To survive on the remote island of Sons of the Forest, you must have a decent weapons arsenal. The better the weapons, the higher the odds of defending yourselves from enemies. This guide will cover all the information regarding Sons of the Forest weapon locations.
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Key Takeaways
- Sons of the Forest has 6 main melee weapons. These are the Axe, Crafted Spear, Machete, Stun Baton, Chainsaw, and Katana.
- The Axe is found in the Emergency Pack at the start of the game. The Modern Axe can be found inside the tent of a camp on the northwest side of the map.
- The Crafted Spear can be crafted from 1x Tape and 2x Sticks using the Knife.
- The Machette can be found on the northern coastline of the map on a pair of dinghy boats inside a camp.
- The Stun Baton is found on the west side of the map near a stream that leads to a small waterfall. At the base of a waterfall, you’ll find the Stun Baton between a pile of skulls.
- The Chainsaw is found in the Cinema Room on the second level of a bunker you find on the west side of the map. You need the VIP and Maintenance key cards to have access to the bunker.
- The Katana is found in the bunker on the east side of the map. It’s on the second level of the bunker inside the second room and placed on a stand.
- We have discussed the 7 main ranged weapons in Sons of the Forest. These are the Slingshot, Crafted Bow, Crossbow, Compound Bow, Pistol, Revolver, and Shotgun.
- The Slingshot is found on one of the dead bodies mounted on spikes at the entrance to a cave on the western side of the map.
- The Crafted Bow can be crafted with 1x Duct Tape, 2x Sticks, and 1x Rope.
- The Crossbow is found in a bunker on the northwest side of the map. You’ll need the Maintenance key card to enter the Hydroponic Center where you’ll find the Crossbow.
- The Compound Bow is found inside the bathroom of a bunker on the southwest part of the map near the plane crash site.
- The Pistol can be found on a small boat drifting a few miles off the west coastline of the map.
- The Revolver is on the northeast side of the map inside the bathroom of a bunker.
- The Shotgun can be found in a camp on the northern coastline of the map, or inside a grave on the northwest side of the map.
- Some other weapons in Sons of the Forest include Grenades, Time Bombs, Molotov Cocktails, Putter, and Guitar.
- The Grenades can be found in a number of locations. The easiest is on the west coastline. On the beach, you’ll see a camp. Inside one of the weapon safes, you’ll find two grenades.
- The Time Bombs can be crafted with 5x Coins, 1x C4 Brick, 1x Silver Watch, 1x Wire, 1x Circuit Board, and 1x Duct Tape
- The Molotov Cocktails are crafted with 1x Cloth and 1x Alcohol Bottle.
- The Putter can be found on the first floor of the same bunker where you find the Katana.
- The Guitar can be found in the same bunker you find the Chainsaw in.
All Sons Of The Forest Weapons Comparison
A comparison table below will showcase each weapon and its stats against one another. You can deduce which one suits your playstyle and what you should avoid:
No | Weapons | Item type | Location(s) | Equipable | Upgradable | Throwable | Storage | Speed | Damage | Block | Range | Max. Stack |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Axe | Melee Weapon | Helicopter Crash | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
2 | Crafted Spear | Melee Weapon | - | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
3 | Machete | Melee Weapon | Northern Coast | Yes | No | No | - | High | Medium | Medium | Short | - |
4 | Stun Baton | Melee Weapon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5 | Chainsaw | Melee Weapon | - | Yes | No | No | - | Medium | Godly | - | - | - |
6 | Katana | Melee Weapon | South-Eastern Cave Bunker | Yes | No | No | - | High | Medium | Medium | Medium | - |
7 | Slingshot | Weapon | Cave near river | Yes | No | 1 slot | - | Unknown | Unknown | - | Unknown | 1 |
8 | Crafted Bow | Ranged | - | Yes | No | 1 slot | - | Medium-High | Medium | - | Low-Medium | - |
9 | Cross Bow | Ranged | Food and Dining Bunker | Yes | Yes | No | - | Low | Medium-High | - | Medium-High | - |
10 | Compound Bow | Ranged | Maintenance Bunker B | Yes | No | No | - | Low-Medium | High | - | High | - |
11 | Pistol | Ranged | 1. On the Survival raft 2. In green point cave near the lake cave on the rear side of the map (requires maintenance keycard) | Yes | Yes | No | - | Fast | Low-Medium | - | Medium | 12 |
12 | Revolver | Ranged | Maintenance Bunker C | Yes | No | No | - | High | Medium-High | - | Medium-High | 6 |
13 | Shotgun | Weapon | GPS locator marker in grave/counter in night club | One/Two Handed | Shotgun Rail used to add attachments; Flashlight and Laser Sight | N/A | Unknown | Slow fire rate | High | N/A | Short | 1 |
14 | Molotov Cocktail | Ranged | - | Yes | No | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15 | Time Bomb | Weapon/Tool | - | Yes | - | Yes | Inventory | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Sons Of The Forest Melee Weapons Locations
You must look for a few melee weapons in Sons of the Forest Weapon Locations. Each has its specific uses and stats based on speed and damage. Some of them have to be crafted using materials. In this section, we’ll go over all the details regarding where to find them in the game.
