Weapons

Weapons can be attached to your chassis and are used to damage your opponent in battle. There are 9 different weapon types in the game, split between melee and ranged. As with other spare parts, weapons have a tier (Wood, Metal, etc.), a number of stars (1 to 5), and a level (always 1, can be increased by fusing parts).  The maximum level is based on the number of stars in that particular tier:

• 1 star has a maximum level of 6.
• 2 stars has a maximum level of 11.
• 3 stars has a maximum level of 16.
• 4 stars has a maximum level of 21.
• 5 stars has a maximum level of 26.

  

  tool bar

  

  weapon slot

  

  gadget slot

  

  wheel slot

Parameters

1. Attack: The damage number in-game is in terms of Damage Per Second, or DPS. For example, a laser with 400 Attack actually does 1000 damage per shot, due to its slow reload time of 2.5 seconds. (400 * 2.5 = 1000).
2. Power: The power number shows how much power a weapon or a gadget takes to equip on a chassis. The chassis must have enough spare power to be able to equip the weapon. For example, you cannot equip any 10 power weapon on a chassis that can only hold 9 power.

Melee weapons deal damage only upon touching chassis or wheels directly, aka perfect for CQB (Close Quarters Combat). There are currently 4 types of melee weapons as shown below:

Name	Obtainment Method
Blade	Unlocked at the beginning of the game
Stinger	Unlocked at the beginning of the game
Drill	Unlocked at the beginning of the game
Chainsaw	Unlocked at the beginning of the game				-	-
Rotating Drill	Special/Event Offers Grand Prix Unlock at Prestige 2 Stage 5
Rotating Chainsaw	Special/Event Offers Grand Prix Unlock at Prestige 2 Stage 10
Double Blade	Special/Event Offers Grand Prix Unlock at Prestige 2 Stage 20

The shortest reach weapon is the chainsaw, dealing the highest damage of the 3 stationary drills.

The medium reach weapons are the drill and blade. The drill is very similar to the chainsaw, sacrificing some damage for range. The blade spins on its knob and will continue to hit your opponent even if you flip or one of you goes on top of, below or behind the other.

The stinger is the longest reaching melee weapon, and like the drill, it gives up some damage for range.

The blade has a medium range, and swings around in circles.

Ranged

Ranged weapons deal damage when their projectiles hit chassis (perfect when at the start). There are currently 9 types of ranged weapons as shown below:

Name	Obtainment Method				​​​​​​
Rocket	Unlocked at the beginning of the game
Laser	Unlock at Stage 5
Double Rocket	Unlock at Stage 20
Minigun	Unlock at Prestige 1
Shotgun	Unlock at Prestige 2
Molotov Cocktail	Special/Event Offers Grand Prix Unlock at Prestige 5
Boomerang	Special/Event Offers Grand Prix Unlock at Prestige 1 Stage 20
Death Lamp	Special/Event Offers Grand Prix Unlock at Prestige 6
Rotating Rocket	Special/Event Offers Grand Prix Unlock at Prestige 2 Stage 15
Potato Cannon	Special/Event Offers Grand Prix Unlock at Prestige 10

Laser fires once every 2.5 seconds. Its ×2.5 damage multiplier makes up for its slow reload of 2.5 seconds. The damage shown on the laser card when selecting it while editing the vehicle is the damage per second. The beam extends past the arena and lasts between 0.5 and 1.0 second—having the effect that only a "full" beam contact delivers full damage.
Since lasers take longer to reload—and they can not pop balloons!—using a laser against a build with a lot of health is ill-advised. Use other ranged weapons like the rocket or minigun instead.

Rocket is given to you as a starter weapon and fires once every second, with average damage, dealing with the full amount of damage shown.

Double Rocket, like the rocket, fires once every second, but both forward and backward. Damage per second is not halved as a result of firing two rockets but still reduced. This can be useful if your enemy ends up behind you or if you flip over.

The Minigun is a ranged weapon that takes a few seconds to get started dealing only a few shots, but revs up and fires quickly doing heavy damage. The first shot reaches the other car always before a rocket does. The bullets are very small and thus more sensitive to any car movement, unlike "thicc" rockets. A common strategy is to either use a high health build to tank for the maximum damage or to avoid the enemy's shots using a forklift or lifter. The listed damage per second is considered in 3 shots, so each shot does 1/3 of the listed damage per second. Somewhere in 2018, the minigun now fires 5 shots a second.

Shotgun fires a spray of 7 bullets with medium range. It fires once every second, knocking your opponent's car back and giving your vehicle a recoil. The range of a shotgun is approximately half the arena—so if both opponents don't move by wheels, no shotgun bullets will reach the other (at least after first recoil). The knockback can be used to keep melee weapons away from you or to avoid being jumped over due to boosters. All bullets must hit to deal full damage.

Molotov Cocktail fires every second and deals high damage. It will also leave a fire which deals smaller damage.

Boomerang fires every second, dealing mediocre damage. It is the only auto-aim Championship-obtainable weapon other than the Death Lamp, and if the projectile goes through the opponent, it deals 2x damage since it comes back. Deals very little knockback.

Death Lamp is a championship weapon that can only be acquired from the shop using gems or real-life money or Grand Prix. It is a very short-ranged weapon that aims by itself, and it has to charge up before it deals damage, just like the Death Ray.

Rotating button

Rotating Rocket, Chainsaw, and Drill are weapons that can be obtained during the Championship. It is just like the standard Rocket that deals medium damage at unlimited range, and it has been given the ability to be rotated in the workshop by using the rotate button in the details area.