Metal Slug Tactics is all about customization: choosing your characters, picking their loadouts, and then deciding which modifications you want to implement into their weapons. But not all mods are available from the beginning of the game.
In order to truly bring the best out of your squad, you’ll need to unlock these mods. To do this you’ll need to earn coins from completing certain missions, doing bonus objectives, or even refusing to mod your weapons during a run.
Read on to find out which weapon mods need to be unlocked this way, and how much it’ll cost.
The best mods to unlock first in Metal Slug Tactics
For Handguns, grab the Range+Transfer mod first. It can make a huge impact on your ability to move around the field while enhancing your ability to deal damage while safe.
By the same token, Piercing/Transfer on Rifles is also the way to go, for similar reasons. Being able to hit multiple enemies in a row with a standard weapon is incredibly powerful, especially when paired with Fio’s ability to move enemies into position.
For Grenades, choose Shelter or All In, depending on whether you typically have grenade users move with the team or post up on high ground and stay there. For Grenade Launchers you have a similar choice. If you are choosing a loadout where your Grenade Launcher character is on the front lines, grab Max Ammo/Bayonet or Oversized.
For Melee, grab Swift to Velocity/Transfer, as one of the main issues with melee weapon users is mobility, and this helps with that, eventually making your entire team more mobile.
Shotgun users should absolutely get Precision/Vampire, because healing is very powerful in Metal Slug Tactics, and when at max health the already powerful Shotgun becomes even more powerful, a snake eating its own tail, in the best way.
Flamethrowers should take Shelter/Long Shot or Range+Bayonet, and finally, there are no real standout Laser mods, so grab Instigator (always a good option) or one of the Max Ammo mods, wince Laser weapons tend to have low ammo counts.
To look at your available mods, talk to Rumi in your base or in between areas once you’re on a run.
Handgun Mods
- Unlock for $11: Range+1, Range+2
- Unlock for $15: Mirror, Flick
- Unlock for $23: All In
- Unlock for $30: Precision II
Rifle Mods
- Unlock for $5: Max Ammo Velocity, Swift
- Unlock for $8: Range+1, Bayonet
- Unlock for $10: Shelter 1, 2
- Unlock for $15: Piercing 1, 2
Grenade Mods
- Unlock for $8: Shelter 1, 2, 3
- Unlock for $19: All In, All In and Range+1
- Unlock for $15: Kamikaze and Damage+3, +4
Grenade Launcher Mods
- Unlock for $8: Range+2 and Shelter 2, Range+3 and Shelter 3, Range+4 and Shelter 4
- Unlock for $5: Max Ammo+2 and Fireworks, Max Ammo+4 and Fireworks 2, Max Ammo+6 and Inspiring
- Unlock for $13: Kamikaze and Damage+3, +5
- Unlock for $10: Max Ammo+4 and Bayonet 1, Max Ammo+6 and Bayonet 2
- Unlock for $15: Barbaric
- Unlock for $20: Oversized
Melee Mods
- Unlock for $11: Swift, Swift and Transfer, Velocity and Transfer
- Unlock for $11: Precision, Precision 2, Precision 4
- Unlock for $15: Mirror and Damage -1, Mirror
- Unlock for $19: Burst and Damage -1, Burst
- Unlock for $23: Rossi Implants
Shotgun Mods
- Unlock for $5: Instigator 1, 2, and 3
- Unlock for $8: Precision and Vampire, Precision and Vampire 2, Precision 2 and Vampire 2
- Unlock for $10: Range+1 and Brawn, Range+2 and Brawn
- Unlock for $15: Max Ammo+4, Barbaric, Max Ammo+8 and Barbaric
- Unlock for $20: Oversized
- Unlock for $18: Rossi Implants
Flamethrower Mods
- Unlock for $8: Max Ammo+2 and Flick, Max Ammo+4 and Flick, Max Ammo+6 and Mirror
- Unlock for $8: Range+1 and Bayonet 1, Bayonet 1 and Range+2, Bayonet 2 and Range+3
- Unlock for $15: Shelter 2, Shelter 2 and Long Shot
- Unlock for $10: Max Ammo+3 and All In, Max Ammo+6 and All In
- Unlock for $20: Oversized
- Unlock for $18: Rossi Implants
Laser Mods
- Unlock for $5: Max Ammo+2 and Fireworks, Max Ammo+4 and Fireworks, Max Ammo+6 and Fireworks 2
- Unlock for $8: Max Ammo+1 and Pinpoint, Max Ammo+3 and Pinpoint, Max Ammo+5 and Poinpoint 2
- Unlock for $13: Oversized, Oversized 2
- Unlock for $13: Instigator 2, Instigator 3
- Unlock for $18: Precision 2
- Unlock for $18: First Blood 2
Now that you know how to get your mods rolling along, grab a Fire weapon and take out those desert zombies!