Minigun — Far Far West Weapon Guide

The Minigun is the most universally top-rated primary in Far Far West and sits comfortably at Tier S. It is the clearest pick for heavy sustained-fire builds: piercing rounds tear through dense waves while chipping bosses, and a reported huge magazine of around 300 rounds means you rarely think about ammo mid-fight. The trade-offs are real, though — there is a noticeable spin-up before full fire rate, and your movement speed drops significantly while you are firing.

How It Unlocks

As a primary, the Minigun costs 500 Gold plus 6 Fragments assembled at the Gunsmith in the Saloon. Fragments drop from bosses, Wishing Wells, Coyotes, and forge events, and you can only Fragment-track one weapon per mission. Given how strong the Minigun is across the board, it is one of the best targets to dedicate your Fragment tracking to.

No-Reload Magazine

The Minigun does not reload in the usual sense — its clip is tied directly to your total ammo pool, so there is no mid-fight reload animation to interrupt your suppression. The magazine is reported to hold around 300 rounds; treat that figure as a single-source estimate rather than a hard number, but the practical point stands: you fire for a very long time before running dry.

Stats Overview

Why Use the Minigun

• Highest universal rating of any primary — strong on almost every mission
• Piercing shots line up multiple enemies in dense waves
• No reload interruptions thanks to the ammo-tied clip
• Frenzy Spin turns a long kill streak into a runaway fire-rate boost
• Best-in-slot for holding a chokepoint or anchoring a co-op team

Weaknesses

• Movement speed drops significantly while firing
• Spin-up leaves you exposed at the start of an engagement
• Wants good positioning before you commit — poor for kiting fights
• Awkward on highly mobile encounters where you must keep moving

The Two Unique Jokers

The Minigun has exactly two Unique Jokers.

• Elemental Spin gives a 30% chance to fire a random elemental bullet. With the Minigun's extreme rate of fire, that 30% triggers constantly, scattering element setups and detonations across whatever you are spraying.
• Frenzy Spin doubles your fire rate once the kill counter exceeds 10. The Minigun already kills fast in a crowd, so once you cross the threshold you snowball into an even higher damage state — the reward for committing to a position and not stopping.

Note: some older lists presented "Machine Gun" or "Camper" as Minigun Uniques. Those are generic cards at best, and their exact effects are unverified — do not treat them as defining Minigun Jokers.

Frenzy Spin Mechanics

Frenzy Spin reads your kill counter during sustained fire. Below the threshold you fire at normal rate; once you push the counter past 10 kills, fire rate doubles. The counter is tied to staying in the fight — keep killing and you stay in the doubled state. The takeaway is to set up where enemies funnel toward you, start firing into the densest part of the wave, and ride the streak.

Best Joker Cards

For Joker synergies and how to budget your slots, see our best Joker builds guide. Unique cards sit outside the rarity-cost system; generic Jokers cost points by rarity.

Glass Cannon is a strong fit since the Minigun's volume of fire turns that +40% into enormous sustained output, and you are usually anchored behind your team where the HP cut hurts less. Lucky Strike scales beautifully with the sheer number of bullets you put downrange.

Element Synergy

Combat is setup-and-trigger: Acid sets up, Fire and Electric trigger detonations, Voodoo near an elemental puddle spawns healing candles, and an Electric Portal duplicates spells thrown through it. Electric is the recommended element for the Minigun because its strength is chaining through dense waves — exactly the situation the Minigun creates. Thunderstrike and Strikes detonations ripple across the packed crowd you are already shredding, and Elemental Spin's random elemental bullets stack neatly on top.

Recommended Loadouts

For a close-range backup that covers you during spin-up, see best sidearms.

Upgrade Priority

1. Damage — multiplied by the extreme rate of fire
2. Fire Rate — compounds directly with Frenzy Spin
3. Accuracy — tighter spread means more piercing hits land at mid-range

Positioning and Team Role

The Minigun lives and dies by positioning. Put your back to a wall or terrain so nothing flanks you while your mobility is cut, and set up near chokepoints where enemies funnel into your fire. In co-op you are the anchor: let teammates draw and hold aggro while you suppress dense lanes from a fixed position, and start your spin-up a beat before the wave arrives so you are already at full fire rate when it hits.

For a full comparison of all primaries, see the weapon tier list.