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Outer Worlds 2
Best Gunslinger Build
✧ Best Builds: Science | Stealth | Gunslinger
✦ Best Background | Best Traits | Best Skills
✧ Missables and Points of No Return
✦ Best Weapons | Best Armor
✧ Unique Weapons | Unique Armor
✦ Best Flaws | Best Perks
The Gunslinger build lets you shoot your way through Outer Worlds 2 using a variety of guns, including revolvers. Learn more about what skills and perks to get for the gunslinger build, as well as what weapons and armor to equip, here!
Best Gunslinger Build
Build Summary
| Gunslinger Build | |
|---|---|
| Background |  Lawbringer Renegade |
| Traits |
 Nimble Nimble You're quick and dexterous, able to move quickly while stealthing and in combat.
 Resilient Resilient You can power through even the deadliest of injuries. It requires more than usual to take you down in combat.
 Dumb Dumb You weren't recruited for your ability to plan or solve problems. You just can't learn some things.
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| Skills |
 Engineering Engineering The Engineering skill increases the effectiveness of all armor, granting inherent Damage Reduction. In conversations and while exploring, Engineering aids in the ability to act on the knowledge of mechanical systems. Investing in Engineering allows you to select perks that further increase your defenses and benefits from weapon, helmet and armor mods.
 Guns Guns The Guns skill increases damage dealt with all types of guns, including ballistic, shock, plasma and bio guns. Investing in the Guns skill allows you to select perks that further improve your ability to use guns of various types.
 Hack Hack The Hack skill allows unauthorized access to various mechanical systems such as terminals, automechanicals and vending machines. Investing in the Hack skill allows you to select perks that let you disable automechs directly, hack into bounty terminals, and access the restricted inventory of vending machines.
 Leadership Leadership The Leadership skill increases the damage and survivability of your companons. Investing in Leadership allows you to select perks that let you use companion abilities more and improve the overall effectiveness of your companions.
 Lockpick Lockpick The Lockpick skills allows you to unlock locked containers and doors. Investing in the Lockpick skill allows you to select perks that grant the ability to pickpocket humans and preview the contents of locked containers.
 Medical Medical The Medical skill increases maximum Toxicity, allowing more uses of the Medical Inhaler at a time and increased resistance to Zyranium poisoning. Investing in the Medical skill allows you to select perks that further improve your inhaler, temporarily tame creatures, and make better use of corrosive weapons.
 Observation Observation The Observation skill reveals hidden objects inthe world and the subtle behaviors in conversations. Investing in the Observation skill allows you to select perks that lets you find more loot, track enemies, and more effectively use enemy weakpoints.
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| Weapons | |
| Armor |
 Dead Man's Jacket
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| Pros and Cons | |
 Can deal a lot of damage Has decent survivability Great for short-to-medium range engagements No melee capabilities Can burn through ammunition quickly |
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The Gunslinger build revolves around going in loud and gunning down everything in your way using a variety of weaponry, including revolvers, marksman rifles, and more.
Best Gunslinger Build Background
Lawbringer or Renegade
The best backgrounds the Gunslinger build is either Lawbringer or Renegade, which will depend on whether you want your character to be a law-abiding citizen or someone who skirts the law. These backgrounds will each have their own unique dialogue options, as well as the occasional skill check bypass.
Best Gunslinger Build Traits
Positive Traits
 Nimble |
・ +25% Crouch Speed ・ +25% Combat Sprint Speed |
|---|---|
 Resilient |
・Death is prevented for 3s the first time you would have died each combat. |
For Positive Traits, we highly recommend Nimble and Resilient. Nimble allows you to move from cover to cover or dodge enemy attacks easily, thanks to its movement speed increase. Resilient, on the other hand, allows you to resist death once per fight, allowing you to heal up and keep fighting.
Negative Traits
| Trait | Effect |
|---|---|
 Dumb |
・During skill selection, lock 5 of the 12 available skills. Those skills can never have points added to them. |
As you will be picking two Positive Traits, you will also need to pick a Negative Trait. We highly recommend Dumb as it allows you to lock out five skills, preventing you from putting skill points into them.
Once you select Dumb, lock out Melee, Sneak, Explosives, Science, and Speech.
