Star Citizen FPS Weapon Damage and DPS

FPS weapon damage in Star Citizen Alpha 4.10.191, ranked. Every gun by damage per second at the range you pick, taken from the game's own data rather than from player testing. The ranking is range aware: move the slider and the order changes, because a weapon that wins at 100 m is often useless at 2 km. Alpha damage and the full hardpoint detail sit behind every row.

Every figure below is a count of weapons, not a percentage:

What these numbers mean

• Alpha is one trigger pull with every pellet counted. DPS is alpha times rate of fire.
• Range changes the order. Spread widens with distance and projectiles despawn at velocity times lifetime, so a weapon that wins up close can read zero far out.
• Base stats are the weapon as bought. Best crafted recomputes damage and rate of fire with every ingredient at perfect quality. 39 of these carry a blueprint.
• Fight length. Burst ignores reloading, which is the figure other sites publish. 10s fight and Sustained spend it, at a measured 4.95 seconds.
• Climate moves overheat on the 5 energy weapons that overheat. Cold is Yela at -28 C, Temperate is Daymar at -1 C, Hot is Aberdeen at +56 C, all measured in game.
• Fire modes are alternatives, not extras. The DPS column shows each weapon's default mode. Open a row for the rest.
• Attachments never change damage or rate of fire. They buy recoil, spread, zoom and sound, and they multiply together. Crafting is the only thing that moves damage.
• Crafting materials matter separately. Each ingredient slot moves different stats, and two slots that move the same stat add up.
• Spread is hip-fire spread, the only figure the game publishes for infantry weapons. Snipers read worst, pistols best. The game publishes no aimed figure at all.
• Paint variants are folded in to the weapon they belong to, and named under it. Stats are identical.

Star Citizen weapon DPS: common questions

What is the best gun in Star Citizen?

At 1000 m it is the Ravager-212 Twin Shotgun, and the best weapon changes with the range you fight at. Sort by alpha instead if you want the hardest single hit rather than sustained damage.

Which Star Citizen weapons can be crafted?

All 133 of the weapons listed here carry a blueprint. Crafting is the only thing that raises damage or rate of fire, and material quality decides how much. The Blueprint Finder covers where to find each blueprint and the materials it needs.

Does crafting increase weapon damage in Star Citizen?

Yes, and it is the only thing that does. Each ingredient slot moves different stats, and only the slot carrying damage will raise it, so a perfect roll on the wrong material changes nothing. Switch to Best crafted above to see the ceiling, and see the Blueprint Finder for which blueprint a weapon takes and what it costs.

What is the highest DPS weapon in Star Citizen 4.10.191?

At 1000 m it is the Ravager-212 Twin Shotgun. Move the range slider and the order changes.

Does DPS account for reloading?

Burst does not, which is the figure other sites publish. 10s fight and Sustained do, using a reload of 4.95 seconds measured from the game's animations.

Do attachments increase damage?

No. None of the 99 attachments in the game changes damage or rate of fire. They buy recoil, spread, zoom and sound. Crafting is the only thing that moves damage.

Why does climate change the numbers?

Ambient temperature changes how fast a weapon builds heat, so 5 of these overheat sooner when it is hot. The Zenith fires eight shots on Daymar and forty on Yela.

Are the paint variants missing?

They are folded into the weapon they belong to, with the finishes named underneath. A different paint has identical stats.

Where does this data come from?

Star Citizen 4.10.191 itself. Nothing here is player tested or copied from another site.

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