For a cross-game overview of this skill, see Big Guns. |
Big Guns is a skill in Fallout 3. It determines combat effectiveness with any weapon categorized as a "Big Gun," such as flamers, miniguns, missile launchers or the Fat Man.
Initial level[]
Example: A starting Endurance of 5 and Luck of 5.
As this skill increases, so does the accuracy and damage with all of these weapons, both in and out of V.A.T.S. mode.
Ways to increase Big Guns skill[]
- Permanent
- Leveling up (10+INT (+3 with Educated perk))
- Bobblehead - Big Guns (+10)
- Bobblehead - Endurance (+2)
- U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes (+1 or +2 with Comprehension)
- Size Matters (+15 with each rank, max 3 ranks)
- Tag! (+15)
- Temporary
- Buffout (+2-6 depending on Endurance, a perfect Endurance of 10 will see no benefit.)
- Linden's Outcast power armor (+5)
- Torcher's mask (+5)
- Raider blastmaster helmet (+5)
- Bombshell armor (+10) (The Pitt)
- Lag-Bolt's combat armor (+10) (Broken Steel)