This reference covers named weapons and upgrade paths in Resident Evil 5’s main campaign: handguns, shotguns, machine guns, rifles, magnums, and character-exclusive unlocks. The supplied passages describe firepower, capacity, reload speed, piercing, and critical-hit upgrades, along with practical effects such as burst fire, recoil, projectile arcs, and infinite ammunition. Several fully upgraded weapons unlock a separate weapon. The records focus on choices with concrete functions or restrictions stated in the sources. Upgrade tables are summarized selectively. Where supplied sources conflict, such as on shotgun range upgrades, the disputed interpretation is left out. DLC-only weapon context is excluded.
A source-bounded reference to named main-campaign weapons, described upgrade characteristics, and unlock conditions. It summarizes selected effects and restrictions rather than every weapon, stat, game mode, or downloadable-content item.
Weapon effects and unlocks are taken only from the supplied passages; they have not been independently checked.
Steam metadata establishes the released PC game’s identity and port and Gold Edition context, but does not establish weapon mechanics.
The Steam guide explicitly covers the main campaign and excludes hidden or DLC-mission-only weapons. These records do not cover all game modes or downloadable content.
Supplied weapon descriptions include opinions and conflicting interpretations, including shotgun range upgrades; disputed details and source rankings are omitted.
Exact upgrade prices, complete stat tables, acquisition locations, patch behavior, and achievement requirements are not comprehensively covered here.
Explanations prepared with GPT-6 Luna and checked against the linked references. These are source-reviewed guides. They do not establish independently tested optimal builds or exact upgrade budgets. How coverage works.
