Best weapon?

[Samsquanch]

What do you think is the best weapon overall?

I use the net gun and the tranquilizer gun to capture, and qhe harpoon to kill fish or bosses.

Im going to upgrade one of the "damage gun" but i dont know which one is better.

[Rallianto]

You use harpoon for bosses??
I don't know for sure which is best, but the rifle have been working for me, since it has more ammo.

[DY5L3X14]

Different guns for different uses, but for damage, my fave is the max upgraded poison sniper rifle.

50 flat damage + 10 poison every 0.8s for 7s - which if my maths is correct is 137.5

In real terms it'll 3 shot any shark and 2 shot most of them.

[Hentaika]

Best for general purpose if you don't want to capture is fully upgraded basic rifle via basic upgrade route.
Ends up 13 ammo with 30% chance to instant kill ANY enemy aside of boss.

Best for capturing is either the full upgraded net if you are hunting small/medium size stuff OR the hush gun if you plan to use the submarine capture of large creatures.

If you need help with boss then likely flame triple-penta axel when shooting pointblank.
With enough air upgrades you just take a hit from boss and use the invulnerability time to destroy it with flame shotgun regardless of it's mechanics.

[Jeff]

honestly there isn't really a needed weapon for any game content other than dart gun.

I made a penta axyl or whatever it's called, the normal shotgun at max level and killed Klaus with it (arguably the toughest boss maybe).

But he wasn't even really strong enough to warrant building a max level weapon.

If I had to do it again, I'd do the rifle with fire damage. Rifle is a nice balance between range, ammo, and damage if you ever want to kill something easily.

[forced 50% WR]

shock sniper rifle until you unlock the death underwater rifle

[MarinaPacific]

I fully upgraded the underwater rifle and can't go back! It does amazing damage and with 10 rounds per clip, it's essential for me while both exploring and winning boss fights.

[{Wutang}RZA]

If you're playing on desktop, the fully updated rifle (death rifle) is miles better than any other weapon. It has a 13 shot magazine, deals 80 damage base, has a range of 5, and has a 30% chance to OHKO.

If you're playing on Steam Deck where aiming can feel a little more finicky at times, the fully upgraded sniper rifle (death sniper rifle) feels decent. It's definitely worse overall than the death rifle, but it can OHKO before an enemy even notices you from nearly off screen.

If you care a lot about 3 starring everything right away, the net gun path is decent (though honestly you can just find tranq harpoon upgrades, so I never really liked the net gun unless you're trying to RP some kind of pacifist run)

The tranq triple axel is a great gun overall if you want something that is just strong overall and has a pretty high chance of sleeping big sharks and stuff.

I've never fully upgraded the ice gun, so I'm curious how that performs maxed out.

The sticky bomb gun for how hard it was to find is pretty trash though. The damage is just so low I don't understand why anyone would ever use it compared to just the sniper rifle. At max level it deals 58 damage at 7 range with a mag size of 7. Other than for taking out a big school of small fish, I'm not sure why I would ever want this over just the death rifle.

The last thing I'll point out is that basically you should pick whatever weapon you enjoy the most because the harpoon tip system ensures that you'll always, at least occasionally, basically be able to get the benefits of weapon paths you didn't go down. You can find tranq tips, freeze tips, lightning AoE tips, etc.

[wuss]

Max net gun + sleep harpoon + max drone and everything in the game becomes catchable. Only problem is hunting down the sleep harpoon but usually I'm lucky enough to find them in glacial area pretty quickly. Only use sleep dart if I'm lazy and just hunting sharks/big fish asap. Can't bring myself to use any of the killing weapons, one star weight just as much as three stars but give out so much less meat for the sushi bar. Not to mention how satisfying it gets when you make the perfect net shot and catch 3 tuna instantly.