Ranged Weapon Types for Video Games

Looking around the internet for weapon type ideas is boring, and you never get any good ideas. So, here is a list of weapon types and effects to add to your FPS, Battle Royale, or otherwise.

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Ranged

Modern

• Rifle

• Pistol

• Shotgun

• Gatling gun

• Machine gun

• SMG

• Revolver

• Magnum

• Desert Eagle

• Sniper rifle

• Minigun

• Harpoon

• Uzi

• Chain gun

• Turret

• Drum gun

Explosive

• Grenade

• Bomb

• Dynamite Stick

• Molotov Cocktail

• Cannon

• Launcher

• Flamethrower

• Smoke bomb

• Flare gun

• Mortar

• Flashbang

Historic

• Blunderbuss

• Musket

• Flint-Lock

Medieval

• Bow

• Longbow

• Shortbow

• Crossbow

• Blowgun

• Sling

• Repeater

• Slingshot

• Trebuchet

Improvised

• Paper Airplane

• Snowball

• Egg

• Marbles

• Nail gun

• Rock

• Brick

• Water gun

• Dart gun

Throwing

• Boomerang

• Shuriken

• Throwing Knife

• Javelin

• Throwing axe

• Hatchet

• Trident

• Spear

• Kunai

• Caltrops

Sci-Fi

• Blaster

• Laser gun

• Heat ray

• Freeze ray

Magic

• Magic staff

• Wand

• Spell

• Spell book

• Magic scepter

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