Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition - Weapons
The weapons of Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition, built from the base game's arsenal, the six official add-ons and the Anniversary Edition's Creation Club additions. Fallout 4 has no weapon-skill list: a weapon's identity comes from its receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sight and muzzle mods, and from...
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| Name | Type | Description | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10mm Pistol | Pistol / Semi-Automatic | The Commonwealth's default sidearm and the weapon the Sole Survivor picks up in Vault 111. | Ammo: 10mm Fire Rate: Medium Range: Short to Medium Accuracy: Medium Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, grip, magazine, sights, muzzle | Starting weapon in Vault 111; carried by raiders, Gunners, Triggermen and virtually every human enemy in the Commonwealth |
| Pipe Weapons (Pipe Pistol, Rifle, Revolver, Bolt-Action) | Improvised Firearm | Home-built guns cobbled together from plumbing, wood and scrap, and by far the most common weapons in the Commonwealth. | Ammo: .38 (also .45 and .308 receivers) Fire Rate: Varies by frame Range: Medium Accuracy: Low to Medium Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sights, muzzle | Found on raiders everywhere; the Pipe Pistol is also lootable from the Red Rocket settlement's workshop storage |
| Laser Gun (Pistol, Rifle, Sniper) | Energy Weapon | A pre-war directed-energy weapon that converts between pistol, rifle, automatic and sniper configurations through its mod tree. | Ammo: Fusion Cell Fire Rate: Medium Range: Medium to Long Accuracy: High Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sights, muzzle | Sold by Commonwealth vendors such as Arturo Rodriguez in Diamond City; carried by Brotherhood of Steel, Institute and Gunner patrols |
| Plasma Gun | Energy Weapon | The most damaging energy weapon family in the base game, firing superheated plasma that turns enemies to goo on a kill. | Ammo: Plasma Cartridge Fire Rate: Slow Range: Medium to Long Accuracy: Medium Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sights, muzzle | Dropped by high-level Gunners, Institute Coursers and Children of Atom zealots; also sold by some wandering merchants |
| Combat Rifle | Rifle / Semi-Automatic | The Commonwealth's most dependable conventional rifle, feeding from .45 rounds and accepting a full receiver progression from standard to automatic, hardened, powerful, calibrated and advanced. | Ammo: .45 Fire Rate: Medium Range: Medium to Long Accuracy: High Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sights, muzzle | Standard issue for Gunners and Triggermen; sold by Commonwealth vendors |
| Combat Shotgun | Shotgun | A magazine-fed automatic shotgun that carries eight shells before a reload, making it the best sustained close-quarters weapon in the base game. | Ammo: Shotgun Shell Fire Rate: Fast Range: Short Accuracy: Low at range Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sights, muzzle | Carried by Gunners, raiders and super mutants; sold by weapons vendors |
| Assault Rifle | Rifle / Automatic | A heavy, water-cooled-looking automatic rifle built for volume of fire rather than finesse. | Ammo: 5.56mm Fire Rate: Fast Range: Medium Accuracy: Medium Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sights, muzzle | Used by the Brotherhood of Steel and high-level raider groups; found in military installations across the Commonwealth |
| Submachine Gun | Submachine Gun / Automatic | The gangster-styled .45 submachine gun of the Commonwealth, complete with drum magazine and high rate of fire. | Ammo: .45 Fire Rate: Very Fast Range: Short to Medium Accuracy: Low Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sights, muzzle | Dropped by Triggermen and raiders; the unique Spray n' Pray is sold by the wandering merchant Cricket |
| Hunting Rifle | Sniper Rifle / Bolt-Action | A bolt-action .308 rifle that forms the core of most early sniping builds, later rechambered to .50 caliber for the highest single-shot damage available outside of heavy weapons. | Ammo: .308 (convertible to .50 caliber) Fire Rate: Slow Range: Long Accuracy: Very High Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sights, muzzle | Common on raiders and in hunting cabins; the .50 caliber receiver is unlocked through the Gun Nut perk |
