Weapons (LWOTC)

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As with Long War 1, Long War 2 makes some changes to the weapons available to XCOM:

• 5 tiers of primary weapons are available: Conventional, Laser, Magnetic, Coilgun and Plasma.
• Secondary weapons are unique and tied to each class.
• Rocket Launchers and Flamethrowers are no longer equippable as heavy weapons, they are now part of the Technical class secondary weapon. In turn, Technicals can't equip the rest of heavy weapons.
• The Pistol is now an auxiliary weapon available for any soldier, equipped in their Utility slots.

Note that while weapons don't have a maximum range, soldiers have a limited sight range of 17 tiles, so unless they have Squadsight they can only shoot (and will only get the range modifier) up to 17 tiles away.

Weapon Tiers

Conventional

The weapons XCOM starts with, they are unlimited in supply and have no special properties. Every default weapon is at this tier.

Laser

The first upgraded weapons XCOM can research provide a +5 aim innate bonus in addition to higher base damage.

Magnetic

The original second tier has been bumped up the tech tree with more damage but otherwise no special properties.

Coilgun

The fourth tier of weapons are significantly more expensive to build, but in addition they ignore 1 point of armor, making them valuable against armored targets.

Plasma

The final tier of weapons need an Elerium Core to build but they boast the highest damage, and any enemy hit by plasma weapons will rupture the target, taking 1 additional damage from any other damage sources.

Primary Weapons

Submachine Guns

SMG-type weapons can be used by most classes. They do lower damage than assault rifles and have more falloff at range, but increase mobility and more accurate at close range. They also slightly decrease infiltration time for the soldier carrying them.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
SMG	2-4	+1	3	18	+2 Mobility -12.5% Detection Radius	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Laser Stengun	3-6	+2	3	18	+2 Mobility -12.5% Detection Radius +5 Aim	Laser Weapons	20	1	1	-	10
Stuttermag	4-7	+2	3	18	+2 Mobility -12.5% Detection Radius	Magnetic Weapons	30	2	2	-	20
Subcoiler	5-9	+3	3	18	+2 Mobility -12.5% Detection Radius Ignores 1 Armor	Coilguns	55	3	5	-	25
Scramgun	6-11	+4	3	18	+2 Mobility -12.5% Detection Radius Inflicts 1 Rupture	Plasma Rifle	65	4	5	1	30

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25+
Aim Modifier		45	35	25	15	10	7	3	0	0	0	0	-4	-8	-12	-16	-20	-24	-30	-40	-50	-60	-70	-80	-90	-100

Assault Rifles

Assault Rifles are the default primary weapon of XCOM soldiers, and can be used by any class save for Gunners and Sharpshooters and the heroes. Extremely versatile and "middle of the road" in every way.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Assault Rifle	3-5	+2	3	20	-	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Laser Rifle	4-7	+2	3	20	+5 Aim	Laser Weapons	20	1	1	-	10
Mag Rifle	5-9	+3	3	20	-	Magnetic Weapons	30	2	2	-	15
Coil Rifle	6-11	+4	3	20	Ignores 1 Armor	Coilguns	50	3	5	-	25
Plasma Rifle	8-12	+5	3	20	Inflicts Rupture (1 damage) 4 Upgrade Slots	Plasma Rifle	60	4	5	1	30
Disruptor Rifle	7-10	+4	4	20	+100 Crit Against Psionics Overbearing Superiority	Warlock Weapons	-	-	-	-	-

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25+
Aim Modifier		30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	-10	-15	-20	-25	-30

Cannons

Cannons are the only weapon available to Gunners, automatic rifleman specialist trained in using light machine gun or squad automatic weapon as part of a fireteam. They have higher damage compared to rifles, and larger clips. They suffer penalties at very short range, but nowhere near the extent that sniper rifles do.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Cannon	4-6	+2	5	24	-	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Laser Cannon	5-8	+3	5	24	+5 Aim	Advanced Laser Weapons	25	1	1	-	10
Mag Cannon	6-11	+4	5	24	-	Advanced Magnetic Weaponry	40	2	2	-	20
Gauss Cannon	8-13	+5	5	24	Ignores 1 Armor	Advanced Coilguns	60	3	5	-	25
Beam Cannon	11-15	+6	5	24	Inflicts Rupture (1 damage)	Beam Cannon	70	4	5	1	35

