Gun customization

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Guns in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- can be customized using different frames, options, accessories, and barrels. Which accessory is used where changes the stats of the weapons, so this is a major part of the gameplay. Weapon upgrades and parts can be bought at shops throughout the game, which are shaped as jukeboxes, and at the end of every Chapter.

Stats

There are seven statistics that determine the effectiveness of weapons. The stats max out at 500 and can only go as low as 0, except Weight.

Stat	Description
Weight	This determines how fast Vincent can run while in shooting mode. The higher the Weight, the slower Vincent moves. Oddly, it does not affect his speed while the gun is at his side.
Speed	Determines the rate of fire.
Power	Determines the damage done by the gun.
Range	Determines the distance that a shot from the gun can travel.
Short	Accuracy at short range.
Medium	Accuracy at intermediate range.
Long	Accuracy at long range.
Ammo	The bullet capacity of the gun.

Handguns

Handguns are the most balanced guns in the game, decent at any range.

Cerberus

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
Cerberus	540	80	60	60	110	115	70	1000	18
Cerberus II	540	80	105	60	110	115	70	2000	18
Cerberus III	540	80	105	60	120	125	75	5000	24

After the third upgrade, the Cerberus can travel one of three paths: P Cerberus, S Cerberus, or M Cerberus. The two other major guns, Griffon and Hydra also follow similar branching paths.

P Cerberus

This upgrade path a improvement in stopping power (drastic) and accuracy (higher than normal) at the cost of reduced firing rate and magazine capacity. P Cerberus can hold 18 bullets. It is the only upgrade path that deteriorates a stat. Others just offer no improvements.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
P Cerberus	540	55	145	60	120	125	75	10000	18
P Cerberus γ	540	55	145	60	140	145	80	17000	18
Powered Cerberus	420	55	205	60	140	145	80	26000	18

S Cerberus

The path improves fire rate and weight only. All other stats remain the same as Cerberus III.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
S Cerberus	420	95	105	60	120	125	75	10000	24
S Cerberus γ	420	115	105	60	120	125	75	17000	24
Zero Cerberus	120	125	105	60	120	125	75	26000	24

M Cerberus

M Cerberus features improvements on weight, stopping power and accuracy, albeit not as much as the P or S branches. In addition, each upgrade increases the magazine capacity.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
M Cerberus	420	80	110	60	120	125	75	10000	48
M Cerberus γ	420	80	115	60	130	135	80	17000	60
Quantum Cerberus	240	80	120	60	130	135	80	26000	84

Shinra Handgun

Standard issue Shinra firearm, appearing exclusively in the tutorial. It is statistically identical to Cerberus, but only fires one bullet per shot, while Cerberus fires three.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
Shinra Handgun	540	80	60	60	110	115	70	1000	18

Ultima Weapon

This is the most powerful weapon of the Handgun type, though first the player must upgrade a few very weak, seemingly joke weapons. It is not related to the Cerberus branches.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
Model Gun	30	85	1	5	40	40	40	—*	18
Silver Model Gun	30	85	2	5	40	40	40	15000	18
Gold Model Gun	30	85	3	5	40	40	40	35000	18
Ultima Weapon	30	140	200	110	200	200	200	200000	99

*Cannot be bought in any store, must be found.

Machine Guns

In comparison to other weapon classes, this class offers fully automated firing, larger magazine, slightly higher firing rate, worse accuracy, and very low effective range. The word "Machine Gun" is a misnomer for this class, as they resemble real-world assault rifles in look and behave like submachine guns.

As there is no Griffon III, the P/M/S upgrade path is chosen after Griffon II. This should be kept in mind when upgrading to avoid inadvertently choosing an incorrect upgrade path.

Griffon

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
Griffon	1050	150	25	20	65	55	20	1000	35
Griffon II	1050	150	35	20	65	55	20	2000	40

P Griffon

This upgrade path offers drastically improved firepower and superior accuracy in exchange for reduced firing rate and constrained magazine size. Range and weight remain unchanged from Griffon II.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
P Griffon	1050	130	50	20	80	70	35	5000	35
P Griffon β	1050	130	60	20	80	70	35	10000	35
P Griffon γ	1050	130	60	20	90	80	45	17000	35
Dueling Griffon	1050	130	75	20	90	80	45	26000	35

S Griffon

This path offers improved weight and rate of fire, as well as doubled range. Accuracy, firepower and ammo capacity remain the same as Griffon II, although the last upgrade offers a drastic improve in ammo capacity.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
S Griffon	810	200	35	20	65	55	20	5000	40
S Griffon β	810	200	35	40	65	55	20	10000	40
S Griffon γ	510	200	35	40	65	55	20	17000	40
Sonic Griffon	300	200	35	40	65	55	20	26000	99

