Like any loot shooter Outriders is based on probability. But you can get around luck by leaning on the game’s intricate network of gear modes, many of which can significantly change the way your weapons and armor behave. Most are good, but none of them compare to Death Chains, a tier-two weapon modification that – and to put it mildly – ruins everything.
Basically, Death Chains boosts your bullets to do extra damage over the course of three seconds. (On a level 24 weapon, it deals 1,564 damage. At level 28, that number jumps to 3,751.) The mod has a two second cooldown, which means you can deal extra damage before the previous three seconds of bonus damage accumulates. .
If you are lucky enough to find a weapon with Death Chains, don’t put another mod on it. Instead, immediately take that gun apart – which will add Death Chains to your compendium of useful mods – so you can use it for the rest of eternity. Trust me: you are lucky if you only find Death Chains once. It’s too powerful and versatile to pass up the opportunity to add it to your library of mods.
Death Chains works well with sniper rifles and other long-range weapons; even if you miss a headshot, you will still do significant damage. If your shotgun doesn’t kill an enemy all at once, Death Chains will likely take it the rest of the way. You can probably imagine how effective it is with SMGs, LMGs, assault rifles and other automatic weapons. Personally, I found it to be incredibly efficient with burst-fire weapons, as every shot lines up with the mod’s cooldown.
Death Chains works in almost any situation. If you manage a large crowd, you can shoot everyone once, take cover, and wait a few seconds for everyone to die. During boss fights, it does exponential damage. There were a player-versus-player mode in there OutridersYou better bet Death Chains will be banned (or, given the track record of game updates, more likely nerfed).
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Sadly, Death Chains isn’t exactly your run of the mill mod: I only found it with one of mine three charactersAnd even with that character, Death Chains has only surfaced once as an organic result of Outriders‘random number generation. To get it on the rest of my guns – and make no mistake, it’s on all of the rest of my weapons – I’ve had to modify them every time. I will regularly find weapons with, say, icy bullets or that Essence Thief mod. (Side note: why does every weapon come with Essence Thief? Enough already!) Meanwhile, Death Chains keep dodging.
You would think this means that only one of my three characters has Death Chains, but there is an easy solution. Once you find a gun equipped with Death Chains while playing as one character, dismantle it, apply it to some lower-level weapons, and drop those weapons into your stash. From there, you can visit your stash with another character, pull out one of those weapons and dismantle it. The mod will be in that character’s library for good.
This solution works for any mod you can find. Contrary to what the game’s incessant loot grind leads you to believe, you really just need to find a mod with one of your characters, as long as you’re willing to put in those extra steps.
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