BioShock Weapon Damage Comparison (Rapture Guns)

Compare 15 BioShock Rapture gun hits: Wrench, Pistol, Machine Gun, Shotgun, Grenades, Thrower and Crossbow. Base damage cited. With bars, table and ratios.

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Crossbow Incendiary600 Damage

Heat Seeking RPG475 Damage

Crossbow Steel Tip450 Damage

Proximity Grenade450 Damage

Shotgun Exploding Buck400 Damage

Frag Grenade350 Damage

Shotgun 00 Buck280 Damage

Shotgun Electric Buck280 Damage

Pistol Standard40 Damage

Machine Gun Standard40 Damage

Machine Gun Armor Piercing30 Damage

Chemical Napalm30 Damage

Chemical Electric Gel25 Damage

Wrench20 Damage

Machine Gun Antipersonnel18 Damage

All values

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Name	Value	Context	Source
Machine Gun Antipersonnel Lowest here. 6x shreds Splicers to 108.	18 damage	Base 18, 108 vs Splicers	BioShock Wiki Machine Gun Rapture raw: 18 base, 6x vs Splicers
Wrench No mag needed.	20 damage	Melee, 5 vs Big Daddies	BioShock Wiki Wrench: Damage 20, 0.25x vs Big Daddies
Chemical Electric Gel Stuns machines.	25 damage	75 vs machines, 25 in water	BioShock Wiki Chemical Thrower raw: 25 electric, 3x vs machines
Machine Gun Armor Piercing 2x and 4x multipliers.	30 damage	60 vs Big Daddies, 120 vs machines	BioShock Wiki Machine Gun Rapture raw: 30 base
Chemical Napalm 3x vs Electric Thuggish.	30 damage	Plus 1.2 burning per second	BioShock Wiki Chemical Thrower raw: 30 heat
Pistol Standard Pistol AP and Antipersonnel share 40 base with multipliers.	40 damage	Mag 6, head 4x Splicers	BioShock Wiki Pistol Rapture raw: 40 piercing
Machine Gun Standard Tied with pistol.	40 damage	Mag 40, no head bonus	BioShock Wiki Machine Gun Rapture raw: 40 piercing
Shotgun 00 Buck Point blank near 280. Head 2x Splicers.	280 damage	35 times 8 pellets	BioShock Wiki Shotgun Rapture raw: 35x8 piercing
Shotgun Electric Buck 105x8 vs machines. Stuns.	280 damage	35 times 8 electric	BioShock Wiki Shotgun Rapture raw: 35x8 electric
Frag Grenade Mag 6.	350 damage	200 plus 150 proximity based	BioShock Wiki Grenade Launcher raw: 350 frag
Shotgun Exploding Buck Plus 6 burning per second. Ignites.	400 damage	50 times 8 explosive	BioShock Wiki Shotgun Rapture raw: 50x8 explosive
Crossbow Steel Tip Mag 5.	450 damage	Head 10x Splicers	BioShock Wiki Crossbow raw: 450 piercing
Proximity Grenade Tied with steel tip.	450 damage	Top grenade flat hit	BioShock Wiki Grenade Launcher raw: 450 proximity
Heat Seeking RPG Inventable round.	475 damage	400 plus 75, 850 vs Splicers	BioShock Wiki Grenade Launcher raw: 475 heat seeking
Crossbow Incendiary Top single hit bolt.	600 damage	Highest here	BioShock Wiki Crossbow raw: 600 heat

About these numbers: Damage is the in-game base per the BioShock Wiki gunbox values. Ammo multipliers, headshots and upgrades shift final hits, so the table stays on base.

About this converter

Rapture guns print base damage in the gunbox, and ammo types scale it with fixed multipliers. The Wrench deals 20, or 5 against Big Daddies. Machine Gun Antipersonnel is 18 base but 108 against Splicers at 6x. Electric Gel is 25, or 75 against machines. Armor Piercing Machine Gun is 30, doubled and quadrupled against hard targets. Pistol and Machine Gun standard share 40. Shotguns fire 8 pellets: 00 Buck and Electric Buck total 280, Exploding Buck totals 400 plus burn. Frag grenades deal 350, Proximity deals 450, Heat Seeking deals 475, Steel Tip bolts deal 450, and Incendiary bolts top the list at 600. Every figure here is the base cell from BioShock Wiki gunboxes with Joylock guide cross checks.

How to use it

Pick two entries and a unit in the top row. The three boxes below stay linked. Change any box and the other two update. Try 1 Incendiary Bolt against 1 Wrench to see the top to starter gap. The ratio line prints how many times harder one hit lands.

Pistol Armor Piercing and Antipersonnel share the 40 base with 2x, 4x and 6x multipliers, so the table lists standard once and keeps the rest in notes. Liquid Nitrogen deals near zero damage and freezes instead, so it stays out. Upgrade bonuses of about 25 to 30 percent shift finals and stay out of the base math.

FAQ

How much damage is the Wrench?

20 base, or 5 against Big Daddies at 0.25x. No ammo needed.

What is the highest damage here?

Incendiary Bolt at 600 heat. Heat Seeking RPG is next at 475.

Why is Antipersonnel 18 and 108?

18 is the base and 108 is the 6x result against Splicers. The converter tracks the base.

How do shotgun totals work?

Per pellet times 8 pellets: 35x8 is 280. Exploding 50x8 is 400 plus burn.

Sources

BioShock Wiki: Wrench, Pistol Rapture, Machine Gun Rapture raw gunbox damage cells
BioShock Wiki: Shotgun Rapture, Grenade Launcher, Chemical Thrower, Crossbow raw damage cells
GameFAQs Joylock BioShock guide (damage number cross check)

Last verified: 2026-10-04 · 15 entries

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