M Griffon

This path offers negligible improvements in all weight, firepower, rate of fire and accuracy as well as increased ammo capacity although the last two upgrades offer same weight improvements of the S Griffon path.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
M Griffon	900	150	35	20	65	55	20	5000	50
M Griffon β	900	150	40	20	75	65	35	10000	70
M Griffon γ	510	150	45	20	75	65	35	17000	70
Starry Griffon	300	150	50	20	75	65	35	26000	99

Blast Machine Gun

This weapon, unrelated to the Griffon branch of Guns, does not have very good stats, but is useful in its ability to knock down nearly all regular enemies.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
Blast Machine Gun	1350	160	35	20	70	60	30	—*

*Cannot be bought in any store, must be found.

Rifles

Rifles are slow weapons but are very precise and accurate. They have excellent range and work very reliably at long range. Combined with the Sniper Scope, they are the perfect weapon for long range combat.

Hydra

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
Hydra	1050	65	140	140	120	120	140	1000	5
Hydra II	1050	65	140	150	120	120	140	2000	5
Hydra III	1050	65	160	150	125	125	150	5000	8

P Hydra

This branch drastically improves firepower, range and accuracy while keeping the weight unchanged, in exchange for drastic reduction in firing speed and ammo capacity. As an added bonus, Gigant Hydra can knock down all enemies, if they survive its shot. Clearly, this gun is exhibiting the same traits as a real-world bolt-action high-caliber armor-piercing sniper rifle and requires both Sniper Scope and Auto Reloader attachments. (See below)

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
P Hydra	1050	55	185	150	140	145	160	10000	5
P Hydra γ	1050	30	225	180	140	145	160	17000	3
Gigant Hydra	1050	1	280	200	160	160	180	26000	1

S Hydra

This branch offers drastic improvements in firing rate and huge strides in weight reduction, so much so that Feather Hydra is the lightest weapon of all. Accuracy, range and ammo capacity are also improved. Firepower suffers, but S Hydra branch still outperforms most Cerberus branches in all areas. (P Cerberus branch has more firepower and M Cerberus branch has more ammo.)

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
S Hydra	570	85	130	150	125	125	150	10000	7
S Hydra γ	330	85	130	170	125	125	150	17000	7
Feather Hydra	30	125	130	170	125	150	170	26000	8

M Hydra

The M branch offers improvement in all department, except accuracy. In neither area, the improvements are as good the other branches, except in ammo capacity.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
M Hydra	570	55	160	150	125	125	150	10000	16
M Hydra γ	570	55	165	170	125	125	150	17000	28
Velvet Hydra	570	80	170	170	125	125	150	26000	42

Bayonet Rifle

This weapon is the most powerful booster of Melee attacks in the game. It is also an effective rifle with sufficient stats. It is not a relative of the Hydra family.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
Bayonet Rifle	600	85	150	160	120	120	140	—*

*Cannot be bought in any store, must be found.

Death Penalty

This is the most powerful weapon in the entire game, with perfect stats all around. It is used by Vincent's Chaos form in the Chapter 12.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price	Ammo
Death Penalty	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	—*

*Cannot be bought at any store, automatically received in Chapter 12.

Bullets

There are four types of ammo.

Name	Image	Description	Price
Handgun Bullets		Ammunition used by handguns.	10
Rifle Bullets		Ammunition used by rifles.	20
Machine Gun Bullets		Ammunition used by machine guns.	20
Death Penalty Bullets		Ammunition used by the Death Penalty.	—

Price of ammo purchased on the Shera is 1/10th the standard price.

Barrels

Normal Barrel

This basic barrel is the most simple of the barrel types, not having the strengths or weaknesses of the other two major barrel trees. It works most effectively at medium ranges.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price
Normal Barrel	600	90	60	65	90	100	65	1000
Normal Barrel II	600	90	80	65	90	100	65	1500
Normal Barrel III	600	90	80	85	90	100	65	4000
Normal Barrel β	600	105	80	85	90	100	65	8000
Normal Barrel γ	360	105	80	85	90	100	65	13500
Master N Barrel	360	105	75	85	160	160	160	21000

Short Barrel

This barrel is very light weight and boosts firing rate. It works most effectively at short ranges.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price
Short Barrel	360	150	35	25	55	30	5	1000
Short Barrel II	360	150	45	25	55	30	5	1500
Short Barrel III	360	150	45	25	80	40	10	4000
Short Barrel β	360	150	45	45	80	40	10	8000
Short Barrel γ	240	150	50	45	105	80	20	13500
Gale S Barrel	30	180	55	55	105	80	20	21000

Long Barrel

This barrel has very long range along with great power. However, it is very heavy.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price
Long Barrel	1650	80	70	150	20	60	130	1000
Long Barrel II	1200	80	70	150	20	60	130	1500
Long Barrel III	1200	80	90	160	20	60	130	4000
Long Barrel β	1200	80	90	160	80	100	200	8000
Long Barrel γ	1200	80	110	170	80	100	200	13500
Nova L Barrel	1200	105	130	250	80	100	200	21000

Other

These barrels are all unrelated to the three major barrel types. None can be bought in stores, instead they must be found throughout the game. Guard N Barrel increases the player's defense. Lucky S Barrel doubles the EXP the player gains upon each kill made. Unfortunately its range stats and accuracy are incredibly low, so it is not very useful in combat. Faerie L Barrel is extremely lightweight.

