8 Best Pistols in Avowed Ranked

Discover everything you need to know about the 8 best pistols on Avowed and what makes them the best and worst ones.

8 Best Pistols in Avowed Ranked
8 Best Pistols in Avowed Ranked (Source: Xbox Game Studios)

Pistols are one-handed ranged weapons that offer high burst damage and stun potential. They can be dual-wielded with melee weapons, spells, or shields. Choosing the best pistol is essential as your gameplay mostly depends on it. Upgrading these weapons is necessary to enhance their combat effectiveness, making them more lethal. This weapon type allows you to stagger enemies and deal heavy damage in tough battles. In this guide, we’ll discuss the best 7 Pistols in Avowed, their attributes, and how to get them while exploring the world.

Top 8 Best Pistols in Avowed Ranked

Pistols in Avowed are one-handed weapons that allow you to deal damage for a safe distance. This weapon type requires only one hand and shoots bullets perfectly straight at medium range. They deal high damage and stun, allowing you to dominate the enemies in combat. You can even use abilities like Marksmanship to improve firearm accuracy and damage.  However, the locking isn’t possible unless paired with a shield while wielding a pistol. Headshots with pistols result in automatic critical hits. You need to invest in Dexterity to boost shooting and reloading speeds. This makes the pistol effective for the bleeding effect. Pistols like The Disappointer come with the “Bleeding Lash” enchantment. This adds a 10% bonus for Bleed damage to each hit.

Below are the 8 best Pistols in Avowed ranked from best to worst:

  1. Magic Mistol- The best pistol in Avowed with homing bullets and high stun.
  2. Fair Play- It boosts critical hit chance and restores health and stamina on kills.
  3. The Disappointer- It deals high damage but has reduced attack power.
  4. Caeroc’s Pride- A shock-infused pistol that deals lightning damage.
  5. Superb Pistol- This pistol is ideal for endgame fights due to its high damage and stun.
  6. Exceptional Pistol- A mid-game pistol with improved damage and stun capabilities.
  7. Fine Pistol- Upgraded version of Common Pistol with better stats.
  8. Common Pistol- A basic pistol with low damage and best suited for early-game combat.

8) Common Pistol

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8 Best Pistols in Avowed Ranked
  • Physical Damage: 23
  • Stun: 20
  • Stamina Cost: 20
  • Critical Hit Chance: 3%

Common Pistol in Avowed is a basic pistol with the lowest damage output and stun capabilities. It’s just a beginning pistol you can upgrade to make it more effective in combat. This straightforward ranged weapon is best suited for early combat. Upgrading the Common Pistol allows you to increase its damage and stun value, making it lethal in combat.

It can be purchased from Flint, which is located at Grinning Balarok in the Dawnshore Region. You can also get it from Merchant Valtur who is situated at Claviger’s Landing in Dawnshore. A Softwood Branch and a Paradisan Ladder are required to upgrade this pistol. We place the Common Pistol in the lower tier in our ranked list due to its weaker damage output and lack of unique effects.

7) Fine Pistol

  • Physical Damage: 69
  • Stun: 80
  • Stamina Cost: 20
  • Critical Hit Chance: 3%

Fine Pistol is an early-game pistol that deals good damage in an initial encounter in Avowed. This is just an enhanced version of Common Pistol with increased damage and stun potential. Fine Pistol is reliable for those who prefer improved performance without unique enchantments. This pistol can be purchased from Gwyneth in the Market District of Paradis, Dawnshore. You can also get it from Merchant Stephan at Essence of War in Fior Mes Iverno in Emerald Stair.

 Pair this Fine Pistol with skills like Staggering Shot and Steady Aim to make it more effective in combat. Upgrading this pistol allows you to boost its damage and stun stats. This weapon is more suitable for the early game encounter only. It’s far better than the Common Pistol and is easier to get. We place the Fine Pistol below the Exceptional Pistol and above the Common Pistol due to its lower damage and stan values in the game.

6) Exceptional Pistol

  • Physical Damage: 115
  • Stun: 140
  • Stamina Cost: 20
  • Critical Hit Chance: 3%

Exceptional Pistol in a non-unique pistol that deals decent damage and stuns in tough battles. This pistol balances damage output and resource management, making it a good choice for players seeking a reliable firearm. Upgrading a Fine Pistol allows you to gain an Exceptional Pistol. This pistol is also purchased from Kampeki who is located at: Leviathan Market, Thirdborn, Shatterscarp Region. You can also buy it from Merchant Stephan, located at Essence of War in Fior Mes Iverno on Emerald Stair.

