Fallout 3 non-player weapons

This page is about Fallout 3 non-player weapons only. For all Fallout 3 weapons, see Fallout 3 weapons.

Non-player weapons are weapons that are not intended for use by the player character in Fallout 3.

Characteristics[]

The Gamebryo engine requires all non-player characters and script effects to use a weapon in order to shoot a projectile. Some of these weapons can be obtained via console commands. The same is true for the default weapons used by followers, which may have differences from the weapons obtainable by the player character.

Weapons used by non-player characters[]

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- 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's a single bullet, but for shotguns it's a single shell (containing several small pellets), and for the Gatling laser it's a single beam. This stat is most useful for comparing semi-automatic weapons like rifles, where you 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 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 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 amount 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.
- Item health: This is the number of hit points that a weapons' durability is based on.
- 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 effected by Barter skill.
- Value to weight ratio: The ratio of the base weapon value in caps to the weapon weight.

Weapons used by followers[]

												Form ID	Notes
Butch's 10mm pistol	9	54	0.5	1	9	10mm round	12	2	15	18	0.5	0001A334	Butch's default ranged weapon
Butch's switch blade	5	14	N/A	2	9	N/A	N/A	1	50	18	0.28	0006407F	Butch's default melee weapon
Charon's shotgun	55	41	0.5	1	5	Shotgun shell (special)	5	10	7	N/A	N/A	000372B8	Charon's default ranged weapon, uses lever-action rifle animation
Charon's combat knife	7	20	N/A	3	13	N/A	N/A	1	50	17	0.41	00064093	Charon's default melee weapon
Clover's sawed-off shotgun	50	24	7	0	0	Shotgun shell (special)	2	5	38	N/A	N/A	000AE8AE	Clover's default ranged weapon
Clover's Chinese officer's sword	10	23	N/A	2	15	N/A	N/A	3	25	28	0.36	0006415D	Clover's default melee weapon
Fawkes' Gatling laser	9	135	0.5	0	8	Electron charge pack (special)	60	10	61	30	2.4	0001A333	Fawkes' default ranged weapon
Fawkes' sledgehammer	32	28	N/A	1	10	N/A	N/A	12	11	38	0.53	00063FA2	Fawkes' default melee weapon
Jericho's Chinese assault rifle	11	38	1	0.8	3	5.56mm round (special)	24	7	49	N/A	N/A	00040840	Jericho's default ranged weapon
Jericho's nail board	8	11	N/A	0	0	N/A	N/A	4	8	27	0.3	00063FDC	Jericho's default melee weapon
Star Paladin Cross' laser pistol	12	11	0	1.5	12	Energy cell (special)	30	3	107	17	0.71	00063E8A	Star Paladin Cross' default ranged weapon
Star Paladin Cross' super sledge	25	35	N/A	1	25	N/A	N/A	3	43	38	0.66	000B0E7C	Star Paladin Cross' default melee weapon

Other weapons used by non-player characters[]

												Form ID	Notes
Mysterious Stranger's .44 Magnum	9000	26999	0	100	9000	.44 Magnum	6	3	0	N/A	N/A	00050F92	Mysterious Stranger's default ranged weapon; Name in inventory is ".44 Magnum"
Paulson's revolver(non-player version)	46	101.25	0.5	2	35	.44 Magnum	6	4	75	32	N/A	xx006E1E	Paulson's revolver, non-playable.
Sonora Cruz's 10mm pistol	100	54	0.5	N/A	N/A	10mm round	12	3	225	N/A	N/A	0006F210	Sonora Cruz's 10mm pistol, unobtainable by the player.

Weapons used by creatures[]

												Form ID	Notes
Bloatfly dart	5	11	3	1	0	Bloatfly dart	12	1	20	0	0	000468DD	Used by bloatfly. Labeled as "<Missing Name>" in inventory.
Fire hydrant	100	150	0	1	0	None	None	300	100	0	0	00021367	Weapons used by super mutant behemoths
Radioactive gore	1 +260	88	0	4	5	None	N/A	1	1	24	10.46	xx00522D	Used by feral ghoul reavers
Radioactive spit	30	49	1	4	5	Centaur spit	1	1	130	0	0	00058717	Used by centaurs
Acid spit	40	150	0.2	2	20	Ant spit	200	1	80	0	0	0006E8CE	Used by the ant queen
Acid spit (burning)	70 +4 /5s	173	1	4	5	Ant spit	200	1	130	0	0	000B8793	Used by Marigold ant queen
Shriek	12	9	1	0	0	Sonic energy	1	1	40	0	0	0007F598	Used by mirelurk king. HP -50, PER -10.

