Fallout: New Vegas weapons

	For an overview of unique weapons in Fallout: New Vegas, see Fallout: New Vegas unique weapons.

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This page lists all weapons in Fallout: New Vegas.

The content is not described in full detail on this page. For details, please see the respective articles. For weapons in other Fallout games, please see "Weapon". For an overview of Fallout: New Vegas content, please refer to "Portal:Fallout: New Vegas."

 

Legend
- Damage: This information comes straight from the G.E.C.K. and shows the damage caused by a single click of the mouse/trigger. For most small guns, that is a single bullet, but for shotguns, it is a single shell (containing several small pellets), and for the Gatling laser it is a single beam. This stat is most useful for comparing semi-automatic weapons like rifles, where one can see the full damage caused by a single shot, regardless of how long it takes to load and fire the next one.
- Damage per second: The maximum cyclic damage dealt in one second, expressed as rate of fire times damage. Weapons that require a reload every shot have damage per second shown including reload times, all others show sustained rates without reloads.
- Rate of fire: The maximum cyclic number of shots/attacks per second, without considering reloading.
- Spread: This is the Min Spread stat from the G.E.C.K. (the Spread stat is not used). It refers to the accuracy of a ranged weapon. 0 means the weapon can potentially fire perfectly straight, if stance, weapon skill, and weapon condition are optimal. Anything above 0 means the shots may deviate from the center by that many degrees regardless of stance, skill, or condition.
- Critical chance multiplier: The multiplier applied to your character's critical hit chance. This modifier applies to each individual attack you make (e.g. each 5mm round bullet fired from your minigun). For example, if your character has a critical hit chance of 5%, and the weapon you're using has a CRIT % MULT of x2, then each shot has a 5% x 2 =10% chance to critically hit. For automatic weapons (assault rifles, SMGs, miniguns, etc.) the Crit % Mult stat in the G.E.C.K. is divided by the G.E.C.K.'s Fire Rate stat, hence the very small multiplier for automatic weapons. This is done to compensate for the sheer number of bullets being fired. Note that single V.A.T.S. attack, with automatic weapons, only checks for critical hit once, applying damage bonus for all bullets in such attack if critical hit is done.
- Critical hit Damage: The amount of damage that is added when you score a critical strike. The more specialized Sneak Attack Critical deals twice the damage of a common critical strike.
- Action Point cost: The number of Action Points used per shot in V.A.T.S.
- Area of effect: The blast radius of the explosion in units of measurement displayed in the G.E.C.K.
- Durability: This is the maximum number of times a weapon can attack/fire from full health before completely breaking.
- Ammunition used: The type of ammunition the weapon uses.
- Magazine capacity: The maximum ammunition capacity of the weapon. Shots per reload: The maximum number of shots possible from a full magazine.
- Weapon weight: Weight value of the weapon that applies to encumbrance.
- Weapon value in caps: Base value of the weapon in caps. Resale value is affected by Barter skill.
- Value to weight ratio: The ratio of the base weapon value in caps to the weapon weight.
- Skill required: The weapon skill and skill level required to use the weapon without penalty.
- Strength required: The Strength required to use the weapon without penalty.

Guns

“Guns are the most common ranged weapons of the Mojave Wasteland. They are numerous and varied and ammunition is relatively easy to acquire.”— Fallout: New Vegas loading screens

Pistols

																	Base ID
.357 Magnum revolver²	26	45.5	1.75	x1	26	26	1.0	0.5	.357 Magnum	6	995	2	110	55	0	3	0008F216
Lucky²	30	82.5	2.75	x2.5	30	17	1.76	0.3	.357 Magnum	6	1120	2.5	1500	600	0	3	000E2C86
.44 Magnum revolver²	36	67.5	1.875	x1	36	25	1.44	0.7	.44 Magnum	6	1245	3.5	2500	714.3	50	5	0008F215
Mysterious Magnum²	42	102.4	2.44	x1	42	22	1.91	0.5	.44 Magnum	6	745	4	3200	800	50	6	00127C6C
.45 Auto pistol²	29	79.8	2.75	x1	29	17	1.7	0.8	.45 Auto	7	745	1.5	1750	1166.7	25	3	xx008E1A
A Light Shining in Darkness²	33	144.4	4.38	x2	33	15	2.2	0.55	.45 Auto	6	1245	1.2	4500	3750	75	3	xx009DBE
5.56mm pistol²	28	77	2.75	x2	28	21	1.33	0.6	5.56mm	5	870	5	1200	240	50	6	xx000813
That Gun	30	90	3.0	x2.5	30	19	1.58	0.5	5.56mm	5	1120	5	1750	350	50	6	00133058
9mm pistol²	16	50	3.13	x1	16	17	0.94	0.7	9mm	13	745	1.5	100	66.7	0	2	000E3778
Maria²	20	75	3.75	x2	20	15	1.3	0.2	9mm	13	995	1.5	1000	666.7	0	2	000E7655
10mm pistol²	22	60.5	2.75	x1	22	17	1.29	0.8	10mm	12	395	3	750	250	25	4	0000434F
Weathered 10mm pistol	24	66	2.75	x1	24	17	1.41	0.8	10mm	12	545	3	1200	400	0	4	001735D4
12.7mm pistol	40	110	2.75	x1	40	17	2.35	1.1	12.7mm	7	395	3.5	4000	1142.9	75	7	0008F213
Li'l Devil¹	45	146.3	3.25	x2	45	15	3.0	0.9	12.7mm	7	595	3.2	16000	5000	75	8	xx000805
Hunting revolver (GRA)	58	87	1.5	x1	58	31	1.87	0.35	.45-70 Gov't	5	545	4	3500	875	75	6	0008F214 xx000852
Ranger Sequoia	62	104.6	1.69	x1.5	62	30	2.07	0.1	.45-70 Gov't	5	745	4	1200	300	75	6	00129A44
Police pistol¹	30	60	2.0	x1	45	19	1.58	0.5	.357 Magnum	6	1120	3	1000	333.3	0	4	xx00BBC2
Silenced .22 pistol¹	9	31.5	3.5	x3	18	17	0.53	0.5	.22LR	16	495	3	80	26.6	0	1	000E377A

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Normal holdout weapon: May be concealed regardless of Sneak skill.

² Improved holdout weapon: May be concealed if Sneak ≥ 50

Rifles

																	Base ID
Anti-materiel rifle¹ (GRA)	110	49.3	.45	x1	110	55/ 65	2/ 1.69	.015	.50 MG	8	470	20	5600	280	100	8	0008F21C xx00084F
Assault carbine (GRA)	13	156	12	x0.06	13	20	3.25	1.2	5mm	24	3745	6	3950	658	75	3	0008F21E xx000850
Automatic rifle	40	240	6	x0.18	40	35	2.28	2.5	.308	20	995	16	4500	281	100	8	xx00A7A9
Battle rifle (GRA)	48	92.6	1.93	x1	48	25	1.92	.55	.308	8	1495	9.5	1500	158	75	6	xx000812
This Machine	55	117.9	2.14	x1	55	22	2.5	.5	.308	8	2995	9.5	2800	295	75	6	000F062B
BB gun	4	6.2	1.54	x1	4	28	.14	.5	BB	100	245	2	36	18	0	1	00004323
Abilene Kid LE BB gun	4	6.2	1.54	x1.5	70	28	.14	.5	BB	100	495	2	500	250	0	1	0015FF5D
Brush gun	75	92.3	1.23	x1	75	33	2.27	.06	.45-70 Gov't	6	745	5	4900	980	100	6	00121148
Medicine Stick	78	108	1.38	x1	78	31	2.52	.06	.45-70 Gov't	8	995	5.5	20000	3636	100	6	xx00080E
Cowboy repeater	32	54.2	1.69	x1.25	32	27	1.19	.06	.357 Magnum	7	595	5	800	160	25	4	0008F21A
La Longue Carabine¹	35	75.4	2.15	x1.5	35	24	1.46	.05	.357 Magnum	11	745	5	1500	300	25	5	000F56F5
Hunting rifle	52	49.3	.95	x2	52	40	1.3	.01	.308	5	1495	6	2200	366	50	6	00004333
Paciencia	55	65.1	1.18	x2	110	35	1.57	.01	.308	3	1745	6.2	12000	1936	50	6	xx00080C
Light machine gun	21	252	12	x0.06	21	18	5.83	1.5	5.56mm	90	3995	15	5200	347	100	8	000906DF
Bozar¹	19	285	15.01	x0.05	19	18	4.22	.75	5.56mm	30	3995	15	20000	1333	100	8	xx000806
Marksman carbine¹	24	136.8	5.7	x1	24	14	1.71	.04	5.56mm	20	1995	6	5200	867	100	4	00106FEA
All-American¹	26	156	6	x1	26	13	2.0	.035	5.56mm	24	1995	6	5900	983	100	4	00106FEB
Service rifle	18	75.6	4.2	x1	18	15	1.2	.55	5.56mm	20	1995	8.5	540	64	25	2	000E9C3B
Survivalist's rifle	48	187.2	3.9	x1	48	20	2.4	.08	12.7mm	10	2495	8.5	5400	635	75	4	xx00DD79
Sniper rifle¹	45	86.8	1.93	x2	45	27	1.66	.02	.308	5	395	8	4100	513	75	6	00004353
Christine's CoS silencer rifle¹	62	99.6	1.61	x2.5	62	38	1.63	.02	.308	5	420	5.5	6100	1109	75	6	xx0112BA
Gobi Campaign scout rifle¹	48	102.9	2.14	x2	80	24	2.0	.018	.308	6	795	4.5	6200	1378	75	6	001429E1
Trail carbine	48	73.8	1.5	x1	48	29	1.65	.06	.44 Magnum	8	2495	5.5	3900	709	75	5	000CD539
Varmint rifle	18	21.9	1.22	x1	18	35	.51	.024	5.56mm	5	595	5.5	75	14	0	3	0007EA24
Ratslayer¹	23	30	1.3	x5	23	33	.7	.0225	5.56mm	8	995	4.5	2000	444	0	3	000E5B17

