Strange Brigade – Guide to Unlockable Weapons

A buyer’s guide to some of the finer things in Strange Brigade.

Other Strange Brigade Guides:

• All Collectible Locations Guide (Jars, Letters, Relics and Cats).
• Hidden Valley (Level Guide).
• Harbin’s Dig Site (Level Guide).
• Guide to Score Attack.
• Horde Mode Guide.
• Gameplay Tips.
• Enemy Guide.

Introduction

You’ve been throwing lead and making bread, and now it’s time for an upgrade. These ferocious firearms allow for more upgrades than the starting weapons, so it’s worth saving up that gold.

Rifles

Hyde & Sons .303 Huntsman

• Gems: 2
• Price: 11,500
• Ammo: 1/45
• Reload: 1 sec

A favourite among both snipers and the sporting set. Keep those undead bounders at a distance. A powerful bolt-action rifle with great range, and space for two upgrades.

Lee Ensham MK.III

• Gems: 3
• Price: 35,900
• Ammo: 1/42
• Reload: 1.1 secs

The British military’s standard rifle, a very accurate bolt-action – and it packs a wallop too.

Audley Burst Rifle

• Gems: 4
• Price: 59,950
• Ammo: 15/120
• Reload: 1.8 secs

One of those new-fangled self-loading rifles, with a 3-round burst. Allows for more upgrades than any other weapon. Can you handle it?

Shotguns

Eastleigh Express

• Gems: 2
• Price: 10,250
• Ammo: 2/32
• Reload: 2.5 secs

Sometimes one just doesn’t have the time for pleasantries such as a careful aim. This beastly Eastleigh’s the choice piece for narrow corridors infested with unmentionables.

AB Woolf Slamfire

• Gems: 3
• Price: 32,800
• Ammo: 1/42
• Reload: 1 sec

A relentless trench-clearer, the Slamfire is the fastest and most accurate shotgun, with space for 3 upgrades.

SMGs

Thompkins M1

• Gems: 2
• Price: 4,450
• Ammo: 20/180
• Reload: 1.3 secs

You’ve seen it in the newsreels. Typewriter, organ grinder – call it what you will. We call it an effective way out of a spot of bother. Violin case not included.

Royce M33 Carbine

• Gems: 3
• Price: 31,250
• Ammo: 50/250
• Reload: 2.5 secs

You have an instinctive taste for elegance, an eye for superlative quality. Why settle for less than this, the luxury town car of weaponry? More space for upgrades than any other submachine gun.

Sidearms

Katzen Machine Pistol

• Gems: 1
• Price: 8,950
• Ammo: 10/40
• Reload: 1.5 secs

Its byzantine mechanisms make Seteki’s puzzles and booby traps seem like child’s play. A quirky, fully automatic pistol – the smart choice if you’ve no room in your picnic hamper for a full-size SMG. Space for 1 upgrade.

Wesley Revolver

• Gems: 1
• Price: 15,500
• Ammo: 6/24
• Reload: 1.8 secs

British army service revolver. Plan each shot, and your patience will be rewarded. Space for 1 upgrade.

Items

Land Mine

• Price: 4,950
• Recharge time: 40 secs

Does the most damage but you can’t throw it far. Useful for dealing with large crowds, and pairs well with dynamite.

Decoy Grenade

• Price: 52,560
• Recharge time: 60 secs

Draws enemies to it before exploding. Takes longer to recharge than other items.