Summary
- Players can purchase various weapons in R.E.P.O. to fight monsters, ranging from cheap inflatable hammers to expensive shotguns.
- Each weapon has pros and cons, like the sledgehammer’s wide attacks or the baseball bat’s adjustable range.
- The tranquilizing gun provides a non-lethal option to incapacitate monsters temporarily, while the gun offers high damage with heavy recoil.
Semiwork’s R.E.P.O. is a co-op horror game that sees players delving into the derelict remains of civilization to recover relics for a mysterious AI. As is custom with the recent trend of multiplayer horror titles, R.E.P.O. is as hilarious as it is terrifying, combining wacky player models and engine physics with spooky environments and horrific monsters.
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With the cash players earn under the employment of the AI, they can purchase a variety of weapons to help fight back against these creatures. Whether they’re choosing to get up close and personal with a frying pan or hanging back with unruly guns, there are several options players should be utilizing on each of their runs.
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Inflatable Hammer
Soft Play
The inflatable hammer’s cheap price makes it a useful early game tool. With it, players can more easily manage lesser monsters like Gnomes and Animals as well as keep larger ones away with its knock-back effect.
However, the weapon’s effectiveness quickly dwindles as players make it further into their run. Its low damage makes it unreliable when facing R.E.P.O.‘s beefier enemies later in the game, meaning players need to swap this out with another weapon as soon as they can.
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Sword
Righteous Steel
The sword is a decent step-up in damage when compared to cheaper items like the inflatable hammer, but it still comes with a major drawback.
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Unlike other weapons in R.E.P.O., players can’t adjust the range at which they can hold the sword, meaning they’ll have to get up close and personal with the monsters. To succeed with the sword, players will have to employ a mixture of sneak attacks and hit-and-run tactics, as prolonged combat at close distance isn’t recommended.
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Sledgehammer
Crowd Control
The sledgehammer’s greatest strength and greatest weakness is its larger swing arc. The wide attacks, paired with its high damage, make the weapon excellent for crowd control when players are surprised by multiple monsters.
This also means, however, that it’s easy for players to catch their friends, who may be unfortunate enough to be nearby, in the attack. A lot of R.E.P.O.‘s maps are made up of tight corridors too, restricting the weapon’s use even further. Still, the sledgehammer is a solid choice when players want to take on multiple enemies and cause a bit of chaos while they’re at it.
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Baseball Bat
All-Rounder
The baseball bat is a nice all-rounder option for players who want all their bases covered. It has decent damage and adjustable range, meaning players can take on R.E.P.O.‘s monsters without getting dangerously close. Its general shape also gives that little bit extra reach.
On top of that, it’s relatively easy to control. All players have to do is aim in the general vicinity of the monster in front of them and shake their camera side to side.
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Frying Pan
Making Pancakes Of Monsters
The frying pan is a sturdy and reliable melee weapon, unlikely to ever let the player down as long as they aren’t taking on more than they can handle. The pan boasts both good damage and durability.
It has a little less reach than weapons like the baseball bat or the sledgehammer, but makes up for it in its wide surface area. Once a player is in a fight, it’ll be hard for them to actually miss the monster in front of them.
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Tranq Gun
Put Them To Sleep
Tranq guns will not kill a monster, but they do provide players with an easy escape out of any encounter with a monster. As the name implies, the weapon shoots tranquilizing darts that will put enemies to sleep for a short amount of time.
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Because this item is cheaper than the majority of weapons in the game, it makes for an excellent alternative for dealing with monsters. Even when players can afford to start buying weapons, some of them still don’t do enough damage to justify risking a fight. Instead, it’s better to incapacitate them for a few seconds and run away.
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Gun
Start Blasting
This is where R.E.P.O‘s weapons kick it up a notch. The gun is just that. With it, players will be able to blast enemies from afar, dealing a high amount of damage. Capable of handling most of the game’s monsters, players will want to make sure someone in their lobby has one of these as soon as possible. That is if they can be trusted with it, of course.
The weapon’s high damage is balanced with an insane amount of recoil. If players get trigger-happy, they’ll quickly lose their target and risk wasting their ammo or shooting their friends.
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Shotgun
Recoil Control Is Key
The shotgun is without a doubt R.E.P.O.‘s best weapon. Not only does it deal a high amount of damage, it also comes with infinite ammo. With this in their hands, players will be able to face the game’s derelicts without fear.
Similar to other ranged weapons, however, the shotgun comes with a kick. Rapid firing the weapon will lead to the player quickly losing control of the shotgun, with enough successive shots even leading the player to shoot directly behind them instead. Players wielding this tool of destruction need to practice patience.
Horror
Roguelike
Action
Stealth
- Released
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February 26, 2025
- Developer(s)
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semiwork