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Scoped by default.

SMGs

																	Base ID
.45 Auto SMG	26	286	11	x0.06	26	19	5.47	2.3	.45 Auto	30	2995	11	3750	341	75	6	xx00996C
9mm SMG	14	154	11	x0.06	14	20	2.8	1.5	9mm	30	2745	4	850	213	25	3	0008F217
Vance's 9mm SMG	17	221	13	x0.05	17	20	4.25	1.5	9mm	60	3745	4	1500	375	25	3	000E32F4
10mm SMG	19	171	9	x0.08	19	22	2.59	2.2	10mm	30	2495	5	2370	474	50	5	00004321
Sleepytyme¹	22	220	10	x0.1	22	22	4.0	1.7	10mm	40	2495	5	8250	1650	50	5	xx00080D
12.7mm SMG (GRA)	36	324	9	x0.08	36	24	4.5	2.0	12.7mm	21	2495	5	5100	1020	100	6	001429D1 xx00084E
H&H Tools nail gun	9	126	14	x0.12	9	20	2.7	1.4	Nails	90	2745	4	5000	1250	75	2	xx00925E
Silenced .22 SMG	10	110	11	x0.23	20	19	2.1	2.0	.22LR	180	4995	8	1850	231	50	2	0008F218

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Improved holdout weapon: May be concealed if Sneak ≥ 50

Shotguns

																	Base ID
Caravan shotgun	045 (6.4 x7)	144.6	3.21	x1	6	20	2.25	2.2	20 gauge	2	695	3	675	225	25	3	000CD53A
Sturdy caravan shotgun	050 (7.1 x7)	160.7	3.21	x1	7	27	1.85	4	20 gauge	2	1495	3	875	292	0	3	001735E3
Hunting shotgun	070 (10 x7)	116.7	1.67	x1	10	28	2.5	1.5	12 gauge	5	995	7.5	3800	507	75	5	0008ED0B
Dinner Bell	075 (10.7 x7)	125	1.67	x1	11	28	2.67	1.2	12 gauge	5	745	7.5	4800	640	75	5	000F0B12
Lever-action shotgun	048 (6.9 x7)	84.9	1.8	x1	7	25	1.92	1.9	20 gauge	5	495	3	2000	667	50	4	0008ED0C
Riot shotgun	067 (9.5 x7)	268	4.0	x1	10	17	3.94	2.5	12 gauge	12	870	5	5500	1100	100	7	0008ED0A
Sawed-off shotgun¹	100 (7.1 x14)	28.2	2.34	x1	7	37	2.7	4.0	12 gauge	2(1)	395	4	1950	488	50	4	0000434C
Big Boomer	120 (8.6 x14)	34.2	2.58	x1	9	35	3.43	3.5	12 gauge	2(1)	395	4	2500	625	50	4	001673CD
Single shotgun	050 (7.1 x7)	20.9	2.6	x1	7	50	1.0	1.4	20 gauge	1	995	7	175	25	0	5	000E393B

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Improved holdout weapon: May be concealed if Sneak ≥ 50

Heavy weapons

																	Base ID
K9000 cyberdog gun¹	26	182	7	x0.5	13	27	2.9	1.35	.357 Magnum	50	2495	27	7500	278	75	8	xx00E39E
FIDO¹	36	252	7	x0.5	18	28	3.9	1.5	.44 Magnum	50	2495	27	9500	352	85	9	xx00FD3C
Minigun	12	240	20	x0.5	12	30	3.2	1.0	5mm	240	5995	25	5500	220	100	10	0000433F
CZ57 Avenger	13	390	30	x0.5	13	25	6.24	0.55	5mm	120	7995	18	8500	340	100	10	001629B6
Shoulder mounted machine gun	30	210	7	x0	20	30	3.0	0.9	10mm	60	3995	17	7500	442	75	7	xx008858

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Scoped by default

Energy weapons

“Energy weapons are less common and varied than guns, but have a small number of ammunition types and can be quite potent.”— Fallout: New Vegas loading screen

Energy pistols

																	Base ID
Alien blaster¹	75	131.3	1.8	x100	50	20	3.75	0	Alien PC	10	2495	2	4000	2000	75	1	00004322
Euclid's C-Finder	0 +150	20.6	0.2	x50	0	50	3	0.5	Arch II charge	1	3995	15	1	0.07	0	1	0014EB3C
Flare gun² ³	10 +1/10s	3.4	1.8	x1.5	10	30	0.67	0.5	Flamer fuel	10	245	2	500	250	0	3	xx004C4E
Laser pistol² (GRA)²	12	45	3.75	x1.5	12	15	0.8	0.1	SEC	30	995	3	175	58.3	0	1	00004335 xx00084D
Compliance Regulator²	8	30	3.75	x1.5	12	15	0.53	0.1	SEC	30	995	3	175	58.3	0	1	xx00C626
Missing laser pistol³	11	41.3	3.8	x1.5	11	15	0.73	0.1	SEC	30	995	3	175	58.3	0	1	0010A6FC
Pew Pew²	75	150	2.0	x2.5	50	35	2.14	0.1	SEC	10(2)	395	3	2498	832.6	0	1	00103B1D
Plasma Defender (GRA)	38	95	2.5	x 1	38	20	1.9	0.3	SEC	32(16)	495	2	3000	1500	50	2	00090727 xx000853
Plasma pistol² (GRA)²	33	57.8	1.75	x1.5	33	30	1.1	0.5	SEC	32(16)	745	3	200	66.6	0	2	00004343 xx000855
Pulse gun⁴	5 +250/ +110⁴	5.17	1	x1	5	20	0.25	0.1	SEC	25(5)	495	2	1800	900	25	2	00090A6B
Recharger pistol	18	90	5	x1.2	18	13	1.38	0.1	MF breeder	20	1495	7	2700	385.7	50	2	0009071F
MF Hyperbreeder Alpha²	25	175	7	x2	25	20	1.25	1.0	MF breeder	10	3995	7	8900	1271.4	50	2	xx000802
Sonic emitter - Gabriel's bark² ⁴	55 +20⁴	56.9	1.03	x1	25	30	1.83	0.1	SEC	24(12)	495	2	3500	1750	50	2	xx00E37E
Sonic emitter - opera singer² ⁴	55 +20⁴	56.9	1.03	x1	25	30	1.83	0.1	SEC	24	495	2	3500	1750	50	2	xx00E1B8
Sonic emitter - revelation² ⁴	31 +20⁴	32.1	1.03	x1	18	30	1.03	0.1	SEC	24	495	2	3500	1750	50	2	xx00E381
Sonic emitter - robo-scorpion² ⁴	65 +20⁴	67.2	1.03	x1	30	30	2.16	0.1	SEC	24(8)	495	2	3500	1750	75	2	xx00E386
Sonic emitter - tarantula² ⁴	60 +20⁴	62.1	1.03	x1	30	30	2.0	0.1	SEC	24(8)	495	2	3500	1750	75	2	xx00E389

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ May only be acquired if one has chosen the Wild Wasteland trait.

