Heavy Weapons | The Outer Worlds Wiki

Heavy Weapons in The Outer Worlds is a specialized skill found under the Core Skill: Ranged. Skills are abilities that provide both passive and active bonuses to the player that heavily affects their gameplay in combat and interactions with NPCs and Companions that affects the player's reputation.

Heavy Weapons Information

• Ranged Weapon Skill
• The Heavy Weapons skill decreases Weapon Sway while firing heavy firearms, and also increases Critical Hit Chance with those weapons

Ways to Increase Heavy Weapons

• The following Equipment increases your Heavy Weapons Skill:
• Mining Helmet, Grade 1, With Light
• Mining Helmet, Grade 1 (L4)
• Retrofitted Heavy Power Armor

Heavy Weapons Builds

Heavy Weapons Base Skill Unlocks

Heavy Weapons List of Weapons

 Heavy Weapons in The Outer Worlds are Weapons that use the "Heavy Weapons" skill. On this page you will find information on all existing Heavy Weapons and where to find them. You can find more information about a specific weapon by clicking on the link to each individual page.

 

Unique Weapons

Science Weapons

Handguns

Long Guns

1-Handed Melee

2-Handed Melee

Heavy Weapons

 

Heavy Weapons in The Outer Worlds

Name	Damage	Modifications	Special Effect
Anarchist's Cookbook	244 Plasma	Mag-2-Power	Knockback
Coolant Distributor (Only available with Peril On Gorgon DLC)	791	-	Chilled
Flamethrower	480 Plasma	Barrel Magazine	Burn
Flamethrower 2.0	1,225 Plasma	Barrel Magazine	Burn
Flurry (Only available with Peril On Gorgon DLC)	404	SpeedyMate Barrel Mag-Num	Knockback
Grenade Launcher	141	Barrel Magazine	Knockback
Grenade Launcher II	412	Barrel Magazine	Knockback
Heavy Machine Gun	400	Barrel Magazine	Knockback
Light Machine Gun	320	Magazine	Stagger
Light Machine Gun Mk 2	960	Barrel Magazine	Stagger
MSI Saltuna Searer	720 Plasma		Burn
Montag	189 Plasma	Mag-2-Power	Stun
Ol' Reliable	429		Stagger
Overheat (Only available with Peril On Gorgon DLC)	1,479	Mag-2-Power	Burn
Plasma Launcher	273 Plasma	Barrel Magazine	Burn
Purpleberry Launch	200 N-ray	Mag-2-Ray	Burn
Rapti-don't	698	Mag-2-Ray	Knockback
Saltuna Scorcher
Shock Cannon	134 Shock	Barrel Magazine	Stun
Storm Cannon (Only available with Peril On Gorgon DLC)	1,064	Mag-2-zap	Burn
The Good Word	960		Stagger

 

Heavy Weapons Notes and Trivia

• Points are first placed into the core skill (e.g. Melee) of the specialized skill (e.g. 1-Handed Melee) which improves all of the specialized skills in that group up to Rank 50.
• Once it reaches Rank 50, skill points can be directly added to the specialized skill to increase the effect up to Rank 100/ 150 (Only available whit Peril on Gorgon DLC).
• Some armor, consumables and status effects can temporarily raise and lower the effects of your skills.

Skills