All Weapons and How to Upgrade

There are several weapons to choose from in Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. See a list of all primary, secondary, and melee weapons, their base stats, as well as how to unlock Artificer and Relic weapons in the game.

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All Weapons and Stats	Weapon Tier List

Space Marine 2 Primary Weapons

There are a total of 14 Primary Weapons in Space Marine 2. Several of these are exclusive to a specific class. Some classes, such as the Assault and Bulwark, do not have a primary weapon.

List of All Primary Weapons

Auto Bolt Rifle

Standard-Issue Auto Bolt Rifle Stats
Auto Bolt Rifle Fully automatic, close-range rifle
Tier	Standard	Firepower	2
Accuracy	3	Rate of Fire	6+
Reloading Speed	5	Piercing	2
Range	5	Magazine Capacity	35
Ammo Reserve	175

Bolt Carbine

Standard-Issue Bolt Carbine Stats
Bolt Carbine Mid-range carbine with extremely rapid fire
Tier	Standard	Firepower	1+
Accuracy	2	Rate of Fire	8+
Reloading Speed	5+	Piercing	1
Range	3	Magazine Capacity	30
Ammo Reserve	210

Bolt Rifle

Standard-Issue Bolt Rifle Stats
Bolt Rifle Fully automatic, precision rifle
Tier	Standard	Firepower	3
Accuracy	4+	Rate of Fire	4
Reloading Speed	5	Piercing	3
Range	7	Magazine Capacity	25
Ammo Reserve	125

Bolt Sniper Rifle

Standard-Issue Bolt Sniper Rifle Stats
Bolt Sniper Rifle Scoped, semi-automatic sniper rifle. Extreme Headshot damage.
Tier	Standard	Firepower	7
Accuracy	10	Rate of Fire	1
Reloading Speed	4	Piercing	6
Range	10	Magazine Capacity	6
Ammo Reserve	12

Heavy Bolt Rifle

Standard-Issue Heavy Bolt Rifle Stats
Heavy Bolt Rifle Fully automatic, mid-range rifle
Tier	Standard	Firepower	2+
Accuracy	3+	Rate of Fire	5
Reloading Speed	4+	Piercing	4
Range	6	Magazine Capacity	45
Ammo Reserve	180

Heavy Bolter

Standard-Issue Heavy Bolter Stats
Heavy Bolter Fully automatic heavy weapon. Fire rate accelerates over time.
Tier	Standard	Firepower	3
Accuracy	1	Rate of Fire	8+
Venting Speed	4	Piercing	4
Range	5	Magazine Capacity	450

Heavy Plasma Incinerator

Standard-Issue Heavy Plasma Incinerator Stats
Heavy Plasma Incinerator High-powered plasma weapon. Can be charged.
Tier	Standard	Firepower	8+
Accuracy	4	Rate of Fire	1+
Venting Speed	2	Range	5
Magazine Capacity	40

Instigator Bolt Carbine

Standard-Issue Instigator Bolt Carbine Stats
Instigator Bolt Carbine Scoped precision carbine with three-round bursts
Tier	Standard	Firepower	2+
Accuracy	6	Rate of Fire	9
Reloading Speed	4	Piercing	2
Range	8	Magazine Capacity	24
Ammo Reserve	144

Las Fusil

Standard-Issue Las Fusil Stats
Las Fusil Scoped, single-fire energy rifle
Tier	Standard	Firepower	8
Accuracy	10	Rate of Fire	1
Piercing	10	Range	10
Magazine Capacity	12

Melta Rifle

Standard-Issue Melta Rifle Stats
Melta Rifle Close-range thermal weapon
Tier	Standard	Firepower	8
Rate of Fire	1	Reloading Speed	1
Piercing	10	Range	1
Magazine Capacity	5	Ammo Reserve	15

Multi-Melta

Standard-Issue Multi-Melta Stats
Multi-Melta Close-range, high-powered thermal weapon
Tier	Standard	Firepower	8+
Rate of Fire	1	Piercing	10
Range	1	Magazine Capacity	20

Occulus Bolt Carbine

Standard-Issue Occulus Bolt Carbine Stats
Occulus Bolt Carbine Rapid-fire, mid-range carbine with extended magazine
Tier	Standard	Firepower	2
Accuracy	2+	Rate of Fire	7
Reloading Speed	4+	Piercing	1
Range	4	Magazine Capacity	30
Ammo Reserve	210

Plasma Incinerator

Standard-Issue Plasma Incinerator Stats
Plasma Incinerator Rapid-fire, mid-range plasma weapon. Can be charged.
Tier	Standard	Firepower	4+
Accuracy	5+	Rate of Fire	2+
Venting Speed	3	Range	7
Magazine Capacity	130