Go to the Infested Camp in Grim Wetlands in the Emerald Stair Region to get the Exceptional from Marynna. Upgrading this pistol allows you to boost its physical damage and stun capabilities. It’s less effective than the Superb Pistol, but it still makes a high difference in mid-game encounters. This is the best option for players due to its solid damage and reliable stun. We place this weapon below the Superb Pistol and the Fine Pistol due to its damage output and stun potential in combat.

5) Superb Pistol

  • Physical Damage: 161
  • Stun: 200
  • Stamina Cost: 20
  • Critical Hit Chance: 3%

Superb Pistol is a non-unique pistol that offers stunning damage output and stun capabilities in combat. However, this pistol lacks unique enchantments. Superb Pistol is purchased from Ihaka, located In a cave west of Deadfall Highlands, Shatterscarp Region. You can also get it from Kampeki, located at Leviathan Market, Thirdborn, Shatterscarp Region. The other merchant selling Superb Pistol is Forgemaster Dela, situated at Main Hall, Solace Keep, Galawain’s Tusk Region. This pistol is the best option for DPS on a battlefield.

You can use Grimoire on the off-hand to cast damage-dealing spells, Blizzard, or Corrosive Siphon. Upgrading the Superb Pistol allows you to increase its damage output and stun potential. The materials required to upgrade this weapon are Blackwood Branch and Cave Coral. This is the best pistol to use in mid-game combat to eliminate enemies. Its high damage and reliable stun make it the best option to utilize when you don’t have Magic Mistol. Use its stunning potential to stagger nearby foes and interrupt their attacks. Due to the Slower fire rate and lack of unique effects, we place this weapon below the Caeroc’s Pride.

4) Caeroc’s Pride

  • Physical Damage: 69
  • Stun: 80
  • Stamina Cost: 20
  • Critical Hit Chance: 3%

Caeroc’s Pride is a unique weapon that deals excellent physical damage and stuns in tough battles. This weapon comes with a unique passive called Shocking Lash, which allows your hits to deal 10% bonus shock damage. Distant Thunder is a base enchantment that makes your power attacks deal with high shock accumulation. Thunder’s Fall enchantment allows your power attacks to deal high shock accumulation to closer enemies. Wrath of the Storm enchantment will enable you to gain 25% to cast Crackling Bolt by eliminating an enemy.

Caeroc’s Pride is acquired by defeating the Tempestuous Luandi. Tempestuous Luandi is a powerful boss enemy who deals damage at range with his handgun. You can unlock the Shadowing Beyond ability to sneak up behind Luandi and execute a Divine Thorn strike. This enemy is located in the southeast of Shantytown in Dawnshore. You engage with this enemy whether his bounty is active or not. Save Kai’s Fire and Ire ability when you are in trouble and under pressure. Equip your best weapon to eliminate this enemy to loot Caeroc’s Pride from the chest available in the arena.

Caeroc’s Pride is the best option for ranged and melee combat for players in the early to midgame. Pair this one-handed pistol with an arquebus on your back bar for extreme burst damage as a sniper assassin. Caeroc’s Pride has high shock and stun damage but offers a lower rate of fire. The Loud shots of this pistol can quickly alert nearby enemies. This can leave you vulnerable in combat, making it a less ideal weapon than The Disappointer.

3) The Disappointer

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8 Best Pistols in Avowed Ranked
  • Physical Damage: 69
  • Stun: 80
  • Stamina Cost: 20
  • Critical Hit Chance: 3%

The Disappointer is a unique pistol with enchantment passives that buff and debuff your damage. Terrible enchantment allows you to increase the attack damage by 10%. This is an impactful debuff, but you can change it by upgrading the enchantment. Bleeding lash enchantment allows your hits to deal +10% bonus bleed damage. The bleeding effect drains the enemy’s health over time. When you reach maximum accumulation, it will inflict a damage-over-time effect on your enemy. The Shield misery enchantment allows your power attacks to provide all nearby foes 10% damage for 15 seconds.

The first step to get the Disappointer pistol is to reach Paradis Hightown, which you can do by going through the High Market Gate in the main city of Paradis. Paradis is the main city in the starting region of Dawnshore.