² Improved holdout weapon: May be concealed if Sneak ≥ 50.

³ Frightens abominations.

⁴ Does bonus damage to robots and power armored foes.

Energy rifles

																	Base ID
Gauss rifle²	120	45	3	x2	60	40	3	0.03	MFC	5 (1)	395	7	3000	429	75	5	0015837B
YCS/186¹ ²	140	52.5	3	x2	70	40	3.5	0.0275	MFC	4 (1)	495	8	3000	375	75	5	0015B38D
Holorifle²	80	88.9	1.11	x1	80	30	2.67	0.4	MFC	4	495	8	3000	375	50	4	xx0092EF
LAER	65	162.5	2.5	x1.5	15	32	2	0.08	MFC	20	370	4	8000	2000	75	4	xx00B9CF
Elijah's advanced LAER	65	178.8	2.75	x1.5	15	32	2	0.08	MFC	15	245	4	8500	2125	75	4	xx015DD3
Laser RCW	15	135	9	x0.05	15	20	2.25	0.08	ECP	60	1995	4	2150	537	50	4	0009073B
Laser rifle	22	67.8	3.08	x1.5	22	18	1.22	0.025	MFC	24	620	8	800	100	25	3	00004336
AER14 prototype	35	105	3	x2	35	20	1.75	0.0225	MFC	24 (12)	495	8.5	2200	259	25	3	001479B3
Van Graff laser rifle	15	46.2	3.08	x1.5	15	18	0.83	0.025	MFC	24	270	8	800	100	0	3	001251CD
Multiplas rifle	105 (35x3)	105	1	x1	34	35	3	1.5	MFC	30 (10)	245	7	2500	357	50	4	00121168
Plasma rifle	47	65.8	1.4	x2	47	30	1.57	0.2	MFC	24 (12)	370	8	1300	163	25	3	00004344
Van Graff plasma rifle	32	44.8	1.4	x2	32	30	1.06	0.2	MFC	24 (12)	370	8	1300	163	0	3	001251CC
Q-35 matter modulator	40	96	2.4	x2	62	28	1.43	0.2	MFC	12	1245	7	3000	429	25	2	000E6064
Recharger rifle	12	51.1	4.3	x1.5	12	19	0.63	0.02	MF breeder	7	370	15	250	17	0	5	00121154
Tri-beam laser rifle (GRA)	66 (22x3)	180	2.73	x1.5	22	23	2.87	0.5	MFC	24 (8)	245	9	4800	533	75	4	000E2BF4 xx000854

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ May only be acquired if one has not chosen the Wild Wasteland trait.

² Scoped by default.

Energy heavy weapons

																	Base ID
Arc welder	9 +8/+4¹	72	8	x0.36	1	30	0.9	0.5	ECP	30	1245	15	3700	247	75	7	xx00766B
Flamer	16 +2/5s	130	8	x0.42	1	50	1.6	0.5	Flamer fuel	60	995	15	2350	157	50	7	0000432D
Cleansing Flame	15 +10/6s	115	7	x1	1	55	4.1	1.5	Flamer fuel	100	1495	22	9500	432	50	7	xx00080B
Gatling laser	10	300	30	x0.02	10	30	4	0.6	ECP	240	7495	18	6800	378	100	8	0000432E
Sprtel-Wood 9700	16	320	20	x0.04	16	30	4.3	0.5	ECP	90	4995	15	20000	1333	100	6	xx000803
Heavy incinerator	15 +20 +8/5s	148	4	x0.83	5	50	1.5	0.5	Flamer fuel	24	995	15	7200	480	100	8	000E2BFC
Incinerator	1 +20 +4/8s	46	2	x1.67	1	50	1.1	0.1	Flamer fuel	30	995	12	1300	108	25	6	000906DA
Plasma caster	65	195	3	x1	65	25	2.6	0.7	MFC	10	395	20	7000	350	100	8	000906CF
The Smitty Special	35	245	7	x0.1	35	30	3.5	1.3	MFC	20	1095	20	20000	1000	100	8	xx00080A
Tesla cannon	80 +20/2s	127.4	1.34	x2	40	37	3.2	0.1	ECP	20 (4)	395	8	8700	1088	100	8	000E2BEC
Elijah's jury-rigged Tesla cannon	85 +20/2s	154.2	1.58	x2	45	37	3.4	0	ECP	30 (6)	245	8	13500	1688	100	8	xx01199E
Tesla-Beaton prototype	90 +25/2s	145.8	1.34	x2	45	37	3.8	0.08	ECP	24 (4)	195	8	12525	1566	100	8	0015A47F

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Does bonus damage to robots and power armored foes.

Explosives

“Explosive weapons are best used when dealing with crowds or in situations where precision is not a high priority."”— Fallout: New Vegas loading screen

Projectile

		AOE														Base ID
25mm grenade APW	2 +50	550	130	2.5	25	2.1	0.7	25mm	6	745	8	4200	525	75	5	xx00081B
Fat Man (GRA)	400 +600	1700	275.2	1.58	65	15.4	0.5	Mini nuke	1	495	30	6000	200	100	8	0000432C xx000AC3
Esther	475 +600	1700	304.7	1.89	55	19.5	0.5	Mini nuke	1	620	40	18000	450	100	8	xx000804
Grenade machinegun	0 +50	550	150	3	50	1.0	1	25mm	30	995	15	5200	347	100	8	00090A6A
Mercy	5 +100	750	325.5	3.1	50	2.1	1	40mm	18	2495	15	5200	347	100	8	0015FFF4
Grenade launcher	30 +100	750	57.4	0.6	35	3.71	0.7	40mm	4	495	12	4200	350	75	5	0007EA25
Grenade rifle	2 +100	750	41.4	2.14	35	2.9	1	40mm	1	495	6	300	50	25	3	000FF576
Great Bear grenade rifle	15 +100	750	46.6	2.14	32	3.6	0.5	40mm	1	1245	5	950	190	25	3	xx0046C4
Mercenary's grenade rifle	2 +100	750	41.4	2.14	35	2.9	1	40mm	1	495	5.5	300	55	0	3	001735E4
Red Victory grenade rifle	2 +100	750	44.1	3.21	29	3.5	0.5	40mm	1	620	4	950	238	25	3	xx0046C3
Thump-Thump	2 +100	750	43.2	2.79	35	2.9	0.8	40mm	1	620	5.5	800	145	25	3	001429E2
Missile launcher	125 +200	1000	70.1	1.58	55	5.9	0.3	Missile	1	245	20	3900	195	75	6	00004340
Annabelle	150 +200	1000	77.3	1.89	47	7.4	0.02	Missile	1	495	15	5200	347	75	5	00162019
Red Glare ¹	20 +40	500	240	4	25	2.4	0.5	Rocket	13	2245	20	15000	750	100	6	xx004C3C

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Scoped by default.

Thrown

		AOE										Base ID
Dynamite²	1 +75	750	30	0.4	24	3.17	0.3	25	83	0	1	000BA0F3
Fire bomb²	1 +20+4/8s	212	12.5	0.4	24	2.2	0.5	200	400	50	2	xx00BCB4
Flash bang²	1 +0	768	0.65	0.65	24	0.04	0.5	50	100	50	4	xx004C35
Frag grenade²	1 +125	900	82.2	0.65	24	5.3	0.5	150	300	25	2	00004330
Holy Frag Grenade³	1 +800	1500	522.4	0.65	24	33.4	0.5	500	1000	0	2	0014EA5A
Incendiary grenade	1 +50 +6/15s	450	39.3	0.65	24	5.87	0.5	200	400	50	2	0014DDDE
Long-fuse dynamite²	1 +75	750	30.8	0.4	24	3.17	0.3	25	83	0	1	00109A0C
MFC grenade¹	1 +75	600	49.6	0.65	35	2.17	0.5	15	30	25	2	xx0008C8
Nuka-grenade¹	1 +350 +2/5s	450	230.9	0.65	24	15.04	0.5	50	100	100	2	xx000818
Plasma grenade²	1 +225	450	147.4	0.65	24	9.4	0.5	300	600	75	2	00004332
Pulse grenade² ⁴	1 +10 +200/+80⁴	750	7.2	0.65	24	.45	0.5	40	80	50	2	00004331
Tin grenade¹	1 +100	768	65.8	0.65	35	2.89	0.5	25	50	0	2	xx000814

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Normal holdout weapon: May be concealed regardless of Sneak skill.