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26+
Aim Modifier		-10	-5	0	5	10	8	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	-10	-15	-20	-25	-30

Shotguns

Shotguns can be equipped by most soldiers in Long War 2. Assault soldiers have several perks specialising in them. They have higher damage than rifles, innate critical chance, high aim bonuses at short range but significant penalties at long range, making it necessary to get close.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Shotgun	4-6	+2	4	20	+15 Crit Chance	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Scatterray	5-8	+3	4	20	+15 Crit Chance +5 Aim	Advanced Laser Weapons	25	1	1	-	10
Shard Gun	6-11	+4	4	20	+15 Crit Chance	Advanced Magnetic Weaponry	40	2	2	-	20
Scattergun	8-13	+5	4	20	+15 Crit Chance Ignores 1 Armor	Advanced Coilguns	60	3	5	-	25
Storm Gun	10-14	+8	4	20	+15 Crit Chance Inflicts Rupture (1 damage)	Storm Gun	70	6	5	-	35
Arashi	8-13	+8	4	20	+10 Crit Chance Vampirism Impact Compensation	Assassin Weapons	-	-	-	-	-

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19+
Aim Modifier		60	45	30	15	8	4	0	0	-4	-8	-16	-32	-40	-48	-60	-70	-80	-90	-100

Sniper Rifles

Sniper Rifles are the only weapon available to Sharpshooters. Sniper rifles have higher damage than rifles and innate critical chance, but they suffer aim penalties at short range and at extreme ranges when used with Squadsight.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Sniper Rifle	4-6	+2	3	20	+10 Crit Chance	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Laser Lance	5-8	+3	3	20	+10 Crit Chance +5 Aim	Advanced Laser Weapons	25	1	1	-	10
Mag Long Rifle	6-11	+4	3	20	+10 Crit Chance	Advanced Magnetic Weaponry	40	2	2	-	20
Gauss Long Rifle	8-13	+5	3	20	+10 Crit Chance Ignores 1 Armor	Advanced Coilguns	60	3	5	-	25
Plasma Lance	10-14	+6	3	20	+20 Crit Chance Inflicts Rupture (1 damage)	Plasma Lance	70	4	5	1	35
Darklance	8-13	+5	4	20	+10 Aim +20 Crit Mark For Death	Hunter Weapons	-	-	-	-	-

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41+
Aim Modifier		-30	-27	-24	-21	-18	-15	-12	-9	-6	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-2	-3	-4	-5	-6	-7	-8	-9	-10	-11	-12	-13	-14	-15	-16	-17	-18	-19	-20

Bolt Caster

The Bolt Caster is a unique weapon from the Alien Hunters DLC, with only one available per campaign. While it counts as an assault rifle, it has higher damage, aim and crit bonuses, shreds 1 armor and has a 20% chance to stun on a hit, which becomes 30% on Alien Rulers. As a counterbalance, it has only 1 shot available before having to reload, and it can't be modified with weapon upgrades.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals
Bolt Caster	4-7	+2	1	18	+5 Aim +5 Crit Chance Pierce 1 Armor 20% Chance of Stun (30% vs Rulers) Lock N Load Concentration	Experimental Weapons	20	-	-
Magnetic Bolt Caster	7-11	+4	1	18	+10 Aim +10 Crit Chance Pierce 1 Armor 20% Chance of Stun (30% vs Rulers) Lock N Load Concentration	Magnetic Weapons	40	5	-
Plasma Bolt Caster	9-16	+6	1	18	+15 Aim +15 Crit Chance Pierce 1 Armor 20% Chance of Stun (30% vs Rulers) Inflicts Rupture (1 damage) Lock N Load Concentration	Plasma Rifle	75	5	5

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25+
Aim Modifier		30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	-10	-15	-20	-25	-30

