Weapons are an essential part of the Army of Two series, but making weapons effective for different play-styles or situations are equally important. Each of the three Army of Two games has a different system for weapon customization.
Army of Two[]
Most (but not all) of the weapons in the game have up to 3 upgradeable parts, and up to 3 locations for attachments, with up to three tiers of upgrade or attachment for each part.
In addition to this, the aesthetic appearance of all weapons can be altered.
The upgradeable parts are:
- Barrel upgrades increase damage and Aggro generation
- Stock upgrades decrease spread
- Cartridge upgrades increase the ammo capacity
The attachments are:
- Front mounts
- Grips decrease spread, and increase Aggro generation
- Shotguns and grenade launchers increase Aggro generation and adds another weapon
- Suppressors deccrease Aggro generation and damage
- Shields increases Aggro generation and spread and reduces damage taken
The aesthetic change is:
- Appearance increases Aggro generation
Army of Two: The 40th Day[]
In Army of Two: The 40th Day, weapon customization allows parts from other weapons to be used, making swapping out current parts less linear, and allows the player to customize weapon to be effective in very specific situations, should they choose to do so.
Changes in weapon statistics are also less specific, and different parts can have very different effects.
- Barrels can be swapped between weapons of the same (or similar) class; additional barrels are also available.
- Stocks can be swapped between weapons of the same (or similar) class; additional stocks are also available.
- Cartridges can be swapped between weapons of the same class; extended, box and drum magazines are also available.
- Front Mounts
- Grips
- Shotgun
- Grenade Launchers
- Shields
- Suppressors and muzzle attachments
- Swapping muzzles between weapons
- Muzzle reducers
- Muzzle enhancers
- Bayonets
- Supressors
- Scopes can be added to most weapons, and swapped between sniper rifles
- Style changes can be applied, either reducing or increasing Aggro generation
Notes[]
- Suppressors can be removed on-the-fly, in-game. This means that even if a weapon that is customized for silent combat and low Aggro generation combat, it still has the ability to be useful for generating Aggro.
- Scopes can also be removed on-the-fly, in-game. This means that even if a weapon that is customized for long range combat, it still has the ability to be useful in closer combat.
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel[]
In The Devil's Cartel, weapon customization has a more realistic approach than it did in The 40th Day. Parts are no longer interchangeable between weapons, but upgrades are more realistic, such as extened or shortened barrels. All weapon take their upgrades from the following list, but no weapon has access to every option listed, and the exact stat alterations can vary slightly from weapon to weapon.
Stock[]
The folded options are aesthetic only and have no effect on the weapon's stats.
- Standard: Base stock.
- Folded Standard: folded depiction of Standard stock (aesthetic only)
- Assault: improves mobility
- Folded Assault: folded depiction of Assault stock (aesthetic only)
- Precision: improves accuracy
- Folded Precision: folded depiction of Precision stock (aesthetic only)
- Rapid Reload (shotguns only): improves reload speed.
Magazine[]
- Standard
- Extended: increases magazine size
- Double: increases reload speed
- Armor Piercing: increases damage
- Drum: increases magazine size, but decreases reload speed
- Double Drum: greatly increases magazine size, but decreases reload speed and mobility
- Explosive (snipers and M1): increases damage, but decreases accuracy
Sight[]
- None
- Handle: aesthetic only
- Standard Scope: increases accuracy and zoom (M1 only)
- Long Range Scope: increases accuracy and zoom
- Holographic: increases accuracy
- ACOG Sight: increases accuracy and gives view through scope
Under Mount[]
- None
- Foregrip: increases accuracy
- Laser Sight: increases accuracy, adds constant red dot (not present when in cover)
- Blindfire Camera: increases accuracy, add crosshair when in cover
- Grenade Laucher: decreases mobility, adds grenade launcher
Side Mount[]
- None
- Rail Magazine: increases reload speed
- Laser Sight: increases accuracy, adds constant red dot (not present when in cover)
- Ballistic Shield: decreases mobility, decreases damage taken (need confirmation)
Barrel[]
- Standard
- Assault: increases mobility, decreases range
- Precision: increases range, decreases mobility
- Dragon's Breath (shotguns only): increases damage, but decreases range
Muzzle[]
- Standard
- Muzzle Brake: increases accuracy and aggro
- Silencer: decreases range and aggro
- The "Alternative" - Single Soda Can silencer (unlocked at Lvl 25; $10,000): decreases range and aggro.
- The "Substitute" - Double Soda Can silencer (unlocked at Lvl 25; $10,000): decreases range and aggro.
Weapon Skins[]
- Default
Wood finishes (only available as an alternative for wooden parts)[]
- Light Wood
- Dark Wood
- Polished Light Wood
- Polished Dark Wood
Colour finishes (available in painted or anodized variants)[]
- Desert (painted or anodized)
- Root (painted or anodized)
- Autumn (painted or anodized)
- Forest (painted or anodized)
- Pine (painted or anodized)
- Olive (painted or anodized)
- Urban (painted or anodized)
- Charcoal (painted or anodized)
- Pewter (painted or anodized)
- Winter (painted or anodized)
- Cobalt (painted or anodized)
- Ocean (painted or anodized)
- Salmon (painted or anodized)
- Cardinal (painted or anodized)
- Burgundy (painted or anodized)
- Matte Black (anodized only)
- Shiny Black (anodized only)
Camouflage finishes[]
- Desert Camo
- Forest Camo
- Urban Camo
- Winter Camo
- Desert Digital
- Forest Digital
- Urban Digital
- Winter Digital
Snakeskin finishes[]
- Rattle Snake (Snakeskin)
- Easter Fox (Snakeskin)
- Eastern Indigo (Snakeskin)
- Pale Amazonian (Snakeskin)
- Black Pine (Snakeskin)
- Sand Snake (Snakeskin)
- Almeda Whip (Snakeskin)
- Buttermilk Racer (Snakeskin)
- Smooth Green (Snakeskin)
- Black Garter (Snakeskin)
- Snail Eater (Snakeskin)
- Red Rat (Snakeskin)
Ivory finshes (only available as an alternative for wooden parts)[]
- White Ivory
- Yellow Ivory
- Green Ivory
- Black Ivory
Precious metal finsihes[]
- Silver
- Polished Silver
- Matte Gold
- Polished Gold
