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Best weapons in Dying Light 2: the best melee and ranged weapons in the gameThe best weapons you can find or make in Dying Light 2
The best weapons you can find or make in Dying Light 2
Looking for the very best weapons in Dying Light 2?Techland’s ambitious open-world zombie parkour-em-upDying Light 2gives players many more ways to customise your gear and tools than its predecessor ever did. This extends to the vast array of weapons on offer. Beyond the all-important damage stat, there’s a range of things to bear in mind when you’re choosing your weapon: does it deal more damage against humans or infected? How many weapon mod slots does it have? How much durability? How long before it becomes obsolete?
Below we’ll walk you through the very best weapons we found during our playthroughs ofDying Light2. These weapons may not stay the strongest in your arsenal forever, but they’re sure to be the best of the lot for quite a while. Keep scrolling and we’ll also talk about the best weapon attributes and mods to consider using.
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When searching for the best weapons in Dying Light 2, you have to consider a few things beyond just how rare it is and how much damage it deals. A large part of what makes a certain weapon great is its set ofattributes. These attributes are randomised between weapons (even unique weapons), and they can make a big difference, so pay attention to whether a weapon deals bonus damage against humans or infected, or reduces the stamina required to attack, and so on.
Then there areweapon mods, which is how you can upgrade your weapons beyond their initial state. Most melee weapons have between 1 and 3 mod slots where you can add mods to increase its damage, add critical hit or charge-up effects, and so on. So if you truly want the best weapon possible, make sure you read our section below on using the best weapon mods along with your weapons, becauseyou can’t switch weapon mods in Dying Light 2once you’ve installed them!
One final thing to consider isloot scaling. As you increase your player level, the baseline damage of newly found weapons increases, which means if you play enough then you’ll likely come across ordinary loot that far outstrips anything on this list.
But the below weapons are all still tremendously powerful when you get them, and should easily give you the power trip you’re looking for.
Best weapons in Dying Light 2
PK Crossbow
What is there not to love about the PK Crossbow? It features very high damage and an immensely fast rate of fire. It’s a ranged weapon, which meansyou do not need to repair it; and you also don’t need to spend resources installing weapon mods to make it great, because it has no mod slots available. The customisation aspect comes in the form of the different elemental bolts, which range from normal bolts to those which stun, explode, bleed, freeze, and poison enemies. Absolutely phenomenal weapon.
Heavy Duty (2H Long Axe)
Heavy Duty is a powerful endgame axe which you unlock once you complete thefinal story mission in Dying Light 2. Don’t worry, you can enjoy its immense strength forever more, becauseyou can keep playing Dying Light 2 after the Epilogue. And it’s worth doing just for this massive two-handed beast of a weapon, which should have no trouble cutting down anything in your path.
Not only does Heavy Duty feature fantastic damage potential, but, being an Artifact rarity weapon, it has three mod slots that you can use to boost its damage, longevity, and effects to really get the most out of this lovely little post-Epilogue reward.
Enso Katana (2H Long Sword)
Lazarus (Knuckledusters)
Best weapon attributes
Weapon attributes shouldn’t be discarded out of hand, as they can make a big difference in the effectiveness of each weapon. To view a weapon’s attributes, simply hover over that weapon in your inventory. Only the most basic early weapons have no attributes at all; most have between 1 and 3 attributes to enjoy.
The most important weapon attributes to look for are those that deal extradamage against either humans or infected; you should aim to have one of each on your hotbar at all times, and switch between them as needed.
Aside from this, I’m a big fan of power attacks, which you can unlock fairly early on in the combat skill tree. Some weapons have attributes which increase yourpower attack damage, which makes them perfect for quickly dispatching enemies with one or two powerful heavy attacks.
Best weapon mods
All the weapon mods in Dying Light 2 can be upgraded a number of times to make them steadily more powerful. This means that even the most seemingly useless mod can grow to become extremely powerful if you invest enough resources into it. But it really does take a lot of time and effort to fully upgrade a mod, so here are the mods I’d suggest prioritising to create the best possible weapons:
There you have it: with these weapons equipped you’ll soon find that it’s the Infected’s turn to be afraid. If you want to make sure Aiden is up to the task of wielding such weapons, check out our guide onhow to find Dying Light 2 Inhibitors. You can also learn how to play with friends in ourDying Light 2 coop multiplayerguide; and now that you’re equipped with the best possible weapons, not might be a good time to learnhow to farm Infected Trophies.
