No More Room in Hell 2 — Weapons Tier List & Arsenal Guide

No More Room in Hell 2 is built around scarcity: ammo is rare, guns are loud, and most of your fighting happens in melee. This guide ranks the arsenal for 1.0 extraction runs — what to swing, what to shoot, and what to leave on the floor.

Weapons Tier List (S/A/B)

Noise, stamina cost and ammo economy weigh as much as raw damage. S-tier defines a role, A-tier is excellent when it matches your skills or map, and B-tier is usable filler.

• S-tier melee: reliable one-handed blades for limb work and low stamina tax; two-handed blunt kings (sledge-class) for stagger and crowd control.
• A-tier melee: crowbar-class, axe-class and shovel-class tools clear walkers efficiently but punish panic-spamming.
• S-tier firearms: controlled shotguns for tight finales; accurate heavy rifles for armored targets and distant Runners.
• A-tier firearms: service pistols and carbines with common ammo types for when Runners break your spacing.
• B-tier: ammo-hungry automatics and exotic calibers nobody else can share.

Note: the Baseball Bat was rebalanced in Armageddon — its 1.0 strength is debated between guide sites, so treat it as map-dependent rather than a guaranteed S-tier.

All Melee Weapons Explained

The 1.0 roster has 19 melee weapons. One-handed weapons let you wield a flashlight in your offhand; two-handed weapons hit harder with a wider arc but cost more stamina and force you to lower the light.

The Mallet replaced the Small Pipe as the default starting weapon in 1.0. Blunt weapons lean toward knockdown power; sharp weapons lean toward damage and dismemberment — and legs. Cutting a Runner's legs turns a fast threat into a slow crawler.

All Firearms by Caliber

Firearms are caliber-specific, and sharing the right ammo is a team skill.

• 9mm: M93A3 pistol (15-round mag), MP5 SMG (30-round)
• .45 ACP: M1911 pistol
• .357 Magnum: Model 13 revolver (default starting ranged weapon, 6 rounds)
• Heavy rifles / shotguns: include the Model 13's heavy-revolver class, the DB12 shotgun, the 1873 Lever Action and the Rochester 1873

Unload and share calibers when a fallen teammate's gun is the wrong role for you — a Responder who saves eight rifle rounds for the finale outranks one who dumped sixty into walkers at spawn.

Attachments & Mods

Weapon attachments — sights, scopes and suppressors — improve firearm effectiveness without creating ammo. A suppressor is genuinely valuable because it reduces the noise tax of an emergency shot. Attach for clarity and control, not for ego, and keep a melee backup so scarce ammunition is saved for armored targets and high-pressure objectives.

Ammo Types & Scarcity

Ammunition is the real boss in this game. Firearms now spawn with varying amounts of ammo depending on difficulty — higher difficulties mean less ammo. The decision tree:

• Fighting walkers in a choke? Melee.
• Runner about to break the formation? Firearm, then sheath it.
• Starting a loud objective? Holster guns until the minigame needs a save.

Throwables — pipe bombs, proximity IEDs, Molotovs and frag grenades — are honorary weapons: A-tier when someone calls the throw, B-tier when someone panics in a closet.