The Outer Worlds: Best Weapon and Armor Mods

The Outer Worlds has been out for almost a week now and players are still busy adventuring across Halcyon and seeing what the game has to offer. Scouring the galaxy, players will come across mods for their weapons and armor that will add abilities and skill buffs to pieces of gear. So what are the best weapon and armor mods in The Outer Worlds?

In Obsidian's new space RPG The Outer Worlds, players can equip their character and companions with weapons and armor. Mods can be attached to a piece of gear to give bonuses to stats like carrying capacity and stealth or will enhance the weapon by attaching a scope or extended magazine for example. Mods can be installed at a workbench, but once mods are installed on an item, they cannot be uninstalled. So, it's very important to know what the best mods are in the game in order to determine which ones to attach to the best gear.

In the game each weapon has different mod slots for different types of mods, but for the sake of this list the mods in Outer Worlds can be divided into three categories: armor, melee weapons, and ranged weapons.

Best Armor Mods

Backpack

Mod type: Utility.
Mod effect: Carrying capacity +20kg.

Getting weighed down with junk type of game that Outer Worlds is. But if becoming over-encumbered is an issue and players didn't put points into the right attribute, this mod is a winner. The Backpack mod ups player character's carrying capacity by 20kg, which can make a huge difference in the early game. Luckily this one is pretty easy to find.

Chrono-Field Aggregator

Mod type: Gadget.
Mod effect: Restores some TTD meter when players land a critical hit.

The Chrono-Field Aggregator is a great gadget mod for armor that benefits players who invest heavily in the game's combat and critical hit abilities. This mod restores TTD whenever players land a crit.

Nightingale Step

Mod type: Utility.
Mod effect: Volume of footsteps -25%, Radius of Footstep sound -25%.

Players love to go all out stealth in the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games and The Outer Worlds is no exception. If players are focusing on leveling up the stealth skill tree the Nightingale Step mod is absolutely required, reducing footstep volume and radius 25%.

Leaper Injections

Mod type: Utility.
Mod effect: Dodge distance +30.

Dodging feels very cool and good in The Outer Worlds. The Leaper Injections armor mod allows players to add 30 points to their dodge distance. This is some serious distance. The mod is great for players focusing on defense or just anyone who likes to get a little silly in their open world RPG.

Reactive Kinematic

Mod type: Gadget.
Mod effect: Shield Projector.

The Reactive Kinematic mod is perfect for players who are having a tough time in combat, or playing the game on hard or supernova difficulty. The mod gives players an extra shield when they become low on health. The mod can only be found at T&L’s exotic assets vending machine at Edgewater Landing Pad.

Best Melee Weapon Mods

Mr. Ouch

Mod type: Attack.
Damage type: Power attack damage +20%.

For players looking to kill everyone in The Outer Worlds with the variety of weird and cool melee weapons acquired in the game, there is Mr. Ouch. This mod gives melee weapon Power Attack's an extra 20% damage boost. This mod can be found in Edgewater cemetery early on in the game.

SpeedGrip

Mod type: Grip.
Mod Effect: Melee weapon attack speed +15%

Both grip attachments in The Outer Worlds are pretty useful to melee focused players. The SpeedGrip mod ups melee weapon attack speed by 15%. SureGrip

Mod type: Grip.
Mod Effect: Melee weapon Durability +25%.

The SureGrip is even more useful, providing 25% more melee weapon durability to whichever weapon it is attached to. This means players won't have to repair their favorite weapon nearly as often to keep it in good condition.

Best Ranged Weapon Mods

FunTimes Barrel

Barrel Mod type.
Critical Damage +25.

Pairing well with the Chrono-Field Aggregator armor mod, the FunTimes Barrel gives +25 to critical hit damage. Stack this with other abilities and mods and this can make a weapon pretty powerful. The mod can be found at the Edgewater Cannery.

Exact-O-Sight

Sight Mod type.
Post armor damage dealt +15%.

There's plenty of mods that add scopes to the weapons of The Outer Worlds but a couple of them stand above the rest. The Exact-O-Sight mod increases the amount of post armor damage done by weapons, meaning that it can help quickly take down armored enemies by dealing damage directly to their health. This can be found at the Spacer’s Choice Insta-Merch vending machine at Edgewater Cannery.

Super Scope 2000

Sight Mod type.
It is a 6x scope.

The Super Scope 2000 is on the other spectrum of great scopes. Instead of giving any stat boost, it is simply the best scope in the game. This 6x scope is required for any serious sniper playing The Outer Worlds . It can be found at the Bullets ‘N Things vending machine by the Edgewater Landing Pad. Whisper Quiet Muzzler

Barrel Mod type.
Firing Noise -66.6%.

Stealthy smugglers can easily reduce the sound level of their weapons with the Whisper Quiet Muzzler mod. This reduces firing noise by a massive 66% on any weapon it's equipped on. This can also be found in the Edgewater Cannery. Sure N’ Straight Barrel

Barrel Mod Type.
Ranged weapon Spread -25%, ranged weapon sway -80%

The Sure N' Straigh Barrel may just be hands down the best mod in the game for players who loved ranged guns. The mod reduces spread by 25% and sway by a huge 80%. It is found early on at the Emerald Vale General store in Edgewater.

The Outer Worlds is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, with a Switch version currently in development. MORE: The Outer Worlds Dev Interview Addressing Fallout 76 Comparison Being Shared Again