SPARK Rifles

SPARK Rifles are the weapons wielded by SPARKs. They have the highest damage of all primary weapons.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Heavy Autocannon	6-9	+3	3	24	-	Mechanized Warfare	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Heavy Railgun	7-11	+4	3	24	+5 Aim	Mechanized Warfare Advanced Laser Weapons	25	1	1	-	10
Helix Rail-Cannon	8-12	+5	4	24	+5 Aim +5 Crit Chance	Mechanized Warfare Advanced Magnetic Weaponry	30	3	2	-	10
Particle Projection Cannon	9-14	+5	4	24	+5 Aim +5 Crit Chance 1 Armor Pierce	Mechanized Warfare Advanced Coilguns	60	3	5	-	25
Elerium Phase-Cannon	10-15	+6	5	24	+10 Aim +10 Crit Chance Inflicts Rupture (1 damage)	Mechanized Warfare Beam Cannon	60	6	10	1	25

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25+
Aim Modifier		30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	-10	-15	-20	-25	-30

Bullpups

Bullpups are the weapons wielded by Skirmishers. They act similar to smgs having lower damage than an assault rifle and less accurate at longer range but having a bonus to mobililty, infiltration time, and aim at closer range.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Kal-7 Bullpup	3-4	+1	3	20	+2 Mobility -10% Detection Radius	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Kal-13 Bullpup	3-6	+2	3	20	+2 Mobility -10% Detection Radius +5 Aim	Laser Weapons	20	1	1	-	10
Kal-15 Bullpup	4-8	+2	3	20	+2 Mobility -10% Detection Radius	Magnetic Weapons	40	3	3	-	20
Kal-69 Bullpup	5-10	+3	3	20	+2 Mobility -10% Detection Radius Ignores 1 Armor	Coilguns	55	3	5	-	25
Kal-90 Bullpup	6-12	+5	3	20	+2 Mobility -10% Detection Radius Inflicts 1 Rupture	Plasma Rifle	70	6	6	1	35

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25+
Aim Modifier		45	35	25	15	10	7	3	0	0	0	0	-4	-8	-12	-16	-20	-24	-30	-40	-50	-60	-70	-80	-90	-100

Vektor Rifles

Vektor rifles are the weapons wielded by Reapers. It serves as a marksman rifle being more accurate than an assault rifle and still effective slightly beyond visual range but having slight penalties at close range. Although they have the same base damage as a rifle, they are far more lethal when scoring a critical hit.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Vektor Rifle	3-5	+3	3	23	+10 Aim	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Laser Vektor Rifle	4-7	+4	3	23	+15 Aim	Advanced Laser Weapons	25	1	1	-	10
Temnotic Rifle	5-9	+5	3	23	+10 Aim	Advanced Magnetic Weaponry	50	3	3	-	25
Temnotic Lance	6-11	+6	3	23	+10 Aim Ignores 1 Armor	Advanced Coilguns	60	3	5	-	25
Shadow Lance	8-12	+7	3	23	+10 Aim Inflicts 1 Rupture	Plasma Lance	80	6	6	1	40

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Aim Modifier		-10	-7	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-3	-6	-9	-12	-15	-18	-21	-24	-27	-30	-33	-36	-39	-42	-45	-48	-51	-54	-100

Templar Gauntlet

Templar gauntlets are the weapons wielded by Templars. Unlike all other soldiers who wield some sort of firearm as a primary, templars is more melee-oriented, closing in on enemies to strike at.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Sound Range	Volt Damage	Shield Granted	Soul Shot Damage	Ionic Storm Damage Per Focus	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
										Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
Shard Gauntlet	4-6	+2	5	2-4	5	5-7 + 3 (Crit)	1-3 + 1 (Vs Psis)	+20 Aim	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Tempest Gauntlet	6-9	+3	5	3-6	9	8-13 + 5 (Crit)	2-4 + 2 (Vs Psis)	+20 Aim +1 Max Focus	ADVENT Stun Lancer Autopsy	30	3	3	-	1x ADVENT Stun Lancer	15
Celestial Gauntlet	9-12	+5	5	5-8	14	13-17 + 7 (Crit)	3-5 + 3 (Vs Psis)	+20 Aim +2 Max Focus	Archon Autopsy	50	4	4	1	1x Archon Corpse	25

