No More Room in Hell 2 Weapons

Unload magazines you will not keep

Official 1.0 notes make unloading a first-class ammo habit, especially on Hard and Nightmare. If a pistol is not coming with you, dump the mag into your reserve before you drop the frame. Light rifle ammo and .22 LR are confirmed calibers in the economy; the rest of the chart is still TBA where Torn Banner has not published a public matrix.

Weight and hotbar space matter. A second rifle that you cannot feed is dead weight next to Phalanx Pills or a spare melee. Next: the melee names we can actually print.

Blunt knocks down, sharp makes Crawlers

Official combat notes: blunt is the knockdown path (downed infected take extra damage before they stand). Sharp is the dismember path — legs become Crawlers you still have to finish. Neither profile deletes stamina cost. Pair Butcher and stamina skills if you live on Charged heads.

Do not invent a seventeenth melee name. If a world drop is not in this table, treat the label as unverified until Armageddon notes or an in-game inspect says otherwise. Guns are the other half of the ~38-weapon recap.

Caliber is a loot filter, not a fashion choice

If the squad is already feeding an M7A1, a second 6.8 rifle is a liability. MC15 wants 5.56. Gruber 922 wants the small .22 pool. M1911 wants .45. Mixing three rifle calibers in one eight-stack is how Nightmare runs starve in the last POI. Inspect the gun, unload what you will not carry, and only then ask whether Sight / Rail / Muzzle are worth a slot.

Headshots still matter on Walkers; helmets and Primes are why you even keep a rifle. Next: the three attachment slots.

Socket keepers, not souvenirs

Attachments occupy inventory. Putting a rifle suppressor on a gun you will dump at the next cache is a wasted pick. Rule: decide the gun stays, then spend the slot. A suppressor on MC15 or M7A1 is the highest-value PvE spend we can describe without fake stat cards. Gun-lights help Hospital and bunker interiors more than Power Plant yards.

If two optics drop, keep the one that matches how you actually fight — red dot for close POIs, ACOG-class for Hunter 85 lanes — and leave the rest. Throwables are the last loud tool.

Throwables are extract insurance, not trash clear

Spending a Molotov on three Walkers while you still have stamina is how squads arrive at the helicopter empty-handed. Save blasts for speaker waves, last-objective holds, and rooms you cannot melee without eating infection. Prop Master / Grenadier-style skills change carry weight — confirm on your Responder, do not assume every background throws cheaper.

Now fold melee, guns, and explosives into a PvE keep list — not a PvP ranking.

Label community “best gun” talk

Community posts love ranking M7A1 over MC15 because 6.8 hits armor. That is a PvE ammo-economy opinion, not a published ladder. If your crate is all 5.56, MC15 wins by existing. If you never find a Fire Axe, Hockey Stick reach still beats a knife. Re-test after patches; this table is a habit list.

Shop guns cost Credits and often have level gates — next section.

Buy the gap, not the trophy

If field loot already gave you MC15 plus a Fire Axe, shop Credits are usually better in medical, a Rescue Beacon, or Expert skills than in a second rifle. If you keep spawning with Small Pipe and dying to Primes, then a shop two-hander or a named rifle is the gap. Solo practice does not pay regular progression — do not farm shop unlocks there.

The mistake list is the same decisions, written as failures.

Read melee stamina before the next drop

If this page taught you which No More Room in Hell 2 weapons to keep, the melee guide teaches the swing that actually lands. Then take the beginner guide extract loop if you have not survived one permadeath drop yet.