Abiotic Factor Guns Guide - Improved Weaponry

This guide will tell you how to get a gun in Abiotic Factor and how you can gain access to more advanced weaponry in the Manufacturing Sector.

Getting a gun is a big step in Abiotic Factor — it's a serious game-changer, especially when you have to fight some of the tougher enemies. Unfortunately, you can't craft the best guns, so you'll have to explore the facility and kill enemies to get them. Read on to learn more about guns in Abiotic Factor!

How to Get a Gun in Abiotic Factor

You can get a gun in Abiotic Factor by crafting the Keypad Hacker and opening up the door to the Security Checkpoint in Office Sector Level 2 on the map. A Security Pistol and some 9mm ammo can be found on the second floor of this area, although you'll want to conserve your bullets until you get to the Manufacturing Sector.

Here's a step-by-step process. First, you'll need to craft the Keypad Hacker. This requires the following resources:

• 3 Security Bot CPU
• 10 Circuit Boards
• 6 Tech Scrap
• 3 Case Fans
• 2 Keyboards
• 2 Desk Phones
• 1 Box of Screws
• 2 Glass Scrap
• 1 Test Tube
• 1 Bio Scrap

You'll need to craft 3 Computation Bricks and a Glow Stick. You can then use those to make a Controller, an Infrared Emitter, and an LCD Screen. Finally, you can combine the Controller, Infrared Emittor, and LCD Screen into a Keypad Hacker. Equip the Keypad Hacker into its slot on the character screen.

Once you have the Keypad Hacker, head up to Reception. Turn left at Reception and keep walking until you see a sign that says "Security Office" pointing to the left. You'll see a broken Forklift with a sparking wire next to it.

Walk past the broken Forklift and continue down the tunnel.

A short distance later, you'll see the Security Office sealed behind a locked door.

Walk up to the keypad and use the Keypad Hacker on it. The doors will open and you can go inside.

Go up the stairs on the left and you'll find another door locked by a keypad. Open it with the Keypad Hacker and you'll enter the firing range. You can pick up the Security Pistol and several boxes of 9mm Ammo.

Once you have the Security Pistol, walk to the cage to the left of the shooting range and follow the tunnel down. You can fall through the floor and land in a locker room with a large number of Backpacks. This locker room can take you back into the security office.

The security office, firing range, and surrounding area have a lot of tech resources and 2 Water Coolers, so you'll definitely want to loot as much as you can while you're here. You can also talk to Dr. Stewart to learn a little more about the story.

How to Get Ammo

Although you have a gun, you only have a limited amount of ammo. You can find more in the Manufacturing Sector here and there, but your main source of ammo will be killing Order Soldiers in the Manufacturing Sector and while defending your base from base raids.

Take care not to use your ammo carelessly — if you run out, there's no easy way to replace it! Consider using the Crossbow whenever you can since it's a renewable source of ammo.

The Best Guns Can't Be Repaired

Unfortunately, the best guns — the Security Pistol, the Military Magnum, and the Submachine Gun — can't be repaired. Once they break, they're broken for good. This means that the Security Pistol is an exceedingly rare item, all things considered.

That said, you can get a healthy supply of Submachine Guns by killing Order members. You'll need to get to Accuracy 10 to unlock the Biometric Armwraps before you can use these guns, so you should make leveling up that Skill a priority if you wish to use the best possible guns.

Abiotic Factor Guns List

Here are all of the guns we've found in Abiotic Factor as of the Early Access launch version. It's important to note that guns cannot be repaired as far as we can tell, so don't use them carelessly!

Pipe Pistol

• Damage: 50
• Durability: 30
• Weight: 2.25
• Magazine Size: 1
• Ammo: Scrapshot Ammo

The Pipe Pistol is the first craftable gun that you'll be able to get. Although it's pretty weak, its hand-crafted nature means that you'll actually be able to repair it.

Scrapshot

• Damage: 12
• Durability: 20
• Weight: 6
• Magazine Size: 1
• Ammo: Scrapshot Ammo

The Scrapshot is essentially the craftable shotgun version of the Pipe Pistol. Unfortunately, it still only has one shot. You can repair this gun.

Scrapshot FL

• Damage: 12
• Durability: 20
• Weight: 6.38
• Magazine Size: 1
• Ammo: Scrapshot Ammo
• Battery: 500

The Scrapshot FL combines a Scrapshot and a Flashlight into one item with crafting. You can repair this weapon.

Security Pistol

• Damage: 28
• Durability: 30
• Weight: 2.25
• Magazine Size: 8
• Ammo: 9mm

A single Security Pistol can be found in the Security Office in the Office Sector Level 2, but you'll need a Keypad Hacker to get to it. I haven't found any other Security Pistols in the world aside from one in The Labs, so they're probably fairly rare — take care not to drop or scrap yours accidentally!

Unfortunately, you cannot repair the Security Pistol as far as we can tell. Take care to use it sparingly.

Security Pistol FL

• Damage: 28
• Durability: 30
• Weight: 2.4
• Magazine Size: 8
• Ammo: 9mm
• Battery: 500

You can craft the Security Pistol FL by combining a Security Pistol with a Flashlight. It essentially combines the functionality of both items into one space. It is otherwise unaffected and does the same damage as the standard Security Pistol. You cannot repair the Security Pistol FL, unfortunately.

Military Magnum

• Damage: 100
• Durability: 30
• Weight: 7
• Magazine Size: 6
• Ammo: .357 Magnum
• Requires Biometric Armwraps due to Biometric Lock

A handful of Order soldiers will drop the Military Magnum. It hits fairly hard, but ammo for it is rare since most Order soldiers don't carry it. Unfortunately, you can't repair this gun.

The Military Magnum has a Biometric Lock on it. That means that you can't use it until you craft the Biometric Armwraps.

Submachine Gun

• Damage: 25
• Durability: 25
• Weight: 5
• Magazine Size: 15
• Ammo: 9mm
• Requires Biometric Armwraps due to Biometric Lock

The Submachine Gun is dropped by Order soldiers in the Manufacturing Sector and beyond. It does slightly less damage than the Security Pistol, but it has a larger magazine and a higher rate of fire. You can't repair this gun; however, nearly every Order soldier will drop one, so you can come by replacements pretty easily.

You won't be able to use this gun until you get your Accuracy Skill to Level 10 and unlock the Mil-Spec / Biometric Armwraps perk. You'll also need to craft the Biometric Armwraps since the Submachine Gun has a Biometric Lock.

We've reached the end of our guide on how to get a gun in Abiotic Factor. Check out our other guides below!