Auxiliary Weapons

Pistols

Pistol Perks

The Pistol is now a dedicated slot item and can be equipped on any soldier but costs 1 mobility (Darkclaw does not cost a mobility). Pistol related perks are trainable in the Advanced Warfare Center. Officers also have a few abilities related to pistols, including the ability to give one to a civilian ally.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Pistol	1-3	+1	∞	17	-	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Laser Pistol	2-4	+1	∞	17	+5 Aim	Laser Weapons	5	-	1	-	3
Mag Pistol	3-5	+2	∞	17	-	Magnetic Weapons	10	1	1	-	15
Gauss Pistol	4-6	+2	∞	17	Ignores 1 Armor	Coilguns	30	2	3	-	20
Plasma Pistol	5-7	+3	∞	17	Inflicts Rupture (1 damage)	Plasma Rifle	40	3	5	1	25
Darkclaw	4-6	+2	∞	17	Fatality	Hunter Weapons	-	-	-	-	-

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25+
Aim Modifier		45	35	25	15	10	7	3	0	0	0	0	-4	-8	-12	-16	-20	-24	-30	-40	-50	-60	-70	-80	-90	-100

Shadowkeeper

The Shadowkeeper is a unique weapon from the Alien Hunters DLC, with only one available per campaign. This pistol has slightly more average damage than normal pistols of the same tier, very short sound range, and innate hit and crit. Furthermore, it allows a special Shadowfall shot, that cannot crit, but if it kills, puts the wielder into concealment immediately. Unlike other pistols, the Shadowkeeper does not incur a mobility penalty.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals
Shadowkeeper	1-4	+1	∞	6	+10 Aim +15 Crit Chance Shadowfall	Experimental Weapons	20	-	-
Enhanced Shadowkeeper	3-6	+2	∞	6	+10 Aim +15 Crit Chance Shadowfall	Magnetic Weapons	40	5	-
Powered Shadowkeeper	5-8	+3	∞	6	+10 Aim +15 Crit Chance Shadowfall Inflicts Rupture (1 damage)	Plasma Rifle	60	5	5

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25+
Aim Modifier		45	35	25	15	10	7	3	0	0	0	0	-4	-8	-12	-16	-20	-24	-30	-40	-50	-60	-70	-80	-90	-100

Autopistols

The autopistol is a different variant of the standard pistols. They have the same capabilities as a standard pistols but serves a different purpose. Autopistols trade some of their base damage and range in favor of dealing critical attacks, having a higher crit chance and crit damage.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Autopistol	1	+2	∞	10	+40 Crit	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Mag Autopistol	1-3	+4	∞	10	+40 Crit	Magnetic Weapons	10	1	1	-	20
Plasma Autopistol	3-5	+5	∞	10	+40 Crit Inflicts Rupture (1 damage)	Plasma Rifle	40	3	5	1	15

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19+
Aim Modifier		60	45	30	15	8	4	0	0	-4	-8	-16	-32	-40	-48	-60	-70	-80	-90	-100

Secondary Weapons

Secondary weapons are available only to Soldier classes. These weapons require specific training and each Soldier class can use only one type of special weapon.

Arc Throwers

The Arc Thrower is used by the Assault class. They do no damage, but will stun organic enemies if it hits. Importantly, it has normal range penalties, giving a shotgun equipped Assault an option to use at range.

Perks allow the Arc Thrower to deal armour-ignoring damage to mechanical enemies (MECs, Drones) and reduce their hack defense.

Name	Stun Duration (Organic Only)	EMPulse Damage (Robotic only)	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
						Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
Arc Thrower	2 actions / 1 turn	2-5	20	+5 Aim	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Advanced Arc Thrower	3 actions / 1 and half turns	4-9	20	+5 Aim	ADVENT Stun Lancer Autopsy	20	1	3	-	-	10
Arc Blaster	4 actions / 2 turns	7-12	20	+5 Aim	Gatekeeper Autopsy	35	1	5	1	1x Gatekeeper Shell	20

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25+
Aim Modifier		30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	-10	-15	-20	-25	-30

Grenade Launchers

The Grenade Launcher is used by the Grenadier class. They provide extended range and blast radius bonuses over Grenades thrown by other classes, and grenades launched by these do not suffer the cooldown preventing other classes from using grenades every turn

Name	Range Bonus	Radius Bonus	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
					Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Grenade Launcher	+4	+1		XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Advanced Grenade Launcher	+6	+1		Magnetic Weapons	25	1	1	-	20
Beam Grenade Launcher	+6	+1	Guided Grenades can launch around obstacles	Plasma Rifle Battlesuits	100	5	10	1	50

