In Sons of The Forest, there are a total of around 40 weapons and tools, and we show you all the weapons available at the time of the 1.0 full-release version in this post. In addition, we will tell you where you can find all the weapons.
Icon | Weapon | Where to Find |
![]() | West in the cave in the lake area, below the waterfall. | |
![]() | Cave on the northern beach | |
![]() | In front of the cave entrance in the west of the mountains. | |
![]() | Cave next to the mountain (west) | |
![]() | Exclamation mark (GPS signal) furthest to the northwest of the map. at the wooden cross. Schaufel benötigt | |
![]() | Green POI in the northeast of the map. Shovel needed | |
![]() | Bunker at the big lake in the southeast of the map. In a corpse on the sofa. Opt. Golf Course. | |
![]() | Plane Axe | Already owned from the start |
![]() | Survival Raft in the Ocean | |
![]() | Found in a Camping Site western of the mountain. | |
![]() | Eastern end of the northern beach. | |
![]() | Second level in the bunker at the large lake in the southeast of the map. On a sword holder. | |
![]() | Cave between large lake and mountains. | |
![]() | In a cave east of the lake area | |
![]() | Handcrafted Club | Can be crafted |
![]() | Handcrafted Bow | Can be crafted |
![]() | Cave/bunker in the central west (green POI) Maintenance Key Card needed | |
![]() | Firefighter Axe | Green POI northwest of the mountain: „Maintenance A" Bunker Shovel needed |
![]() | Green POI (VIP bunker) in the bay in the northwest of the map. Maintenance Keycard needed | |
![]() | Buried in the cannibal camp in the southwest of the map Shovel needed | |
![]() | Maintenance Key Card needed Cave/bunker in the central west (green POI) |
As you can surely discover in the list above, many weapons are hidden right at the start of a new round in unreachable caves or bunkers. Therefore, you must first focus on basic armaments, which you can also find on the surface world. The best of these weapons are the following:
You can find all these weapons either in the forest or make them yourself. You can look up the locations of these weapons directly in the list above.
You can switch the weapon either through your inventory (I) or through the quick selection bar. You also equip this in the inventory by placing your mouse over the desired weapon and then pressing a key from 1 to 6. Here you can also place a torch or similar.
There are three different ways to improve your weapons or to inflict more damage with them. For one, you can build fire, explosive, or shock arrows for the handmade bow and the compound bow.
On the other hand, you can improve firearms with various attachments:
The third and last variant to improve your weapons works with the ore Solafite: You have to mine this ore with the pickaxe in certain caves and then melt it in a furnace. Add a weapon and it will be gilded. But be careful: Demons and mutants spawn during the improvement process.
Author's tip: Only improve melee weapons with the Solafite furnace! Unfortunately, the damage of firearms is not improved by the Solafite. You can learn more about the topic in the detailed guide to weapon upgrades with Solafite.
The developers of Sons of The Forest are planning further new content after the full release and Update 16 (released on February 22, 2024). The team from Endnight Games has not explicitly confirmed that weapons will be part of these patches, but we from Guided would not rule it out.
That's it: Now you know all the weapons in Sons of The Forest as well as the answers to many more questions. If you still have any questions or comments, then write us a comment or contact the author directly via Community Discord!