When you check your weapons in your inventory, artifact weapons often have a gold line below the weapon name.

Artifact Weapons: This tier of weapon is usually the strongest but hardest to find.

We've listed the weapon tiers below from strongest to weakest and explained a bit about each one. There are several different tiers of weapons that you can find around The City or craft with the resources you've scavenged. Also, it's a good way of controlling large herds of infected or vicious ones like Volatiles. This will leave them vulnerable to attacks. You hold it up to the infected and they will eventually curl up on the ground. This flashlight is unbreakable and can be used to fight the infected. This happens after you speak to Jack Matt and learn about the mission to take control of the radio tower. You are given this flashlight by Meyer at the PK HQ ship. This weapon will inflict a lot of damage to an enemy and, if you're close enough, it will kill them instantly. Spears can be thrown at enemies that are close to you or enemies that are quite a distance from you. They are extremely useful against powerful infected such as Revenants. Spears are a one-use handheld weapon that can be used to impale enemies. It does a lot of damage but can only be used once, so use it wisely.

You can then purchase the blueprints from any Craftsmaster and craft it for 100 Scraps. You unlock the blueprints for this weapon after completing the 'Renegades' side quest in the Central Loop.

This weapon is a handmade shotgun that can only be used once. It gives you a 9% stamina regeneration if you use a quick attack and it gives you an 8% stamina boost when your stamina is low. These are for a Tip Mode, Shaft Mod, and a Charm. It does 64 damage and has 174 durability at its base level. You can pick this weapon up midway through the 'Broadcast' story mission. We recommend using elemental modifications where you can. This means you can modify this weapon to make it extremely powerful. It has four modification slots (which is the maximum for any weapon). You get +23% stamina regeneration on a power attack, +17% power attack damage, and you get a 6% health regeneration on quick attacks. At its base level, it does 80 damage and has 210 durability. This artifact 1H axe packs a serious punch without any upgrades. We've listed each type below and we've included our favourite weapon from that type. There are several weapon types that you can get in the game.

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