Apex Legends: The Complete Guide to 19 Types of Guns in the Game

Apex Legends weapons are ubiquitous and choosing the right gun for you can play a role in early victory or defeat.

With so many weapons with different firing modes, it can be hard to choose which one or know which one is right for your playstyle. This article will simplify it, with a full list of weapons, including damage values, ammo types, and attachable attachments:

Accessories

Accessories (Attachament) add bonuses to weapons, such as improved recoil or increased headshot damage. There are a total of 5 attachment types:

• Stock attachments: Improved weapon handling, allowing you to swap weapons faster. They also reduce aim drift – meaning the barrel doesn’t recoil when aiming
• Barrel attachment: Reduced gun recoil
• Magazine attachment: Increase magazine. Reloading after equipping will refill the magazine. Shotgun bolt increases the fire rate of shotguns.
• Optic attachment: Attach an additional barrel to the weapon. They have multiple levels of aim, and the Digital Threat version will show the enemy in red.
• Hop-up attachment: Special attachments can only be attached to certain weapons. These include chokes – which reduce the spread of projectiles (shotguns) fired, helping them to gather in one spot and increase the range of the guns – and Skullpiercer Rifling which increases head damage.

Not all weapons can attach all types of attachments – we will show which attachments can be attached to which weapons in the instructions below.

Assault rifles

R-301 Carbine

Automatic, rapid-fire rifle that can be switched to single-shot mode. Has high accuracy, and when firing will recoil upwards and slightly to the right. By default, a magazine has 18 rounds.

Damage: 14 when shot at people, 28 when shot in the head
Attachments: Mag, optic, stock and barrel attachment.
Ammo type: Light ammo

Vk-47 Flatline

The automatic gun is more powerful than the R-301 Carbine, but has more recoil. It also has a single-shot mode, and holds 20 rounds per cartridge.

Damage: 16 when shot at people, 32 when shot in the head
Attachments: Mag, optic and scope attachment
Ammo type: Heavy Ammo

Hemlock Burst AR

The rifle fires by default three times (burst), with a slight recoil after each shot. You can change to single-shot mode. With 36 damage on first shave, this is the highest damage assault rifle in Apex Legends.

Damage: 18 when shot at people, 36 when shot in the head
Attachments: Mag, optic, stock, barrel attachment
Ammo type: Heavy ammo

SMG

R-99 SMG

Fast-firing, low-damage SMG with 18 rounds per magazine.

Damage: 12 when shot in the body, 18 when shot in the head.
Attachment: Mag, optic, stock and barrel attachment
Ammo type: Light ammo

Alternator SMG

SMG double-barreled and recoils slightly when fired. By default, the aperture has 16 rounds per band.

Damage: 13 when shot at people, 19 when shot in the head
Attachments: Mag, optic, stock and barrel attachment
Ammo type: Light ammo

Prowler Burst PDW

SMG fires 5 rounds per shot, with 20 rounds in each magazine. You can attach the Selectfire Receiver attachment to switch to automatic fire. Looks quite similar to the P90.

Damage per bullet: 14 when shot at people, 21 when shot in the head
Attachments: Mag, optic, stock, and hop-up (Selectfire Receiver) attachment.
Ammo type: Heavy ammo

Pistol

RE-45 Auto

Low-damage auto-gun with recoil and tilt to the right. Each magazine contains 15 rounds.

Damage: 11 when shot at people, 16 when shot in the head
Attachments: Barrel, mag and optic attachment
Ammo type: Light ammo

P2020

Pistol with 10 rounds per band. Has very low recoil when firing continuously.

Damage: 14 when shot at people, 21 when shot in the head
Attachments: Optic and mag attachment
Ammo type: Light ammo

Wingman

The magnum fired one shot at a time. 90 damage per bullet to the head: this is the most powerful pistol, but with a slow rate of fire, you need to wait for the gun to stop recoil to fire properly. You can attach the Skullpiercer Rifling hop-up attachment to increase damage to the head.

