I cant find weapons

[Hanako]

I spent 8 hours looking for firearms but all I found was the Blunderbuss

[Lesh-9]

Get your gamestage up. Sounds like you're still in the stone age. Better items will start becoming available in loot the higher your GS.

Alternatively, do trader quests for Dukes and just buy one. I got a lvl 400ish AK47 on day 2 with this method on my current playthrough.

[Hanako]

Originally posted by Lesh-9:

Get your gamestage up. Sounds like you're still in the stone age. Better items will start becoming available in loot the higher your GS.

Alternatively, do trader quests for Dukes and just buy one. I got a lvl 400ish AK47 on day 2 with this method on my current playthrough.

Where i can switch gamestage?

[Lesh-9]

It builds naturally over time. I forgot the formula on how it's exactly calculated, but basically just don't die. That will lower your gamestage.

The player score screen will display your gamestage number. For me, it's bound to the "I" key, but I've changed mt keybindings. Not 100% sure if that's the default.

[RasaNova]

Easiest way to get guns without relying on gamestage is from the trader. Quality-1 guns are common, and only cost around $400. Remember to also check the secret stash. Which is the last filter tab. Inventory refreshes on day 4, 7, 10 etc (every 3 days.)

Or, if you can find/loot gun parts and have a workbench plus the skill or blueprint, you can craft them.

[Kaptain KFC]

The blunderbuss is a firearm just so you know. And i did read the other comments to. =)

[Shurenai]

Just for the record, The reason you can only really find Blunderbuss' is due to a change in how loot tables work so that the things you find are loosely scaled to your progress in the game- For the most part, You will not find end-game class items at the start of the game. You CAN still find guns, very rarely, in certain places; But it is RARE, not something you can rely on. EG: The classic toilet pistol still exists.

This is the first step in the process; There unfortunately was only ONE early game firearm, The Blunderbuss, And so that's all you'll find. The next step in the process is to add a bunch of other early-game fire arms like pipe rifles and pipe shotguns for the player to find, to round out the early game loot tables. But this step is coming in A20 i believe, and is not here yet.

And of coruse, as the others said, You can grind up your gamestage through gaining levels, Or visit the trader regularly to pick up low tier guns.

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by Shurenai:

And of coruse, as the others said, You can grind up your gamestage through gaining levels, Or visit the trader regularly to pick up low tier guns.

Yep, this. Trader has the best chance, but by gamestage 15 or so you should start to see guns rarely in loot, getting steadily better in quality and tier as you progress.

[JimmyIowa]

It's worth mentioning that the blunder is a really good weapon (relative to early game zombies), btw. Hint: put more than one side by side on your toolbelt. Then fire+switch weapon for rapid fire instead of reloading. With about 1 minute of practice blunders can actually rapid-fire faster than the pump shotgun (yes, really). It just depends on how many you put on your toolbelt. Obliterates entire dog packs on Survivalist quite easily in week 1 if you stay calm and aim for the head.

(Off topic but - other than perhaps the first hour of day 1, there honestly shouldn't be any posts complaining about dogs and wolves in this game. The tools to instantly send multiple of them to doggy heaven are all over the place.)

[vgifford]

Originally posted by Yabato:

Originally posted by Lesh-9:

Get your gamestage up. Sounds like you're still in the stone age. Better items will start becoming available in loot the higher your GS.

Alternatively, do trader quests for Dukes and just buy one. I got a lvl 400ish AK47 on day 2 with this method on my current playthrough.

Where i can switch gamestage?

Gamestage:

https://7daystodie.fandom.com/wiki/Gamestage

[JimmyIowa]

Just thought of my next fight the horde in the open experiment. Nightmare enemy speed, on foot, blunderbuss only. Should have thought of this before.