Island Battle Royale Loadout Guide: Every Gun, Scope, Armour and Heal

Island Battle Royale has a small, fixed loot pool, which means you can learn all of it. This guide goes through every item the game can give you — by the names the English build uses — and what to carry when the backpack gets full.

The rifles: your main slot

• M4A1 rifle — the all-rounder. Accurate, controllable, and it takes every attachment.
• AK47 rifle — harder hits, more kick. Worth it once you find a compensator.
• SCAR rifle and HK417 rifle — the other two automatic rifles. Any of the four is a fine main gun; take the one you find ammo for.

Close range

• MP5 SMG and P90 SMG — fast-firing and made for inside houses. Good second slot while you clear buildings.
• M249 LMG — a big magazine for holding a doorway against several bots. Heavy recoil at range.
• Frying pan — yes, it is in the game. Melee only; swap it the moment you see a gun. With no weapon at all, left click punches.

Long range

• Kar98K sniper — one careful shot at a time. Pair it with a 4x or 8x scope.
• SKS rifle — semi-automatic, added in the 2018 update. Faster follow-up shots than the Kar98K.

Ammo

Three types: 5.56, 7.62 and 9mm. Each gun takes one of them, and the game spawns matching ammo near every gun, so pick both up together. If you are carrying two guns, try to make them share an ammo type — it saves backpack space.

Attachments

• 2x, 4x, 8x scopes — right click to look through. Each has its own sensitivity slider in Esc settings; lower the 4x and 8x ones and sniping gets much easier.
• Stock, compensator, quick mag — steadier aim, less recoil, faster reloads. They fit on automatically.

Armour and backpacks

Vests and helmets come in Lv1, Lv2 and Lv3; higher levels take more damage for you. Backpacks go from the pink Lv1 through Lv2 to the camo Lv3, and each step holds more. When the game says "Backpack full!", drop spare ammo for guns you no longer carry first.

Healing

• Bandage and first aid kit — only below 75 health ("Health over 75: cannot use").
• Med kit — back to full. Save it for after a fight.
• Painkiller and soda — extra healing; use them in cover.

A heal can be interrupted, so never start one in the open.

A good end-game loadout

Slot 1: an automatic rifle with a 2x or 4x scope and a compensator. Slot 2: the Kar98K or SKS with the biggest scope you found. Slot 3: an SMG for the last house. Carry Lv2+ armour, one med kit and a few bandages — and ammo for exactly those guns.

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