SAND: Raiders of Sophie Weapon Tier List
866/9 Rifle
KF866/9R "Mehrzel" Repeater
Orbital Strike Pointer
1874 Petros Rifle
Anti-Reactor Rifle
AV1 Rocket Launcher
M82 "Aperture" Rifle
Pepper Mill Shotgun
EB Revolver
Time Bomb
Blitz 15R Pistol
Drobulet Shotgun (Vertical Choke)
RG79s Smoke Grenade
M82 Rifle
M1866/9 "Einzel" Breechloader
EB "Bantam" Revolver
Blitz PPS-5 Pistol
EB "Zseb" Revolver
Blitz Pistol
Drobulet Shotgun
HG-6 Contact Grenade
Blitz 10R PistolAgree? Cast your vote
Blind ballot: the order is shuffled and the community's answer stays hidden until you've rated an entry — your take, not an echo. One vote each, change anytime. Rate as many or as few as you like. No account needed.
As of Aug 30, 2026 (Early Access Update #8), 866/9 Rifle, KF866/9R "Mehrzel" Repeater, Orbital Strike Pointer, 1874 Petros Rifle hold the S tier in SAND: Raiders of Sophie Weapon Tier List — an expert-seeded baseline with no player votes yet. Every vote re-ranks the board live.
Orbital Strike Pointer↑ risingKF866/9R "Mehrzel" Repeater↑ rising866/9 Rifle↑ risingThe weapon meta in SAND refuses to sit still. Hologryph is shipping Early Access balance patches every few weeks, and a single expedition swings from quiet ruin-looting to defending your Trampler, boarding a rival crew's machine in cramped corridors, and finally extracting under fire — so a gun that only wins clean duels keeps losing ground to one that still works when the plan falls apart. There's no literal Legendary rarity here either: the chase pool is Experimental and Remarkable gear, and every patch nudges what's worth hauling home.
This board ranks all 22 handheld weapons a raider can carry — from the workhorse 866/9 Rifle to Experimental toys like the Orbital Strike Pointer — as voted by the community. If your favorite is criminally underrated here, that's what the vote buttons are for.
One vote per entry (change anytime), recency-weighted so the list tracks the current patch, minimum votes before ranking, re-tabulated live. New boards start from a clearly-labeled expert baseline until real votes take over — displayed counts only ever include player votes. No win-rate scraping, no single expert. Full methodology →
As of Aug 30, 2026 (Early Access Update #8), 866/9 Rifle, KF866/9R "Mehrzel" Repeater, Orbital Strike Pointer sit at the top of this board — an expert-seeded baseline with no player votes yet. Cast a vote to make it the community's answer.
As of Aug 30, 2026 (Early Access Update #8), this board's S tier holds 866/9 Rifle, KF866/9R "Mehrzel" Repeater, Orbital Strike Pointer, 1874 Petros Rifle — an expert-seeded baseline with no player votes yet. Every vote re-ranks it live.
New boards start from a clearly-labeled expert baseline; from there every player vote re-ranks the list live: roughly one vote per entry per person (changeable anytime), recency-weighted so the list tracks the current patch, with a minimum of votes before an entry is ranked. Displayed counts only ever include real player votes.
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