² Improved holdout weapon: May be concealed if Sneak ≥ 50

³ May only be acquired if one has chosen the Wild Wasteland trait.

⁴ Does bonus damage to robots and power armored foes.

Placed

		AOE								Base ID
Bottlecap mine²	1 +200	256	35	5.74	0.5	150	300	0	1	0000433A
C-4 plastic explosive¹	1 +250	512	24	10.45	0.5	1000	2000	50	1	001221C1
Demolition charge	2 +100	192	38	2.68	1.5	75	50	0	1	xx01140B
Detonator¹	N/A	-	-	-	0.5	25	50	0	0	00130041
Fat mine	5 +450	1400	35	13	3.25	275	84.62	50	3	xx000815
Frag mine	1 +100	192	35	2.88	0.5	75	150	25	1	0000433C
Gas bomb	1 +80	600	24	5.2	5	100	20	50	1	xx00C45D
MFC cluster¹ ²	1 +(75x6)	600	35	12.9	0.5	110	220	50	2	xx0008C9
Plasma mine	1 +150	192	35	4.31	0.5	300	600	75	2	0000433D
Powder charge²	1 +75	192	35	2.17	0.5	25	50	0	1	00109A0B
Pulse mine³	1 +10 +200/+80³	450	35	0.31	0.5	40	80	50	2	0000433E
Satchel charge	1 +250	384	35	7.17	0.75	125	166.66	50	4	xx0076E3
Time bomb²	1 +150	1024	24	6.29	0.5	750	1500	50	1	0013D534
Time bomb, high yield²	1 +400	1536	24	16.71	0.5	750	1500	50	1	xx000811

¹ Improved holdout weapon: May be concealed if Sneak ≥ 50

² Custom-built weapon

³ Does bonus damage to robots and power armored foes.

Melee

“Most Melee Weapons are completely silent, making them excellent stealth weapons.”— Fallout: New Vegas loading screen

Bladed

														Base ID
Bowie knife²	23	79.6	3.46	x1.5	35	20	2.3	495	1	1000	1000	75	3	xx0046C7
Blood-Nap²	30	110.8	3.69	x1.5	45	17	3.5	495	1	2000	2000	50	4	xx00A606
Bumper sword	32	45.5	1.42	x1	32	38	1.68	1495	12	2500	208	50	8	000CD50D
Blade of the East	65 +2/10s	104.6	1.58	x1	30	35	4.3	3995	12	45	3.8	100	9	00143FBA
Blade of the West	60	127.9	2.13	x1.5	30	29	4.1	745	12	5700	475	100	9	xx008B05
Chainsaw³ (GRA)	80	80	1	x1	8	65	2.5	7995	20	2800	140	75	7	0015FE44 xx000851
Cleaver²	7	17.8	2.54	x1	7	22	0.6	1245	2	20	10	0	2	00109A0A
Chopper²	14	54.9	3.92	x2	14	22	1.3	1245	2	800	400	0	2	0014D2AA
Combat knife²	15	48.5	3.23	x2	15	17	1.8	445	1	500	500	50	3	00004326
Chance's knife²	22	91.4	4.15	x2	22	17	2.6	445	1	900	900	50	3	00162C92
Cosmic knife¹	12	36	3	x1	12	20	1.2	745	1	35	35	0	1	xx00BD09
Cosmic knife clean¹	15	45	3	x1.2	15	20	1.5	995	1	50	50	0	1	xx012209
Cosmic knife super-heated¹	14	42	3	x5	14	20	1.4	745	1	50	50	0	1	xx010589
Fire axe	55	86.8	1.58	x1	27	22	5.0	995	8	2500	313	75	5	0011A8B9
Knock-Knock	66	118.8	1.8	x1	33	21	6.3	545	8	3200	400	75	5	00156F7C
Hatchet²	16	40.6	2.54	x1	16	22	1.5	1495	2	75	37.5	25	2	0011A8E4
Katana	22	71.1	3.23	x2	22	21	2.1	995	3	2500	833	75	4	xx000817
Knife¹	8	24	3	x1	8	20	0.8	745	1	20	20	0	1	00004334
Knife spear	20	37.9	1.89	x1	20	35	1.1	1995	3	55	18.3	25	2	xx000FBE
Knife spear clean	25	47.4	1.89	x1.2	25	35	1.4	1995	3	55	18.3	25	2	xx012208
Machete	11	33	3	x1.5	11	20	1.1	245	2	50	25	25	3	000CE569
Broad machete	15	48.5	3.23	x2	15	17	1.8	370	1	75	75	0	3	001735E5
Liberator	18	62.3	3.46	x3	18	18	2.0	370	2	1000	500	25	3	00127E45
Machete gladius	28	84	3	x1.5	28	20	2.8	370	2	1000	500	25	4	0015430B
Proton axe⁵	50 +50/+20⁵	90.8	1.82	x1	25	22	4.5	995	8	3500	437.5	50	5	xx016A4B
Protonic inversal axe⁵	58 +50/+20⁵	105.3	1.82	x1	45	25	4.6	1245	8	4000	500	55	5	xx009701
Ripper² ³ (GRA)	50	50	1	x1	5	65	1.5	5995	6	1200	200	50	3	00004349 xx000857
Shishkebab	40 +2/5s	94.3	2.31	x2	20	28	3.2	2495	3	2500	833.3	75	6	0000434E
Gehenna	42 +5/5s	121.3	2.77	x2	21	25	4.4	1995	3	12000	4000	75	6	xx00080F
Straight razor¹	5	18.5	3.69	x2	10	18	0.6	370	1	35	35	0	1	000F0F04
Figaro¹	8	33.2	4.15	x4	16	17	0.9	445	1	400	400	0	1	0014D2A7
Switchblade¹	7	14	2	x2	11	18	0.8	495	1	35	35	25	1	000289C3
Thermic lance³	100	100	1	x1	10	65	3.1	9995	20	5500	275	100	7	0015C881

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Normal holdout weapon: May be concealed regardless of Sneak skill.

² Improved holdout weapon: May be concealed if Sneak ≥ 50.

³ Ignores DR/DT.

⁴ Includes double normal weapon damage in V.A.T.S.

⁵ Does bonus damage to robots and power armored foes.

Blunt

														Base ID
9 iron	17	40.3	2.37	x1	17	22	1.5	295	3	55	18	25	2	000FC335
Nephi's golf driver	30	71.1	2.37	x1.2	30	21	2.9	245	1	500	500	25	2	000F56F6
Baseball bat (GRA)	22	36.3	1.65	x1	22	25	1.8	1995	3	250	83.3	25	4	0000421C xx00084C
Cattle prod	5	11.5	2.3	x2	5	28	0.36	2495	3	450	150	75	4	0013316D
Dress cane	22	50.8	2.3	x1	35	27	1.63	245	3	40	13.3	50	2	0011A8A0
Lead pipe¹	22	55.8	2.54	x1	22	24	1.8	245	3	75	25	50	5	00004337
The Humble Cudgel¹	26	72	2.77	x1	26	21	2.5	370	3	350	116.7	50	5	00157BCA
Nail board	25	35.5	1.4	x0	25	27	1.85	295	4	250	62.5	25	7	000A01DD
Pool cue	15	22.5	1.5	x0	15	27	1.1	245	1	15	15	0	2	00004346
Old Glory	45	85.3	1.89	x1.5	80	22	4.1	1245	8	2500	312.5	50	7	xx0076E0
Police baton¹	10	27.7	2.8	x1	10	23	0.87	1245	2	70	35	0	1	00004345
Rebar club	42	50.4	1.2	x0.5	24	40	2.1	1245	9	500	56	50	9	000CD50E
Nuka Breaker	50	75.8	1.52	x2	50	35	2.86	995	8	7800	975	50	9	xx000807
Rolling pin	3	5.2	1.7	x0	8	24	0.25	495	1	10	10	0	2	000B2943
Shovel	12	20.8	1.7	x3	20	28	0.86	1495	3	55	18	0	3	0011E46F
Sledgehammer	24	45.5	1.9	x1	24	38	1.26	745	12	130	11	50	7	00004351
Super sledge	70	105	1.5	x1	35	38	3.68	495	20	5800	290	100	8	00004352
Oh, Baby!	80	138.9	1.74	x1	40	35	4.57	495	20	6200	310	100	8	00156968
Tire iron¹	15	34.6	2.3	x1	15	27	1.11	995	3	40	13	0	3	00004328
War club¹	19	57	3	x1	19	21	1.81	995	3	75	25	25	2	xx00BCB5
X-2 antenna³	65 +50/+20³	70.4	1.1	x1	23	22	5.91	620	15	6000	400	75	7	xx00C297

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Improved holdout weapon: May be concealed if Sneak ≥ 50

² Includes double normal weapon damage in V.A.T.S.

