Weapon Charts

The following charts covering all of the weapons in Destiny are designed to aid you in making decisions: which weapon you should buy with limited currency, which mods you should seek out, and which sights, barrels, and stat mods you should equip. You can acquire all of this information and more through a combination of playing the game and examining the charts contained here.

And remember that ultimately, while it is very useful to be able to compare the stats of weapons and see how they stack up to one another, what really matters is how good a weapon feels in your hands while you’re playing Destiny.

Use this information to inform your decisions about purchasing new weapons and hunting for the ever elusive perfect gun, but don’t let it blind you into assuming that a single superior stat always means a better gun. Tradeoffs is the name of the game, maximizing whichever stats matter most to you and minimizing the ones that affect you less.

Weapon Archetype Stat Charts

The following charts show the relative stats of every weapon archetype in the game. This allows you to compare multiple stats between the different archetypes at a glance so you can see what makes up a weapon’s “personality.”

Don’t forget that rate of fire, damage, and recoil all play a very important part in affecting the feel of a weapon. Likewise, mods can have a huge effect on the stats of a weapon. The mod stat charts below will outline some of those changes and show you what the stats translate to in-game, rather than displaying relative values.

Primary Weapons

Auto Rifles

Hand Cannons

Pulse Rifles

Scout Rifles

Special Weapons

Fusion Rifles

Fusion rifle damage varies based on the charge time of the weapon in question. A faster charge means less damage per burst, but more blasts over time. A slower charge gives you fewer, more powerful blasts.

Shotguns

Sniper Rifles

Heavy Weapons

Machineguns

Rocket Launchers

Note that rocket launchers inflict damage differently than other weapons. Their explosions deal a certain amount of impact damage, create more damage as a blast, and have a maximum radius for the damage from the blast.