SAND: Raiders of Sophie Weapon Tier List
The community vote is just getting started
The ordering below is a provisional editor suggestion — clearly marked. An entry ranks once it has 3+ community votes; the live list publishes when 6 entries get there. Be one of the first to rate.
Orbital Strike Pointerprovisional
866/9 Rifleprovisional
KF866/9R "Mehrzel" Repeaterprovisional
Pepper Mill Shotgunprovisional
1874 Petros Rifleprovisional
Anti-Reactor Rifleprovisional
AV1 Rocket Launcherprovisional
M82 "Aperture" Rifleprovisional
Blitz 15R Pistolprovisional
M1866/9 "Einzel" Breechloaderprovisional
Time Bombprovisional
RG79s Smoke Grenadeprovisional
M82 Rifleprovisional
EB "Bantam" Revolverprovisional
Drobulet Shotgun (Vertical Choke)provisional
EB Revolverprovisional
Blitz PPS-5 Pistolprovisional
EB "Zseb" Revolverprovisional
Blitz 10R Pistolprovisional
Drobulet Shotgunprovisional
HG-6 Contact Grenadeprovisional
Blitz PistolprovisionalAgree? 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 Jul 10, 2026 (Early Access Update #2), the community list for SAND: Raiders of Sophie Weapon Tier List is still forming — the ordering above is a provisional editor suggestion until enough players vote.
The 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 →
The community vote is still forming — the provisional top picks are Orbital Strike Pointer, 866/9 Rifle, KF866/9R "Mehrzel" Repeater. Cast a vote to help decide the best Weapon yourself.
The community list is still forming for Early Access Update #2. The provisional editor suggestion puts Orbital Strike Pointer, 866/9 Rifle, KF866/9R "Mehrzel" Repeater at the top — vote to shape the live ranking.
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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