TheSaints Rowseries has always allowed for a stupendous amount of customization, especially when it comes to weapons. From purple-painted sex toy bats to beatboxes with the power to explode heads,Saints Rowhas never shied away from spectacular and superfluous displays of destruction. This extends to how players can change the look of their weapons through a variety of model changes, decals, and custom colors.
The newSaints Rowtakes players away from the familiar settings of Stillwater and Steelport and to the southwesterncity of Santo Ileso. Despite all the somewhat controversial changes thatSaints Rowmakes to the series, that trademark customization is still present.This guide will show players how to customize weaponsfor maximum style points.
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How to Customize Weapons in Saints Row
Find a Friendly Fire Store
To customize weapons, players must firstcomplete the main missions “First F#@!ing Day,” “Morning Commute,” and “Making Rent,”after whichSaints Rowwill open up for exploration.
Upon reaching this stage,players can visit any Friendly Fire store across the map, indicated by thegreen icon with a gun in the center. It’s at these stores that players can tune their weapons to their heart’s content.
By entering the store and interacting with the counter, a list of weapons will appear, which can be sorted by type. Here, players can fully customize their own weapons with unique paints, upgrade their weapons, or buy new ones.
Playing with Weapons
Customizing weapons inSaints Rowoffers a great amount of choice, allowing players to change not only the color of their guns but also the shape. Moreover, players can also choose from a variety of decals and weapon patterns to decorate with.
To do so,simply select the desired weapon, scroll down to “Customize,”and select one of the many options. Choosing “Visual Mod” will allow players to make certain weapons look like another, while picking “Material” will allow players to equip Cutting Edge materialsonce that Criminal Venture is unlocked.
“Weapon Colors” gives players the opportunity tofine-tune the colors of the gun, and “Surface Options” changes the metallic and gloss values of each section of the weapon. Both the “Weapon Decal” and “Weapon Patterns” tabs offer preset weapon decorations for the player to choose from. Finally, there remains an option to “Reset Changes” to revert the weapon to its original look.
As players explorethe vast open world ofSaints Row, completing quests and side activities,more weapon customization items will be unlocked. Furthermore, as players continue to level up, Friendly Fire will offer increasingly powerful weapons to purchase, customize, and upgrade.
Saints Rowis currently available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
