Minimum Required Level on Dead Island Weapons
I have done a lot of analysis and have found that the following weapons can only be useful when player's Level is at least equivalent or greater than the indicated minimum. The exciting news is that several Legendary weapons can actually be useful at Level 1. That means a save could be made that provides the best weapon from the very start of the game (past the prologoue).
All weapons have a MAX of 50. Zero means works for ALL levels.
Req
Lvl AKA Weapon
0 Molotov Throwable_Molotov None
1 Assassins Greed Melee_leg_AssassinsGreed None
1 Bushmaster Melee_leg_Bushmaster None
1 Cane Knife Melee_CaneKnifeGen None
1 Cleaver Melee_CleaverSlicerGen None
1 Crowbar Melee_CrowbarGen None
1 Cudgel Melee_MaceCudgelGen None
1 Eviscerator Melee_leg_Eviscerator None
1 Explosive Assassins Greed Melee_leg_AssassinsGreed Craftplan_Stickybombcraft
1 Gabriels SledgeHammer Melee_leg_GabrielsSledgeHammer None
1 Grenade Throwable_Grenade None
1 Italian Plumber Melee_leg_Italianplumber None
1 Mace Melee_MaceGen None
1 Master Chef Melee_leg_MasterChef None
1 Morning Star Melee_MaceMorningStarGen None
1 Sickle Melee_SickleGen None
1 Tijuana Machete Melee_leg_TheMachete None
1 Two Parter Melee_leg_Two-Parter None
10 Magnum Firearm_MagnumGen None
10 Revolver Firearm_ColtGen None
12 Heavy Pistol Firearm_DesertEagleGen None
12 McCall's 9mm Firearm_leg_Mccall9Mm None
12 Pistol Firearm_M9Gen None
14 Battle Double Blade Melee_DoubleBladeBattleGen None
14 Knife Melee_KnifeGen None
14 Machete Melee_MacheteGen None
14 Metal Baseball Bat Melee_MetalBaseballBatGen None
14 Military Machete Melee_MacheteMilitaryGen None
14 Police Baton Melee_PoliceBatonGen None
18 Single Shot Rifle Firearm_SingleShotRifle_BGen None
19 Shotgun Firearm_ShotgunGen None
19 Striker CrowdPleaser Firearm_leg_CrowdPleaser Craftplan_Strikershotgun
20 Auto Rifle Firearm_AutoRifle_EGen None
20 Burst Rifle Firearm_BurstRifle_BGen None
20 Detox Burst Rifle Firearm_BurstRifleGen Craftplan_Detoxrifle
20 Shock Auto Rifle Firearm_AutoRifleGen Craftplan_Shockrifle
20 Striker Burst Rifle Firearm_BurstRifle_BGen Craftplan_Strikerrifle
24 Big Universal Axe Melee_BigAxeUniversalGen None
24 Construction Hammer Melee_SledgeHammerConstGen None
24 DeathStalker Katana Melee_KatanaGen Craftplan_Poisonx4
24 Exotic Double Blade Melee_DoubleBladeExoticGen None
24 Exotic Sickle Melee_SickleExoticGen None
24 Explosive Military Knife Melee_KnifeMilitaryGen Craftplan_Stickybombcraft
24 Hatchet Melee_AxeHatchetGen None
24 Katana Melee_KatanaGen None
24 KuKri Melee_MacheteKukriGen None
24 Metal Baton Melee_MetalBatonGen None
24 Military Knife Melee_KnifeMilitaryGen None
24 Mindblowing Military Knife Melee_KnifeMilitaryDevCraft Craftplan_Dev4
24 Pickaxe Melee_PickaxeGen None
24 Plaguebearing Military Knife Melee_KnifeMilitaryDevCraft Craftplan_Dev3
24 Reaper Melee_ReaperGen None
24 Tanto Melee_TantoGen None
24 Toxic Battle Sickle Melee_SickleBattleGen Craftplan_Poisonspreadcraft
24 Wakizashi Melee_WakizashiGen None