Combat Knives

The Combat Knife is used by the Gunner class. While it is weaker than the Sword, this melee weapon is highly accurate and has a higher innate chance to crit.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
						Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Combat Knife	2-4	+3	4	+35 Aim +20 Crit Chance	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Vibroblade	4-7	+5	4	+35 Aim +25 Crit Chance Ignores 2 Armor	Muton Autopsy	10	1	-	-	5
Advanced Vibroblade	6-11	+8	4	+35 Aim +50 Crit Chance Ignores 4 Armor	Andromedon Autopsy	25	5	3	1	5

Sawed-Off Shotguns

The Sawed-Off Shotgun is used by the Ranger class. It deals colossal damage at close range, especially if both barrels are used at once, but has extreme accuracy penalties beyond a few tiles. These shotguns cannot be reloaded.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Sawed-Off Shotgun	4-8	+3	2	20	+15 Crit Chance	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Mag Shorty	7-13	+5	2	20	+15 Crit Chance	Magnetic Weapons	25	1	1	-	8
Plasma Shorty	10-18	+7	2	20	+15 Crit Chance	Plasma Rifle	50	3	5	1	25

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7+
Aim Modifier		60	30	0	-20	-40	-80	-100

Holotargeters

The Holotargeter is used by the Sharpshooter class. Holotargeters have squadsight range and apply an aim bonus to any targeted enemies. The Sharpshooter can specialize in various skills to augment the Holotargeter with additional bonuses and allow targeting of multiple enemies in a single turn.

Name	Aim Bonus	HiDef Holo Crit Bonus	VPT Damage Bonus	Multitargeting Radius	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
						Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
Holotargeter	+10	+10	+1	4	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Holotargeter Mark II	+15	+15	+1	5	ADVENT MEC Breakdown	30	1	0	1	1x ADVENT MEC Wreck	5
Holotargeter Mark III	+20	+20	+2	6	Andromedon Autopsy	60	3	0	1	1x Andromedon Wreck	10

Swords

The Sword is used by the Shinobi class.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
						Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
Sword	3-5	+2	6	+20 Aim +10 Crit Chance	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Arc Blade	6-10	+4	6	+25 Aim +15 Crit Chance 5% chance of stunning for 2 actions / 1 turn	ADVENT Stun Lancer Autopsy	20	1	1	-	1x ADVENT Stun Lancer Corpse	8
Fusion Blade	10-14	+6	6	+30 Aim +20 Crit Chance 10% chance of burning for 2 turns	Archon Autopsy	35	2	3	1	1x Archon Corpse	15
Katana	7-11	+5	6	+10 Aim +20 Crit Chance Blood Thirst	Assassin Weapons	-	-	-	-	-

GREMLINs

The GREMLIN is used by the Specialist class. These little robots provide electronic warfare and logistical combat support, such as remote hacking and healing, and can deal damage with the right perks, especially against mechanical enemies.

Name	Hack Bonus	Aid Protocol Defense Bonus	Combat Protocol Damage	Revival Protocol Charges	Interference Charges	Scanning Protocol Charges	Heal Bonus	Rescue Protocol Charges	Capacitor Discharge Damage	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
											Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
GREMLIN	+0	+20	2 / 4-5	2	3	1	+0	1	3-6 / 5-8	-	-	-	-	-	-
GREMLIN Mark II	+20	+25	5 / 9-10	3	5	2	+1	2	5-8 / 8-11	ADVENT Robotics	20	1	1	-	1x Drone Wreck	10
GREMLIN Mark III	+40	+30	8 / 14-15	4	7	3	+2	3	7-10 / 11-14	Sectopod Breakdown	35	1	-	1	1x Sectopod Wreck	20

Gauntlets

The Gauntlet is used by the Technical class.

Name	Damage	Sound Range	Env. Damage	Shred	Panic Strength	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
Gauntlet	2-7 / 2-5	26 / 13	20	2	50	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Gauntlet Mark II	4-9 / 4-8	26 / 13	25	2	65	Magnetic Weapons	30	3	5	-	-	10
Blaster Gauntlet	5-12 / 7-11	26 / 13	30	3	85	Battlesuits Muton Elite Autopsy	150	5	10	2	1x Muton Elite Corpse	20

Psi Amps

The Psi Amp is used by the Psi Operative class. They are used for all psionic attacks.