Stalker Bolt Rifle

Standard-Issue Stalker Bolt Rifle Stats
Stalker Bolt Rifle Scoped, high-powered, semi-automatic rifle
Tier	Standard	Firepower	5+
Accuracy	10	Rate of Fire	2
Reloading Speed	5	Piercing	4
Range	10	Magazine Capacity	12
Ammo Reserve	36

Space Marine 2 Secondary Weapons

There are 3 Secondary Weapons available to choose from depending on the class. All classes wield a secondary weapon as a sidearm but selection is usually limited to only 1 or 2 options.

List of All Secondary Weapons

Bolt Pistol

Standard-Issue Bolt Pistol Stats
Bolt Pistol Semi-automatic precision pistol
Tier	Standard	Firepower	2+
Accuracy	4+	Rate of Fire	4+
Reloading Speed	8+	Piercing	1
Range	5	Magazine Capacity	12
Ammo Reserve	120

Heavy Bolt Pistol

Standard-Issue Heavy Bolt Pistol Stats
Heavy Bolt Pistol High-powered, semi-automatic, mid-range pistol
Tier	Standard	Firepower	4+
Accuracy	6	Rate of Fire	3
Reloading Speed	8+	Piercing	2
Range	6	Magazine Capacity	8
Ammo Reserve	80

Plasma Pistol

Standard-Issue Plasma Pistol Stats
Plasma Pistol Rapid-fire, mid-range plasma pistol. Can be charged.
Tier	Standard	Firepower	3+
Accuracy	5+	Rate of Fire	3+
Venting Speed	4	Range	7
Magazine Capacity	90

Space Marine 2 Melee Weapons

There are 5 Melee Weapons in Space Marine 2. Most classes except for the Heavy can use at least one type.

List of All Melee Weapons

Chainsword

Standard-Issue Chainsword Stats
Chainsword Moderate-speed Melee Weapon
Tier	Standard	Strength	5+
Speed	4+	Cleaving Potential	4
Defense		Balance

Combat Knife

Standard-Issue Combat Knife Stats
Combat Knife High-speed duelling Melee Weapon
Tier	Standard	Strength	3+
Speed	6	Cleaving Potential	2
Defense		Balance

Power Fist

Standard-Issue Power Fist Stats
Power Fist Melee Weapon that deals far-reaching wave Damage
Tier	Standard	Strength	4+
Speed	4+	Cleaving Potential	4+
Defense		Balance

Power Sword

Standard-Issue Power Sword Stats
Power Sword Versatile Melee Weapon
Tier	Standard	Strength	5
Speed	5	Cleaving Potential	4
Defense		Balance

Thunder Hammer

Standard-Issue Thunder Hammer Stats
Thunder Hammer Slow Melee Weapon that deals powerful area-of-effect Damage
Tier	Standard	Strength	4+
Speed	3+	Cleaving Potential	6
Defense		Balance

Space Marine 2 Grenades

Weapon	Description
Frag Grenade	Moderate damage with a wide blast radius
Krak Grenade	Extreme damage with a small blast area. Sticks to target.
Melta Bomb	Extreme damage. Distance detonation.
Shock Grenade	Continuous damage with a wide blast area

List of All Grenades

How to Unlock Artificer and Relic Weapons

Level Up and Use Armory Data

To unlock the higher-tier Artificer and Relic weapons, you need to increase XP by using the weapon in Operations missions. Once you get enough experience to level up the weapon, spend Armory Data to unlock the next tier and use Requisition Points to purchase the weapons.

Fastest Operation and How to Level Up Fast

Weapon Stats Explained

All Weapon Stats

Stat	Description
Firepower	Damage output per shot
Accuracy	Precision of targeting with spread and recoil
Rate of Fire	Firing speed
Reloading Speed	Time required to reload magazine
Venting Speed	Time required to cool down the heated weapon
Piercing	Power to pierce consecutive targets with one shot
Range	Distance to deal effective damage
Magazine Capacity	Amount of ammo in one magazine
Ammo Reserve	Maximum amount of ammo that can be carried
Strength	Damage output per strike
Speed	Time required to deliver consecutive strikes
Cleaving Potential	Power to cleave through consecutive targets with one strike
Defence	Determines Perfect Parry window Fencing: Increased window Block: No window Balanced: Moderate window
Specialisation	Single target to multiple targets efficiency

These are the stats that can be seen in the armoring hall when upgrading weapons. In general, a higher stat indicates better performance for that attribute.

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