Anymaker Weapons Tier List

Anymaker lists melee weapons and firearms, plus ammunition and attachment systems, as features. That is not a public gunsmith table. Alpha footage and write-ups included a shotgun in loot. This page will not invent magazine sizes or a ranked rifle tree that nobody can verify before Early Access on 18 September 2026.

Treat the letters as habits, then as hardware. Pair this list with the tier list hub, survival, the career bunker route, and the vehicle ranks so you are not fighting on foot when a small chassis would have been the real weapon.

Sandbox at launch is planned without enemies, so these grades are almost entirely a career conversation. If you are in noclip daylight with infinite parts, go build; come back here when you host a survival session.

How we grade fights, not SKUs

• S — default plan that still works when loot is thin.
• A — strong when you have the item and the discipline to spend it.
• B — high power, high cost, or too much uncertainty to start a run on.
• C — a way to get wounded for no food.

No DPS column. Attachments exist as a system; we do not name unconfirmed optics.

Melee as the career default — S

A blade, a blunt tool, or whatever you can swing without a magazine is S because it still works after the last shell. Wildlife, undead, and leftover military presence are all on the feature list. Not all of them deserve a firearm. Melee is also quieter in the sense that you are not announcing a firefight to every nearby problem while you are trying to finish a cable run.

Melee is not “safe.” Wounds are a survival system. The S grade means bring it, not face-tank a patrol. An ATV that can leave is worth more than a heroic last swing. Demo notes already let an axe break signs and fencing — melee doubles as a world tool.

Found shotgun — Career A

Alpha loot included a shotgun. Until Geometa publishes a full arsenal, that is the only firearm this wiki will treat as confirmed in play. Career A means: pick it up, feed it, and do not spend it on a raccoon-shaped problem if melee would have done. Close-range, high commitment, high regret if you miss and stand in the open.

Attachments, if present on that gun, are for making a found weapon yours. We will not list fictional chokes. If you cannot explain what an attachment changed after one magazine, take it off and keep the slot for food or fuel.

Other firearms — Career B until the catalog is real

Steam copy mentions firearms, ammunition, and attachments as systems. That supports a B grade for guns that are not the shotgun you already saw: high ceiling, unconfirmed variety. Do not assume a named rifle exists in every town.

If Early Access adds more guns on 18 September, re-rank by ammo cost and recovery, not by trailer glamour. A rifle you cannot restock is a melee weapon with extra noise. Store ammo in the truck.

Ammo discipline — S as a habit, C if you skip it

The letter that actually wins fights is when you do not shoot. Career S is a rule: one threat, one reason, one exit. Spraying at wildlife because you are startled is C-tier play even if the gun is A-tier hardware. Military remnants and undead are not target dummies; they are reasons to be somewhere else with your engine running.

Co-op changes the math only if you talk. Radio and in-game voice exist; they do not restock magazines. Agree who holds the shotgun before you open a bunker door. See co-op setup.

Attachments — B until proven

Attachments are a listed system, real enough to mention and not real enough to tier like a live-service meta. Career B: they can wait until the gun feeds. If an attachment needs extra parts from the parts ranks, budget them as electrics, not as fashion.

Vehicles as weapons — A

A short truck at walking-undead speed is often the correct tool. Anymaker is a vehicle game first. Fuel and tires (which can take damage from weapons and impacts in later demo notes) are your magazine. A panic ram that wrecks the only engine you have is worse than walking away. Keep the build checklist in mind: a gun on the seat does not help if the battery is dead.

What not to bring into Early Access day one

• A spreadsheet of unconfirmed guns.
• A plan that spends all bunker loot on weapons and none on an engine.
• A sandbox PvP fantasy. This is not a live ladder.
• Redeem codes. There are none.

Read the demo recap for bunker loot context: finishing that location in the Next Fest build spread tier 2 and 3 loot more widely, which may include better tools and, perhaps, more weapons. Loot them, name them in your inventory, then we can talk letters with evidence. Until that catalog is in your hands, melee plus a found shotgun plus a running chassis is the whole meta.