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Permafrost Weapons: Full List with Damage and DPS

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Quick answer: Permafrost's current build has 28 ranged weapons — 25 firearms and 3 bows. Top DPS: the SW-54 Volkodav (2,000); hardest single hit: the BA-37 bolt-action (270 per shot); biggest magazine dump: the BR-14 (3,600 per mag). Numbers below come from the game files (build 0.44.2) via datamine.

Every weapon

Bows:

Weapon Damage RPM DPS Durability Value
Crude Bow 60 30 30 200 10
Simple Bow 120 30 60 320 25
Compound Bow 150 30 75 320 100

Firearms (automatic):

Weapon Damage RPM DPS Mag Value
ARG-5 105 698 1,222 30 770
SUR V4 75 857 1,071 30 630
GB-11 120 545 1,090 20 700
AR-53 90 698 1,047 30 231
Kobra-2115 75 652 815 30 303
Buria 65 900 975 20 356
CKR-94 60 698 698 30 140
GRN-DZ 60 698 698 30 371
PDW-9 36 800 480 30 196
DZ-1k 39 698 454 57 110
SG9 30 500 250 15 110
SMJ-45 30 600 300 25 110

Firearms (semi-automatic, bolt-action, flare):

Weapon Type Damage DPS Mag Value
SW-54 Volkodav Semi 200 2,000 10 840
Viater Semi 80 1,200 10 910
TR-22 Rudi Semi 105 1,050 30 90
BR-14 Semi 180 1,800 20 860
SAS-70 "Zozulia" Semi 75 625 2 77
Patriot A7 Semi 60 600 8 175
JPistol MK2 Semi 51 510 17 112
BA-37 Bolt 270 248 5 980
Mrozny 91 Bolt 210 193 5 180
IZG Semi 40 400 8 70
PU-12 Stratos Semi 45 113 8 238
Flare Gun Flare 45 113 — 70
Anetti 19 Semi 48 manual 15 112

DPS multiplies damage by the game's shot delay; weapons without a cyclic limit (manual actions) show no DPS figure.

Getting your first weapon

  • Crude bow + wooden arrows: hand-crafted once you unlock rope — the day-one hunting tool. Silent, arrows recoverable.
  • Found firearms: military crates and corpses in dangerous areas hold pistols and rifles; a day-one route to a pistol exists at a military site (see the walkthrough).
  • Weapon bench: the story unlocks it around chapter 4 ("Parking Zoo" teaches it and asks for 30 crafted rounds). Scrapping a looted weapon returns weapon parts for recrafting.
  • Ammo crafting: scrap, gunpowder (sulfur + scrap) and, for rifle calibers, quality metal.

Practical notes

  • Bows don't aggro a whole camp; firearms do. Stealth hunts favor bows.
  • Durability matters: firearms chew through it fast — carry repair materials or a spare.
  • Damage numbers are from the game files; what you feel in a firefight also depends on your Firearms skill and the target's armor.

FAQ

What's the best weapon? By raw DPS the SW-54 Volkodav; by value-per-shot the BA-37 bolt-action hits hardest per bullet. Early on, the compound bow outclasses every gun you can afford to feed.

Melee weapons? Tools double as melee — the sledgehammer line hits hardest (refined moonrock sledgehammer: 40 damage / 80 power attack).

Related: Enemies & hunting · Workbench & the weapon bench · Quality metal for ammo

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