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Weapons

All guns fire real projectiles with bullet drop; names are fictional but based on real firearms.

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What goes into Weapons and where it’s made.

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Iron Made fromAmount pendingDev build Video: Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California at 28:36 (opens in a new tab)
Springs Made fromAmount pendingDev build Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (October) at 28:09 (opens in a new tab)

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Patch history

2 versions

Every fact about Weapons by game version, newest first.

VersionWhat we know
Dev build
  • Weapon swap, fire and throw animations were cleaned up.
  • Players cannot pick up teammates' thrown tomahawks, arrows or spears.
  • All guns fire real projectiles, with bullet drop and travel time; every gun behaves differently.
  • Two primary slots and one secondary slot; thrown weapons like tomahawks use their own slot.
  • Guns use a halfway field-of-view change while keeping a crosshair; may be revisited based on feedback.
  • Weapons are based on real guns but use fictional names; the game is set around 1849 and has a pump shotgun in Tier 4.
  • Combat is meant to feel like the street shootout in 3:10 to Yuma.
  • Muzzle flashes are client lights only; enemies react to sound rather than the flash.
  • Guns are tuned to kill in one to three hits against an equal-tier target using equal-tier ammo, in PvE and PvP.
  • All weapons fire projectiles, with different muzzle velocity, bullet drop and damage.
  • Projectiles sweep through space continuously, so fast bullets do not pass through targets.
  • The client predicts shots but the server simulates every shot and decides hits.
  • Gun names are fictional but each is modeled on a recognizable real-world firearm; combat uses projectiles with bullet drop.
  • Weapon swap animations were reworked in the dev build, leaving some bugs.
  • No raycast weapons: all weapons fire physical projectiles with bullet drop and velocity.
  • No classes; play style is defined by the gear you take out.
  • Players carry two primary weapons and one secondary weapon.
Alpha 3
  • Enemy and weapon models were updated for the June playtest.

Sources

9

Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.

SourceDateUsed
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (October) (opens in a new tab) VideoOct 17, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (July) (opens in a new tab) VideoJul 18, 20262
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) (opens in a new tab) VideoJun 6, 20264
The Legend of California Alpha Returns June 12 (opens in a new tab) Steam postJun 3, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (May) (opens in a new tab) VideoMay 2, 20261
Dev Update: Work in Progress (opens in a new tab) Steam postApr 29, 20261
EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK - The Legend of California: A Sprawling Western Adventure (noclip) (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 28, 20262
Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 22, 20267
Weapon Modification in The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 20, 20261

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