Iconic smgs

Buzzsaw

PowerBase game

A Northside detour that adds a craftable Power SMG.

Type

Power

Content

Base game

Available from

Watson · Northside

How to get it

At the Northside Suspected Organized Crime Activity near Pershing St, defeat the activity leader and loot the Buzzsaw crafting spec. Use the Crafting menu to make the SMG.

If that activity was completed and the spec did not drop, Patch 2.11 adds the Buzzsaw crafting spec.

Can you miss it?

Collect the spec from the leader, then craft the gun.

Chesapeake

SmartPL · DLC required

A Smart-SMG alternative in the BARGHEST cargo-drop set.

Type

Smart

Content

Phantom Liberty required

Available from

Dogtown · repeatable airdrops

How to get it

Loot Dogtown airdrop containers for Chesapeake once cargo drops are active. Former promotional copies can also be collected from the stash by accounts that already claimed them.

Can you miss it?

Repeatable drops are the in-game route; the former Prime promotion is a separate entitlement.

Erebus

PowerPL · DLC required

Plan the Blackwall crafting choice before spending its unique component.

Quick answer: Erebus is a Phantom Liberty craft on Reed's branch. Side with Reed in Firestarter, find the Erebus spec in Cynosure during Somewhat Damaged, then have Yoko decode the Behavioral System Component in This Corrosion and craft the SMG.

Type

Power

Content

Phantom Liberty required

Available from

Phantom Liberty finale · Somewhat Damaged

Phantom Liberty

Required

Branch

Help Reed in Firestarter

Parts

Erebus spec from Cynosure and the decoded component from Yoko in Kabuki

How to get it

Help Reed in Firestarter and continue to Somewhat Damaged. In Cynosure, find the Erebus spec in the locked maintenance room near the Victor terminal; restore power at the circuit breaker to reach it. Take the Behavioral System Component from Cerberus at the mission's end, then follow This Corrosion to Yoko in Kabuki for decoding. Use the decoded component and the spec to craft Erebus.

Can you miss it?

This route is tied to Reed's branch. Erebus and Militech Canto Mk.6 compete for the same unique decoded component.

Upgrade it

Craft it once you have both parts, then upgrade the crafted copy in the Crafting menu, one tier at a time up to Tier 5++.

Fenrir

PowerBase game

A practical early Iconic alongside the monk rescue.

Fenrir record

Type

Power

Content

Base game

Available from

Act 1 · Sacrum Profanum / Losing My Religion

How to get it

Speak to the monk near the Northside docks and enter the Maelstrom hideout to rescue his brother. Take Fenrir from the medical table near the captive.

Can you miss it?

The gun is a table pickup, separate from the rescued monk's dialogue.

Guillotine x-MOD2

PowerPL · DLC required

A hidden Power SMG for players who want weapon mod slots.

Type

Power

Content

Phantom Liberty required

Available from

Dogtown · Longshore Stacks

How to get it

Find the small drug lab near the Stacks, south of Kress Street. Force the door with its Body interaction or enter through the nearby window, then take Guillotine x-MOD2 inside.

Can you miss it?

The window offers a route if the front-door interaction is unavailable.

Pizdets

SmartPL · DLC required

Boris's SMG is a pickup to check before leaving the museum fight.

Type

Smart

Content

Phantom Liberty required

Available from

Dogtown · Spy in the Jungle

How to get it

During Spy in the Jungle, fight Boris Ribakov in the Organitopia museum at Terra Cognita. Defeat him and loot Pizdets from his body.

Can you miss it?

Collect it before continuing past the boss encounter.

Problem Solver

PowerBase game

Search the Wraith camp entrance rather than only the rescue room.

Quick answer: Problem Solver is carried by a Wraith leader near the main entrance of the Wraith camp during Panam's side job Riders on the Storm in the Badlands. Defeat and loot him during the rescue. Phantom Liberty is not required.

Type

Power

Content

Base game

Available from

Act 2 · Riders on the Storm

Quest

Riders on the Storm, after Life During Wartime

Where

Wraith camp main entrance, Badlands

Same job

Overwatch, from Panam the next morning

How to get it

During Riders on the Storm, search the heavily armed Wraith at the main entrance to the camp in the Badlands. Defeat that enemy and loot Problem Solver.

Can you miss it?

Check the camp enemies before leaving after Saul's rescue.

Upgrade it

Since Update 2.0, Iconic weapons are the only weapons you can upgrade. Open the Crafting menu, use the upgrade tab and spend Item Components to raise Problem Solver one tier at a time, up to Tier 5++. The steps past Tier 5 cost Tier 5 components.

Prototype: Shingen Mark V

SmartBase game

A Smart-SMG pickup that rewards searching the loading area.

Type

Smart

Content

Base game

Available from

Act 2 · Arasaka Industrial Park

How to get it

At Arasaka Industrial Park in Arroyo, search shipping container 667 outside the warehouse visited in Gimme Danger. Disarm or avoid the mine inside and take the weapon from its case.

Can you miss it?

The industrial park can be revisited after the job.

Raiju

TechPL · DLC required

The activity boss's key opens the actual weapon room.

Type

Tech

Content

Phantom Liberty required

Available from

Dogtown · Kress Street smuggling tunnel

How to get it

Enter the Increased Criminal Activity tunnel near Kress Street. Fight through the Barghest enemies, defeat the boss and take the cache key. Use it on the nearby locked stash and collect Raiju.

Can you miss it?

Search the boss for the key, then open the secure room before leaving.

Yinglong

SmartBase game

A clear crafting target for a Smart-SMG loadout.

Yinglong record

Type

Smart

Content

Base game

Available from

Act 2 · Wellsprings

How to get it

Clear the Suspected Organized Crime Activity with the Animals in Wellsprings, Heywood. Loot Denzel Cryer's crafting spec and craft Yinglong.

Can you miss it?

Keep the spec and use the Crafting menu; the enemy drops the plan.