Next, from the entrance turn left and head north past the Philosopher’s Alley marked on the map. Keep going north and back in between a couple of buildings. In this grassy area with a tree near the back wall, you’ll see a man named Kerdhed “Cutty” Colen. He’s the vendor for the ‘Extremely Legal Goods’ store. The Disappointer will be available for purchase here, and you’ll need 3,600 gold to buy it.

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The Disappointer is one of the best pistols players can acquire to dominate enemies in challenging encounters. You can upgrade this weapon to increase its damage potential and stun capability. You can also dual-wield it with a one-handed sword or mace to defeat enemies without taking much damage. This weapon’s fast firing and bleeding damage capability makes it the best pistol players can get. However, even with the upgrades, you can find better pistols with power enchantments in the game. We place this weapon below the Caeroc’s Pride due to its lower damage output and weak enchantments.

2) Fair Play

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8 Best Pistols in Avowed Ranked
  • Physical Damage: 127
  • Stun: 140
  • Stamina Cost: 20
  • Critical Hit Chance: 3%

Fair Play is a unique pistol that deals massive damage and stuns enemies to create safe openings for you. This pistol has high critical hit potential, allowing you to shatter the enemies completely. You have to travel to the major city of Thirdborn, within the third region of Shatterscarp, to get the Fair Play. From the main entrance at the gate, turn right/west to find a store called Fish in a Barrel. Kampeki is the merchant and she will have several sets of armor and weapons for sale. Recompense enchantment allows you to restore 5% of your maximum health and 25% of your maximum stamina by killing an enemy. Turnabout enchantment will enable you to restore 10% of your maximum health and 50% of your maximum stamina by eliminating an enemy. Equal Footing enchantment allows your power attacks to pull the hit enemy into melee range.

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You’ll find the Fair Play unique pistol among them, and you can buy it for 8,424 gold. Pair this weapon with another pistol to deal devastating high damage. This combination of one-handed pistols and an arquebus on your back bar delivers devastating burst damage, making you a formidable sniper assassin. Additionally, to maximize the potential of these weapons, be sure to unlock passives like Marksmanship, Steady Aim, Sniper, and Critical Strike from the Ranger skill tree.

Fair Play is a well-known pistol for its passive called Vengeful Shot. This passive allows you to taunt and gain a +100% critical hit chance against your foes that immobilizes one of your companions. Fair Play has high damage potential and high crits, making it one of the most valuable weapons in your arsenal. Pair the Fair Play with skills like Steady Aim and Marksmanship to deal additional damage in combat. We place this pistol just below the Magic Mistol due to its slightly low damage output and stun value.

1) Magic Mistol

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8 Best Pistols in Avowed Ranked
  • Physical Damage: 173
  • Stun: 200
  • Stamina Cost: 20
  • Critical Hit Chance: 3%

Magic Mistol is a unique one-handed pistol with shedding capabilities and significant stun potential. This pistol comes with enhanced accuracy and crowd control in battle. Magic Mistol has a unique passive ability called For-Seeker, allowing bullets to seek and target enemies. Infused Shot enchantment enables your power to attack and deal with high stun. Unstable Shot enchantment allows you to attack to deal moderate stun to close foes in combat. Pistoleer’s Grace enchantment will enable you to gain +50% reload speed for 10 seconds. You can find the Magic Mistol in a hidden room at Ekidan Workshop.

This Workshop is available in the Galawain’s Tusks region, northwest of the Slumbering Fields. Travel west from the Southern Warden Tower to get to the Ekidan Workshop. Move inside the Workshop and turn right after jumping down. Destroy the wall to get into the hidden room over there. There you can see a chest with a Magic Mistol. Upgrading the Magic Mistol allows you to increase its damage potential and stun capabilities. This weapon is valid for players who prefer ranged combat but may struggle with precise aiming. Use its stun potential for crowd control, allowing the player to immobilize the nearby foes in combat. We place this weapon on the top tier in our ranked list due to its homing bullets, high base damage, and high stun potential. Magic Mistol is an easy-to-use pistol with auto-targeting and a strong stun potential gun.

FAQs about 8 Best Pistols in Avowed Ranked

What is Pistol in Avowed?

Pistols in Avowed are one-handed weapons that allow you to deal damage for a safe distance.

Which is the best Pistol in Avowed?

Magic Mistol is the best pistol in Avowed because it has shedding capabilities along with significant stun potential. This pistol comes with enhanced accuracy and crowd control in battle.

Can you upgrade the Pistol in Avowed?

Yes, you can upgrade the pistol in Avowed to increase its damage potential and stun capabilities in combat.


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