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Weapons in Helldivers 2 AR-23 Liberator AR-23P Liberator Penetrator AR-23C Liberator Concussive Patch Changes BR-14 Adjudicator AR-16 Tenderiser R-63 Diligence R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper MP-98 Knight SMG-37 Defender SMG-72 Pummeller SG-8 Punisher SG-225 Breaker SG-2251E Breaker Incendiary SG-8S Slugger SG-225SP Breaker Spray&Pray Jar-5 Dominator R-36 Eruptor CB-9 Exploding Crossbow SG-8P Punisher Plasma ARC-12 Blitzer Las-5 Scythe Las-16 Sickle Plas-1 Scorcher Plas-101 Purifier P-2 Peacemaker P-19 Redeemer P-4 Senator Las-7 Dagger GP-31 Grenade Pistol P-113 Verdict G-12 High Explosive G-6 Frag G-16 Impact G-3 Smoke G-10 Incendiary G-23 Stun G-123 Thermite Up Next: Armor Top Guide Sections Was this guide helpful? In This Guide References

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updatedMay 18, 2024

Give your arsenal some extra firepower with the weapons available in Helldivers 2. You'll start the game with standard-issued weapons fit for any Helldiver but then unlock weapons and throwables that work for your playstyle through Warbonds. Looking to see what weapon options there are for your loadout? This page covers the available weapons in the game, as well as information on damage, weapon traits, and how to unlock them.

Weapons in Helldivers 2

Weapons are divided into three categories: primary, secondary, and throwables. Though all Helldivers are assigned a few weapons when starting the game, more can be unlocked through Warbonds.

We've grouped each weapon as primary, secondary, and throwable options, but we've also highlighted them in the following ways:

Green highlight - Available as a pre-order bonus
Yellow highlight - Available in a free Warbond
Red highlight - Available in a premium Warbond

Click on the names of the weapons below to jump to their section and see all the stats.

Any weapons that are not highlighted in the table below are available to all Helldivers.

Primary Weapons
All Assault Rifles
AR-23 Liberator	AR-23P Liberator Penetrator	AR-23C Liberator Concussive	BR-14 Adjudicator
AR-16 Tenderiser
All Marksman Rifles
R-63 Diligence	R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper
All Submachine Guns
MP-98 Knight	SMG-37 Defender	SMG-72 Pummeller
All Shotguns
SG-8 Punisher	SG-225 Breaker	SG-2251E Breaker Incendiary	SG-8S Slugger

All Explosive
Jar-5 Dominator	R-36 Eruptor	CB-9 Exploding Crossbow
All Energy-Based
SG-8P Punisher Plasma	ARC-12 Blitzer	Las-5 Scythe	Las-16 Sickle
Plas-1 Scorcher	Plas-101 Purifier
Secondary Weapons
P-2 Peacemaker	P-19 Redeemer	P-4 Senator	Las-7 Dagger
GP-31 Grenade Pistol	P-113 Verdict
Throwables
G-12 High Explosive	G-6 Frag	G-16 Impact	G-3 Smoke
G-10 Incendiary	G-23 Stun	G-123 Thermite

Need help unlocking new weapons or want to know which ones are best? See our guides on How to Get New Weapons and Best Weapons Tier List to learn more.

AR-23 Liberator

AR-23 Liberator Assault Rifle
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock
060	045	015	640	Light Armor Penetrating	Automatically given to all Helldivers when starting the game.
AR-23 Liberator

AR-23P Liberator Penetrator

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
AR-23P Liberator Penetrator

AR-23C Liberator Concussive

Patch Changes

The AR-23C Liberator Concussive was previously called the AR-23E Liberator Explosive. Its weapon traits altered from being Incendiary to being Explosive and there was a slight reduction in recoil.

AR-23E Liberator Concussive Rifle
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
065	030	028	320	Light Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Steeled Veterans Premium Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	20 Medals.
AR-23C Liberator Concussive

BR-14 Adjudicator

BR-14 Adjudicator
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
080	025	040	550	Medium Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	20 Medals
BR-14 Adjudicator

AR-16 Tenderiser

AR-16 Tenderiserr
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
060	035	010	600	Light Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Polar Patriots Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	20 Medals
AR-16 Tenderiser

R-63 Diligence

R-63 Diligence Marksman Rifle
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
125	020	035	350	Light Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	8 Medals
R-63 Diligence

R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper

R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper Marksman Rifle
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
140	015	053	350	Medium Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	40 Medals
R-63CS Diligence Counter Sniper

MP-98 Knight

MP-98 Knight Submachine Gun
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.
MP-98 Knight

SMG-37 Defender

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
SMG-37 Defender

SMG-72 Pummeller

SMG-72 Pummeller
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
065	045	010	475	Light Armor Penetrating One Handed	Unlocked as part of the Polar Patriots Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
SMG-72 Pummeller

SG-8 Punisher

SG-8 Punisher Shotgun
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
405	016	120	080	Light Armor Penetrating Rounds Reload	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	4 Medals
SG-8 Punisher