Gun	Weight	Speed	Power	Range	Short	Medium	Long	Price
Guard N Barrel	450	100	75	65	100	110	75	—
Lucky S Barrel	300	140	40	5	5	5	5	—
Faerie L Barrel	90	115	80	170	50	75	150	—

Gallery

Short barrel on Cerberus

Long barrel on Cerberus

Options

This slot allows for the weapon's capabilities to be boosted by equipping special parts.

Power Booster

Item	Weight	Cost	Description
Power Booster	750	1000	Increases the power stat.
Power Booster β	750	8000	Greatly increases the power stat.
Power Booster γ	750	23000	Very greatly increases the power stat.

Gravity Floater

Item	Weight	Cost	Description
Gravity Floater	-650	1000	Decreases the weight stat.
Gravity Floater β	-1200	10000	Greatly decreases the weight stat.
Gravity Floater γ	-2000	20000	Very greatly decreases the weight stat.

Auto Reloader

Item	Weight	Cost	Description
Auto Reloader	750	24000	Automatically reloads the Gun when the clip is emptied.

Materia Booster

Item	Weight	Cost	Description
Materia Booster	450	1000	Boosts the power of Magic Spells.
Materia Booster γ	450	32000	Greatly boosts the power of Magic Spells.

Manaheart

Item	Weight	Cost	Description
Manaheart	900	—*	Boosts the power of Magic Spells while slowly restoring MP.
Manamind	600	36000	Greatly boosts the power of Magic Spells while slowly restoring MP.
Manasoul	300	98000	Very greatly boosts the power of Magic Spells while slowly restoring MP.

*Cannot be bought in any store, must be found.

Accessories

Accessories perform any other function that the gun need do. Some boost stats, while others give the player the power to use magic. They are all very light and have a marginal effect on gun weight.

Pendants

Pendants hang from the weapons' buttstock. Only one of these can be used per weapon.

Image	Item	Weight	Cost	Description
	Cerberus Relief	30	1000	Slightly increases the player's defense.
	Cerberus Relief β	30	6500	Slightly increases the player's defense more.
	Cerberus Relief γ	30	18000	Slightly increases the player's defense even more.
	Power Cross	30	1000	Increases Melee damage.
	Power Cross β	30	6500	Greatly increases Melee damage.
	Power Cross γ	30	18000	Very greatly increases Melee damage.
	Recoil Limiter	30	16000	Reduced recoil after the gun is fired.
	S Adjuster	30	—*	Increases short-range Accuracy.
	S Adjuster γ	30	15000	Greatly increases short-range Accuracy.
	M Adjuster	30	—*	Increases mid-range Accuracy.
	M Adjuster γ	30	15000	Greatly increases mid-range Accuracy.
	L Adjuster	30	—*	Increases long-range Accuracy.
	L Adjuster γ	30	15000	Greatly increases long-range Accuracy.
	Fire Materia	30	1000	Allows the player to use the Fire spell, causes an explosion that damages any enemies in the blast radius.
	Thunder Materia	30	1000	Allows the player to use the Thunder spell, fires a stream of electricity in a path. Will also knock down enemies hit by the spell.
	Blizzard Materia	30	1000	Allows the player to use the Blizzard spell, weak but has a homing capability. Will also freeze target for a short time.

*Cannot be bought in any store, must be found.

Rail mounts

These accessories are mounted on the top rail of a weapon. Only one of these can be used on each gun.

Image	Item	Weight	Cost	Description
	Sniper Scope	750	1000	With R3 the player can zoom in on far-off targets to line up shots.
	Materia Floater	450	1000	Boosts the power of Magic Spells.
	Materia Floater γ	450	32000	Greatly boosts the power of Magic Spells.

Other

Image	Item	Weight	Cost	Description
	Gun Turret	—	—	The gun turret is different from the firearms Vincent carry, the gun turret is a weapon with unlimited ammunition. However, being immobile can make the player an easy target. It can be found on the field.

Gallery

Short Barrel

Long Barrel

Hydra Frame

Griffon Frame