³ Does bonus damage to robots and power armored foes.

Thrown

														Base ID
Proton throwing axe²	40 +50/+20²	32.2	0.8	x1	29	20	5.5	0	1	100	100	25	1	xx00BB5E
Protonic inversal throwing axe²	60 +50/+20²	52.7	.88	x1	29	22	5.5	0	1	200	200	25	1	xx00BB5F
Throwing hatchet	20	17.6	0.88	x1	20	22	1.8	0	2	20	10	25	1	0014DE1D
Throwing knife¹	15	48.2	3.2	x2	15	20	1.5	0	0.5	20	40	0	1	00161246
Throwing knife spear	42	20.2	0.48	x1	42	28	3.0	0	0.65	25	38.5	25	1	xx00119E
Throwing spear	50	30	0.6	x1	50	24	4.2	0	0.5	25	50	25	1	0014D2AC
Tomahawk	30	19.8	0.66	x1	30	23	2.6	0	0.5	75	37.5	50	3	xx00BCB6

¹ Normal holdout weapon: May be concealed regardless of Sneak skill.

² Does bonus damage to robots and power armored foes.

Unarmed

														Base ID
Ballistic fist	80	87.3	1.09	x1	80	28	5.7	395	6	7800	1300	100	9	0015BA03
Two-Step Goodbye²	70	76.4	1.09	x4	10 +175	28	5.0	395	6	20000	3333	100	9	xx000809
Bear trap fist	27	29.5	1.09	x1	27	28	1.9	395	6	800	150	50	5	xx00119D
Bladed gauntlet	25	39.1	1.57	x2	40	26	1.9	295	10	200	20	25	5	001519E0
Cram Opener	28	47.5	1.7	x2	44	26	2.2	370	10	800	80	25	5	00151D0C
Boxing gloves	1	1.3	1.26	x1	1	28	0.1	995	6	100	16.7	0	1	000E5391
Golden Gloves	1	1.3	1.26	x2	1	28	0.1	1245	6	100	16.7	0	1	000E58BB
Boxing tape	4	5.1	1.26	x1	4	28	0.3	2495	0.25	100	400	0	1	0012D852
Brass knuckles¹	18	36.9	2.05	x1	18	18	2.0	995	1	120	120	25	2	00004324
Displacer glove	50	68.2	1.36	x1	50	28	3.6	495	6	3500	583.3	100	4	00155E66
Pushy	60	88.4	1.47	x1	60	28	4.3	595	6	4200	700	100	2	00155E6D
Dog tag fist³	20	31.6	1.58	x1	20	35	1.1	495	3	50	16.7	0	1	00146C79
Recompense of the Fallen	25	47.4	1.89	x1	25	35	1.4	745	3	250	83.3	0	1	0012ADB8
Fist of Rawr Fist of the North Rawr	50	97.8	1.96	x2	75	24	4.17	445	10	6200	620	100	6	xx00CA89 xx00CA88
Industrial hand² ⁵	50	160	3.2	x1	40	65	1.5	7995	10	2500	250	75	7	xx008CB9
Mantis gauntlet	30	60.7	2.02	x3	30	22	2.7	245	10	750	75	75	4	001524B3
Embrace of the Mantis King!	42	65.7	1.57	x3	64	25	3.4	395	12	8500	708.3	75	4	xx000808
Power fist² (GRA)	40	43.6	1.09	x1	40	28	2.9	395	6	800	133.3	50	5	00004347 xx000856
Saturnite fist²	35	63	1.8	x1	35	25	2.8	795	4	1600	400	45	4	xx00F806
Saturnite fist super-heated²	55	90.8	1.65	x1	55 +2/5s	25	4.4	595	4	2400	600	55	5	xx00F83C
Greased Lightning²	32	96	3	x1	32	28	2.3	995	6	15000	2500	50	5	xx000810
Salt-Upon-Wounds' power fist²	45 +3/10s	64.4	1.36	x1	45	25	4.8	495	6	2500	416.6	50	6	xx00A38D
Scientist glove²	21	28.6	1.36	x1.5	5	28	1.5	245	2	500	250	25	2	xx009FFD
Corrosive glove²	21	22.9	1.09	x1	5 +2/10s	28	1.5	745	4	1500	375	55	2	xx00A130
Sterilizer glove²	21	28.6	1.36	x1	5 +2/5s	28	1.5	995	3	1500	500	55	2	xx00A135
Dr. Klein's glove²	34 -5 EW/30s -2 ST/30s	46.4	1.36	x1	5 -1 ST/30s -1 DT/60s	18	3.8	495	4	2500	625	45	3	xx00A13E
Dr. Mobius' glove²	28 -5 EW/30s -2 ST/30s	38.2	1.36	x2	5 Knockback Frenzy	15	3.7	495	3	3500	1166	35	2	xx00A138
Spiked knuckles¹	25	59.2	2.37	x1	25	19	2.6	1495	1	500	500	50	3	00004354
Love and Hate¹	30	75.8	2.53	x1	30	19	3.2	1495	1	750	750	50	3	001568E6
Yao guai gauntlet² ⁵	20	32.6	1.63	x2.5	30	22	1.8	2995	10	150	15	50	4	xx00BCB7
She's Embrace² ⁵	25	44	1.76	x3	37	20	2.5	4495	10	420	42	50	4	xx00BCB8
Zap glove⁴	35 +50/+20⁴	57.3	1.64	x1	35	28	2.5	495	6	5200	866.7	75	4	0015BA78
Paladin Toaster⁴	41 +50/+20⁴	67.1	1.64	x1	41	28	2.9	395	6	6800	1133.3	75	4	0015BA72

Unique weapons are highlighted with a darker background

¹ Normal holdout weapon: May be concealed regardless of Sneak skill.

² Improved holdout weapon: May be concealed if Sneak ≥ 50.

³ Includes double normal weapon damage in V.A.T.S.

⁴ Does bonus damage to robots and power armored foes.

⁵ Ignores DR/DT.

Other

Despite being in the weapons category on the Pip-Boy 3000, these items are not used offensively.

