- How many
- One weapon guide counts 29 for Gun Fanatic, including grenades, the bonus weapons and the final boss's rocket launcher.
- Selling
- You only need to own each weapon once; selling it afterwards is fine.
- Exclusive upgrade
- Max a weapon's stats, or use an Exclusive Upgrade Ticket (30 Spinels from the Castle on).
Leon's guns
| Weapon | Type | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| SG-09 R | Handgun | Starting weapon. |
| Punisher | Handgun | Traded from the Merchant for 5 Spinels. |
| Red9 | Handgun | A chest on the shipwreck in the middle of the lake, once you have the boat in Chapter 4. |
| Blacktail | Handgun | Merchant, from Chapter 7. |
| Matilda | Handgun | Traded from the Merchant for 10 Spinels, from Chapter 8. |
| W-870 | Shotgun | On the upstairs wall of a two-storey house in the Village Square, Chapter 1. |
| Riot Gun | Shotgun | Merchant, from Chapter 6. |
| Striker | Shotgun | Merchant, from Chapter 10. |
| SR M1903 | Rifle | Merchant, from Chapter 2. |
| Stingray | Rifle | Merchant, from Chapter 7. |
| CQBR Assault Rifle | Rifle | A Square Lock Box upstairs in the Library, Chapter 10, opened with a Cubic Device. |
| TMP | SMG | Merchant, from Chapter 3. |
| LE 5 | SMG | Behind a power puzzle by the Freezer, Chapter 13. |
| Broken Butterfly | Magnum | Merchant, from Chapter 7. |
| Killer7 | Magnum | Merchant: Game8 says from Chapter 11, IGN from Chapter 13. |
| Bolt Thrower | Special | Merchant, from Chapter 2. Its bolts can be picked up again. |
| Rocket Launcher | Special | Merchant; one guide says from Chapter 5. |
Knives, grenades and the story weapon
- Combat Knife: the starting knife. Kitchen and Boot Knives turn up while exploring; one weapon guide places the first ones in the Chapter 1 farm and the Chapter 7 chapel.
- Fighting Knife: Krauser's, given when you beat him at the end of Chapter 14.
- Hand, Heavy and Flash Grenades: found in crates and on enemies; recipes for the heavy and flash kinds are sold by the Merchant.
- Special Rocket Launcher: handed to you during the final fight with Saddler.
The four bonus weapons
🗡️ Primal Knife
Destroy all 16 Clockwork Castellans. Its exclusive upgrade makes it indestructible.
💥 Handcannon
An S rank on each of the three Mercenaries stages, or a Professional clear without any bonus weapons. Game8 and PowerPyx say that clear must start from a New Game; IGN says New Game+ works too. Exclusive: infinite ammo.
🔫 Chicago Sweeper
Finish the story on Professional with an A rank (New Game+ counts). Exclusive: infinite ammo.
🚀 Infinite Rocket Launcher
Sold by the Merchant in New Game+ only, for 2,000,000 ptas.
Deluxe Edition and Separate Ways
- The Sentinel Nine (handgun) and the Skull Shaker (shotgun) come with the Extra DLC Pack, which is in the Deluxe and Gold Editions and is also sold on its own. One weapon guide says neither is needed for any trophy.
- In Separate Ways, Ada starts with the Blacktail AC and a Tactical Knife, finds the Blast Crossbow in Chapter 3, and can buy the Punisher MC and a Sawed-off W-870 from Chapter 2.
- Finishing Ada's seven Merchant requests unlocks the Elite Knife, which never breaks. A Professional clear with an A rank unlocks her own Chicago Sweeper. One guide adds that bonus weapons do not carry between Leon's story and Ada's.
Cross-checked
Cross-checked on 24 October 2026 against IGN's weapon, bonus-weapon and Separate Ways unlockable pages, Game8's weapon list, the PowerPyx weapon locations and trophy guides, and Capcom's list of the Extra DLC Pack. Chapter availability comes from IGN and Game8; the 29-weapon count, the knife spots and the grenade recipes from PowerPyx; the Rocket Launcher's chapter and Ada's starting gear from Game8; the carry-over rule from IGN. Not from a playthrough: nobody here has played it.