All MW4 Weapons

Modern Warfare 4 launched with 33 weapons across nine classes, from the Han 86 assault rifle every player starts with to the Signal 50 anti-materiel rifle at level 50. Nine of them are ready the moment Create-a-Class opens at level 4, and the rest unlock as you level up to 55. Every firearm except the launchers also has an Apex attachment, a late-game reward that changes how the gun works: the M4 becomes a 50-round 5.7mm rifle, the Oden turns into a semi-auto sniper, and the Striga goes akimbo. Below you'll find every weapon with its unlock level and max level, all 28 Apex attachments, how the Gunsmith works and what Season 1 may add.

All 33 MW4 Weapons by Class

The table lists every launch weapon with the player level that unlocks it and its max weapon level, which is how many levels it takes to unlock all its attachments and Military camos. Weapons marked as level 4 are available as soon as Create-a-Class opens. A few community trackers still show max levels from the beta; the values below are the launch numbers from Infinity Ward.

Assault Rifles

SMGs

Shotguns

LMGs

Marksman Rifles

Sniper Rifles

Pistols

Launchers and Melee

Apex Attachments in MW4

Apex attachments are the final reward for leveling a weapon to its max level. Each of the 28 firearms outside the launcher class has exactly one, and it goes in its own Apex slot, so it doesn't take up one of your five regular attachment slots. Most Apex attachments change how the gun plays rather than tweaking stats: conversions, alternate fire modes and built-in gadgets. In exchange, many of them block certain regular slots, such as the barrel or optic.

You can preview a weapon's Apex attachment before you unlock it at the end of its Progression tab in the Gunsmith. Weapon Prestige keeps your Apex attachment unlocked. In DMZ, the Apex slot costs no DMZ Cash once the weapon is fully leveled.

All 28 Apex Attachments

The Axion's attachment appears as Clearcut in Infinity Ward's launch blog but as Reaver in game.

Where Did the Hyeon Auto and Kastov 545 Go?

The beta had two extra Apex attachments, the Hyeon Auto full-auto conversion and the Kastov 545 conversion. They were early seasonal event rewards and aren't in the launch game. Infinity Ward says they will return soon, and Season 1 events award Apex attachments.

How to Try Apex Attachments Early

Gunfight uses random loadouts, and many of its rounds hand out weapons with an Apex attachment already equipped. It's a quick way to see which ones are worth the grind before you level a gun to max.

How the MW4 Gunsmith Works

Every firearm has five attachment slots plus the Apex slot. Attachments cover optics, muzzles, barrels, underbarrels, magazines, rear grips, stocks, lasers and ammunition, with extra slots such as triggers or cylinders on some guns. Launchers and the knife only take cosmetics. A few systems change how you build and level weapons this year:

• Shared attachments. An attachment unlocks once and then works on every weapon that can use it. When a level-up would give you an attachment you already own, the weapon skips that level, so the more you unlock, the faster every new gun levels.
• Optic Rail Placement. You can slide an optic along the rail and check the result from an aim-down-sights view in the Gunsmith. It's cosmetic.
• Reticles. Every optic has unlockable reticles, earned with kills while aiming, and thermal reticles each come with their own thermal effect.
• Gunny. It builds a weapon for you from your unlocked attachments, for close, balanced or long range.
• Advanced weapon stats are available from launch, and the Firing Range shows time to kill, damage and accuracy against targets from 10 to 100 meters.
• Weapon Prestige. At max level you can prestige a weapon: it goes back to level 1 and relocks its attachments, except Apex and blueprint attachments, and earns the Pyroclast camos.

Our MW4 camo guide explains how weapon levels feed into the camo grind. If you'd rather not level 33 guns yourself, our MW4 weapon leveling service can max the ones you choose.

Launch Balance and the Most Popular Weapons

MW4 launched with the time to kill from the second beta weekend, which players preferred. SMGs got stronger at close and mid range, and one-shot weapons were toned down: the Oris 8.6 now one-shots only to the upper body and head. Infinity Ward has said more tuning is coming soon after launch.

In the first days of multiplayer, the most used weapons were the Han 86, the VEL 46 and the M4, followed by the ISO Nightshade and the KG-7 Vulcan. The Han 86 leads partly because it is the only assault rifle until the M4 unlocks at level 14. The meta usually settles a week or two after launch, so treat early pick rates as a snapshot.

Vault Edition Signature Weapons

The Vault Edition adds five signature weapon blueprints. The four firearms come with attachments and their Apex attachment already on the blueprint:

In DMZ, each blueprint can be built once for free from the Gunsmith, then at a discount. The blueprints reach Warzone in Season 1.

New Weapons in Season 1

Season 1 starts on November 6, and Infinity Ward hasn't announced its weapons yet. An unnamed sixth SMG appears in an official DMZ video, and fans think it is based on the FMG-9 or the Magpul FDC-9, but none of this is confirmed. We will add new weapons to this list as soon as they are announced.

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