Weapons

Prompto’s main weapons are firearms. He is able to equip every gun in the game except for the Cerberus sniper rifle, which only Noctis can equip. While a few of the guns have unique models in game, most share models.

All of Prompto’s guns are revolvers. He fires eight rounds before he has to reload.

There’s an animation for him dumping the empty shells:

He also has an animation for loading his gun.

(though when reloading he doesn’t actually have bullets in his hand) You can also see here that the cylinder has eight bullets in it (as mentioned above in how he fires eight shots before reloading)

Prompto has many firing animations. Sometimes he’ll spin the cylinder and then fire:

He also has a “Fanning” animation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanning_(firearms)

and will even blow the smoke off the barrel after doing it:

An animation for “Gun Spinning”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunspinning

At caravans he even has animations of inspecting/playing with his gun.

Prompto’s Secondary Weapons are Machinery

All Machinery are collectibles that are found in various areas of the world. (Usually dungeons or Imperial bases)

Every piece of Machinery (with the exception of the Flamebreath Cannon found in Chapter 14) can be taken to Cid and upgraded after giving him the correct item to upgrade it. After upgrading, the weapon retains the original name but adds the word “Plus” to the end.

A few pieces of machinery share the same model but different coloring. The Flamebreath Canon is an exception to being a complete copy of another. It’s model is the exact same as the Bioblaster.

While in battle all attacks Prompto uses with them are the same. Meaning he can do Shockdrop (which is an ascension grid unlockable) or any technique (like Gravisphere or Recoil) while equipped with any piece.

Interesting thing to note though is each piece does have a unique animation that can trigger.

Auto Crossbow

Fires projectiles from the front while Prompto walks forward with it.

Bioblaster

Sprays a cloud of green mist. After Prompto finishes this animation he’ll start coughing and waving the air in front of him since he inhaled it (LOL)

Circular Saw

The saw blade will extend out and Prompto will start waving it back and forth. The saw blades on it will spin.

Noiseblaster

Prompto will point this up in the air. It will suck in the surrounding air and then and fire off a sound wave/shockwave from it. Afterwards Prompto will fall to the floor clutching his ears since the attack hurt his ears. When he stands up he’ll grab his nose and blow to pop his ears.

Gravity Well

The animation for this is similar to to the technique Gravisphere. Prompto will run up in melee range though and fire out a gravity well at the enemy. Afterwards he’ll clap his hands and wave his arm.