Third-person action combat with a hint of bullet hell. You dodge and weave or pop a reflector shield to bounce energy beams back at enemies. Weapons and a module socketing system supply the ability pool, and there are classic tab-targeting and homing-bullet options for players who do not want to aim.
Pistol
XP: Its own XP type — you must use a pistol to progress the pistol tree
Default battery size 6. Every projectile-firing ability spends 1 battery per projectile; the battery recharges after a few seconds without firing. Since the 8.3.0 rework projectiles travel much faster with far less homing.
| Ability | Effect | Known issues at introduction |
| Double Tap | Fires two quick shots at once. | — |
| Ricochet | One projectile that bounces to nearby valid targets. | Visual was bugged at introduction; the effect itself works. |
| Unload | Fan the hammer — fire as fast as you can pull the trigger. | — |
| Double Time | Doubles the pistol battery size for a short time. | — |
| Pistol Whip | Stuns enemies in front of you for a short duration. | Shipped with placeholder visuals and no animation; functions correctly. |
Grenade Launcher
XP: Its own XP type
Area control and crowd manipulation rather than raw single-target damage — three of its four abilities move enemies rather than just hurting them.
| Ability | Effect | Known issues at introduction |
| Cluster | A single projectile that detonates into a swarm of homing projectiles on impact. | — |
| Repulsor | An explosion that knocks targets away from the centre of the blast. | — |
| Implosion | An impact that drags targets toward the centre of the effect. | — |
| Uplift | An antigravity field that slowly lifts enemies into the air and stops them moving for a short duration. | — |
Healix
XP: Support line
The group-support weapon. Its model was updated and its targeting radius slightly increased during the Open Horizon cycle.
| Ability | Effect | Known issues at introduction |
| Siphon | Hold to fire a beam that locks onto an enemy and drains their health to restore some of your own. | — |
Ability names and effects are transcribed from the official Stars Reach patch notes that introduced them. Stars Reach does not publish damage numbers, so none are listed here — where a note says a visual is bugged, that is the developer's own known-issue text. A ranked "best weapon" list would need numbers Playable Worlds has not released and
testing conditions nobody outside the studio can reproduce, so this page stays descriptive. What
you can act on is the shape of each kit: the Pistol is a battery-managed single-target line, the
Grenade Launcher is crowd control where three of four abilities move enemies rather than damage
them, and the Healix is the group-support line. Pair those against your
Focus and Stamina split rather than against a tier letter.