How To Unlock and Upgrade Weapons in FBC Firebreak
Fire away!
When you aren’t using your special kits to repair things, put out fires, and jump around the Oldest House, you’ll be shooting hiss enemies using a variety of firearms. You acquire new weapons by just playing the game and completing jobs.
In their starting form, however, each weapon is pretty weak and unreliable. Here is how you can unlock and upgrade each weapon in FBC: Firebreak and improve your chances of survival at higher difficulties.
Upgrade Weapons in FBC Firebreak
To upgrade weapons in FBC: Firebreak, you need to collect Lost Assets during jobs and use those to unlock higher-tier versions of weapons in the Requisition page.
You start with the Revolver, Submachine Gun, and Double-Barrel Shotgun, but you’ll have to first unlock other weapons to upgrade them. Here is when you can unlock and upgrade each firearm in FBC: Firebreak:
| Weapon | How to unlock | Tier 2 Upgrade Page | Tier 3 Upgrade Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revolver | Available from the start | Page 1 | Page 8 |
| Submachine Gun | Available from the start | Page 5 | Page 8 |
| Double-Barrel Shotgun | Available from the start | Page 4 | Page 8 |
| Bolt-Action Rifle | Unlockable on Page 1 | Page 6 | Page 8 |
| Machine Gun | Unlockable on Page 4 | Page 7 | Page 9 |
| Pump-Action Shotgun | Unlockable on Page 5 | Page 7 | Page 9 |
You will continue seeing the Tier 1 version of a weapon in the later pages until you’ve unlocked it in the early pages. It’s a bit confusing, but not too complicated. I don’t recommend upgrading every weapon right away, and I recommend sticking with a few that you like.
Recommended Starting Weapons in FBC: Firebreak
From the three weapons given to you at the start, I recommend either sticking with the Revolver or the Submachine Gun.
- The Revolver can headshot normal enemies and does pretty good damage against stronger named entities as well. It has a lower ammo count, but each shot dishes out plenty of damage.
- The Submachine Gun is just plain fun to use, and the high ammo count means you won’t be reloading often. I highly recommend tuning the regular and ADS sensitivity to get the most out of it, though.
As you unlock more pages, I recommend switching to something a bit more powerful, like the Machine Gun or the Pump-action shotgun. The bolt-action rifle doesn’t make a whole lot of sense in this game, and I’m surprised they even added it. Most of the firefights are pretty much in your face, and taking out distant enemies isn’t as useful.
I do wish that upgrading weapons wasn’t part of this battle-style requisition page, but it is what it is.
Hopefully, Remedy can streamline the process a bit, because it’s needlessly tedious and forces you to grind and unlock things you probably don’t want just so you can reach the page with the upgrade you want.