																	Base ID
Big Mountain Transportalponder!	-	-	-	x1	-	24	-	-	-	-	995	-	-	-	0	0	xx00E1B0
Binoculars	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5	50	33.3	0	0	000E6346
Codac R9000	-	-	2.5	x0	65	1000	-	0.3	Camera film	24	-	0	150	∞	0	0	0011A208
Laser detonator	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	MF breeder	1	49995	-	-	-	0	0	xx007670

Quest items are highlighted with a darker background

Unused weapons

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																	Base ID
Deathclaw gauntlet	20	32.6	1.6	x 5	30	26	1.5	-	-	-	2995	10	150	15	100	6	0000432B
Debug Mega Pistol	9999	31247	3.1	x1	9	17	588.2	0.7	9mm round	13	1120	1.5	100	66.7	0	2	001465A6
Double-barrel shotgun	?	?	?	x?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	00??????
Gas grenade	1	-	0.7	x1	0	24	0.04	-	-	-	-	0.5	25	50	0	2	0012701F
Oliver anti-materiel rifle	150	67.2	0.4	x1	80	25	6	0	.50 MG	8	870	20	5600	280	100	6	001724F2
Plasma rifle always crit	45 (9x5)	180	1	x100	44	25	1.8	0.2	MFC	12	4495	8	1800	225	0	0	000F7EAE
Plasma rifle weak	3	12	4	x2	44	25	0.12	0.2	MFC	12	4495	8	1800	225	0	0	000CDA5C
Poisoned hatchet	30	19.8	0.7	x1	30	23	2.6	-	-	-	4995	0.5	75	150	50	3	xx00F91A
Poisoned mantis gauntlet	30	60.6	2	x3	30	22	2.7	-	-	-	245	10	150	15	75	4	xx010E5D
Slave's Burden	16	25.3	1.6	x4	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	400	2350	5.875	1	7	00171B48
Starlet's hand wraps	15	18.9	1.3	X1	30	28	1.1	-	-	-	24995	6	100	16.66	0	1	xx00E8A4
Stun baton	12	27	2.3	x1	8	5	4.8	-	-	-	495	1	110	110	0	0	00166B95
Stun grenade	1 +15	11.2	0.7	x1	0	24	0.67	-	-	-	-	0.5	50	100	25	2	0014DDDF
The Disintegrator	1000	3818	3.8	x100	22	17	58.8	0	MFC	255	4995	8	1000	125	0	0	000F82AA
The Faderator¹	120	20160	168	x0.01	60	4	360	0.3	MFC/Microfusion breeder	255	3995	7	3000	429	25	3	xx000800

¹ Available in all add-ons except Courier's Stash.

Non-player character weapons

																	Base ID
Arcade Gannon's Ripper	50	50	1	x1	5	45	2.2	-	-	-	5995	6	100	16.7	75	3	00176E5D
Boone's scoped hunting rifle	52	41.1	0.8	x0.25	15	40	1.3	0.015	MCA	5	1495	6	2600	433.3	50	6	000CE549
Follows-Chalk's .45 Auto pistol	29	79.8	2.8	x1	29	17	1.7	0.8	MCA	7	745	1.5	100	66.6	25	3	xx00E8EF
Follows-Chalk's war club	24	83	3.5	x1	24	21	2.3	-	-	-	995	3	75	25	25	2	xx00E8EE
Joshua's Pistol Whippin' .45	20	46.2	2.3	x2	20	24	1.6	-	-	-	495	1	10	10	0	2	xx010E1F
Lily's assault carbine	18	216	12	x0.08	18	20	0.9	4.8	MCA	24	3745	6	3950	658.3	75	3	00174093
Lily's gauntlet	20	21.8	1.1	x1	20	28	1.4	-	-	-	2495	6	100	16.7	0	8	00105CF6
Lily's Vertibird blade	24	43.2	1.8	x1	24	38	1.3	-	-	-	4995	12	130	10.83	0	9	00105CF5
Mysterious Stranger's .44 Magnum	9000	16875	1.9	x100	9000	0	-	0	.44 Magnum round	6	4995	3	0	0	0	0	00050F92
Miss Fortune's Bad Luck Bringer	10	18.8	1.9	x1	10	0	-	0	.44 Magnum round	6	4995	3	0	0	0	0	0013568B
Mean super sledge	85	127.5	1.5	x1	40	38	4.5	-	-	-	3745	20	180	9	100	8	0013E540
Poisoned bladed gauntlet	25	39	1.6	x2	40	26	1.9	-	-	-	295	10	200	20	25	5	xx010E5E
Poisoned cleaver	7	17.8	2.5	x1	7	22	0.6	-	-	-	1245	2	2	1	0	2	xx00F91C
Poisoned fire axe	55	82.5	1.5	x1	27	22	5	-	-	-	995	8	2500	312.5	75	5	xx00F919
Poisoned machete	11	33	3	x1.5	11	20	1.1	-	-	-	245	2	50	25	25	3	xx00F91B
Poisoned throwing spear	35	21	0.6	x1	7	24	2.9	-	-	-	4995	0.5	25	50	25	1	xx00F91E
Waking Cloud's yao guai gauntlet	20	40	2	x2.5	30	22	1.8	-	-	-	2995	10	150	15	50	4	xx00E8F0

Behind the scenes

Specific rifles

“Even the "max" ranges of sight in F:NV are actually very short for firearms in the real world. Take one of the longest shots in the game: hitting Aurelius of Phoenix at Cottonwood Cove from the Sniper's Nest (where the Gobi Campaign Scout Rifle is found). We calculated it out and that's under 200 yards, I think. Apparent distances are skewed in the engine because the field of view is 70 degrees by default.”— Joshua Sawyer

“In general, I prefer to give weapons functional names and avoid getting wrapped up in specific designations used by manufacturers or the military. Because our weapons must, for technical reasons, occasionally differ functionally from the weapons upon which they are based (different caliber, charging handle placement, receiver height, stock shape/length, etc.) giving them a more utilitarian name helps negate some of the potential pedantry over those deviations.

There are no AR-15s, Colt Commandos, Browning Hi-Powers, BFRs, M1 Garands, Winchester 1886s, 1887s, or 1892s in Fallout: New Vegas -- just Service Rifles, Assault Carbines, 9mm Pistols, Hunting Revolvers, This Machine, Brush Guns, Lever-Action Shotguns, and Cowboy Repeaters.

That's also why there are no M1911s or Thompsons in Honest Hearts, but you'll find plenty of .45 Auto Pistols and .45 Auto Submachine Guns.”

“One of Obsidian's programmers was a tank driver in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany and later deployed to Iraq in the early 90s. His issued sidearm was a beat-to-hell Ithaca M1911. If you know your M1911 history, that should give you an idea of how old it was.”— Joshua Sawyer, responding to a question whether weapons in New Vegas would really work due to age

“Nah, I’m satisfied with them. Fallout 1 and 2 delved into 90s weapons designs (e.g. the P90c) and the mid-90s is when the M4/Picatinny rails entered the scene. There are a lot of rifles in F:NV and I think the more modern appearance of the marksman carbine and assault carbine help visually distinguish them from the rest of the lineup in a good way.”— Joshua Sawyer, responding to a question on if he would change the Assault Carbine or Marksman Rifle.

General implementation

“The process was iterative and went through a lot of revisions. There were a few questions I asked for deciding what would get included and what would not:

• What are iconic Fallout weapons that should return?

In my mind, the 10mm pistol and SMG had to return, as did the minigun, sawed-off shotgun, flamer, and a few other choice weapon.

• What are players’ role-playing expectations within this setting and what weapons will help the expression of those roles?

We can’t account for every type of character a player might imagine, but we knew a lot of people would want to be a) Mad Max b) post-apocalyptic cowboy/cowgirl c) wacky bazinga science person d) agro military operator e) sneakthief stealth murderer.

Supporting those concepts throughout the game necessitated an array of thematically appropriate equipment options that was available from the beginning and allowed for power growth through the end game. That’s why you can use revolvers and lever action rifles from the first two hours (.357 Revolver and Cowboy Repeater) through the Battle of Hoover Dam (Hunting Revolver and Brush Gun).

• What weapons share common ammunition types to avoid resource/loot problems?

There are only a few weapons that use an ammo type that isn’t used elsewhere. Western-style weapons make some of that easy since a lot of revolvers and lever-action rifles used the same rimmed ammo types. Ammo types like .22 and .308, were also easy to use in multiple weapons.

• What are weapons with distinctive/iconic looks that can stand out from each other?

Service and battle rifles are based on distinctive historical weapons, the slim 9mm pistol is easy to distinguish from the bulky 10mm, and even the lever-actions are relatively easy to distinguish from the bolt-action and sniper rifles.

• What are weapons that can be modified in distinctively different ways from each other to allow for orthogonal growth within a subtype of weapons (e.g. lever-action rifles).

If all weapons of a certain type can be modified in the same way, upgrading those weapons becomes less interesting, especially since we expect players to stick with thematically consistent weapons (not always, of course, but…). This is why the cowboy repeater and brush gun feature top eject: it prohibits the use top-mounted scopes, allowing the trail carbine to be modified in a way that the other two lever-actions cannot. The unique cowboy repeater does have a scope, but it’s a side-mounted scope, like the one used by Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

• What are different ammo subtypes that can be used that offer distinctly different properties from each other to allow for another axis of differentiation.

