No More Room in Hell 2 Best Loadout — Community Loadout Guide

Building a loadout in No More Room in Hell 2

There's no single "best loadout" in No More Room in Hell 2 — the community's answer on r/nmrih's "What's your loadout?" thread is that your kit depends on difficulty, team composition and map. But across top community runs, consistent principles have emerged. This page aggregates them from real sources: the Fandom wiki's Loadouts documentation, ProtoShard's 258K-view Nightmare solo series, and Knight Knowledge's 100K-view beginner guide.

Weapon pairing principles

• Primary + sidearm + melee: the community standard is a rifle or shotgun as primary with a pistol for emergencies. GameRant's gun ranking pairs the M7A1 (crowd penetration) with a 1911 or M9A3 sidearm, since 6.8x51mm ammo is scarce and you need a fallback.
• Ammo sharing matters: the 1911 is the only .45 gun, so teammates won't compete for your rounds; MP5 and M9A3 share 9mm.
• Shotgun for close quarters: semi-auto shotguns like the X12 Super clear rooms; community runs note cop cars sometimes carry shotguns — worth checking when passing.

Consumables and utility

From high-level community runs on Nightmare difficulty:

• Medkits and bandages — always know where the last one you saw was; heal before you're at one hit.
• Adrenaline shots — a big help in long objectives; players note they may not stack.
• Grenades and proximity mines — mines cover choke points while you complete objectives, but more kills can mean more respawns, so placement timing matters.
• Radios — placed radios distract zeds briefly (community consensus: helpful for a moment, not a solution).
• Boots — a stealth boost in heavy areas; consider dropping lower-value gear to make room.
• Armor — body armor can be the difference between extraction and a wipe; it's often found in kitchens and specific rooms, so remember where.

Supplies beat everything

Per Knight Knowledge's guide: supplies don't weigh anything and translate into credits used to buy items for future runs. There's a credit cap per difficulty, but vacuuming up supplies every run is how you fund better loadouts later.

Inventory discipline

Inventory is limited and weight-based. Press and hold U to unload guns of their ammo before dropping them, loot only what you need, and remember you can stash items (community players drop gear at safe locations like the community center and circle back).

Solo loadout notes

Solo runs on Nightmare (as documented in ProtoShard's series) demand more of your kit — you have no teammates to revive you or share ammo. Solo plays lean harder on stealth (boots), melee weapons like the machete, and careful ammo hoarding. Note that the dedicated Solo Training Mode doesn't include character progression — see our solo mode guide for details.