In most cases characters are upgraded from ordinary troops. Where this is the case, the character keeps the basic weapons and wargear of the mob he's part of – for example, a Brute Nob has a Slugga and a Choppa. This doesn't prevent you from picking extra weapons for him from the Armoury, although the restrictions on the number of weapons that can be carried always apply.
Ork characters may have up to two single-handed weapons, or one single-handed weapon and one two-handed weapon. You may also pick up to 40 points of extra wargear for each character from the Wargear lists (60 points for a Warboss). The full Wargear rules are on pages 34-37 of Codex: Orks. You cannot take duplicate items for the same model, except for Grots and Squigs (up to a total of 3 – see Codex: Orks page 7), and all wargear and weapons must be represented on the model.
Single-Handed Weapons
| Weapon | Points |
|---|---|
| Choppa | 1 pt |
| Powerclaw (Warboss only) | 30 pts |
| Slugga | 2 pts |
Two-Handed Weapons
| Weapon | Points |
|---|---|
| Bangstikk (only if mounted on Boar or Cyboar) | 5 pts |
| Big shoota | 12 pts |
| Burna | 12 pts |
| Grabba stick (Slavers only) | 5 pts |
| Shoota | 2 pts |
| 'Uge choppa | 5 pts |
| Rokkit launcha | 8 pts |
Wargear
| Wargear | Points |
|---|---|
| Ammo runt | 5 pts |
| Attack Squig | 5 pts |
| Big horns/iron gob (Warboss & Nobz only) | 5 pts |
| Bosspole (Warboss & Nobz only) | 3 pts |
| Boar | 5 pts |
| Cyboar (Warboss and bodyguard only) | 15 pts |
| 'Eavy armour (not if mounted on Cyboar) | 8 pts |
| Frag Stikkbombz | 1 pt |
| Flash furs/Skull trophies/Toof Necklace | 2 pts |
| Grot Styboy (Pigdoks only) | 5 pts |
| Krak stikkbombz | 2 pts |
| Shiny bitz | 3 pts |
| Squighound (Slaverz only) | 5 pts |
| Super Cyboar (Warboss only) | 30 pts |
| Waaagh! banner (max. one per army) | 20 pts |
| Warpaint | 3 pts |
| Wyrdboy stikk (Wyrdboyz only) | 5 pts |
Note: The wargear list prints "Wyrdboy stikk (Weirdboyz only)" with the spelling "Weirdboyz" (with an 'i'), where every other instance in this document uses "Wyrdboyz"/"Wyrdboy" (without the 'i'). Transcribed exactly as printed — likely an inconsistent spelling in the original source.
See Vehicle Upgrades for the Feral Ork Junka Upgrades list.