Different ammo types have different variants. This is not only true within a category (e.g. revolver/lever-action rimmed rounds) but of course between categories. In F:NV, you can’t get armor-piercing rounds in a lever-action or a revolver – except for That Gun/the 5.56mm pistol. Weapons that fire .44 magnum can also fire .44 special. Similarly, .357 magnum weapons can fire .38 special, but .44 magnum also has a semi-wadcutter variant, while .357 magnum has a jacketed flat point variant. The differences are minor, but significant enough to make a difference to players who want to fiddle around with ammo subtypes.”— Joshua Sawyer, Tumblr

“I didn’t think of making the F:NV guns differ from F3 as much as I tried to return to what I believed was the spirit of Fallout 1 & 2 guns: a mix of common real-world guns, some real-world niche guns, and some completely fictional guns.

I also felt like Fallout 1 (especially) had great gun progression. I really liked how even though the Desert Eagle .44 did more damage than the 10mm pistol, it had a lower ammo cap. Also, because the .44 Magnum ammo is relatively rare (IIRC) when you get the first DE from Garl, it promotes more deliberate, considered use of the weapon and suggests keeping the 10mm pistol around as backup. That sort of overlapping/orthogonal progression is great and I tried to achieve it in F:NV. I always tried to make the “upgrade” of a weapon have one thing that was obviously inferior to / different from the previous version. With the .357 Magnum Revolver and .44 Magnum Revolver, the .357 is slightly more accurate and can never suffer a malfunction/jam.

F3 did some things with ammo types that I understand and appreciate from a game design perspective but I felt contrasted too much from real-world weapon/ammo design. The fact that a handgun and a rifle shared an ammo type is nice for gameplay, but .32 is an odd caliber to use for a number of reasons. One of the things that bothered me most was the use of a similar ammo type in a revolver (typically using rimmed cartridges) and a bolt-action rifle (typically using rimless cartridges and headspacing at the front of the cartridge). Because I liked a more (American) western aesthetic for F:NV, I decided to use rimmed “cowboy cartridges” for revolvers and lever-action rifles. This was extremely common back in the day and can still be done with modern revolvers and lever-actions in the same caliber. The hunting rifle (.32 in F3) went to .308, which we reserved for high-powered rifles and didn’t use in handguns.

In general, when we used real-world weapons and ammo types, I tried to go with ones ordinary people (well, Americans, anyway) were familiar with: .22 LR 9mm, 10mm, .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, 5.56mm, .308, .50 MG. The ones that were made up (12.7mm) or less familiar (.45-70 Gov’t) were generally reserved for later weapons.

The real-world weapons were also sort of a “greatest hits” list: the 9mm based on the Browning Hi-Power, the .357 based on the Colt SAA, etc. - classic designs for people familiar with them that looked great for players who weren’t familiar with them. At times we had to adjust the design for animation/gameplay purposes, e.g. the Automatic Rifle in Dead Money is recognizable as some kind of BAR knockoff, but it differs in some significant ways.

I based the anti-materiel rifle on the Hécate II because honestly I was/am sick of seeing Barretts in games and I think the Hécate II looks better.”— Joshua Sawyer, Tumblr

“Can I ask why you don't use the original weapons' actual names? Like why do you call the M16 a "Service Rifle"? Is it due to liscencing issues?
Joshua Sawyer: It's partially for that and also because they aren't "really" those weapons. We take liberties for animation and aesthetic reasons. Rather than provoke players into debating how "legit" a weapon is, I'd rather just give weapons a functional name that gets the basic idea across and leave it at that.”— Joshua Sawyer, Formspring answers, archived at RPGCodex

“200 years old rifles? I know nothing of guns, but is this like, something that happens, or just stretching reality for the sake of the setting?
Joshua Sawyer: Is this honestly the first time you've considered that many of the firearms in Fallout were made Pre-War? Come on.

EDIT: Re-reading my response, it sounds rude. Apologies. I'm not sure if this is a genuine or disingenuous question, partially because the majority of questions are anonymous.

The majority of firearms in use in the Fallout setting are likely Pre-War in manufacture. Things that would make conventional firearms stop working: rust (seizing), dry rot (anything wood or rubber), alkaline corrosion/buildup (anything with batteries).

A lot of firearms (and other things, but especially firearms) put in long-term storage are coated in a substance called cosmoline that can prevent rust (and other processes) for a long time. It's unlikely that all of the weapons in Fallout were coated for storage, so it's just a hand-wave of the setting.”— Joshua Sawyer, Formspring answers, archived at RPGCodex

“Who made up all of the energy weapons?
Joshua Sawyer: I tuned all of the EW stats (too low for a lot of them, unfortunately), but the EWs were modeled and textured mostly by Mitch Ahlswede, Paul Fish, and Aaron Brown.”— Joshua Sawyer, Formspring answers, archived at RPGCodex

“Why do the energy weapons in the Fallout series tend to fire like conventional automatic weapons rather than ever using a continuous beam? I'm thinking specifically of guns like the gatling laser, that fires a series of beams rather than one unbroken one.
Joshua Sawyer: I think continuous beam weapons are cool. We actually tried implementing a continuous beam weapon in F:NV and it was a colossal mess. We put a fair amount of time into it, but it was causing tremendous problems, so we pulled it out.”— Joshua Sawyer, Formspring answers, archived at RPGCodex

“why don't laser wepons in NV use iron sights?
Joshua Sawyer: There were a variety of animation and model issues with the laser weapons that delayed any attempts to add iron sights prior to implementing "true" iron sights. Once that system was in place, we realized that we would need to do a certain amount of work well into beta to make true iron sights work for laser weapons. Because the weapon artists were already heavily tasked and the QA staff had a huge amount of content to go through, I decided that it was too late to implement the required content. On their own, the weapons don't actually require that much work to modify for iron sights. The timing was just really bad.”— Joshua Sawyer, Formspring answers, archived at RPGCodex

“'Why do energy weapons not have iron sights?' Part of it is that we were adapting a lot of the Fallout 3 energy weapons, which... are just very bulky, and when we went to try to put iron sights on them, it was actually kinda hard. That's the real reason. Y'know, we could've put in the effort to redesign the weapons, but we didn't. Just didn't seem like there was enough time to do that. So, apologies for that. But that's why.”— Joshua Sawyer

Unique weapons

“I decided very early on that unique weapons should at least have unique textures and sometimes have unique models. By accounting for this early in development, production was able to incorporate it into the schedule. Most unique variants were textured/modeled around the same time as the base weapon, IIRC.

Deciding what weapons would get unique variants was a little more difficult. The first consideration was to make sure the uniques weren’t all bunched up in one type of weapon, so there should be unique weapons more or less equally spread across different categories.

After that, it was more arbitrary and based on feeling/inspiration than anything practical. I always figured people would want to see the return of the .223 pistol, a unique 9mm pistol and sniper rifle seemed obvious, and when we made Honest Hearts, not including a unique .45 would have been a high crime.

Over time, there were also gaps I saw that became opportunities for new uniques. The Survivalist’s Rifle was created to fill a gap between the sniper rifle and the service rifle and to get more use out of the 12.7mm round.

