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Ghost Recon Breakpoint: How to Upgrade Weapons

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Weapons are your main focus in Ghost Recon Breakpoint, and you’ll want all the best possible weapons you can get, in order to have the edge over your enemies. While you can certainly collect a wide array of different weapons, you can also upgrade the ones that you have, making them even stronger. Here’s how to upgrade weapons in Ghost Recon Breakpoint.

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How to Upgrade Weapons in Ghost Recon Breakpoint

To upgrade your weapons press the Options/Menu button to open your loadout page, then move your cursor and hover over the specific weapon you want to upgrade.

Press Square/X to select the ‘Edit in Gunsmith’ option. Now you’ll see a whole display of the weapon, with the first page showing the weapon’s stats, the available upgrades you have at the current mark, and on the right side the various parts.

First off, if you want to unlock an upgrade you’ll need the proper materials. This can include a wide array of things like the weapon type parts, Standard Weapon Parts, Improved Weapon Parts, and more.

To get more materials you’ll need to scavenge and find them in the world, or purchase them from shops in your home base of Erewhon.

Now select an upgrade you want, and hold X/A on it to purchase the upgrade.

Do note that the upgrade you get are persistent across all types of that specific weapon. So if you buy an upgrade for a 416 Assault Rifle, that will stay persistent on every 416 Assault Rifle you use in the game.

Unlocking More Upgrades

If you want to unlock more even better upgrades, you can unlock them in your Skills menu just to the right of Basics, where you start. To the right of Weapons you’ll see Mk+1 square that you can unlock. The first will give you access to Mark 2 weapon upgrades and costs 2 Skill Points, while the second gives you Mark 3 weapon upgrades and costs 4 Skill Points.

It’s definitely worth getting all the weapon upgrades you can, as they can help give you a leg up over the enemies.

To sum up how to upgrade weapons in Ghost Recon Breakpoint.

  1. Press Options/Menu to bring up your loadout menu.

  2. Move your cursor over the weapon you want to upgrade and press Square/X to select the ‘Edit in Gunsmith’ option.

  3. Now you’ll see a list of upgrades that you can unlock, so choose the one you want and hold down X/A to unlock it.

    You will need materials in order to unlock upgrades. You can get these materials by scavenging for them in the world, or purchasing them in shops.

That covers everything you might need to know about how to upgrade weapons in Ghost Recon Breakpoint.

For even more help with tips and walkthroughs, make sure to check out our Ghost Recon Breakpoint guide wiki. While you’re at it, here are a few more that you might want to take a look at.


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Hayes Madsen
A connoisseur of all things RPG related, and always looking for the artistic expression in gaming. His love of Gundam is only matched by his love of Pizza. Playing Games Since: 1991 Favorite Genres: RPGs, JRPGs, Strategy,