Weapons and loadouts

Build your loadout around three roles: an assault rifle as the all-round primary, a pistol as the sidearm, and a shotgun for close range. Exact damage numbers are not known before launch, so think in roles, not tiers.

What you can carry

• You carry two long guns and two handguns at once.
• Other weapons are stored in your vehicle trunk. Owning a gun is not the same as having it on you.
• The vehicle interaction menu has Loadout and Storage. Check both before a job.
• Items sit on their own tab of the wheel: body armor, flashlight, food and drink, duffel bag, trauma kit.

Roles

Early game

1. Keep any working weapon that has ammo.
2. Add a gun that covers a different range or role.
3. Add a specialist weapon only when the next fight clearly needs it.

A working, incomplete loadout with ammo beats a perfect one you have not built yet.

Match the terrain

• Close quarters: shotgun and pistol first. Keep the rifle if the route goes outside.
• Open ground: rifle first, pistol as backup. Do not force a close-range gun into a long fight.
• Free roam: carry all three roles if you can.
• Carrying a loot bag ties up one hand and slows reloads. Reload before you grab the bag.

Re-check your loadout every time the route changes from indoors to outdoors.