Cronos The New Dawn All Weapons includes seven collectible guns, beginning with the Sword MK-1615 and ending with powerful optional weapons such as the Arbalest and Lance. Finding all seven unlocks The Boon of the Relics achievement. Some lie in safe rooms; others require keys and exploration.
The Pyre is another important combat tool, but it is a throwable incendiary device rather than one of those seven collectible firearms. Here are the weapon locations, missable pickup routes and upgrade rules.
Cronos The New Dawn All Weapons Locations
Sword MK-1615: Your starting handgun after leaving the REV-Capsule at the Sarcophagus. Its charged shot deals more damage and can pass through multiple enemies. It stays useful throughout the campaign.
Hammer PROV-2030: A close-range shotgun found at the Quarantined Building safe area. Its pellet spread handles approaching enemies, while charged attacks help with crowd control.
Dagger PS-3713: A handgun found in the Isolation Zone safe room during the Steelworks chapter. It fires rapidly compared with the Sword but doesn’t use the Sword’s charged-shot attack.
Javelin LK-102: A carbine placed on a table at the A-0 Gate safe room, on the route towards Unity Hospital. It gives you an option for medium-distance fighting.
These are the four early pickups. Check each save room carefully: several guns are sitting on tables rather than automatically given to you.
Mace JER-5120: Hospital Chapel Backroom
The Mace JER-5120 shotgun is locked behind the chapel in Unity Hospital. Find the Chalice in the Director’s Office, which uses code 9509, and the Vasculum in the Operations Block near the cat Bebola.
Take both items to the chapel altar to receive the Chapel Backroom Key. Open the backroom and pick up the Mace. Of the Cronos The New Dawn All Weapons locations, this one is particularly easy to miss while following the hospital objectives.
Cronos The New Dawn All Weapons: Arbalest at Station B
The Arbalest MT-1020 is inside the Toy Store at Station B. Cut the chain on the shopping-area door, clear the Orphans, power the generator to open the kiosk and find India the cat through the opening behind it. Pet India for the Toy Store Key, then open the shop.
Arbalest ammunition is scarce during a first playthrough. An Arbalest Bolts crafting blueprint becomes available in New Game Plus. Save some shots for heavy enemies or for the achievement requiring five kills with a single round.
Lance REV-1411: The Abbey Bell Tower
The Lance REV-1411 is inside the Abbey Bell Tower. Pet Freya in the cemetery crypt for a Rusty Key. Open Father Wojciech’s Office near the Abbey safe room, take the Bell Tower Key and climb upstairs to the weapon.
The Lance is a longer-range carbine alternative to the Javelin. Complete this optional key route before moving beyond the Abbey. Cronos The New Dawn All Weapons collectors should avoid depending on the shop to replace missed pickups.
Cronos The New Dawn All Weapons: Upgrades and The Praetorian
Cronos The New Dawn All Weapons can be upgraded at Workstations using Energy. Improvements cover damage and handling, with specific options varying by firearm. The Sword rewards charged-shot investment; the Hammer is valuable for close-range fights; the Arbalest is best kept for situations that justify limited explosive ammunition.
The Praetorian requires fully upgrading all seven guns, but not simultaneously. At a Workstation, max out one weapon, then reset its upgrades to recover Energy for another. Resets have an Energy cost, so keep some aside. Temporal Shell upgrades use Cores, separately from weapon Energy.
Does Pyre Count Towards The Boon of the Relics?
No. Cronos The New Dawn All Weapons includes seven firearms counted towards the collection achievement. Pyre is a throwable incendiary mine used to burn biomass or enemies, and appears on some lists as an eighth combat tool. Its related achievement, The Pyromaniac, involves burning biomass.
Collect the Mace, Arbalest and Lance before leaving their areas. Those optional key chains are easy to miss, and finding the guns early gives you more time to upgrade them.
Official source: Bloober Team, Cronos: The New Dawn.
