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Database 16 September 2026

Every Beautiful Light weapon Deep Worlds has shown so far

From the AS VAL to the Mosin, Deep Worlds has named a dozen guns and a knife in its development updates. The full list, when each one appeared, and what is still unknown before Early Access.

A rifle raised in a bunker vehicle bay washed in red alarm light

The Steam store page promises more than 20 weapons with customization at Early Access. Deep Worlds has not published that final list, but its development updates on Steam name a good part of the arsenal. Here is every weapon the studio has named, with where and when it appeared.

A rifle with a red dot sight raised in a bunker vehicle bay washed in red alarm lightAn operator's rifle raised toward rocks floating above a fogbound forest
Rifles in alpha screenshots from the Steam page. Deep Worlds does not identify the models shown in these shots.
Weapons named in Deep Worlds' development updates on Steam
WeaponFirst namedLater mentions
Mk18Dev video referenced in Dev Update #1, February 2024Weapon animations shown
MosinDev Update #6, May 20252025 review, January 2026
SKSDev Update #6, May 2025-
APSDev Update #6, May 20252025 review, January 2026
MP5Dev Update #6, May 2025-
SIG 553Dev Update #6, May 2025, written "SG533"2025 review, January 2026
AS VALModel shown in Dev Update #6, May 2025Animations in Dev Update #7, September 2025
F2000Animation set in Dev Update #7, September 20252025 review, January 2026
Remington2025 review, January 2026Model not specified
SA582025 review, January 2026-
FAMAS2025 review, January 2026-
SCAR-H2025 review, January 2026-
Combat knifeDev Update #6, May 2025Light attack, heavy attack and backstab, January 2026

That is twelve firearms and a knife from the Steam posts. Deep Worlds' official Discord adds one more: on 4 March 2026, the studio's Head Staff Matavatar announced a new Korth revolver in the #leaks-wip channel, with its animation set still to come. That makes thirteen named firearms. The rest of the gap to the "more than 20" on the store page is either still unannounced, or among weapons shown in videos without a name.

Watch on YouTube from 3:43BEAUTIFUL LIGHT DEV UPDATE #7 Let's talk about Monsters, Guns, Visuals and MORE.
The video that accompanied the May 2025 update, the one that named the Mosin, SKS, APS, MP5 and SIG 553. The guns chapter starts at 3:43.

Gunplay details that are confirmed

The same updates describe how shooting works, beyond the list of guns:

  • Point aiming, a middle ground between firing from the hip and aiming down sights, introduced in Dev Update #4 (December 2024)
  • A magazine check animation with its own interface, shown in Dev Update #3 (July 2024)
  • A grenade system, whose tech was explained in the same update
  • Weapon customization with attachments, shown as early as Dev Update #1 (February 2024)
The same submachine gun shown three times: bare, then with a vertical grip, then with a red dot sight, a suppressor and a different stock
From the Weapon Tiers animation in Deep Worlds' official press kit: one weapon moving up through attachment tiers, top to bottom. Deep Worlds does not name the model.
Watch on YouTube from 8:21More monsters, more guns and A LOT of features - BEAUTIFUL LIGHT DEV UPDATE #5
Published in September 2024, ahead of the December 2024 Steam post. Point aiming is shown from 8:21 and weapon sway from 9:11.

In May 2025, Deep Worlds listed three things still to implement: bolt cycling, pump action for shotguns, and scopes. The Steam posts since then have not said whether those are done.

What playtesters said about the gunplay

In its first playtest report (May 2023), Deep Worlds said players found the PvP satisfying, the time to kill about right, and the recoil well received. The weapon pool has grown a lot since, and by May 2025 the studio described gunplay as varied enough to approach fights in many different ways.

The latest footage

The most recent development video, published on 25 August 2026, has its own weapons chapter. Deep Worlds' Steam posts stop in February 2026, so nothing first shown in that video is in the table above yet.

Watch on YouTube from 7:51Players FLY now?! BEAUTIFUL LIGHT - New Anomalies, new guns, new equipment and more DEV UPDATE #9
The latest development video, published 25 August 2026. Weapons from 7:51.

What we still do not know

  • Which of these weapons make the Early Access build
  • Any damage, recoil or penetration values: nothing official exists, and this site does not invent them
  • The full attachment list
  • Whether the Remington is a shotgun, a rifle or both

When Deep Worlds publishes a launch arsenal or official statistics, this list gets updated with the source and the date. In the meantime, check the system requirements and the release date to be ready for December.

Sources

  • Deep Worlds news on Steam: Dev Update #1 (13 February 2024), Dev Update #3 (15 July 2024), Dev Update #4 (4 December 2024), Dev Update #6 (26 May 2025), Dev Update #7 (15 September 2025), the 2025 review (14 January 2026)
  • Deep Worlds, "We conducted playtests, here's what we learned", 31 May 2023, on Steam
  • Development update videos presented by Psychoghost for Deep Worlds, on YouTube

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