Axe
Added in | EarlyAccess.32355 |
Item type | Melee Weapon |
Location(s) | Helicopter Crash |
Obtained through | At the start of the game, from the emergency equipment bag |
Equipable | yes |
Upgradable | no |
Throwable | no |
Storage | Unknown |
Speed | Unknown |
Damage | Unknown |
Block | Unknown |
Range | Unknown |
Max. Stack | Unknown |
The Tactical Axe is arguably essential for surviving on the Sons of the Forest island. It’s great for defending yourself against enemies and chopping down trees. It can be found at the beginning of your game inside the Emergency Pack. You can also find the Utility Knife alongside the Axe in the Emergency Pack.
But you should also begin your search for the Modern Axe once you’re ready, as it’s much faster at chopping down trees and inflicts more damage to enemies.
If you follow the road towards this location on the map, you’ll find a gap between the tracks. This is where the camp is located. This camp will have all kinds of tools available, but you can find the Modern Axe lying close to a dead body in one of the tents. So that’s how you get the Modern Axe in Sons of the forest.
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Crafted Spear
Also known as | Weak Spear |
Category | Melee Weapon |
Attacks | Melee |
Equipable | yes |
Upgradable | no |
Throwable | no |
Storage | Unknown |
Speed | Unknown |
Damage | Unknown |
Block | Unknown |
Range | Unknown |
Max. Stack | Unknown |
A Crafted Spear is also a convenient weapon to use in combat. You can prepare a Crafted Spear using only a few materials and don’t need to look around the map for those materials.
To craft a spear, you need to find yourselves some sticks. You can find them on the beach at the start of the game or in the forest. You can also get them by chopping down trees or ordering Kelvin to find them.
Next, you must collect duct tape from small containers scattered around the spawn location. Once you have these materials, open your Inventory Mat by pressing the “I” key. Combine 1x Duct Tape, 2x Sticks, and the Knife to craft your spear.
Machete
Added in | EarlyAccess.32355 |
Item type | Melee |
Location(s) | Northern Coast |
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | No |
Throwable | No |
Speed | High |
Damage | Medium |
Block | Medium |
Range | Short |
The Machete is one of the better weapons in the game for melee combat. It’s effective because of its fast speed and inflicts a decent amount of damage on enemies.
To reach the Machete, follow the beach’s coastline on the map’s Northside. In the area, you’ll come across some dead Killer Whales. Continue going this way, and you should find a camp. There’s a bunch of loot available here including the Shotgun. Search the place for a pair of Dinghy Boats, and you’ll be able to find the Machete inside one of them.
Stun Baton
Also known as | Cattle Prod |
Category | Melee Weapon |
Attacks | Stun Melee |
Stun Baton is another helpful weapon you can get early in the game. If you hold down the left-click mouse button, you’ll activate an electric shock that temporarily stuns your enemy. You can use this opportunity to either run away or finish them off, but you’ll have to act quickly before the enemy recovers.
The Stun Baton is located near the stream marked on the map. Follow the sound of the water until you reach a small waterfall. You’ll see the Stun Baton between a pile of skulls at the waterfall’s base.
Chainsaw
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | No |
Throwable | No |
Speed | MEDIUM |
Damage | GODLY |
Getting the Chainsaw is tricky, as you’ll have to obtain the VIP key card and the Maintenance key card first. It would be best to have them first before entering the bunker inside the cave withholding the Chainsaw.
Once you obtain them, you can head to the location on the map to find the cave. Enter the cave and keep exploring the bunker. You’ll come across a door that requires the Maintenance essential card to open. Open the door and go left from the Gym area.
Keep going until you reach the Lobby, and walk up the stairs. Walk straight from here until you find the second door, which requires the VIP key card. Open the door and walk down the hallway until you reach the Cinema room.
