You begin Dirge of Cerberus with a standard gun, the Cerberus I. However as you progress further and deeper into the game you can upgrade your guns at any Shop and you can also change it's parameters.
Guns can 'evolve' or so to speak, for example the Cerberus I becomes the Cerberus II and with this it gains additional fire power, thus doing more damage to a target.
Below you can find a guide on how a gun can evolve, starting with it's premature most form.
| Class One | |
| Gun Name | Evolution Effect |
| Cerberus I | The Cerberus I can fire up to three rounds at once, and is designed for firing at targets in a closer range than the later guns. |
| Cerberus II | The Cerberus II has the same design purposes as the Cerberus I, however it boasts increased attack power. |
| Cerberus III | The Cerberus III can fire more rounds at once, but it can also has increased accuracy meaning you can fire shots from a greater distance. |
After a gun has evolved through the two stages leading it up to the Cerberus III it can take one of three choices - to either become the P. Cerberus, which is designed for dealing a greater amount of damage.
The S. Cerberus, which is designed to fire out more shots at a greater rate or the M. Cerberus, which is designed to hold much more ammo - upto 48 shots to be precise!
Note that all Class Two, Three and Four weapons are on equal levels to each other but they are better in different departments.
| Class Two | |
| Gun Name | Evolution Effect |
| P. Cerberus | P. Cerberus is designed for power, it can hold less ammunition however it can fire shots of much greater power. |
| P. Cerberus Gamma | The P. Cerberus Gamma builds on the P. Cerberus by increasing it's accuracy, this means that shots have a higher rate of hitting the target. |
| Powered Cerberus | The Powered Cerberus keeps the P. Cerberus' higher accuracy but it adds much more power to it, making it probably the most powerful handgun available. |
| Class Three | |
| Gun Name | Evolution Effect |
| S. Cerberus | The S. Cerberus handgun frame is designed so that it can fire more rounds, it has a slightly improved firing rate over the Cerberus III. |
| S. Cerberus Gamma | The S. Cerberus Gamma builds on this improved firing rate even more, making it's firing rate much greater than any other handgun available - so far that is. |
| Zero Cerberus | Zero Cerberus has the highest firing rate out of any handgun available, it increases over the S. Cerberus Gamma in every way making your shots fire out as fast as possible using a handgun. |
| Class Four | |
| Gun Name | Evolution Effect |
| M. Cerberus | The M. Cerberus boasts in the field of having a larger magazine than all the other handguns, it can hold up to 48 shots before you have to reload. Pretty impressive! |
| M. Cerberus Gamma | The M. Cerberus Gamma has an even bigger magazine than the M. Cerberus, it can hold up to 60 shots before you have to reload which makes it a deffinate choice for those players who focus on getting through the levels as fast as possible. |
| Quantum Cerberus | Quantum Cerberus has by far the largest magazine available for a handgun, or any gun by that matter. It can hold up to 84 shots which is almost double what the M. Cerberus can hold! |
Class Five guns are called Model Guns, they are obtained during Chapter 3, after a fight with a DeepGround Soldier you will view a cutscene in which you exit a building. Re-enter the building then Examine the briefcase next to you. It will give you the Model Gun, a toy fun for children. However as you progress to Chapter 8 you obtain the second part of the gun, which means they can be used to their potential.
| Class Five | |
| Gun Name | Evolution Effect |
| Model Gun | The Model Gun is a children's toy handgun, it's weak and does very little damage, it also has appauling aim but it is very light allowing Vincent to move quickly. |
| Silver Model Gun | A silver version of the Model Gun, again it slightly improves on the Model Gun but in all accounts it's still awful. |
| Gold Model Gun | A gold version of the Model Gun, it slightly improves on the Silver Model Gun but on all accounts it's still awful. |
| Ultima Weapon | The second most powerful weapon in the game, it's perfect in almost all fields. It's the entire reason you spent 250,000 Gil upgrading your Model Guns, but boy is it worth it! |
| Class Six | |
| Gun Name | Evolution Effect |
| Death Penalty | The Death Penalty can only be used after you have regained control of Chaos, it's built to kill the final boss - very easily I might add. It can't be modified in anyway, but who needs to modify a handgun with 500 attributes for everything, which by the way makes it the best weapon in the game! |
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