As players work to liberate the citizens of Watch Dogs Legion's London, they will occasionally find themselves in situations where a weapon would prove quite useful. Fortunately, there are a variety of lethal and non-lethal weapons in this new action game, and fans that learn how to access them will have an easier time completing certain tasks. For those players that may be unclear on exactly how to get guns in Watch Dogs Legion, this guide has full details.
To start, Watch Dogs Legion's has a somewhat atypical system for acquiring new guns, and it is tied to the game's recruitment mechanic. More specifically, each recruit in Watch Dogs Legion has a predefined set of equipment, which players are not meant to alter in any significant way. What is intended is that fans enlist entirely new recruits and then switch to those characters when they want to use their equipment.
As an example, if a player wants to unleash the power of a Desert Eagle pistol, they cannot simply obtain one of those guns and equip it to the recruit of their choice. Instead they will need to recruit an operative like Watch Dogs Legion's Hitman, which comes equipped with a Desert Eagle, and then change to the character to use the gun. While this may seem like a slightly obtuse system, it adds an additional level of uniqueness to the gameplay of each recruit and encourages players to swap characters frequently.
Indeed, if a fan was simply able to obtain a weapon from one operative, such as Watch Dogs Legion's Spy, and equip it to another there would be less incentive to build a diverse team of recruits. Considering that the recruit anyone mechanic is such a fundamental aspect of the title it is sensible that the developer would look to keep players engaged with it, and the weapon acquisition system does exactly that.
To note, there are a few non-lethal weapons that players can buy with Tech Points in Watch Dogs Legion if they really want to, though that is not recommended in most cases. While it can be nice to unlock a new weapon for a recruit, those Tech Points are often better spent on skills like Deep Profiler. Additionally, it is not very difficult to get guns through recruitment in Watch Dogs Legion, making it even more unnecessary to acquire them with Tech Points.
Watch Dogs Legion is available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One, with forthcoming releases on Xbox Series X and the PS5.