Inside the Cinema room, you’ll find the Chainsaw inside a corpse sitting on one of the bag chairs.
Katana
Added in | EarlyAccess.32355 |
Item type | Melee |
Location(s) | South-Eastern Cave Bunker |
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | No |
Throwable | No |
Speed | High |
Damage | Medium |
Block | Medium |
Range | Medium |
The Katana is the best melee weapon in the game. Getting your hands on it can be challenging, but the hard work pays off.
First, you’ll need to enter the cave until you find a hole that leads to the bunker. Use the Maintenance key card to enter the bunker and follow its path.
Continue down the stairs until you reach the second door and open it. Doing this will play a cutscene, and you can’t exit from how you came. Explore the bunker for any items you want such as the Golden Armor, then continue to the floor beneath.
On the second level, you’ll see a similar layout as the one before. Go down the path and towards the second room on the right; you’ll find the Katana on a stand.
Sons Of The Forest Ranged Weapon Locations
We’ll cover all the Sons of the Forest Weapon Locations in the Ranged category.
Slingshot
Added in | Early Access.32355 |
Item type | Weapon |
Location(s) | Cave near river |
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | no |
Storage | 1 slot |
Speed | Unknown |
Damage | Unknown |
Range | Unknown |
Max. Stack | 1 |
Uses | Small rocks |
Max. Capacity | 1 |
The Slingshot is easy to find and use in Sons of the Forest. It’s great for picking at enemies from afar and finding ammunition (rocks) scattered over the map. Now it’s not on the level of guns dealing damage but still quite helpful.
You can find the Slingshot at the cave entrance on the map. Look for dead bodies mounted on spikes nearby. In one of those bodies, you’ll be able to find the Slingshot.
Crafted Bow
Added in | EarlyAccess.32355 |
Item type | Ranged |
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | No |
Throwable | No |
Speed | Medium-High |
Damage | Medium |
Range | Low-Medium |
Uses | Arrow |
As you may know, ammo is hard to come by on the Sons of the Forest island. So what you can use instead of guns is the Crafted Bow. It might not be as effective as guns, but it’s still a great way to damage enemies from a distance.
To get the Crafted bow, you need to get your hands on three materials: Duct Tape, 2x Sticks, and a Rope. Finding the first two is relatively easy, as you can find them in any abandoned camp. But the rope can be a bit challenging to find.
You can find it inside a cave near the side of the mountain or inside enemy camps. They can also be found along the island’s coastline on one of the spawn locations.
Once you get your hands on all three items, you can open up your inventory to combine them. The result of this will be the Crafted Bow.
You must combine 2x Sticks, 4x Stones, and 2x Feathers to craft arrows for the bows. You can get the first two by roaming the island a bit. Feathers can be obtained from killing birds.
Crossbow
Added in | EarlyAccess.32355 |
Item type | Ranged |
Location(s) | Food and Dining Bunker |
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | Yes |
Throwable | No |
Speed | Low |
Damage | Medium-High |
Range | Medium-High |
Uses | Crossbow Bolt |
The Crossbow is a powerful ranged weapon you can use against enemies in the game. Its bolts can be retained after being shot, but its reload time is relatively slow. So, you can use it to engage in a fight and then switch to a quicker weapon to finish off the enemy.
The Crossbow is also found inside a bunker. This requires entering the Maintenace key card, so you must find that first.
To get the Crossbow, enter the bunker and follow the path until you reach a Kitchen. You’ll need to unlock a door using the Maintenace key card to move further. It will lead to a Hydroponic Center. Here you’ll be able to find the Crossbow inside one of the corpses and a few Crossbow bolts.
Read in detail: Sons of the Forest Crossbow Location
Compound Bow
Added in | EarlyAccess.32355 |
Item type | Ranged |
Location(s) | Maintenance Bunker B |
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | No |
Throwable | No |
Speed | Low-Medium |
Damage | High |
Range | High |
Uses | Arrow |
The Compound Bow is the best bow weapon in Sons of the Forest. Getting a headshot from this weapon will instantly kill most enemies. You can also retain its bolts, so you’ll usually have a lot of ammo.
To reach the Compound Bow, you must travel southwest of the map near the plane crash site. Go towards the west of the area until you find the entrance to the bunker. To get inside the bunker, you’ll need to dig out its door; for that, you’ll need the shovel.
Once inside the bunker, make your way to the bathroom. You’ll see a corpse inside the bathtub with the Compound Bow beside it.