Name	Psi Offense Bonus	Soulfire Damage	Void Rift Damage	Null Lance Damage	Mind Merge Additional Bonuses	Soulstorm Damage	Soulsteal Ablative Gain	Null Ward Ablative Gain	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
										Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
Psi Amp	+0	4-6	2-5 + Inflict 1 Rupture	6-9	-	5-10	3	3	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Advanced Psi Amp	+10	6-9	4-7 + Inflict 1 Rupture	8-12	+5 Will +5 Crit Chance +1 Ablative HP	7-13	4	4	Psionics Elerium	40	2	5	1	1x Advent Priest Corpse	5
Alien Psi Amp	+20	9-11	7-9 + Inflict 2 Rupture	10-15	+10 Will +10 Crit Chance +2 Ablative HP	9-16	6	6	Psionics Gatekeeper Autopsy	100	2	10	1	1x Gatekeeper Shell	10

Hunter's Axe

The Hunter's Axe is a unique weapon from the Alien Hunters DLC, with only one available per campaign. It can only used by the Shinobi class. While its stats are not very different from regular swords, it brings an additional axe that can be thrown as a free action.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost
						Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals
Hunter's Axe	4-6	+2	6	+15 Aim +10 Crit Chance	Experimental Weapons	30	-	-
Ionic Axe	6-10	+4	6	+15 Aim +15 Crit Chance 25% chance of stunning for 2 actions / 1 turn	ADVENT Stun Lancer Autopsy	30	5	-
Fusion Axe	10-14	+6	6	+15 Aim +20 Crit Chance 50% chance of inflicting burn	Archon Autopsy	50	5	5

SPARK BITs

SPARK BITs are drones used by SPARKs. They can be used to hack targets like GREMLINs, use heavy weapons or explode at a distance.

Name	Hack Bonus	Damage	Shred	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
					Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
SPARK BIT	+0	3-4	1	Mechanized Warfare	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Plated BIT	+15	5-6	1	Mechanized Warfare ADVENT MEC Breakdown	40	1	5	-	10
Powered BIT	+30	7-8	1	Mechanized Warfare Sectopod Breakdown	60	2	10	1	25

Throwing Knives

Throwing Knives are the new secondaries of Reapers. They serve as their close range option, being more accurate and reliable up close compared to their vektor rifle. These new weapons allow the reaper to take highly aggressive positions, going deep into enemy lines, in shadow as these weapons are guaranteed to never reveal.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Throwing Knife	2-4	+2	4	0	+10 Aim +20 Crit 30% Bleed Chance	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Alloy Throwing Knife	4-6	+3	4	0	+10 Aim +25 Crit 50% Bleed Chance	ADVENT Stun Lancer Autopsy	25	2	2	-	20
Plasma Throwing Knife	8-10	+4	4	0	+10 Aim +30 Crit 70% Bleed Chance	Archon Autopsy	55	5	4	-	20

Weapon Range Modifier

Distance		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25+
Aim Modifier		45	35	25	15	10	7	3	0	0	0	0	-4	-8	-12	-16	-20	-24	-30	-40	-50	-60	-70	-80	-90	-100

Ripjack

Ripjacks are the secondaries used by Skirmishers. They have a built in Grapple Hook and can also Slash at any adjacent target.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Sound Range	Whiplash Damage	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
Ripjack	4	+1	5	4 + 4 (Vs Mechs)	+25 Aim	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Ionic Ripjack	7	+2	5	6 + 6 (Vs Mechs)	+25 Aim	Muton Autopsy	30	3	3	-	1x Muton Corpse	15
Fusion Ripjack	10	+3	5	8 + 6 (Vs Mechs)	+25 Aim	Andromedon Autopsy	50	4	4	1	1x Andromedon Corpse	25

Heavy Weapons

There are two types of Heavy Weapons: those carried by the Technical class in their Gauntlet, and those used in Heavy Armor suits and SPARK BITs. Technicals cannot make use of the second even when wearing a Heavy suit, but they can carry extra ammo for their Gauntlet weapons.