SG-225 Breaker

SG-225 Breaker Shotgun
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
330	013	055	300	Light Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	20 Medals
SG-225 Breaker

SG-2251E Breaker Incendiary

SG-2251E Breaker Incendiary Shotgun
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
240	025	028	300	Light Armor Penetrating Incendiary	Unlocked as part of the Steeled Veterans Premium Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
SG-2251E Breaker Incendiary

SG-8S Slugger

SG-8S Slugger Shotgun
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
250	016	120	080	Rounds Reload Medium Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
SG-8S Slugger

SG-225SP Breaker Spray&Pray

SG-225SP Breaker Spray&Pray Shotgun
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
192	026	045	330	Light Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
SG-225SP Breaker Spray&Pray

Jar-5 Dominator

Jar-5 Dominator Explosive
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
275	015	075	250	Medium Armor Penetrating	Unlocked as part of the Steeled Veterans Premium Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	80 Medals
Jar-5 Dominator

R-36 Eruptor

R-36 Eruptor
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
380	005	075	025	Medium Armor Penetrating Explosive	Unlocked as part of the Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
R-36 Eruptor

CB-9 Exploding Crossbow

CB-9 Exploding Crossbow
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
420	005	035	050	Explosive	Unlocked as part of the Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	80 Medals
CB-9 Exploding Crossbow

SG-8P Punisher Plasma

SG-8P Punisher Plasma Shotgun
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
250	008	110	080	Explosive	Unlocked as part of the Cutting Edge Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
SG-8P Punisher Plasma

ARC-12 Blitzer

ARC-12 Blitzer Shotgun
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
250	Unlimited	060	030	N/A	Unlocked as part of the Cutting Edge Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	80 Medals
ARC-12 Blitzer

Las-5 Scythe

Las-5 Scythe Energy Based Gun
Damage/Sec	Fire Limit	Recoil	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
350	008	001	Light Armor Penetrating Beam Heat	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	30 Medals
Las-5 Scythe

Las-16 Sickle

Las-16 Sickle
Damage	Fire Limit	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
055	009	002	750	Light Armor Penetrating Heat	Unlocked as part of the Cutting Edge Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	20 Medals
Las-16 Sickle

Plas-1 Scorcher

Plas-1 Scorcher Energy-Based
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
200	015	020	250	Light Armor Penetrating Explosive	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
Plas-1 Scorcher

Plas-101 Purifier

Plas-101 Purifier
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
250	015	020	250	Medium Armor Penetrating Chargeup Explosive	Unlocked as part of the Polar Pariots Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	80 Medals
Plas-101 Purifier

P-2 Peacemaker

P-2 Peacemaker Pistol
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock
075	015	023	900	Light Armor Penetrating One Handed	Given to all Helldivers automatically when starting the game.
P-2 Peacemaker

P-19 Redeemer

P-19 Redeemer Pistol
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
060	031	015	1100	Light Armor Penetrating One Handed	Unlocked as part of the Helldivers Mobilize Warbonds progression in the Acquisitions menu.	5 Medals
P-19 Redeemer

P-4 Senator

P-4 Senator Pistol
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
175	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
P-4 Senator

Las-7 Dagger

Las-7 Dagger
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
200	005	001	Light Armor Penetrating One Handed Beam Heat	Unlocked as part of the Cutting Edge Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
Las-7 Dagger

GP-31 Grenade Pistol

GP-31 Grenade Pistol
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
600	001	043	900	One Handed Explosive	Unlocked as part of the Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
GP-31 Grenade Pistol

P-113 Verdict

P-113 Verdict
Damage	Capacity	Recoil	Fire Rate	Weapon Traits	How to Unlock	Cost
125	010	040	450	Light Armor Penetrating One Handed	Unlocked as part of the Polar Patriots Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	60 Medals
P-113 Verdict

G-12 High Explosive

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-12 High Explosive

G-6 Frag

G-6 Frag Grenade
	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-6 Frag

G-16 Impact

G-16 Impact Grenade
	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-16 Impact

G-3 Smoke

G-3 Smoke Grenade
	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
G-3 Smoke

G-10 Incendiary

G-10 Incendiary Grenade
	Damage	Penetration	Outer Radius	Fuse Time	How to Unlock	Cost
	150	003	007	2.9 Seconds	Unlocked as part of the Steeled Veterans Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	25 Medals
G-10 Incendiary

G-23 Stun

G-23 Stun Grenade
	Damage	Penetration	Outer Radius	Fuse Time	How to Unlock	Cost
	000	006	010	1.8 Seconds	Unlocked as part of the Cutting Edge Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	25 Medals
G-23 Stun

G-123 Thermite

G-123 Thermite
	Damage	Penetration	Outer Radius	Fuse Time	How to Unlock	Cost
	100	007	002	2.9 Seconds	Unlocked as part of the Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond progression in the Acquisitions menu.	15 Medals
G-123 Thermite

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