PUBG Mobile Best Guns: What to Pick Up and Why

PUBG Mobile's best guns for most matches are the M416 for all-round fights, the AKM or the Beryl M762 for close-range damage, the UMP45 when you want easy recoil, and a Kar98k or M24 for long range. The AWM beats them all in damage per shot, but only airdrops carry it. No single gun wins at every distance, so the real choice is the pair you carry.

The best guns in PUBG Mobile, by type

Assault rifles: the gun you will fire most

The M416 is the standard answer for a reason. It uses 5.56 mm ammo and accepts every kind of attachment: muzzle, grip, magazine, stock and scope. With nothing on it, it is an average rifle. Fully fitted, it is the easiest rifle to hold on target at medium range.

The SCAR-L uses the same ammo and handles almost the same way. Its only real difference is that it has no stock slot.

The AKM fires 7.62 mm rounds, so each bullet does more damage, and it kicks harder, with no grip slot to calm it down. It is strong inside buildings and hard to spray at a distance.

The Beryl M762 also uses 7.62 mm, fires faster than the AKM and takes a grip. Up close, few rifles kill faster, but its recoil is among the heaviest in the game.

SMGs and shotguns: buildings and the first fights

The UMP45 has gentle recoil and stays useful a little past close range. It is the gun to learn the game with. The UZI fires very fast and wins fights at very short range, but it loses value quickly as the distance grows. The Vector kills faster than both, yet its small magazine is empty after one fight until you find an extended one.

Shotguns such as the S686 win the same early fights inside houses. Replace them once the circle moves you into the open.

Sniper rifles and DMRs: long range

The Kar98k is the bolt-action rifle you will find most often. A headshot knocks down a player who wears a level 2 helmet with one shot. The M24 does the same job and takes magazine attachments, which the Kar98k cannot. The AWM comes only from airdrops, together with its own ammo, and one headshot is enough even against a level 3 helmet.

DMRs sit between rifles and snipers. They fire as fast as you can tap, which forgives a missed first shot. The Mini14 (5.56 mm) is the easy one, with light recoil and a fast bullet. The SKS and the SLR (7.62 mm) hit harder and kick more.

What is the strongest gun in PUBG Mobile?

By damage per shot, the AWM. But "strongest" depends on distance. On a staircase, an S686 or a UZI beats an AWM every time, and at 300 meters neither of them can answer a Kar98k.

The honest answer is the gun you control. An M416 that lands twenty bullets beats a Beryl that lands five. If recoil is what holds you back, our guide to PUBG Mobile sensitivity settings is the place to start.

PUBG Mobile best gun attachments

Attachments change a gun more than most players expect:

• Muzzle: the Compensator cuts recoil the most, so it goes on the gun you spray with. The Suppressor hides your sound and your muzzle flash, which suits sniper rifles and DMRs.
• Grip: the Vertical Foregrip reduces vertical recoil and is the simple choice for spraying. The Angled Foregrip helps with side-to-side recoil and lets you aim down sights faster.
• Magazine: the Extended Quickdraw Mag is the best of the three types, because it adds bullets and speeds up the reload.
• Stock: the Tactical Stock steadies the M416, and the Cheek Pad does the same for sniper rifles and most DMRs.
• Scope: a Red Dot or Holographic sight for close fights, a 3x or 4x on a rifle for medium range, and a 6x or 8x on a sniper rifle. The 6x can be zoomed down to 3x, which suits a DMR.

Two guns that cover each other

Your two main slots should answer two different distances.

• M416 with a Kar98k or M24: the classic pair for open maps such as Erangel and Miramar.
• M416 with a DMR: easier than a bolt-action if your first shot often misses.
• AKM or Beryl with an M416: one rifle for close range and one with a scope. This suits small maps such as Sanhok and Livik, where long shots are rare.

Do not carry two guns for the same job. A shotgun next to an SMG leaves you without an answer the moment somebody shoots from a hill.

When the circle gets small, take the high-zoom scope off your rifle and put the Red Dot back on.

Frequent questions

Is the M416 better than the AKM?

At medium range, yes for most players, because its recoil is far easier to control. Up close the AKM needs fewer bullets.

Where do I find the AWM?

Only in airdrops, the crates that fall from the plane during the match and land with red smoke. Its ammo comes in the same crate and is found nowhere else, so every bullet counts.

Do gun skins change damage or recoil?

No. A skin changes only how a weapon looks. A default M416 and one with a rare skin are the same gun.

Skins are looks, and UC pays for them

Nothing in this list can be bought. Every gun and every attachment is found on the ground or in a crate during the match, the same for everyone. What UC buys is how your weapons and your character look: weapon skins, outfits and the Royale Pass.

If that is what you want, Mas4Games loads PUBG Mobile UC by player ID for global accounts, and also sells UC codes that you redeem yourself. For a top-up by ID the store asks only for your player ID, never for your password.