| Gauss Rifle | Energy Rifle / Sniper | A magnetic accelerator rifle that must be charged before each shot, then releases damage that scales with the charge. | Ammo: 2mm Electromagnetic Cartridge Fire Rate: Very Slow (charged) Range: Very Long Accuracy: Very High Mod Slots: Receiver, barrel, stock, magazine, sights, muzzle | Sold by Proctor Teagan aboard the Prydwen; also dropped by high-level Gunners and found in far northern ruins |
| Minigun | Heavy Weapon / Automatic | A five-millimetre rotary cannon with a spin-up delay and an appetite for ammunition that makes it a power-armor weapon in practice. | Ammo: 5mm Fire Rate: Extremely Fast Range: Medium Accuracy: Low Heavy Weapon: 1 | Carried by super mutants and Brotherhood of Steel power armor troops; mounted on vertibirds |
| Fat Man | Heavy Weapon / Launcher | A shoulder-fired tactical nuclear weapon that launches mini nukes in a lobbed arc. | Ammo: Mini Nuke Fire Rate: Very Slow Range: Long (arcing) Blast Radius: Very Large Heavy Weapon: 1 | Found in military sites and near super mutant camps; carried by a super mutant suicider variant in some encounters |
| Missile Launcher | Heavy Weapon / Launcher | A four-tube shoulder launcher that fires tracking missiles with a large blast radius. | Ammo: Missile Fire Rate: Slow Range: Long Blast Radius: Large Heavy Weapon: 1 | Common on Gunners and Brotherhood patrols; found in military stockpiles |
| Flamer | Heavy Weapon / Incendiary | A close-range incendiary weapon that sprays burning fuel and sets both enemies and the ground alight. | Ammo: Flamer Fuel Fire Rate: Continuous Range: Very Short Effect: Burning damage over time Heavy Weapon: 1 | Carried by the Forged raiders at Saugus Ironworks and by Brotherhood troops; found in industrial sites |
| Cryolator Unique | Unique Heavy Weapon / Cryo | A cryogenic prototype hidden in the Overseer's office of Vault 111 behind a Master-level lock, and one of the first unique weapons the player can reach. | Ammo: Cryo Cell Fire Rate: Continuous Range: Short Effect: Freezing build-up and slow Lock: Master-level terminal or lockpick in Vault 111 | Vault 111 Overseer's office, behind a Master-level lock |
| Railway Rifle | Rifle / Ballistic Exotic | A steam-powered rifle that fires railway spikes hard enough to pin limbs to walls, with a distinctive whistle on every shot. | Ammo: Railway Spike (recoverable) Fire Rate: Slow Range: Medium to Long Accuracy: High Special: Can pin limbs to surfaces | Carried by Railroad agents and found in Railroad-linked locations |
| The Broadsider Unique | Unique Heavy Weapon | A ship-mounted cannon converted into a shoulder-fired harpoon launcher, recovered during the Last Voyage of the USS Constitution. | Ammo: Cannonball Fire Rate: Very Slow Range: Long (arcing) Cost: Heavy, high Strength requirement in practice Heavy Weapon: 1 | Reward from the Last Voyage of the USS Constitution questline |
| The Deliverer Unique | Unique Pistol / Silenced | The Railroad's custom silenced 10mm pistol, designed for quiet work and issued to agents who earn the organization's trust. | Ammo: 10mm Fire Rate: Fast Range: Short to Medium Special: Integral suppressor, improved critical damage Mod Slots: Limited (railroad-spec, few mods) | Reward from the Tradecraft quest given by Deacon and Desdemona at the Railroad headquarters |
| Kellogg's Pistol Unique | Unique Pistol | The .44 revolver carried by the mercenary Conrad Kellogg and taken from his body in Fort Hagen. | Ammo: .44 Magnum Fire Rate: Slow Range: Medium Effect: Critical hits refill Action Points Special: Unique hammer-fanning reload | Looted from Conrad Kellogg in Fort Hagen during the main quest Reunions |
| Overseer's Guardian Unique | Unique Rifle | A two-shot combat rifle sold by Alexis Combes in Vault 81, and widely considered one of the best general-purpose weapons in the game. | Ammo: .45 Fire Rate: Medium Range: Long Effect: Fires an additional projectile Mod Slots: Full combat rifle tree | Sold by Alexis Combes in Vault 81 |
