Weapons

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A runner without a weapon might as well be dead. Anyone daring to wander the ruins aboveground would be prudent to take a gun or three with them, and plenty of ammunition to fend off any snowbreed desperate to get some of that sweet juice coursing through the veins of the living.

*After the Fall* gives players a small variety of weapons to choose from, with Vertigo promising more as time goes on and seasons are released. General information on all weapons in the game follows, as well as links to each weapon page.

## Weapon Mechanics

All weapons follow these rules and properties.

### Obtaining

All weapons found or purchased will come with the base set of attachments, including the standard barrel, magazine, iron sights, and for some weapons a stock.

### Loading

Most weapons are reloaded by pressing the eject button on the controller to drop the magazine, and then moving the weapon in your hand to your ammo pouches. The game will reload the gun for you.

#### Advanced Reload

Turning Advanced Reload on in the options menu will change weapon reload behavior to be more realistic and immersive, as well as grant the player a 50% damage bonus. The exact methods depend on the weapon, but in general it involves putting a fresh magazine or more rounds into the weapon and chambering the next round via pulling a slide, bolt, or charging handle if the weapon was emptied. If a round is already chambered when the weapon is reloaded, then there's no need to chamber a new one.

### Recoil

All weapons have a degree of vertical and horizontal recoil. Firing will kick the weapon up and back, and the position will reset over a short time. Rapid or sustained automatic fire will keep the weapon's direction offset until the weapon stops firing.

* Firing with one hand does nothing to mitigate recoil.
* Holding a weapon with two hands will noticeably reduce recoil.
	+ For handguns, bring your off-hand to the grip and hold the grip button on the controller.
	+ For long guns, bring your off-hand to the foregrip and hold the grip button on the controller.
* If shooting at range, try to manage your recoil by firing single shots or short, controlled bursts by pulsing the trigger.

### Shot Placement

Simply enough, shoot snowbreed to deal damage to them. Some forms of Snowbreed have damage multipliers applied when shots hit their heads or their limbs. Some snowbreed, like the brute, the smasher, and husks on higher difficulties have ice armor covering parts of their body, which will absorb a certain amount of damage until the armor is destroyed on that part of the body. Limb and head damage multipliers are not applied to the ice armor, thus armor will always take base damage.

### Attachments and Mods

Main article: Crafting
As one finds floppy disks and unlocks them, weapon attachments, parts, and mods can be purchased from the Harvest-O-Matic in The Line's armory. Which parts are available depends on the weapon, and some weapons are unable to use entire categories of parts.

## Weapon List

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Release 1.3.35721 Patch Notes, "Balancing" Section
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Post by Pep in #atf-chat channel of the official Discord server dated Feb 1, 2022.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Release 1.4.36404 Patch Notes, "Balancing" Section
4. ↑ Release 1.3.35721 Patch Notes, "Revolver" Section
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Release 1.5.3715 Patch Notes, "LMG Rework" Section
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Release 1.5.37145 Patch Notes, "Tommy Gun" Section