The other Heavy Weapons have a single charge and fire in a cone 25 tiles long and 12 tiles wide. XCOM has infinite Shredder Guns at their disposal, but more advanced variants have to be researched and built.

Name	Damage	Crit Damage	Sound Range	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
						Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Shredder Gun	4-9	+3	24	Shreds 2 Armor	Battle Armor	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Shredstorm Cannon	7-12	+4	24	Shreds 4 Armor	Shredstorm Cannons	80	4	10	1	75
Plasma Blaster	8-13	+5	24	Inflicts Rupture (1 damage)	Plasma Blasters	80	4	15	1	50

Rocket Scatter

Rocket scatter is calculated by making a number of aim rolls against the maximum scatter distance and applying scatter of that number of tiles in a random direction. The maximum scatter is by default 4 tiles, reduced by 2 tiles by the Fire In The Hole ability, and increased by 2 tiles if the soldier has only one action remaining.

The aim rolls are based on the aim of the soldier, reduced by 30 if the soldier has only one action remaining, with a range penalty of 3 per tile further than 9.

So, if your Tech has 70 Aim innately and Fire In The Hole, hasn't moved and is taking a shot at a target 14 tiles away (-15), you want 2 rolls of 55%. You have a 30% chance of a direct hit and an 80% chance of getting 1 tile or less. Not bad. On the other hand if they moved before firing, you'll be making 4 rolls of 25%. Not great odds!

Rocket accuracy can further be increased by increasing the soldier's base aim. Modifiers based on the soldier's weapon will not effect it. For example, these effect the soldier's aim in general and will boost rocket accuracy:

• Aim progression on stat bonuses from leveling up
• Lone Wolf
• Combat Fitness
• Steady Hands
• Aim (Perk)
• PCS: Perception
• PCS: Combat Rush

For a counter-example, these effect effects are tied to weapons and don't effect rocket accuracy:

• The accuracy boost from laser weapons
• Weapon upgrade modules (scopes, stocks, etc)
• Tracer rounds
• PCS: Hyper reactive pupils

Weapon Upgrades

After researching Modular Weapons, most primary weapons will be available for upgrading. In Long War of the Chosen, weapon upgrades can be applied, replaced and removed freely. Scopes and Laser Sights are mutually exclusive, same as Expanded Magazines and Auto Loaders.

Weapon upgrades can be obtained from ADVENT loot drops, mission rewards, Covert Actions, or bought from the Black Market. After obtaining 1 of a specific weapon upgrade, a Proving Grounds project will become available to begin fabricating them.

X and Y in the "Effect" column of the table below refer to the first and second numerical values in the "Effect Value" column.

Mod	Effect	Tier	Effect Value	Supply Cost	Black Market Value
Scope	Adds X bonus aim to non-reaction fire shots	Basic	+4	15	10
		Advanced	+7	25	20
		Elite	+10	40	30
Hair Trigger	Adds X bonus aim to reaction fire shots	Basic	+4	10	5
		Advanced	+7	20	10
		Elite	+10	30	15
Laser Sight	Adds X critical chance bonus Unlike vanilla XCOM 2, the crit chance doesn't increase when the soldier is close to their target	Basic	+5	10	5
		Advanced	+10	20	10
		Elite	+15	30	15
Stock	Grants the Steady Weapon ability The ability grants +X aim and crit to the next shot taken after steadying, assuming no other actions are taken in-between It costs 1 action point and is turn-ending	Basic	+15	10	5
		Advanced	+20	20	10
		Elite	+25	30	15
Expanded Magazine	Adds X ammo capacity	Basic	+1	10	5
		Advanced	+2	20	10
		Elite	+3	30	15
Auto Loader	Grants X reloads which don't cost an action point (Free Reloads) Normal reloads cannot be performed while the soldier has any Free Reloads remaining	Basic	+1	10	5
		Advanced	+2	20	10
		Elite	+3	30	15
Suppressor	Reduces the soldier's impact on infiltration time by X, and reduces their weapon's sound range by Y tiles	Basic	15%, 3.33	15	10
		Advanced	20%, 5.33	25	20
		Elite	25%, 7.33	40	30