Weapons will be your best friend during your entire run in Dead Rails. Since the whole area is suffering from a zombie outbreak, including monsters and bandits, it becomes essential to carry arms for your own safety. Fortunately, Dead Rails offers us many options to choose from. However, like all weapons, some can be more useful than others. Confused about which one to pick? Keep reading as we list the best ones in our Dead Rails weapons tier list here.

Dead Rails Weapons Tier List: Overview

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There are a total of 20 weapons in Dead Rails that can be bought at the shop, found across the barren lands, or bought using game passes. Moreover, certain Dead Rails classes allow you to spawn with some unique weapons as well.

Some of these are really flexible and useful in both solo and multiplayer runs and hence rank at the highest tier, the S-Tier. Next comes the A-Tier, where you will find slightly inferior weapons, and this trend goes on till the D-Tier, where you will find the most basic items that aren’t really helpful and don’t do much damage.

S-Tier

The S-Tier holds the best-in-class weapons currently present in Dead Rails. This includes the Electrocutioner Gun that inflicts the highest damage of 100, thereby instantly killing any monster except for Nikola Tesla boss. So, here are the best S-Tier weapons in Dead Rails:

Weapon NameDamageDescription CostElectrocutioner Gun100Ammo: 20
Fire Rate: 1 sec
Reload using Lightning strikesFound After Clearing the Tesla LabRifle60/120Ammo: 6
Fire Rate: 0.5 sec
Long Range Damage75Shotgun24×5/40×5Ammo: 6
Fire Rate: 0.5 sec
Short Range Damage50

Among these, the Rifle and the Shotgun are the best weapons you can equip in the game and defeat the undead either from a range or at point-blank, whatever suits your style the most.

A-Tier

Next, we have the A-tier weapons, which are also good and can inflict high damage on enemies. However, compared to the S-Tier weapons, some of them are pretty rare to find in the game. One good thing about some guns in this category is that they can sell for really high prices, and therefore, you can use them to buy other essential items. That said, here are all the best Dead Rails weapons in the A-tier.

Weapon NameDamageDescriptionCostBolt-Action Rifle55/137.5Ammo: 5
Fire Rate: 0.5 sec
Long Range DamageCan’t be Bought. Found at Fort ConstitutionMauser C9640/60Ammo: 10
Fire Rate: 0.3-0.5 sec
No Recoil on Shooting 148 Robux
Can be found better in Outlaws CampMolotov50/100The Arsonist Class spawns with 4 Molotovs35Jade Sword2550% chance to reanimate enemiesFound at Sterling Mines
Can’t be boughtVampire Knife20Has Life Steal Passive
The Vampire Class Spawns with a Vampire KnifeCan’t be bought
Found at Castle

Among the weapons in the B-Tier, the Jade Sword sells for 250 cash while the Vampire Knife sells for 100 cash. You can get the latter by raiding the Castle in the game. These are highly profitable in terms of money.

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B-Tier

The B-Tier consists of weapons that are average in the game. Some of them have their own use cases, while others have a few disadvantages that prevent them from being placed higher. Moreover, most of them are less suitable for shooting enemies from a distance, and therefore, you can aim for better gear as you progress during the journey.

Weapon NameDamageDescriptionCostNavy Revolver50/80Ammo: 6
Fire Rate: 0.5 sec
Better damage output 40Revolver35/50Ammo: 6
Fire Rate: 0.5 sec 35Sawed-Off Shotgun24×5/40×5Ammo: 3
The range is short than a usual Shotgun148 RobuxMaxim Turret30/45Ammo: 100
Fire Rate: 0.2 sec
Long Range and can fire continuously125Dynamite300-500Does huge AoE damage when lighted with Torch25Tomahawk25Highest damage among all melee weapons30

One of my favorite items in this tier is the Maxim Turret, which can help you clear the towns and defeat the monsters chasing your train at night.

C-Tier

Coming to the C-Tier, we have a few scarce and expensive items apart from the melee Cavalry sword. Talking about the Crucifix and Holy Water, they will cost you $ 75 and $ 45, respectively. Moreover, these are single-use weapons and hence not recommended for long runs. That said, here are all the weapons in this category.

Weapon NameDamageDescriptionCostHoly Water100-400Best for groups of enemies
Inflicts multiple lightning strikes45
Found at ChurchCannon125Ammo: 12
Does huge AoE damageCan’t be bought
Found at Fort ConstitutionCrucifixInfiniteBest for groups of enemies for instant kill75
Found at ChurchCavalry Sword25Slightly better than basic melee weapons30

The Cannon belongs in this tier due to its limited ammunition of 12 cannon balls and because it’s harder to get in the game. However, some would actually place the Holy Water in the A-tier because of its group damage.

D-Tier

Finally, the D-Tier consists of the basic weapons in the game, and most of the classes begin with them during the run. The Shovel and Pickaxe are melee weapons and do the same amount of damage. However, since the pickaxe helps in mining ores efficiently, it’s better to carry that instead of a shovel. With that, here are the Dead Rails weapons in the D-tier:

Weapon NameDamageDescriptionCostPickaxe20Best for mining ores
Stuns enemies20Shovel20Basic weapon for every class
Stuns enemies20

And that ends our Dead Rails weapons tier list. I hope this clears up the fog for you on what to equip and what to aim for during your run in the game. So, which is your favorite weapon among them? Let us know in the comments below!

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