Players can craft a weapon for every occasion in Mercenary Kings. The stats on your gun – along with your bionic mods – help you collect materials, speed through levels, and deal mountains of damage. The flexibility is part of what makes the game so much fun. However, players who just picked the game up on PC or PS4 (it's currently free for PS Plus members) might be a little overwhelmed by the options. To provide some guidance, the developers at Tribute Games shared some of their recommendations for 10 different weapons available at various phases of your battle against the evil forces of CLAW.

#1 – Basic Gathering Gear



Rank Available: Private

Description: Use this set to easily kill enemies and animals from afar and always obtain basic materials. Use the right stick to move the camera and kill enemies without being spotted. Rare materials will never drop with this setup.

How To Make It:

Receiver: Karabiner

Barrel: Karabiner

Magazine: Karabiner

Sight: Karabiner

Stock: Karabiner

Ammunition: Armor-piercing

Mods: Hoarder

Knife: Any

#2 – High-Damage SMG



Rank Available: Corporal

Description: Sacrifice elemental power for pure raw power and a high rate of fire.

How To Make It:

Receiver: Tommy Gun

Barrel: Black Thorne

Magazine: Firestarter

Sight: -

Stock: -

Ammunition: Soft-Point

Mods: Gunner x2

Knife: Glaive

#3 – Machine Gun Glider



Rank Available: Sergeant

Description: Allows you to move fast and to glide for a long distance over enemies and obstacles by shooting down while in midair. The poison knife allows you to quickly destroy armored enemies on the way. However, this setup leaves you very vulnerable to enemy attacks because of the “defense down” side effect.

How To Make It:

Receiver: Minigun

Barrel: Jackal

Magazine: -

Sight: -

Stock: Spec Ops Rifle

Ammunition: Magnum

Mods: Sprinter x2

Knife: Poison Knife

#4 – Cryogenic Captain



Rank Available: Captain

Description: This combination deals the highest cryogenic damage possible for Captain-rank guns. Since it uses Geomancer mods, it's also advantageous to equip a complementary elemental knife. Use a nice blue outfit to complete this set.

How To Make It:

Receiver: Frostbite

Barrel: Blizzard

Magazine: -

Sight: -

Stock: Blizzard

Ammunition: Cryogenic

Mods: Geomancer x2

Knife: Gear Knife

#5 – High-Damage Handgun



Rank Available: Captain

Description: Sacrifice the effectiveness of health recovery items for power and high chances of critical hits.

How To Make It:

Receiver: Frazetta 93S

Barrel: -

Magazine: Karabiner

Sight: Ghost

Stock: -

Ammunition: Hollow-point

Mods: Punisher x2

Knife: Survival Knife

#6 – Melee Expert



Rank Available: Major

Description: Sacrifice gun effectiveness in favor of extremely high damage melee attacks. Use shock bombs on enemies to double the damage dealt!

How To Make It:

Receiver: Splinter

Barrel: Splinter

Magazine: -

Sight: -

Stock: -

Ammunition: Armor-piercing

Mods: Kage x2

Knife: Jungle Knife

Item: Shock Bomb x3

#7 – Speed Runner



Rank Available: Major

Description: Very light equipment, sprinter mods, and the ability to freeze enemies make this set great for speed runs. However, this setup leaves you very vulnerable to enemy attacks because of the “defense down” side effect.

How To Make It:

Receiver: Maelstrom

Barrel: Maelstrom

Magazine: Maelstrom

Sight: -

Stock: -

Ammunition: Cryo Ball

Mods: Sprinter x2

Knife: Freeman Dagger

#8 – Fast-Reloading Magnum



Rank Available: Lieutenant-Colonel

Description: A powerful magnum that reloads almost instantaneously.

How To Make It:

Receiver: Horse

Barrel: Beehive

Magazine: Sabotage

Sight: FA Commando

Stock: -

Ammunition: Magnum

Mods: Speed Loader x2

Knife: Any

#9 – High-Power Shotgun



Rank Available: Lieutenant-Colonel

Description: Sacrifice the effectiveness of health recovery items for high damage.

How To Make It:

Receiver: Spreader

Barrel: Horse

Magazine: Karabiner

Sight: -

Stock: Slimer

Ammunition: Birdshot

Mods: Punisher x2

Knife: Any

#10 – Garbage Gun



Rank Available: General

Description: It's not particularly effective, but it is particularly ugly.

How To Make It:

Receiver: War Hammer

Barrel: Side Winder

Magazine: Micro Choppy

Sight: OCP-90

Stock: Artillery Jager

Ammunition: Caustic

Mods: Any

Knife: Any

That's it for Tribute Games' official suggestions. Have you found a combo that works well? How about one that is just hilarious? Share your creations in the comments below.