Every assault rifle, priced and gated
The other tier lists rank on speed, and the better ones put a price beside it. Few tell you when you can hold the thing — and a rifle you cannot equip for another thirty levels is not a recommendation. This table carries all three: what it kills in, what it costs, and what gate stands in front of it.
| Rifle, and its gate | Price | Dmg / RPM | Unarmoured | Level 4 vest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCX-SPRAssault 20 + $100,000 | $3,200 | 34 / 800 | 150 ms3 shots | 525 ms8 shots |
| FALAssault 35 + $250,000 | $6,000 | 45 / 650 | 185 ms3 shots | 462 ms6 shots |
| M4Assault 28 + $150,000 | $2,800 | 28 / 800 | 225 ms4 shots | 600 ms9 shots |
| T-21Assault 3 + $10,000 | $1,200 | 28 / 750 | 240 ms4 shots | 640 ms9 shots |
| Bushmaster M17SOpen from the start | Free | 28 / 700 | 257 ms4 shots | 686 ms9 shots |
| A-91Open from the start | Free | 28 / 700 | 257 ms4 shots | 686 ms9 shots |
| KH-2002Open from the start | Free | 28 / 700 | 257 ms4 shots | 686 ms9 shots |
| AK74Open from the start | $800 | 26 / 650 | 277 ms4 shots | 831 ms10 shots |
| GalilAssault 10 | $2,000 | 28 / 650 | 277 ms4 shots | 738 ms9 shots |
BULKHEAD's Season 2 patch notes cut base damage for .308 by 25%, 7.62x54mmR by 20% and 7.62x39mm by 19%, and made “assault rifle body shots do slightly less damage”. On the published figures the FAL drops from 60 to 45 damage and needs 3 shots instead of 2 — which is what BULKHEAD meant by “now sits closer to the TCX-SPR and M4”.
The free rifles are still the story
Bushmaster M17S, A-91 and KH-2002 cost nothing and need no unlock, and all three still carry the same profile: 28 damage at 700 rounds a minute, 4 shots to kill, 257 ms.
Season 2 added a fourth rifle you can hold on day one: the AK74, now $800 and open. It takes 277 ms — still slower than free, because its 26 damage needs 4 shots and it fires more slowly — and the Galil, now $2,000, lands on 277 ms. Paying for either buys you nothing on the clock.
In Season 1, one site's ranked list of assault rifles put the AK74 second and the Galil third, above all three free rifles, with no damage or fire-rate figures on the page to support it. On the figures its own neighbours published, that order was upside down, and it still is. We would rather show the numbers and be corrected than rank by feel.
What is actually worth buying
Every paid rifle now carries two bills, and the second one is the bigger. In order of when you can have it:
- T-21, $1,200, Assault 3 + $10,000. 240 ms, 17 ms clear of the free rifles. It was open in Season 1; Season 2 doubled its price and put a $10,000 unlock in front of it.
- TCX-SPR, $3,200, Assault 20 + $100,000. New in Season 2 and the fastest assault rifle on the published figures: 34 damage at 800 rpm, 3 shots, 150 ms. This is the one to aim for.
- M4, $2,800, Assault 28 + $150,000. 225 ms. Season 2 made it hard to justify: the TCX-SPR opens 8 levels earlier, costs $50,000 less to unlock and kills 75 ms faster.
- FAL, $6,000, Assault 35 + $250,000. No longer the speed king — 3 shots, 185 ms on bare targets — but still the best assault rifle against heavy armour, as the next section shows.
Armour decides more than the rifle does
Against a Level 4 vest every 28-damage rifle in the table needs 9 shots — free ones, the AK74 and the $2,800 M4 alike. The TCX-SPR needs 8 and the FAL 6, the fewest of any assault rifle. It also publishes the vest model: a vest takes a fixed share off every torso hit, 30% at Level 1 rising to 60% at Level 4.
So the question is not only which rifle is fastest on an unarmoured target. Against bare targets the TCX-SPR wins; against the heaviest plate the FAL still does. Spending $2,000 on the Galil does nothing for either.
The bargain outside the class is gone
In Season 1 the Super-45 submachine gun was the bargain: $2,600, and faster than almost every assault rifle on the published figures. It still models at 150 ms — level with the TCX-SPR — but Season 2 raised it to $5,600 behind Medic 35 and a $200,000 unlock, and BULKHEAD “increased damage fall-off beyond 50m, its effective range, pushing it firmly into a close-quarters role.” The model here counts no fall-off at all, so read its figure as close range only.
The recruit discount cuts the wrong things
Below Wardog 9 all vendor gear is half price, so the TCX-SPR lands at $1,600 and the FAL at $3,000 — but both are gated at Assault 20 and Assault 35, which you will not reach while the discount lasts. In practice the discount buys armour, equipment and vehicles, not rifles: the rifles you can hold that early are free or $800 for the AK74 anyway.
What these numbers do not cover
TTK = (shots to kill − 1) × 60 / RPM against a 100-health target. It counts nothing else: no recoil, no attachments, no damage falloff, no magazine size, no hit registration.
Seven weapons on our price list have no published damage at all: MP43, M500, Compound Bow, 9K333 Verba, RPG-7, MAAWS, MGL-40. Every shotgun, the bow and every launcher sit in that gap, which is why no honest tier list should rank them. The weapons new in Season 2 all have figures now.
Season 2 moved 4 assault-rifle prices: T-21 $600 → $1,200, AK74 $1,600 → $800, Galil $2,200 → $2,000, FAL $6,500 → $6,000. Every “before” figure matched the price we had published for Season 1.