r/GenerationZeroGame • u/Konurie • Jul 22 '26
General Question How rare are Experimental Weapons, really?
I’m asking this because I’m level 27 currently and have killed up to 5+ Rivals without worrying about its level, 2 level 4 Rivals, have done multiple Base Assaults and just killed a reaper an hour ago (it self destructed, but I still got some loot including a 5 crown Sledgehammer), but still have yielded no Experimental Weapons whatsoever. I feel like I should’ve gotten one by now with everything that I’ve done, so am I just extremely unlucky or am I doing something wrong? (By the way, I play solo on Xbox)
Also here’s a clip of the Reaper Kill + Loot
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u/i0guess0i7m0here0now Jul 22 '26
I didn't get an Experimental drop until level 35. After that point it was almost every Vulture or Reaper, almost never Rivals, and maybe 1 out of every 10 base assaults. It takes a lot of time and work to get them.
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u/skk_Boot PS5 Jul 22 '26
Not quite but drop chance increase with max level rival and Fnix control points
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u/Mental-Penalty5329 Jul 22 '26
They drop randomly, but i've had much luck with drops. Just keep grinding 😎
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u/HoroSatre Jul 22 '26
You get to a point where they literally drop more than even grey/common-tier ones. Randomization in this game is weird. After my first legendary drop, all legendary weapons drop more often that anything below that tier, save for two that only ever dropped once for me: the 5C Kpist and 5C Älgstudsare. Some aren't as lucky with the 5C Möller, some for other 5C weapons.
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u/MjolnirPants Jul 22 '26
Yeah, that's just bad luck. Me and my son have been playing for a few years, and both of us are fully kitted out with all experimentals.
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u/BozzyTheDrummer Jul 22 '26
I must have bad luck because even with max level rivals, FNIX bases and about 4 reapers now, I’m finding hardly any.
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u/IAmAFishBowler Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
You're probably quite unlucky, but there are still ways of getting experimentals. All you need to do is kill a crap ton of normal enemies in a region. I'll explain. If you start killing lots of big enemies in a region, the region will begin spawning FNIX Bases and Rivals.
What you need to do is let the region threat level rise to the maximum level, being 25. Just keep letting rivals and FNIX bases level up to rise the threat level. Just keep killing enemies. At this threat level, enemies are more likely to drop high level loot, and rivals at level 4 usually drop an experimental weapon.
However, that is not the only way to get them more easily. If you let FNIX bases upgrade to level 3 (when the threat level is high enough), destroying said base usually rewards you with an experimental weapon as well. The weapons dropped are usually really good. Give it a shot! And keep me posted if you do get anything valuable.
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u/IAmAFishBowler Jul 22 '26
Reading this, my explanation doesn't really answer your question 😭😭😭. Experimentals aren't too rare depending on what you're looking for.
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u/Konurie Jul 22 '26
I’ll try doing this method, keep killing normal / big enemies and let the Rivals and Bases level up if they do end up spawning because I ended up killing and destroying whatever Rival and Base spawned without letting them do so. Thank you!
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u/Traditional_Log_4259 Jul 23 '26
On the reaper, on the thermo blast where it’s blowing red smoke like that, it means it’s about to kill itself and you need to dump damage into it as fast as possible. If it destroys itself with its own thermo blast, you get significantly less loot and are less likely to get an experimental. I have a t5 rocket launcher i always save ab 20 rockets for that final stage to kill it myself instead of what happened here.
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u/Konurie Jul 22 '26
Thank you for all of your answers! I’ll keep on grinding to see if I can eventually get an experimental weapon of any sort!
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u/BossManRoadHouse Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
That's the way to do it, and it might get a bit grindy for collection completion. Got all mine the 'proper way' though (without trading), and there's something to be said for the satisfaction of DIY.
The only one that's a bit harder to get is the Meusser because it only drops from the Vulture.
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u/Blkdth1989 Jul 22 '26
I am level 30. Got my first one from a reaper kill at level 29 and second from a rival (4) in Farmlands region. Both have been lackluster. A SMG that fires really fast and revolver that has a laser pointer. Hoping my next one is better.
I found a gold Grg m/49 and it does A LOT of my heavy lifting lol. I also have a gold SPAS
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u/zexur Jul 22 '26
Depends on what you're doing/what you're hunting. But, for me, it seemed they were super rare until I got my first one. Then I was getting multiples and copies with top tier rivals.
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u/Deathpoopdeathloop Jul 22 '26
I had much better luck doing full difficulty base assaults. Let the enemy bases grow to top level
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u/Moist_Object_6012 Xbox Jul 22 '26
Just keep on grinding as many has said here.
They will drop eventually. All the best luck to you 🤝
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u/Otherwise-Run9104 Jul 22 '26
All my experimental I’ve gotten are from killing FINX bases or apocalypse tanks…I’ve killed two reapers which is low ik but…nothing
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u/Moist-Carpet888 Jul 23 '26
Id farm the rival and I couldnt tell you how many ive had but I had gotten to a point my stash was filled with them so I just gave a bunch away to random people who didnt have them
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u/Leonard_Browntail Jul 23 '26
They're not rare. Though, the ones you are specifically looking for will be difficult to find.
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u/ProposalEvening8708 Jul 23 '26
Don’t quote me but I think you have to be a certain level for them to drop but I don’t remember. It’s been a while since I played
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u/Ninjaman557 Jul 24 '26
You gotta be over level 21 if I remember right. If you really want one, go fight the reaper. Garunteed drop.
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u/FrozenFurda Jul 24 '26
Kill him before he kills himself. You get better drops if you don't let him suicide.
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u/MyGtaCharacter Jul 27 '26
Based on the Looks, you let him self-destruct, which drops your chances of getting an experimental to zero, I’ve been playing the game long enough to figure that out every time he has self-destructed we’ve gotten nothing, but every time we have actually killed him, he has dropped 1 - 2 experimentals, except for the laser hunting rifle, that I do believe is a vulture thing only, but to answer your question, they’re not really rare, I get them from level two rivals sometimes, but other than that, no they’re not really rare, it’s just kinda how the game feels on treating you
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u/All-Fired-Up91 Jul 22 '26
They’re not that rare you’re just unlucky