Weapons

Weapons in Sons of the Forest vary much more compared to its Prequel, The Forest, From a more diverse selection of ranged combat, to a selection of melee weapons to aid fending off enemies. These weapons play a vital role in survival, they are the only way that the player is able to fend off or otherwise protect themselves from Enemies, it's up to the Player to decide if they wish to expend munitions or medical equipment if they can't properly fend off their enemies with melee alone.

Quick info

S	-  means Standard Attack		C	-  means Charged Attack		D	-  means Downward Attack
	-  means Amounts			-  means Solfite plating is possible

Just about Everything.

Below you can find everything related to Weapons listed below. This section is useful if you want to see what functions or stands out the best for a certain task. Feel free to use the other tabs if you wish to review details on each weapon.

No.	Icon	Item	Type	Distance	Speed	S	C	D		ID
1.		Crafted Club	Melee	Short	Fast	15	20	20	1	477	✓
2.		Crafted Spear	Melee	Medium	Slow	15	20	15	5	474	✕
3.		Guitar	Melee	Short	Slow	8	8	10	1	340	✓
4.		Katana	Melee	Medium	Fast	30	45	60	1	367	✓
5.		Machete	Melee	Short	Fast	14	22	18	1	359	✓
6.		Putter	Melee	Short	Medium	4	4	4	1	525	✓
7.		Stun Baton	Melee	Medium	Slow	12	12	14	1	396	✕
8.		Firefighter Axe	Melee	Medium	Medium	35	45	50	1	439	✓
9.		Modern Axe	Melee	Medium	Medium	30	35	40	1	356	✓
10.		Tactical Axe	Melee	Short	Medium	12	26	25	1	379	✓
11.		Utility Knife	Melee	Short	Fast	12	—	—	1	389	✕
12.		Cross	Ranged	Short	Medium	63 - 20	—	—	1	468	✓
13.		Crossbow	Ranged	Long	Slow	50	—	—	1	365	✕
14.		Compound Bow	Ranged	Long	Medium	15 - 26.5	—	—	1	360	✕
15.		Crafted Bow	Ranged	Long	Medium	10 - 17.5	—	—	1	443	✕
16.		Pistol	Ranged	Medium	Fast	17.5	—	—	1	355	✓
17.		Revolver	Ranged	Medium	Slow	28	—	—	1	386	✓
18.		Rifle	Ranged	Long	Slow	50	—	—	1	361	✕
19.		Shotgun	Ranged	Short	Slow	50 - 125	—	—	1	358	✓
20.		Slingshot	Ranged	Medium	Medium	8	—	—	1	459	✕
21.		Stun Gun	Ranged	Short	Slow	0	—	—	1	353	✕
22.		Flashlight Attachment	Attachment	—	—	—	—	—	1	378	✕
23.		Laser Sight	Attachment	—	—	—	—	—	1	375	✕
24.		Pistol Rail	Attachment	—	—	—	—	—	1	376	✕
25.		Shotgun Rail	Attachment	—	—	—	—	—	1	346	✕
26.		Silencer	Attachment	—	—	—	—	—	1	374	✕
27.		Grenade	Explosive	Long	Medium	2	—	—	5	381	✕
28.		Molotov	Explosive	Medium	Fast	50 - 150	—	—	6	381	✕
29.		Sticky Bomb	Explosive	Medium	Medium	200	—	—	3	417	✕

Melee Weapons

Close Quarters Combat weapons, allowing you to fend off just about every enemy. These types of weapons also allow for blocking, with various degrees of effectiveness. Blocking and Swinging uses up stamina, so combat should be a balance of stamina usage. Ensure you have enough stamina to go into combat.

Your effectiveness with Melee Weapons can be enhanced with your growing Strength, and combat or other forms of swinging melee weapons will increase Strength. Strength increases your overall health, damage with melee weapons, and how fast you can swing your melee weapons.

