XDefiant offers an arsenal of weapons that you can unlock by completing their respective challenges. In this guide, we will cover all the weapons in the game and what challenges you need to complete to unlock them.
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All Weapons in XDefiant and How to Unlock Them
The weapons in XDefiant are divided into seven categories, where some you will get at the start of the game and others you will need to complete certain challenges to unlock. There are 24 weapons in total, so you will need to do some grinding to unlock all of them in XDefiant.
Here is the list of all weapons in the game and the challenges you need to complete to unlock them:
Assault Rifles
Weapon
How to Unlock
M4A1
Unlocked from the start.
AK-47
Deal 4,000 damage with any Assault Rifle.
ACR 6.8
Get 10 kills from more than 30 meters with an Assault Rifle.
M16A4
Get 20 Headshot Kills with an Assault Rifle.
MDR
Unlocked from the Battle Pass.
Table of challenges for Assault Rifles
SMG
Weapon
How to Unlock
MP5A2
Unlocked from the start.
Vector .45 ACP
Deal 10,000 damage with any SMG.
P90
Get 10 Hipfire Kills with an SMG.
MP7
Kill 10 enemies from point-blank range with an SMG.
Table of challenges for SMGs
Shotgun
Weapon
How to Unlock
M870
Unlocked from the start.
Double Barrel
Get 10 Hipfire Kills with a Shotgun.
AA-12
Kill 15 enemies from point-blank range with a Shotgun.
Table of challenges for Shotguns
LMG
Weapon
How to Unlock
M249
Unlocked from the start.
M60
Deal 5,000 damage to enemy equipment with an LMG.
RPK-74
Deal 10,000 damage with an LMG.
Table of challenges for LMGs
Sniper Rifles
Weapon
How to Unlock
M44
Unlocked from the start.
TAC-50
Kill 10 enemies with one shot using any Sniper Rifle.
Table of challenges for Sniper Rifles
Marksman Rifles
Weapon
How to Unlock
MK 20 SSR
Unlocked from the start.
SVD
Get 15 kills from more than 30 meters with a Marksman Rifle.
Table of challenges for Marksman Rifles
Handguns/Secondary Weapon
Weapon
How to Unlock
M9
Unlocked from the start.
686 Magnum
Get 5 quick-swap kills with any Secondary Weapon.
M1911
Kill 4 enemies from point-blank range with a Secondary Weapon.
93R
Sprint 240 seconds with a Secondary Weapon in hand.
D50
Deal 1,000 damage to the enemy with a Secondary Weapon.
Table of challenges for Handguns/Secondary Weapon
And that is all of the weapons you can unlock by completing the above challenges, other than the MDR Assault Rifle, which you can only unlock by getting the battle pass.
Unlike other similar games, it is easier to unlock weapons in XDefiant. The challenges are simple to complete, and it takes no time to unlock all the weapons from each category. You can even unlock all the weapons from a category in a single match if you focus only on completing the challenges.
Umair is a Contributing Writer at Prima Games, who has been in the industry for 3+ years. His immense love for games fueled his interest in game development, which he is currently studying. When he's not working or studying, you will find him sweating in a Counter-Strike lobby or trying to defeat Isshin Ashina in Sekiro. Curse you old man!!!