Weapon evolutions

How do weapon evolutions work?

The launch-era Steam guide by Petersilie describes three checks: upgrade the base weapon to its maximum, carry the matching passive, then open a chest eligible to grant an evolution. It describes boss and elite drops, without establishing a guaranteed chest time or probability for every pairing.

A weapon’s upgrade level is separate from your character’s level. The guide says the usual weapon maximum is level 8; we do not apply that number to every weapon as a universal rule. Check the weapon’s own upgrade display.

Which passives need their maximum level?

The collected chart marks Da Lucky Stikk, Tactical Rock, Codex Astartes and Null Pendant as maximum-level requirements for specific recipes. The orange MAX LEVEL label in the lookup applies to the passive, not your survivor level.

Tactical Rock appears in more than one recipe. Find the exact weapon row rather than assuming that any fully upgraded passive works with any weapon. The 40K table and AoS table show the same data filtered by setting.

Can I search from the passive I already have?

Yes. Search the passive name in the lookup. Dice Cube, for example, appears with Boltgun in 40K and Boltstorm Pistol in Age of Sigmar. The universe label matters: these rows do not establish that characters or weapons can be mixed freely between campaigns.

Nuln Oil and D6 Dice occupy the weapon column. Hourglass and Scatter Die are their respective passives. Dice Cube and D6 Dice are different entries, even though both names mention dice.

Why do some older guides show different names?

Unknown Traveller’s October demo post pairs Tempest Axes with Sabaton. The November chart uses Boot. We retain both names with their source dates; a simple rename has not been confirmed. The AoS notes explain the discrepancy.

The current snapshot has 40 universe-specific rows, including two shared pairings listed on both sides. Deduplicating those rows gives 38 pairings in this dataset. That is a count of the collected chart, not a claim that the game can never contain another evolution.

How much of this chart is independently verified?

The main table is maintained by vsevochart. Petersilie explicitly credits that chart, so matching rows in those two pages are one source chain, not two independent confirmations. Steam achievements corroborate that some named weapons can evolve; they do not supply the full recipes.

Treat this as a sourced lookup rather than an official exhaustive database. For a failed evolution, record the weapon, passive, both upgrade states and your game version before comparing another report.