Best Guns Tier List: All Guns Ranked

Palworld's arsenal runs from makeshift pistols to the absurd Beam Launcher. This is every firearm in the game with its attack rating, magazine, durability and tech level — but read the numbers the right way: an attack rating only compares against others in the same category. A tech-69 shotgun sitting far below a tech-65 rifle on the raw number does not mean it is ten times worse; the two are simply not measured on the same scale. Rank inside a class, then pick the class that fits how you fight.

Every Gun, Ranked by Attack

A few patterns jump out of the full ranking: launchers own the entire top of the chart, with the Beam Launcher's 14,000 attack towering over everything, while the Charge Rifle at 12,500 is the one non-launcher that keeps pace. Among the rifles, the Plasma Rifle is the quiet standout — modest 1,860 attack but an absurd 25,000 durability, so it basically never leaves your hands for repairs.

Gun	Type	Attack	Mag	Durability	Tech	Materials
Beam Launcher	Rocket Launcher	14000	—	3500	80	×100 ×50 ×10 ×10
Charge Rifle	Assault Rifle	12500	6	200	65	×200 ×25 ×5 ×15
Penguin Launcher	Rocket Launcher	10000	1	—	—	—
Plasma Cannon	Rocket Launcher	10000	2	300	61	×150 ×130 ×4 ×8
Rocket Launcher	Rocket Launcher	10000	1	300	65	×75 ×30 ×25 ×10
Tactical Grenade Launcher	Rocket Launcher	6722	8	800	72	×80 ×15 ×5 ×5
Guided Missile Launcher	Rocket Launcher	5900	1	300	56	×100 ×50 ×25 ×5
Multi Guided Missile Launcher	Rocket Launcher	5900	4	300	—	×150 ×80 ×30 ×8
Grenade Launcher	Rocket Launcher	3000	5	600	53	×75 ×60 ×15
Meteor Launcher	Rocket Launcher	2000	1	300	38	×100 ×30 ×20 ×5
Plasma Rifle	Assault Rifle	1860	38	25000	78	×80 ×50 ×8 ×7
Heavy Assault Rifle	Assault Rifle	1615	30	5500	70	×100 ×50 ×30 ×5
Laser Rifle	Assault Rifle	1250	30	3000	51	×50 ×40 ×5 ×3
Overheat Rifle	Assault Rifle	1225	—	3000	64	×160 ×135 ×5 ×50
Prototype Shotgun	Shotgun	1167	12	6000	69	×60 ×40 ×5 ×5
Semi-Auto Rifle	Assault Rifle	1150	8	1000	41	×35 ×10
Single-Shot Rifle	Assault Rifle	1100	1	1000	36	×20 ×5 ×20
Musket	Assault Rifle	1000	1	200	21	×25 ×5 ×3
Sniper Rifle Default	Sniper Rifle	1000	4	500	—	—
Combat SMG	Assault Rifle	907	42	8000	68	×50 ×30 ×20 ×4
Old Revolver	Handgun	600	6	400	33	×60 ×20
Laser Gatling Gun	Gatling Gun	530	100	8000	59	×110 ×100 ×10 ×3
Beam Scatter	Shotgun	508	30	950	75	×50 ×50 ×5 ×5
Energy Shotgun	Shotgun	402	10	300	63	×155 ×130 ×5 ×15
Gatling Gun	Gatling Gun	375	100	6000	54	×150 ×70 ×70
Assault Rifle	Assault Rifle	320	20	3000	45	×40 ×10 ×10
Makeshift Handgun	Handgun	320	6	300	24	×35 ×10 ×30
Vortex Beater	Assault Rifle	300	—	3000	—	×40 ×20 ×5
Ballistic Shield	Handgun	250	20	400	—	—
Boost Gun	Handgun	250	8	400	25	×45 ×10 ×30
Handgun	Handgun	250	8	400	28	×50 ×15
Marksman Revolver	Handgun	250	—	400	32	×60 ×15 ×1 ×30
Core Eject Shotgun	Shotgun	230	—	150	56	×80 ×65 ×32 ×40
Pump-Action Shotgun	Shotgun	220	8	150	43	×30 ×20 ×10
Makeshift Shotgun	Shotgun	215	1	200	30	×60 ×15 ×50
Semi-Auto Shotgun	Shotgun	195	10	300	47	×50 ×20 ×10
Double-Barreled Shotgun	Shotgun	190	2	200	39	×30 ×7 ×25
Makeshift Assault Rifle	Assault Rifle	170	15	1500	31	×70 ×20 ×60
SMG	Assault Rifle	130	24	2000	37	×25 ×6
Makeshift SMG	Assault Rifle	100	24	1000	26	×40 ×10 ×30
Launcher Meat	Rocket Launcher	20	1	300	—	—

The Ceiling in Each Class

The practical read: unlock the Charge Rifle line first, keep a launcher for bosses and raids where a single big hit matters more than sustained fire, and do not judge a shotgun by its number next to a rifle's. Ammo cost is the hidden tax on the top of this list — see every ammunition type and what it feeds before committing to a class.

Best Gun in Each Category

The single best gun in each weapon class, side by side:

Category	Top Pick	Attack
Rocket Launcher	Beam Launcher	14,000
Plasma Rifle	Charge Rifle	12,500
Shotgun	Prototype Shotgun	1,167
Sniper Rifle	Sniper Rifle	1,000
Handgun	Old Revolver	600
Gatling Gun	Laser Gatling Gun	530

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