Damage: 45 when shot at people, 90 when shot in the head
Attachments: Optic, mag and hop-up (Skullpiercing Rifling) attachment.
Ammo type: Heavy ammo

LMG

Devotion LMG

LMG uses energy bullets with increased speed while firing. It has high recoil (recoil and to the left), but you can attach a Turbocharger hop-up to make the gun more stable. Each cartridge has 44 bullets.

Damage: 17 when shot in the body, 34 when shot in the head.
Attachments: Barrel, optic, stock and hop-up (Turbocharger) attachment
Ammo type: Energy ammo

M600 Spitfire

LMG fires automatically using Heavy ammo. It deals more damage than Devotion but not as fast. Its recoil is up, then left, and then right.

Damage: 20 when shot at people, 40 when shot in the head
Attachments: Stock, optic, mag and barrel attachment
Ammo type: Heavy ammo

Sniper

G7 Scout

The only Sniper to use light ammo, the G7 Scout is the lowest damage sniper rifle in the game, dealing only 60 damage per bullet to the head. A magazine holds 10 rounds, and there’s a compass displayed on the back of the gun to let you know which direction you’re heading.

Damage: 30 when shot at people, 60 when shot in the head
Attachments: Stock, optic, mag and barrel attachment
Ammo type: Light ammo

Longbow DMR

The semi-automatic sniper has a slow rate of fire. It shoots slower than the G7 Scout, but does more damage thanks to Heavy ammo. Add Skullpiercer Rifling attacment to increase headshot damage.

Damage: 55 when shot at people, 110 when shot in the head
Attachments: Stock, optic, barrel, and hop-up (Skullpiercer Rifling) attachment
Ammo type: Heavy ammo

Triple Take

This is one of Apex’s coolest guns – an energy sniper that fires three rounds horizontally with a small spread – which you can reduce spread by adding a Precision Choke. Its rate of fire is on par with the Longbow DMR, but the damage is higher. You can shoot 5 times in each magazine.

Damage per bullet: 23 when shot in the body (69 if all three hit), 46 when shot in the head (max 138 damage per shot)
Attachments: Stock, optic, and hop-up (Precision Choke) attachment.
Ammo type: Energy Ammo

Shotgun

EVA-8 Auto

The automatic shotgun has a good rate of fire with 9 small bullets in each shot. The shotgun will recoil slightly up and left.

Damage per bullet: 7 when shot at body (63 if all 9 hit), 10 when shot in the head (maximum 90 damage)
Attachments: Mag and optic attachment
Ammo type: Shotgun ammo

Peacekeeper

The slowest of the three shotguns, the Peacekeeper is a loaded shotgun that needs to be reloaded after each shot. It fires 11 rounds in each shot and spreads in a star pattern, you can reduce the spread with the Precision Choke attachment.

Damage per bullet: 10 when shot in the body (110 if hit all 11 rounds), 15 when shot in the head (max 165)
Attachments: Mag, optic and hop-up (Precision Choke) attachment
Ammo type: Shotgun ammo

Mozambican Shotgun

Derided as the worst gun in the game, the Mozambique is a three-barreled shotgun that fires three rounds in a triangular pattern. It needs reloading every three rounds.

Damage per shot: 15 when shot at body (45 if hit all 3 bullets), 22 when shot in the head (evening 66)
Attachments: Mag and optic attachment
Ammo type: Shotgun ammo

Legendary Weapons

The two weapons below are only found in the supply drop, and do not use normal ammo.

Mastiff Shotgun

Super powerful semi-automatic shotgun, firing 8 small bullets in each shot. It deals 36 damage per small bullet – up to 288 damage if all bullets hit the head.

Damage per bullet: 18 when shot in the body (144 if all 8 hits), 36 when shot in the head (up to 288)
Attachments: do not have
Ammo type: Legendary ammo (no more can be picked up)

Kraber .50-Cal Sniper

Sniper Legendary with optic scope allows the version to zoom back and forth between 6x and 10x. It has 8 bullets.

Damage: 125 when shot at people, 250 when shot in the head
Attachments: Not available
Ammo type: Legendary ammo (no more can be picked up)