Unlock

Cost

150

006

043

200

Light Armor Penetrating

One Handed

Rounds Reload

Unlocked as part of the Steeled Veterans Premium Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.

15 Medals

Grenades

This section of the guide lists all of the grenades in the game.

G-12 High Explosive Standard Grenade

Damage	Penetration	Outer Radius	Fuse Time	How to Unlock
400	004	007	3.5 Seconds	Given to all Helldivers automatically when starting the game.

G-6 Frag

Damage	Penetration	Outer Radius	Fuse Time	How to Unlock	Cost
250	003	008	2.4 Seconds	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	2 Medals

G-16 Impact

Damage	Penetration	Outer Radius	Fuse Time	How to Unlock	Cost
400	004	007	0 Seconds	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	20 Medals

G-3 Smoke

Damage	Penetration	Outer Radius	Fuse Time	How to Unlock	Cost
000	000	005	2.4 Seconds	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	25 Medals

Best Weapons List

Different ways of playing and what each person likes affect how we rank the weapons in the game. Here’s our list of the best weapons you can find in the game.

SG-225 Breaker