Pistol
Also known as | Pistol |
Added in | Early Access.32355 |
Item type | Ranged |
Location(s) | 1. On the Survival raft 2. In green point cave near the lake cave on the rear side of the map (requires maintenance keycard) |
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | Yes |
Throwable | no |
Speed | Fast |
Damage | Low-Medium |
Range | Medium |
Uses | 9mm Ammo |
Max. Capacity | 12 |
Nothing beats a classic pistol for killing enemies in Sons of the Forest. Although its ammo can be hard to come by, the damage it inflicts from a range is only matched by the shotgun and the revolver.
You can find a 9mm Pistol on a small boat floating on the island’s west side a few miles from the west coastline. You’ll need to swim to get over there but beware of sharks spawning to the right of the boat. Once there, you can find the pistol, the GPS locator, and a few other supplies.
Read in detail: Sons of the Forest Pistol Location and Guide
Revolver
Added in | EarlyAccess.32355 |
Item type | Ranged |
Location(s) | Maintenance Bunker C |
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | No |
Throwable | No |
Speed | High |
Damage | Medium-High |
Range | Medium-High |
Uses | 9mm Ammo |
Max. Capacity | 6 |
The Revolver deals more damage than the pistol, but its smaller magazine can be a bit limiting when facing off against a group of enemies. Nevertheless, it’s still a great ranged weapon to use for engaging in a fight.
To find the Revolver, you’ll need to dig up the entrance of a bunker. When you enter this bunker, you’ll find two rooms. The first room will have the corpse of a worker, and beside him will be the Revolver.
Shotgun
Also known as | Unknown |
Added in | Early Access.32355 |
Item type | Weapon |
Location(s) | GPS locator marker in grave/counter in night club |
Obtained through | Digging up the grave with a shovel/picking up on the bar counter of the night club |
Equipable | One/Two Handed |
Upgradable | Shotgun Rail used to add attachments; Flashlight and Laser Sight |
Throwable | N/A |
Storage | Unknown |
Speed | Slow fire rate |
Damage | High |
Block | N/A |
Range | Short |
Max. Stack | 1 |
The Shotgun is the most devastating weapon in Sons of the Forest. Once you get it, you can one-shot almost any enemy out of their range.
There are two locations from where you can get the shotgun.
First, you can go to the north coastline of the map. On the beach, you’ll find an abandoned camp; inside one of the tents, you should see the Shotgun.
You’ll need to dig up a grave to get the Shotgun from the second location. To do that, you’ll need the Shovel first. Once you have the Shovel, go to the area marked on the map and dig out the grave. Inside the coffin of the dead soldier, you’ll see Shotgun.
Other Sons Of The Forest Weapon Locations
Outside of melee and ranged weapons, some other weapons are available in Sons of the Forest Weapon Locations.
Grenades
You can get Grenades from Sons of the Forest in several locations. But the easiest way to get some, in the beginning, is near the island’s west coastline. On the beach, you’ll see a corpse and some supplies. In front of the corpse, you’ll see a weapon safe from which you can get two grenades.
Molotov Cocktail
Added in | EarlyAccess.32355 |
Item type | Ranged |
Equipable | Yes |
Upgradable | No |
Throwable | Yes |
Molotov Cocktails are great for getting out of a crowd of enemies. You can run away and throw it over to quickly slow down the enemy and clear out many low-health enemies.
Crafting a Molotov Cocktail is quite simple. All you need is 1x Cloth and 1x Alcohol Bottle. Combine the two materials in the crafting space to get the Molotov Cocktail.
To use the Molotov, you’ll need to ignite it using your lighter. Once it’s ignited, you can throw it over just like a grenade. Any enemy that touches the fire will be damaged significantly.
Time Bomb
Item type | Weapon/Tool |
Equipable | Yes |
Throwable | Yes |
Storage | Inventory |
Max. Stack | 3 |
Time Bombs are essentially delayed grenades. You can use them to kill a bunch of enemies at once or damage a small group of enemies.
To craft a Time Bomb, you’ll need 5x Coins, 1x C4 Brick, 1x Silver Watch, 1x Wire, 1x Circuit Board, and 1x Duct Tape. Combine all these materials to get the Time Bomb.
Putter
Putter is a fun tool you can use to play golf if you have the golf balls to go with it. It can also be used as a weapon but isn’t very effective compared to others. You can get the Putter from several locations, such as the bunker you find the Katana from and others.
Guitar
Lastly, in Sons of the Forest Weapon Locations, the Guitar is another melee weapon found in the same bunker where you get the Chainsaw. It’s overall inferior to the Modern Axe in terms of damage and speed.
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