Best Gunslinger Build Flaws
| Flaw | Positive Effect | Negative Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Overprepared | +50% Magazine Size | -40% Damage for 8s after a weapon's magazine hits empty. |
| Teetotaler | +25% Health restored by the Medical Inhaler | +25% Toxicity received from the Medical Inhaler |
| N-Radiated | Camouflaged: Invisible to enemies and deal bonus damage. Cooldown: 30s. | Whenever you take damage, there is a 5% chance you become Camouflaged automatically, but take an additional 5% of your max health as N-Ray damage. |
These are the Best Flaws to get for the Gunslinger Build. These skills provide effects that strengthen your ammo capacity, your Medical Inhaler efficacy, and a chance to hide from enemies. Their negative effects are either manageable or easy to play around.
Best Gunslinger Build Skills
Specialized Skills
| Specialized Skills | ||
|---|---|---|
| Guns |
Observation |
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As a Gunslinger Build, you will want skills that improve your weapon and weakpoint damage. Guns increase your Ranged Damage and Armor Penetration, while Observation increases your Weakspot Damage.
Other Useful Skills
| Useful Skills | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering |
Hack |
Lockpick |
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| Medical |
Leadership |
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Other than the Specialized skills, you will also need to take Engineering for Damage Resistance and some important perks, Hack and Lockpick for possible bypass paths, Medical for increased Toxicity Crash Threshold, and Leadership to improve your Companion's stats.
Final Skill Allocation
| Skill | Points | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| Guns |
20 | High |
| Observation |
10 | High |
| Engineering |
10 | High |
| Hack |
6 | Medium |
| Lockpick |
6 | Medium |
| Medical |
5 | Low |
| Leadership |
5 | Low |
This includes the 58 Skill Points you get from leveling up to 30, as well as the 4 points you get from Specialized Skills
This Skill maximizes your damage output while still giving you decent survivability and providing bypass options. Prioritize getting Guns to at least 10 first, before improving both Observation and Engineering to 5.
Improve your Hack and Lockpick when needed, before continuing to add points based on the Skill priority.
Best Gunslinger Build Perks
Essential Perks
| Level | Perk | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 2 |
 Commando
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・Weapon Slot +1 |
| 4 |
 Sharpshooter
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・+100% Sneak Attack Damage
・+30% Damage to far enemies ・-15% Damage to near enemies |
| 6 |
 Trick Shot
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・Enemies killed on weakspot ricochet on other targets. |
| 8 |
 Crabble Rancher
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・+10% Ranged Damage
・+20% Critical Chance |
| 10 |
 Face Reader
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・+20% Damage to humans |
| 12 |
 Makeshift Armorer
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・+1 Armor Value to your equipped armor for every 25 hits crafted |
| 14 |
 Tinkerer
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・+10% Damage with modded weapons. Increases by 2.5% per Engineering skill point |
| 16 |
 Bulletshield
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・+10% Damage Resistance
・+10% Base Health |
| 18 |
 Shrug it Off
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・Gain 50% of Max Health as Temporary Health |
| 20 |
 Deep Drums
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・+20% Magazine Size |
| 22 |
 Eden Windage
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・+25% Weapon Range
・+25% Weakspot Damage |
| 24 |
 Gun Runner
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・-50% Ranged Weapon Spread
・Movement Penalty to Accuracy -50% |
| 26 |
 Hail of Lead
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・Hail of Lead: +2% Damage per Shot |
| 28 |
 Shiny New Toy
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・+20% Damage |
| 30 |
 Lucky Strikes
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・+100% Critical Damage
・Deals 20% of nearby hostile's health in damage on killing with critical hit. |
These are the perks that you should get for the Gunslinger build. All of these perks will improve your total damage output with your weapons, as well as provide survivability to help you survive fights.
We recommend tagging these skills as your Favorite to make it easier to find them and see their Skill requirements.
Best Gunslinger Build Equipment
Weapon Loadout
| Jump to a Section! | |
|---|---|
| Weapons | Armor |
| Weapon | Mods |
|---|---|
| Oracle | ・Tracing Unit ・Prediction Optics |
| Death Sentence | ・Doom Counter ・Explosive Rounds ・Prism Sight |
| Rattler | ・Snake Shot |
The Gunslinger will revolve around three weapons: the Assault Rifle Oracle, the Marksman Rifle Death Sentence, and the Light Revolver Rattler. The Oracle locks onto enemies, with fired bullets curving to hit your target. When modded with the Tracing Unit, you can melt enemies quickly with help from your companions.
