Star Citizen Ship Weapon DPS

Compare every ship weapon in Alpha 4.10.191 by damage per second, 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. 94 of these carry a blueprint.
• Fire modes are alternatives, not extras. The DPS column shows each weapon’s default mode. Open a row for the rest.

Star Citizen ship weapon DPS: common questions

What is the highest DPS ship weapon in Star Citizen 4.10.191?

The top of the table at 1000 m. The order changes with range because spread widens with distance.

What is sustained DPS on a ship weapon?

What the gun delivers once its capacitor runs dry and has to refill, rather than the first few seconds of the trigger. 151 of the 177 weapons here declare a capacitor and get a sustained figure. The other 26 declare none, so their sustained cell is blank rather than a zero that would read as useless.

Can I add up the DPS of every gun on my ship?

No, and that is the single biggest thing to know about these numbers. Each figure is the weapon on its own. A ship’s guns draw on a shared supply, and turrets in particular have their own pool split across several mounts, so a full loadout sustains well under the sum of its parts. Use the table to compare weapons against each other.

Do ship weapons overheat?

No. Not one of the 177 ship weapons in the game declares overheat, which is the opposite of the FPS side where most energy weapons do. A ship gun is limited by its capacitor instead.

Do ship weapons run out of ammo?

Energy weapons do not, and none of the 177 here carries a magazine in the game files at all. They feed from the hull and recharge, which is why there is no reload figure on this page and why the FPS page has one.

Why does a scattergun rank badly at range?

Spread is a cone, so less of it lands as distance grows, and projectiles despawn at velocity times lifetime.

What is the difference between alpha and DPS?

Alpha is one trigger pull landing in full. DPS is alpha multiplied by rate of fire. A high alpha weapon that fires slowly can beat a fast one against shields that regenerate between hits, so both columns are here.

Which ship weapons are energy and which are ballistic?

94 are energy, 67 are physical and 11 are distortion. Energy weapons draw on the capacitor and never run out; physical ones do not care about shields in the same way. The damage type is a column in the table.

Why can I not see the capital ship weapons?

They are hidden by default because 40 of the 177 weapons here are size 6 and above and would otherwise sit permanently at the top of a table most players cannot use. The size control turns them on.

Where does this data come from?

Star Citizen 4.10.191 itself, rather than from player testing. The change list compares it against 4.9.186.

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