| Spray n' Pray Unique | Unique Submachine Gun | An explosive submachine gun sold by the wandering merchant Cricket, named for its habit of hurting the player's own legs at close range. | Ammo: .45 Fire Rate: Very Fast Range: Short to Medium Effect: Fires explosive rounds Risk: Self-damage in close quarters | Sold by the wandering weapons merchant Cricket, who moves between Bunker Hill, Diamond City's outskirts and Quincy |
| Righteous Authority Unique | Unique Laser Rifle | The laser rifle given by Paladin Danse on completion of the Brotherhood of Steel's Call to Arms recruitment mission. | Ammo: Fusion Cell Fire Rate: Medium Range: Long Effect: Critical meter fills faster, improved critical damage Mod Slots: Full laser gun tree | Reward from the Call to Arms quest, given by Paladin Danse at the Cambridge Police Station |
| Shishkebab | Melee / Flame Sword | A motorcycle fuel tank, pressure hose and blade welded into a flaming sword, built by the Forged raiders of Saugus Ironworks. | Damage: High plus burning damage over time Speed: Fast Reach: Medium Special: Sets targets alight | Saugus Ironworks, taken from the Forged raider leader Slag during the Out of the Fire quest |
| Super Sledge | Melee / Heavy | A hydraulically assisted sledgehammer that delivers the biggest single melee hits in the base game at the cost of a slow swing and heavy Strength requirement. | Damage: Very High Speed: Slow Reach: Medium Requirement: Heavy Strength investment | Carried by super mutants and high-level raiders; sold by Commonwealth melee vendors |
| Power Fist | Unarmed / Powered | A hydraulic piston strapped to the forearm that turns unarmed combat into heavy weapon damage. | Damage: High Speed: Fast Reach: Very Short Mods: Puncturing, heating coil, Tesla coil, hydraulic | Carried by Swan in Boston Common and by other unarmed heavy enemies; sold by some vendors |
| Deathclaw Gauntlet | Unarmed / Crafted | A trio of deathclaw claws bound to a fist and grip, dealing bleeding damage that ignores better armor than a Power Fist does. | Damage: Very High Speed: Fast Reach: Very Short Effect: Bleeding damage over time | Crafted at any workshop from a deathclaw hand; the recipe is available by default |
| Tesla Rifle | Energy Weapon / Automatron | An add-on weapon from Automatron that arcs electricity between targets, chaining damage to nearby enemies. | Ammo: Fusion Cell Fire Rate: Medium Range: Medium Effect: Chains electricity to nearby targets Source Pack: Automatron | Carried by the Mechanist's robots during the Automatron questline and crafted from salvaged robot parts |
| Kiloton Radium Rifle Unique | Unique Rifle / Radiation | A Far Harbor exclusive sold at the Children of Atom's submarine base, combining radiation damage with explosive rounds. | Ammo: .45 Fire Rate: Medium Range: Long Effect: Explosive rounds plus radiation damage Source Pack: Far Harbor | Sold by Kane aboard the submarine at the Nucleus in Far Harbor |
| Atom's Judgement Unique | Unique Melee / Radiation | A super sledge variant recovered from the Children of Atom on Far Harbor, layered with a radioactive core that adds radiation damage on top of its already immense physical damage. | Damage: Extremely High plus radiation damage Speed: Slow Reach: Medium Source Pack: Far Harbor | Obtained from the Children of Atom during the Visions in the Fog questline on Far Harbor |
| Splattercannon Unique | Unique Rifle / Nuka-World | A legendary handmade rifle sold by Aaron Corbett in the Nuka-Town market, built around a furious rate of fire and the Furious effect, which stacks damage on repeated hits against the same target. | Ammo: 7.62mm Fire Rate: Fast Range: Medium to Long Effect: Damage increases with each consecutive hit on the same target Source Pack: Nuka-World | Sold by Aaron Corbett in the Nuka-Town market in Nuka-World |
| Aeternus Unique | Unique Gatling Laser / Nuka-World | A gatling laser awarded through the Amoral Combat arena fights in the Nuka-World Gauntlet, carrying the Never Ending effect that removes the need to reload. | Ammo: Fusion Core Fire Rate: Very Fast Range: Medium Effect: Never Ending (no reloading) Heavy Weapon: 1 Source Pack: Nuka-World | Awarded from the Amoral Combat fights in the Nuka-World Gauntlet |
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