Death Sentence, on the other hand, applies a Doom Counter on enemies, which can deal extreme damage once it expires. Lastly, Rattler shoots shotshells instead of regular bullets, turning it into something closer to a revolver shotgun.
When modding the weapons, make sure to get Burst Rifle mods for the Oracle, and Repeating Rifle mods for the Death Sentence. Mods for both weapons are available at the Mods Vending Machine in the Free Market Station. Repeating Rifle mods are also available at the Mod vending machine in Fairfield on Paradise Island.
Armor Loadout
| Jump to a Section! | |
|---|---|
| Weapons | Armor |
| Armor | Mods |
|---|---|
 Manager's Tasking Hat
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・Inspiring Authority ・Tutelary Impact Converter |
| Dead Man's Jacket | ・Corrosion Soak ・Spider Mines ・Energy-Woven Materials |
The Manager's Tasking Hat synergizes well with weapons that have the Tracing Unit, as not only do the marked targets receive more damage from companions, but they also deal less damage thanks to Inspiring Authority. Equip the Tutelary Impact Converter to convert the damage you take into Energy for your Gadgets.
As for the armor, the Dead Man's Jacket is your best bet, as you have a chance to release spider mines whenever you take damage. Additionally, when you get knocked out, you will drop several grenades around you, potentially damaging nearby enemies. Equip the Corrosion Soak mod on it to reduce the damage you take from Corrosive damage.
Best Gunslinger Build Companions
| Companion | Perks |
|---|---|
 Tristan |
・Juggernaut ・Shield of the Law ・Zyranium Regeneration ・Aggressive Challenge ・Steeel Wall ・Groundshaker |
 Marisol |
・Portable Capacitor Distributor ・Recharge Paralysis ・Elemental Weapon Specialist ・Shield Generator Reflector ・Linked Charge ・Energy Relay |
When running a Gunslinger build, bring along Tristan and Marisol as your Companions. Triistan will be the party's Tank, while Marisol will serve as the Support.
Tristan will Goad enemies into attacking him, making them leave cover and become easy targets. Marisol, on the other hand, will help you recover your Gadget energy, as well as convert all your attacks into Critical Hits whenever she uses her Companion Ability on an enemy.
Best Gunslinger Build Items
Gadget
TTD Gadget and Gas-Energy Deflection Apparatus
The best gadgets for the Gunslinger build are the Tactical Time Dilation (TTD) Gadget and the Gas-Energy Deflection Apparatus.
The TTD Gadget allows you to enter Tactical Time Dilation, slowing down time and allowing you to move and attack in relative safety. The Gas-Energy Deflection Apparatus, on the other hand, provides a shield that will help mitigate damage, some of which will reflect to your enemy thanks to Marisol's Shield Generator Reflector perk.
Inhaler
Adreno Spume Boom Starter Plus
The Adreno Spume Boom Starter Plus is the best Inhaler for the Gunslinger as it provides both immediate healing to recover any damage you've taken, as well as healing over time that can help mitigate incoming damage for a duration.
Throwable
Bio-Mass Grenade
Bio-Mass Grenades are the best throwable to use, as not only do they deal damage to your enemies, but they can also apply Vulnerable on your enemies, lowering their armor and eventually removing it completely. This allows you to deal even more damage to your enemies, especially fully-armored ones.
Outer Worlds 2 Related Guides
All Character Builds
| Character Builds | |
|---|---|
| Stealth | Science |
| Gunslinger | Melee |
| Leadership | |
All Background Builds
| Background Builds | |
|---|---|
| Ex-Convict | Gambler |
| Lawbringer | Professor |
| Renegade | Roustabout |
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Salty about 1 month
Salty about 1 monthWhere to find the mods for the "Death Sentence"? All i found wont fit for that weapon :/
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Good day! Thank you for using our guides. The Death Sentence is a Unique Repeating Rifle, and as such can be modded using Repeating Rifle Mods. The Death Sentence can take an Add-On mod and an Optics mod. You can purchase Repeating Rifle mods at either the Free Market Station or in Fairfield on Paradise Island. We hope this helps!