Players can get their hands on the Plasma Cutter early in the game, with Issac locating it. In the game, he is separated from the crew right after setting foot in USG Ishimura. Thereafter, players will need to escape the clutches of the necromorph. The Plasma Cutter can be found in the left corner upon exiting the elevator.

Plasma Cutter The Plasma Cutter is the first weapon you come across and it’s practically unmissable. You’ll find it in Chapter 1, inside the Service Workshop on a bench. Above the bench is “cut off their limbs” written on the wall.

Plasma Cutter (Image credit: Motive) This is the first weapon you get in Dead Space after you arrive at the Ishimura in chapter one, and you can grab it from the workbench where it says "Cut off their limbs"⁠—good advice, really. The Plasma Cutter has an alternate fire mode lets you change the angle of its beam for convenient cutting.