Weapons used by robots[]

									<	Form ID	Notes
Liberty laser	1000 +200	4000	1	1	0	Microfusion cell	255	0	9674000	00033FE2	Liberty Prime's eye-laser; AOE Radius =128
Liberty Prime's Fat Man nuke	200 +550	121	0	1	0	N/A	12	0	23730	0005932F	Liberty Prime's throwable nuclear bombs; AOE Radius =1200' +2 Rads/s for 12s
Sentry bot Gatling laser	6	60	0.1	0	8	Electron charge pack	40	15	1070	000389AF	Sentry bot's Gatling laser.
Sentry bot minigun	9	67	2	0	0	5mm round	255	15	1070	00057E8E	Sentry bot's minigun.
Sentry bot missile launcher	20	57	0.5	1	0	Missile	1	15	4300	00057E8F	Sentry bot's missile launcher.
Electrical zap	5	16	0	1	0	Energy cell	12	1	110	00022FF1	Used by eyebot.
Mister Handy buzzsaw	20	46	0	1	0	N/A	12	1	250	0003BC6F	Used by Mister Handies. Saw does not render in player's hands.
Mister Handy flamer	2	8	12	5	5	Flamer fuel	24	1	60	000A0C02	Used by Mister Handies. Cannot be fired by player.
Mister Gutsy flamer	6	24	12	5	5	Flamer fuel	10	1	210	00039550	Used by Mister Gutsies.
Mister Gutsy plasma gun	60	199	0.3	1	30	Energy cell	6	1	7200	0003954F	Used by Mister Gutsies.
Turret gun	5	15	2	1	10	5.56mm round	24	7	140	000A84BD	Used by automated turret. Uses "Jerico's Special Ammo."

Weapons used by vehicles[]

										Form ID	Notes
Vertibird gun	20	400	4	1	Microfusion cell	255	10	6040	3000	xx003B6D	Sometimes this weapon does not do any damage, and leaves most keys unusable (the console, esc button, tab) while it loops the reload animation. If this occurs, reload a save state prior and just drop the weapon.
Vertibird Bomb Gun	1600	2542	2	0	Mini nuke	1	30	999	∞	0003E5E2	This is a fully textured invincible Fatman.
Vertibird missile launcher	20	72	0	0	Missile	1	20	500	100	xx00292C
Chimera Mortar Lobber	210	?	0	0	Microfusion cell	1	0	9667032	?	xx003E21	This weapon is fully operable, although it is invisible in player hands, and actually fires a Mortar complete with texture.
Chimera Laser Cannon	1111	?	0	0	Microfusion cell	35	0	9667032	?	xx00CF2E	This weapon is fully operable, although it is invisible in player hands, and fires completely automatic whereas the Liberty Prime Laser fires only once.

Weapons used by scripts[]

												Form ID	Notes
SatCom nuclear strike	20 +2000	435	0.5	0	0	Missile	1	20	25	55	29.45	0005DEEE	Inventory name is <name missing> and shows no name when dropped. When fired, the missile has extremely fast speed, and shows rocket-propelled thruster animation from the back of each missile. Rads in the center of the explosion are +30/sec. Should be cautious, as this projectile can go outside the render distance. Once the missile hits an object, another sound effect will play, this is the "Wind" sound effect from the explosion.
Gas trap dummy	26	0	10	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	000001F6	This item is leftover and incomplete. It doesn't work because it's 2HandMeleeWeapon and it has no set projectile. See GasTrapFireBurst.
GasTrapFireBurst [Explosion]	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	000348D0	This is the GasTrap Explosion used by the game Console Usage: PlaceAtMe 348D0
BioGasGrenade [Explosion]	0	+5 5/Sec Poison Gas Damage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	xx00D1E6	GasGrenade Explosion behaves like a GasTrap Console Usage: PlaceAtMe xx00d1e6
Anchorage Overlook Cannon	10 +1600	443	2	0	0	Mini nuke	1	30	?	65	?	xx00C169	This is will show up as a "Fatman" in the PipBoy but the way to know you're using it is: It has an added MuzzleFlash and it has +500Range more than a FatMan.