Weapon tier list · 30 weapons
Enginefall Meta and Weapon Tier List
The Enginefall meta in one tier list: every rifle, SMG, pistol and shotgun, 30 weapons in all, ranked against the others in its class by DPS. The Enginefall weapon tier list puts the best guns in each class at S, and the best weapons you can build at each craft tier (T1 to T4) are listed at the bottom. Tiers are only as good as the numbers behind them, and the damage figures haven't been verified in live play. Compare exact numbers on the weapon stats page, and check crafting for what a pick needs to be made.
How the tiers work
Weapons are ordered by DPS: damage per shot × pellets, divided by the time between shots, on the body and before falloff. The top 15% or so of each class are S, the next quarter A, the next third B, and the rest C. Weapons with the same DPS share a tier, and a tier in one class says nothing about another.
DPS does not account for magazine size, reload time, range or weak spots, and damage figures haven't been verified in live play. Treat this as a starting point. Weapons marked Big hits deal at least twice their class's typical damage per shot, so their DPS understates them.
Rifles
Best in class: 200 DPS
SMGs
Best in class: 254 DPS
Pistols
Best in class: 250 DPS
Shotguns
Best in class: 286 DPS
Best pick at each craft tier
The highest-DPS weapon of each class you can build at that tier.
Enginefall Playtest, Steam build 25439640. Updated 2026-09-24. Numbers can change between builds. Tiers are relative to the other weapons in the same class, so an S in one class is not a claim about another. See the full weapon tables for every stat. Maintained by Lynxx.
Questions
›What is the best gun in Enginefall?
By DPS, the best in each class is the Train Tech Rifle for rifles (200), the Train Tech SMG for SMGs (254), the Scavenged Double Barrel Shotgun for shotguns (286) and the Train Tech Pistol for pistols (250). DPS ignores magazine size, reload time, range and weak spots, so use it as a starting point.
›How is the Enginefall weapon tier list made?
Each of the 30 weapons is ordered by DPS within its own class: damage per shot × pellets, divided by the time between shots, on the body and before falloff. The top 15% or so of a class are S, the next quarter A, the next third B, and the rest C. A tier in one class says nothing about another.
›What is the best weapon you can craft at tier T1?
SMGs: Improvised SMG (188 DPS); Pistols: Improvised Pistol (167 DPS); Shotguns: Improvised Shotgun (83 DPS). The table lower down shows the best pick per class at each craft tier, T1 to T4.
›What does Big hits mean on a weapon?
It marks a weapon that deals at least twice its class's typical damage per shot. Slow, heavy hitters like these have a DPS that understates them, so they are flagged instead of being left in C.