Refund

[Ash//Fox]

Is anything lost selling an upgraded gun back? The merchant said in some ambient dialogue that he's just so nice he'll refund "most" of upgrades I buy but what does that mean? I spent most of Village not upgrading my guns because I wanted to save money for the end game, is that pointless here?

[Valerie]

Means all the money you put into that weapon, you'll get a lot of it back, however you won't get the full money back. There are weapon charms you can get to really help with getting more back if you get lucky.

Edit: The Luis Sera charm gives you +20% Weapon Resale Value.

[Renarde-Louve]

Yeah, don't worry to spend money on upgrades, aside the exclusive upgrade, 95% to 97% is refunded.

Just a few math:
SG-09R (the default handgun) cost 224 000 (304 000 with exclusive) to upgrade and can to be sold for 216 800 (same money back with or with no exclusive)

Sentinel Nine (DLC handgun) cost 241 000 (321 000 with exclusive) and is sold 236 450.

The shotgun found in the house cost 272 000 (352 000 with exclusive) to upgrade and can be sold for 264 400.

[V I D A L]

There is a document you find next to the merchant that says you get most of your upgrade investment back when you sell the gun. That is meant for you to do the opposite of what you're doing. The game is encouraging you to upgrade the guns you have right now rather than save for later.

The exclusive update above won't count. That one doesn't get refunded... so you will only do the exclusive update end game anyway in the gun you know you will keep.

So yes.. stop saving. Upgrade your guns is a better strategy. Upgrade the power of your gun, saves ammo, since you need to use less of it to kill enemies. Upgrading the capacity, saves inventory space, since your gun can carry more bullets in them.

[Shep]

IIRC 95% of your invested upgrade costs will be refunded when you sell a weapon, and there's also a buyback at the shop in case you change your mind or want to upgrade them in subsequent playthroughs.

So yeah, don't be afraid to invest in a weapon while you're using it and sell it off later down the line if something catches your eye.

Originally posted by Valerie:

The Luis Sera charm gives you +20% Weapon Resale Value.

I believe that's more to do with the base weapon cost than the upgrades, but I could be wrong.

[Valerie]

Originally posted by Shep:

IIRC 95% of your invested upgrade costs will be refunded when you sell a weapon, and there's also a buyback at the shop in case you change your mind or want to upgrade them in subsequent playthroughs.

So yeah, don't be afraid to invest in a weapon while you're using it and sell it off later down the line if something catches your eye.

Originally posted by Valerie:

The Luis Sera charm gives you +20% Weapon Resale Value.

I believe that's more to do with the base weapon cost than the upgrades, but I could be wrong.

Yeah I'm also very confused on it so your guess is as good as mine in this situation. I just know you don't get the full 100% back, but obviously they added a charm for more resale.... So idk.

Seems easy to test honestly though.