Guns are, along with bombs, your primary weapons. There are four main types of bullets : Level 1 (L1), L2, L3 and L4 (red, yellow and blue icons). A L2 bullets requires more energy to fire than an L1 bullet, and so on. Just like L1 bombs, L1 guns are considered useless. L2 guns are just enough to do the amount of damage to kill someone, and L3 guns are preferable. L4 guns are only available in special occasions, when you are carrying a flag or a powerball. In some zones, these items will dramatically upgrade your ship as long as you are carrying them. Your guns and bombs will be upgraded one level, and your ship will usually take less damage from enemy fire. Be aware though since these items are "hot" in such zones, and you should expect to have lots of people chasing you for those upgrades. All these bullets are either bouncing bullets or just normal bullets. Bouncing bullets will bounce off all obstacles, making them invaluable in enclosed areas. Aiming at a wall instead of at an enemy will often catch an enemy by surprise. The use of bullets is invaluable, especially in tight areas with lots of enemy ships. You can upgrade your guns to fire bouncing bullets by collecting greens. When playing, try not to waste any bullets. NEVER fire your guns continuously. It drains the energy that keeps you alive, and you will be pretty pissed if a single bomb kills you. Good players use their guns just for close combat, because bombs are useless then (they explode in your face if the enemy is too close). On the other hand, guns are pretty useless if you aren't close to your opponent. Dodging bullets is fairly easy at a distance, so any bullets your fire will be wasted. Some players use bullets to force an enemy to fly into a certain direction. This is often very effective, but you really need to keep a close eye on your energy level. You'll also need a good aim for this. You will have to find good ways to hit enemies with your guns yourself. Describing all those details here would take too much time and would be way too boring for you to read. You will learn all that stuff as you get more experienced, just like the way hundreds of thousands of other people did. If you read everything about all the special weapons you'll probably figure everything out soon enough. If you don't.... well bad luck for you then :P Some final hints I want to give: Never fire bullets that are unlikely to hit anything with any result. Firing at a wall when running away from an opponent can often hit them by surprise (bouncing bullets!!) Try to pile up your bullets. Enemies will repel if they are low on energy, so kill em before they have time to repel. Slow down, start firing and accellerate your ship. Anything you hit will be damaged severely. When attacking an enemy base, move away from the base, and start moving towards the entrance while keeping that CTRL button pressed. If you aimed right, you'll probably kill one of the enemies guarding the entrance with your stream of bullets.