How Firepower works in Outriders
Firepower, along with Anomaly Power, is one of the main player stats in Outriders. The Firepower number that players can see towards the top-left corner of their inventory screen, is a general rating of how powerful a player’s currently held weapon is. This rating is a combination of the Base Firepower of their held weapon and any Bonus Firepower that a player may have from skill tree perks and gear Attributes. It is important to note that a player’s Firepower stat can change whenever they switch to their secondary weapon or Outriders pistols.
When players begin Outriders, their Firepower will be extremely low, but as they level up, loot drops will become more powerful too, allowing players to tackle harder enemies and higher World Tiers. In the case of weapons, more Firepower generally equals more damage, but players can see a weapon’s damage by looking for the “DMG” number in the weapon’s stat block.
How to Increase Firepower:
A player’s main method of increasing their Base Firepower is to simply replace their old, low Firepower weapons with new higher Firepower ones. Alternatively, players can level up their weapons through Crafting which will raise their Base Firepower stats to a level-appropriate number.
However, Firepower is closely linked with another player Attribute called Weapon Damage Bonus, which can increase a player’s Firepower by adding on a proportion of their current Base Firepower as Bonus Firepower.
