There are a handful of great weapons to find and use in Resident Evil: Village. Many of them feature attachments that not only change their physical appearance but also increase their stats, affecting things like damage output, reload speed, accuracy, and more. These attachments are scattered all throughout Ethan's adventure, with some hiding in treasure chests and secret locations, while others can be purchased directly from The Duke's shop.
There are also Charms available for a variety of weapons. These (fairly strange) trinkets attach to weapons and don't offer any stat buffs. They are there solely to make the gun look better (or sometimes worse). Getting a Charm for the first time is exciting and you'll likely want to equip it to your weapon as soon as possible. Unfortunately, some players have expressed regret for doing so as some of these trinkets look pretty silly. But is it possible to take an attachment off once you've slotted it to your gun?
Can You Remove Attachments?
Ethan has a variety of different guns at his disposal, and each one can be upgraded at The Duke's shop. You'll be able to pick and choose whether you want more reload speed for a particular gun, better damage, an increased capacity, and more. All of these upgrades can be added (with stronger variants being unlocked via The Duke as you progress through the game) as long as you have enough Lei to afford them.
Weapon attachments, however, are handled a bit differently in Resident Evil: Village. During your journey, you'll come across a variety of attachments for some of Ethan's arsenal. These attachments can be added to your weapon and will offer specialized buffs (an example being the Recoil Compensator that increases damage output for the LEMI Handgun). Each weapon has its own unique attachments and it's important to note that each attachment will only work on a specific gun. For example, the Recoil Compensator for the LEMI cannot be used on any other Handgun.
Once an attachment has been slotted on a weapon, it's there forever. Sadly, there is no option to remove a particular attachment from a gun, but each attachment offers positive buffs. There likely isn't a situation in which you wouldn't want to use a particular attachment and thanks to them being gun-specific, you don't have to worry about wasting an attachment on a gun you won't use later on.
It's also important to note that you can sell any weapons you don't plan on using to The Duke. There isn't a way to store weapons in Resident Evil: Village, so selling them is the only way to free up inventory space. It's a stress-free process, though, since The Duke will always let you buy back any weapons you've sold to him, and they will come complete with all the attachments you put on them.
Can You Remove Charms?
Charms are a cute novelty and some of them are so entertaining that you'll be happy to see them each time you pull out a particular weapon. But there are others that are too comical, too strange, or just too distracting. Unfortunately, like attachments, Charms cannot be removed from a gun once you have activated them.
Thankfully, there is a way to "remove" the Charms through in-game settings:
- Go to the Main Menu.
- Go into Options.
- Go into Special.
- Toggle "Display Weapon Charms" to the off position.
Once you've done that, you won't be forced to see the Charms you've activated. Unfortunately, that means you'll be hiding ALL Weapon Charms, even the ones you like. Thankfully, though, there have only been Charms released via Pre-Order Bonuses so far so you don't have to worry about finding something spectacularly cool in-game. Hopefully, we'll see an option to un-equip Charms in the future.