Mutators are an important piece of equipment in Remnant 2 that provides buffs and attributes to their designated weapons. Each weapon has only one mutator slot, so choose them carefully to gain the optimum advantage. In this article, we will be providing a ranked list of ranged Mutators for weapons like handguns and long guns. Go through them to decide and select the best ones for you.
Remnant 2: Best Ranged Mutators
12. Deadly Calm
- Location: Ward 13.
- How to Get: Purchased from the NPC Vendor Dwell for a cost of x75 Relic Dust and x500 scrap.
- Perk: Continuously Aiming increases Ranged Damage by up to 10% over 3s.
- Upgrade Stats: The ranged damage percent increases by 1 with each upgrade.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will deal 20% damage, and the Ranged Critical Hit Chance will increase by 10%.
11. Slayer
- Location: Ward 13.
- How to Get: Purchased from Dwell for a cost of x75 Relic Dust and x500 scrap.
- Perk: Reloading increases the damage of the weapon’s next shot by 10%. It lasts for 3s.
- Upgrade Stats: The damage percentage increases by 1 with each upgrade.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will deal 20% damage, and the reload speed will increase by 15%.
10. Twisting Wounds
- Location: Butcher’s Quarter or Cotton’s Kiln in Losomn.
- How to Get: Obtained as a drop after defeating the boss Grime Crawler.
- Perk: Increases Ranged damage of the weapon by 10% to BLEEDING targets.
- Upgrade Stats: The ranged damage percent increases by 1 with each upgrade.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will deal 20% ranged damage. The weapon’s Ranged Weakspot and Ranged Critical Hits will also apply BLEEDING, dealing 100 BLEED damage over 10s.
9. Lithely
- Location: Harvester’s Reach in Losomn.
- How to Get: Obtained as a drop after defeating the boss Barghest the Vile.
- Perk: Increases the weapon’s reload speed by 3% for each enemy killed between reloads. It lasts for 7s and has a max of 5 Stacks.
- Upgrade Stats: With each upgrade, the reload speed percent increases by 0.3%.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will provide 7% faster reload speed. Reloading the weapon at Max Stacks will increase Ranged Damage by 20% for 15s.
8. Bandit
- Location: Forgotten Field/ The Expanding Glade/ Imperial Gardens/ The Nameless Nest in Yaesha. In any one of those four locations with the optional dual boss.
- How to Get: Obtained as a drop after defeating the optional dual boss, The Weald Stalker and The Gnarled Archer.
- Perk: Upon each hit, it grants a 10% chance to return spent Ammo directly into the weapon’s magazine.
- Upgrade Stats: With each upgrade, the ammo return chance percent increases by 2%.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will provide a 30% ammo return chance. When Ammo is returned to the weapon, it gains a 10% increased Fire Rate for 3s. The duration can increase up to 10s.
7. Failsafe
- Location: Dormant N’Erudian Facility.
- How to Get: Activate the control panel to manually trigger the purge in the secret area where you find the Biome-Control Glyph instead of killing all the mobs. Kill the ensuing miniboss to obtain.
- Perk: Attached Mod deals 10% additional Mod Damage.
- Upgrade Stats: The Mod Damage increases by 1% with each upgrade.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will provide a 20% Mod Damage increase. Attached Mod use gains a 15% chance to not consume charge.
6. Momentum
- Location: Imperial Gardens in Yaesha.
- How to Get: Obtained as a drop after defeating the optional boss Mantagora.
- Perk: When this weapon scores a Critical Hit, it increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage by 1.5% for 3s. Max 10 stacks.
- Upgrade Stats: The Critical Damage increases by 0.15% with each upgrade.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will provide a 3% Critical Damage increase. Critical Hits from the weapon add 2 stacks. It increases duration by 2s.
5. Refunder
- Location: Tower of the Unseen in N’Erud.
- How to Get: Obtained as a drop after defeating the boss E.D. Alpha.
- Perk: Shots from the weapon have a 20% chance to return spent Ammo to reserves.
- Upgrade Stats: With each upgrade, the Ammo return chance increases by 1.5%.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will have a 35% chance to return Ammo. Refunded Ammo has a 50% chance also to be added to stowed weapon reserves.
4. Extender
- Location: The Chimney or The Twisted Chantry in Yaesha.
- How to Get: Obtained as a drop after defeating the miniboss Root.
- Perk: Increases Magazine Capacity of the weapon by 20%.
- Upgrade Stats: The Magazine Capacity increases by 2% with each upgrade.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will have a 40% increased Magazine Capacity. Increases Reload Speed of this weapon by 15% when reloading from empty.
3. Bulletweaver
- Location: Endaira’s End in Yaesha.
- How to Get: Obtained as a drop after defeating the bosses Atrophy and Rot Stalker.
- Perk: Mod use increases the weapon’s Fire Rate by 10% for 7s.
- Upgrade Stats: The Fire Rate increases by 1% with each upgrade.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will have a 20% increased Fire Rate. Increases Mod Generation of the weapon by 15%. It lasts for 7s.
2. Ghost Shell
- Location: The Widow’s Court in Yaesha.
- How to Get: Obtained after interacting with the Rotten Thaen Fruit. Wear the Red Doe’s Sigil in front of the Ravager and Red Doe’s Statue in The Widow’s Court to reveal a secret passage to find the Rotten Thaen Fruit.
- Perk: After 3 consecutive Weakspot Hits, increase the damage of the next Weakspot Hit by 20%.
- Upgrade Stats: With each upgrade, the Weakspot Hit Damage increases by 2%.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will deal 40% increased Weakspot Hit Damage. Increases Weakspot Critical Chance by 15%.
1. Timewave
- Location: Terminus Station or Tower of the Unseen in N’Erud.
- How to Get: Obtained by two distinct methods at two different locations. The process is given below.
- Terminus Station: Interact with the machine found at the secret passage where you find the Constant Variable Ring.
- Tower of the Unseen: Drop down the large hole in the middle of the first main area, and continue down until you reach a hallway. At the end of it will be a room with a large energy source. Interact with it to fight the Restless Spirit, which drops the mutator.
- Perk: Mod Use applies SLOW status on all enemies within 7.5m for 3.5s.
- Upgrade Stats: The SLOW status duration increases by 0.35s with each upgrade.
- Level 10 Stats and Perk: It will gain the SLOW status for 7s. Increase this weapon’s Ranged damage by 15% to enemies inflicted with SLOW status.
Those were some of the best ranged Mutators in Remnant 2. Let us know which ones out of these you will be using in the comments below.
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