Save the World: weapons and schematics

What schematics are

A schematic is the “recipe” for a weapon or trap. You keep it forever and craft the weapon with materials when you need it. The rarer and higher-level the schematic, the stronger the weapon.

• You get them mostly from missions and quests.
• Also from llamas, especially upgrade llamas and the melee, trap or ranged ones.
• Some can be bought with gold in the Item Exchange.

Levels and evolution

• A schematic levels up with schematic XP, from missions, quests, llamas and recycling schematics you don’t use.
• At its max level (10 at first) a schematic can be evolved to unlock more levels.
• Evolving takes schematic XP, Pure Drops of Rain and schematic manuals (from recycling and the Collection Book).

Changing perks

After Plankerton’s second Storm Shield Defense you unlock the Perk Recombobulator: it lets you replace or upgrade a weapon’s perks using RE-PERK and PERK-UP. That is how a good weapon becomes the right weapon for your squad.

What to upgrade and what to drop

• Keep a varied arsenal: assault rifle, shotgun, SMG, pistol, sniper, one melee and one explosive weapon.
• Only upgrade weapons that suit your hero squad: a Ninja uses melee, a Soldier uses guns.
• Recycle duplicates and weapons you won’t use, but only after slotting them in the Collection Book if needed.
• Rankings change with updates. In LagoFast’s July 2026 list, for example, the top picks are Nocturno (assault rifle), Ground Pounder (shotgun) and Plasmatic Discharger (explosive).