The Popup Gun is a unique Science weapon in The Outer Worlds 2 that fires aggressive advertising drones to distract and taunt your enemies. In this guide we review the Popup Gun’s stats and where to find it.
The Outer Worlds 2 (TOW2) launches in October 2025, bringing a fresh set of skills, perks, companions, and weapons for players to experiment with. Just like the first game, builds are the key to maximizing your combat potential, dialogue, and exploration. Since there are no respec options confirmed at launch, choosing the right build early can save you hours of frustration and getting Unique Weapons makes up a huge part of establishing the right build for your preferred playstyle.
Popup Gun Stats
The Popup Gun is a unique Science Weapon of the Shotgun variety which can distract and taunt enemies with advertising drones. The weapon has infinite ammo, and automatically reloads whenever an ad drone dies, but manually reloading it causes the ads to explode.
The Big Bang works best on a Speech Build or Science Build.
Description: Puts the “ad” in “ad nauseam!”
- Weapon Type: Shotgun
- DPS: 20
- Damage Type: Physical
- Ammo Type: —
- Magazine Size: 3
- Rate Of Fire: 2.5/s
- Ammo Per Shot: 1
- Equip Time: 0.4s
- Reload Time: 0.2s
- Crit Chance: 11%
- Crit Damage: 200%
- Effective Range: 7.5m
- Noise Range: 50m
- Shotgun Marketing Mod: Fires aggressive advertising drones to capture your target market, goading them. Automatically reloads whenever an ad drone dies, but manually reloading causes the ads to be explosively closed.
Where to get the Popup Gun
To obtain the Popup Gun you’ll need to head to the ACS Undisputed Claim, the Auntie’s Choice faction station and locate the Arms Merchant. The Popup Gun costs 16,500 bits to purchase.