Tapping the block button with a valid weapon will cause the character to somewhat "shove" with their weapon. It's not a shove, but in fact a "parry", which allows you to stun enemies if you perform this exactly as you take damage. It uses up no stamina if you hit it correctly, and prevents you from taking damage. Learning how to parry most enemies will allow for the most effective combat with most regular enemies. This is emphasized in the "Hard Survival" difficulty.

No.	Icon	Item	Distance	Speed	S	C	D		ID
1.		Crafted Club	Short	Fast	15	20	20	1	477	✓
2.		Crafted Spear	Medium	Slow	15	20	15	5	474	✕
3.		Guitar	Short	Slow	8	8	10	1	340	✓
4.		Katana	Medium	Fast	30	45	60	1	367	✓
5.		Machete	Short	Fast	14	22	18	1	359	✓
6.		Putter	Short	Medium	4	4	4	1	525	✓
7.		Stun Baton	Medium	Slow	12	12	14	1	396	✕
8.		Firefighter Axe	Medium	Medium	35	45	50	1	439	✓
9.		Modern Axe	Medium	Medium	30	35	40	1	356	✓
10.		Tactical Axe	Short	Medium	12	26	25	1	379	✓
11.		Utility Knife	Short	Fast	12	—	—	1	389	✕

Ranged Weapons

Weapons you can use to inflict damage towards enemies without needing to be close to them. This usually has its trade offs, such as doing less damage than your average close quarters melee weapon, or requiring Ammunition to fire at enemies. Bows allow you to fire off explosive, stunning or flaming projectiles, however this can be more costly than getting the arrows alone. You are also restricted on how many arrows you can bring around with you, unlike Firearms, in which you can have thousands of.

No.	Icon	Item	Distance	Speed	S	C	D		ID
1.		Cross	Short	Medium	63 - 20	—	—	1	468	✓
2.		Crossbow	Long	Slow	50	—	—	1	365	✕
3.		Compound Bow	Long	Medium	15 - 26.5	—	—	1	360	✕
4.		Crafted Bow	Long	Medium	10 - 17.5	—	—	1	443	✕
5.		Crafted Spear	Medium	Slow	15	20	15	5	474	✕
6.		Pistol	Medium	Fast	17.5	—	—	1	355	✓
7.		Revolver	Medium	Slow	28	—	—	1	386	✓
8.		Rifle	Long	Slow	50	—	—	1	361	✕
9.		Shotgun	Short	Slow	50 - 125	—	—	1	358	✓
10.		Slingshot	Medium	Medium	8	—	—	1	459	✕
11.		Stun Gun	Short	Slow	—	—	—	1	353	✕

Attachments

Attachments are modifications you can mount onto your firearms, namely the Pistol, Shotgun and Crossbow. Attachments do not require batteries to run, and can affect your weapons in different ways.

No.	Icon	Item	Distance	Speed	S	C	D		ID
1.		Flashlight Attachment	—	—	—	—	—	1	378	✕
2.		Laser Sight	—	—	—	—	—	1	375	✕
3.		Pistol Rail	—	—	—	—	—	1	376	✕
4.		Shotgun Rail	—	—	—	—	—	1	346	✕
5.		Silencer	—	—	—	—	—	1	374	✕

Explosives

Explosives are primarily throwables that upon impact will soon after explode, causing large amounts of damage. They can be either found or may feature difficult crafting methods, these items can cause large amounts of damage, from ballistic explosives knocking down trees and causing major damage to crowds of enemies or larger enemies as a whole, to fire based explosives which can scare and damage enemies about as much.

No.	Icon	Item	Distance	Speed	S	C	D		ID
1.		Grenade	Long	Medium	200	—	—	5	381	✕
2.		Molotov	Medium	Short	50 - 150	—	—	6	381	✕
3.		Sticky Bomb	Medium	Medium	200	—	—	3	417	✕

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For more information, consider viewing:

• Ammunition
• Consumables
• Items
• Enemies