When I started as a game designer at Black Isle, I worked on the original Icewind Dale. We used (a lot of) words to tell the story of a unique item. Fallout: New Vegas didn’t have text descriptions for items, so the story had to be told through the appearance of the weapon or armor itself. Details like the writing on A Light Shining in Darkness and the Survivalist’s Rifle or the bits and pieces of info that can be gleaned from the Desert Ranger Armor are all part of that. Many players never notice them, or if they do notice them, it’s just part of the aesthetic of the item, but for some players, those details tell the story of the item and fill in details about the world and its history.”— Joshua Sawyer, Tumblr

Bugs

•    Scoped guns will occasionally display a blank "computer terminal" screen instead of the scope. This bug completely blocks the weapon's view when using the "scope". Fix for this bug for the Xbox360 is clearing your systems cache and reloading the game. It eventually "goes away" on its own, or by restarting the console, but the cause for start/end is not yet determined. This also makes it hard to use a terminal since no screen or text appears unless you have the weapon out. This can also be similar when Lockpicking as the tumbler may disappear, although it is not impossible to still attempt to pick the lock, depending on the difficulty.^[verified]
  • Can be fixed by making a new save and restarting the console.
•   Occasionally weapons dropped by the player will have the red "Press A to steal x" marking as if the weapon was previously owned, regardless of whether or not it ever was owned by an NPC. This can be fixed by opening the console, clicking the weapon, and typing the "setownership" command.^[verified]
•   With heavy energy weapons that use a backpack as an ammunition supply as well as the katana with a sheath, removing a weapon that has one will cause it to remain on your back. This happens with multiple backpacks, so they clip through each other. This can be corrected by equipping the weapon that caused this, then unequipping it.^[verified]
•   Sometimes when using melee weapons, you get blood splatter on the weapon and the blood refuses to come off of the weapon. You can fix this by leaving the game and coming back.^[verified]
•   Rarely the weapon models can become small.^[verified]
• Sometimes, when you fire until you have no ammo left, the gun will still shake like it is shooting. It won't make a sound or inflict any damage.^[verified]

See also

• Fallout weapons
• Fallout 2 weapons
• Fallout 3 weapons
• Fallout 4 weapons
• Fallout 76 weapons
• Fallout Tactics weapons
• Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel weapons
• Fallout: New Vegas ammunition

Weapons in Fallout: New Vegas Unarmed Fists Ballistic fist (Two-Step Goodbye*) · Industrial hand* · Power fist* (Greased Lightning*, GRA*, Salt-Upon-Wounds' power fist*) · Saturnite fist*, Saturnite fist super-heated* Gauntlets Bear trap fist · Bladed gauntlet (Cram Opener) · (Fist of Rawr (Fist of the North Rawr )) · Mantis gauntlet (Embrace of the Mantis King!) · Yao guai gauntlet* (She's Embrace*) Gloves Boxing gloves (Golden Gloves) · Displacer glove (Pushy) · Scientist Glove* (Corrosive glove*, Dr. Klein's glove*, Dr. Mobius' glove*, sterilizer glove*) · Zap glove (Paladin Toaster) Knuckles Boxing tape · Brass knuckles* · Dog tag fist (Recompense of the Fallen) · Spiked knuckles* (Love and Hate*) Melee Bladed Bowie knife* (Blood-Nap*) · Bumper Sword (Blade of the East, Blade of the West) · Chainsaw (GRA) · Cleaver* (Chopper*) · Combat knife* (Chance's knife*) · Cosmic knife* (Cosmic knife clean*, cosmic knife super-heated*) · Fire axe (Knock-Knock) · Hatchet* · Katana · Knife* · Knife spear (Knife spear clean) · Machete (Broad machete, Liberator) · Machete gladius · Proton axe (Protonic inversal axe) · Ripper* (GRA*) · Shishkebab (Gehenna) · Straight razor* (Figaro*) · Switchblade* · Thermic lance Blunt 9 iron (Nephi's golf driver) · Baseball bat (GRA) · Cattle prod · Dress cane · Lead pipe* (The Humble Cudgel)* · Nail board · Old Glory · Police baton* · Pool cue · Rebar club (Nuka Breaker) · Rolling pin ·Shovel · Sledgehammer · Super sledge (Oh, Baby!) · Tire iron* · War club* · X-2 antenna Thrown Proton throwing axe (Protonic inversal throwing axe) · Tomahawk · Throwing hatchet · Throwing knife* · Throwing knife spear · Throwing spear Other Binoculars Guns Pistols .357 Magnum revolver* (Lucky*) · .44 Magnum revolver* (Mysterious Magnum*) · .45 Auto pistol* (A Light Shining in Darkness*) · 5.56mm pistol* (That Gun) · 9mm pistol* (Maria*) · 10mm pistol* (Weathered 10mm pistol) · 12.7mm pistol (Li'l Devil*) · Hunting revolver (GRA, Ranger Sequoia) · Police pistol* · Silenced .22 pistol* Shotguns Caravan shotgun (Sturdy caravan shotgun) · Hunting shotgun (Dinner Bell) · Lever-action shotgun · Riot shotgun · Sawed-off shotgun* (Big Boomer) · Single shotgun SMGs .45 Auto submachine gun · 9mm submachine gun (Vance's 9mm submachine gun) · 10mm submachine gun (Sleepytyme*) · 12.7mm submachine gun (GRA) · H&H Tools nail gun · Silenced .22 SMG Rifles Anti-materiel rifle (GRA) · Assault carbine (GRA) · Automatic rifle · Battle rifle (This Machine) · BB gun (Abilene Kid LE BB gun) · Brush gun (Medicine Stick) · Cowboy repeater (La Longue Carabine) · Hunting rifle (Paciencia) · Light machine gun (Bozar) · Marksman carbine (All-American) · Service rifle (Survivalist's rifle) · Sniper rifle (Christine's CoS silencer rifle, Gobi Campaign scout rifle) · ‎Trail carbine · Varmint rifle (Ratslayer) Heavy Weapons K9000 cyberdog gun (FIDO) · Minigun (CZ57 Avenger) · Shoulder mounted machine gun Other Codac R9000 Energy Weapons Pistols Alien blaster  · Compliance Regulator* · Flare gun* · Laser pistol* (GRA*, Pew Pew*, missing laser pistol) · Plasma Defender (GRA) · Plasma pistol* (GRA*) · Pulse Gun · Recharger pistol (MF Hyperbreeder Alpha*) · Sonic emitter - Gabriel's bark* Sonic emitter - opera singer* Sonic emitter - revelation* Sonic emitter - robo-scorpion* Sonic emitter - tarantula* Rifles Gauss rifle (YCS/186) · Holorifle · LAER (Elijah's advanced LAER) · Laser RCW · Laser rifle (AER14 prototype, Van Graff laser rifle) · Multiplas rifle · Plasma rifle (Q-35 matter modulator, Van Graff plasma rifle) · Recharger rifle · Tri-beam laser rifle (GRA) Heavy Weapons Arc welder · Euclid's C-Finder · Flamer (Cleansing Flame) · Gatling laser (Sprtel-Wood 9700) · Heavy incinerator · Incinerator · Plasma caster (The Smitty Special) · Tesla cannon (Elijah's jury-rigged Tesla cannon, Tesla-Beaton prototype) Other Big Mountain Transportalponder! · Laser detonator Explosives Thrown Dynamite* · Fire bomb* · Flash bang* · Frag grenade* (Holy Frag Grenade ) · Incendiary grenade · Long-fuse dynamite* · MFC grenade* · Nuka-grenade* · Plasma grenade* · Pulse grenade* · Tin grenade* Placed Bottlecap mine · C-4 plastic explosive* and detonator* (Loyal's detonator)* · Demolition charge · Fat mine* · Frag mine · Gas bomb · MFC cluster* · Plasma mine · Powder charge · Pulse mine · Satchel charge · Time bomb (Time bomb, high yield*) Projectile 25mm grenade APW · Fat Man (GRA, Esther) · Grenade launcher · Grenade machinegun (Mercy) · Grenade rifle (Great Bear grenade rifle, mercenary's grenade rifle, Red Victory grenade rifle, Thump-Thump) · Missile launcher (Annabelle) · Red Glare Cut content In-game Deathclaw gauntlet · Gas grenade* · Meat mine · Stun grenade · Starlet's hand wraps · X-13 field disruptor pistol Developmental Debug megapistol · Plasma rifle always crit · Plasma rifle weak · The Disintegrator · The Faderator · Scorpion rifle · Spider rifle · Slave's Burden Not in-game Bug Spray · GP machine gun · Heavy rail cannon · Heavy riveter · Light rail cannon NPC weapons Companion Arcade Gannon's Ripper · Boone's scoped hunting rifle · Follows-Chalk's .45 Auto pistol* · Follows-Chalk's war club · Joshua's Pistol Whippin' .45* · Lily's assault carbine · Lily's gauntlet · Lily's Vertibird blade · Mysterious Stranger's .44 Magnum · Miss Fortune's Bad Luck Bringer · Waking Cloud's yao guai gauntlet* NPC Oliver anti-materiel rifle · Poisoned bladed gauntlet · Poisoned cleaver · Poisoned fire axe · Poisoned hatchet · Poisoned machete · Poisoned mantis gauntlet · Poisoned throwing spear Parentheses () denote unique weapon variants, italics denote weapons available through add-ons, * denotes holdout weapons.