Fallout Shelter weapons

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This page lists all weapons in Fallout Shelter.

• 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 Shelter content, please refer to "Portal:Fallout Shelter."

The following is based on information from Fallout Shelter or Fallout Shelter Online.

General information

There are 238 unlockable weapons (according to the Survival Guide as of version 1.18.0) that can be found during Fallout Shelter's gameplay. These weapons can be equipped by the Vault dwellers to protect themselves during exploration of the wasteland, from feral ghoul, raider, deathclaw, and radscorpion attacks, or radroach and mole rat infestations.

All weapons found in Fallout Shelter have "Rusty," "Enhanced," "Focused," "Hardened" and other versions which will subtract or add damage to the weapon. In addition, for Common and Rare weapons, the "Hardened" prefix will raise the rarity up one tier. For example, the scoped .44 does 3-4 damage and is Common, while the hardened variant does 3-6 damage and is Rare. The damage for the weapons shown here is listed as normal for each weapon (no prefixes).

Legend
- Damage: The damage caused by the weapon, which can be a fixed number, e.g. almost all rusty weapons, or a range, e.g. 11-14.
- Weapon value in caps: The value of the weapon when sold from the inventory screen in caps.
- Rarity: The rarity of the weapon. Shown on the weapon card or in the inventory screen, weapons can be Common, Rare, or Legendary.

Unarmed

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	Fist	1	1	0	none

Melee weapons

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	Baseball bat	5-15	10	100	Rare
	Butcher knife	8-18	13	100	Rare
	Kitchen knife	3-11	7	100	Rare
	Pickaxe	11-21	16	100	Rare
	Pool cue	0-8	4	100	Rare
	Fire hydrant bat	19-31	25	500	Legendary
	Relentless raider sword	16-28	22	500	Legendary
Ripper	Rusty Ripper	10-15	12.5	100	Rare
	Ripper	11-16	13.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced Ripper	12-17	14.5	100	Rare
	Hardened Ripper	13-18	15.5	100	Rare
Surgical Ripper	Rusty surgical Ripper	12	12	100	Rare
	Surgical Ripper	13-14	12.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced surgical Ripper	14-15	14.5	100	Rare
	Hardened surgical Ripper	16-17	16.5	100	Rare
Power fist	Rusty power fist	12-17	14.5	500	Legendary
	Power fist	13-18	15.5	500	Legendary
	Enhanced power fist	14-19	16.5	500	Legendary
	Hardened power fist	15-20	17.5	500	Legendary
	Ed's custom power fist	16-22	19	500	Legendary
Grognak's axe	Grognak's axe	18-26	22	500	Legendary

Melee weapons, as well as unarmed combat, can only be used in close combat, thus only one dweller with a melee attack can fight a given enemy at the same time while melee dwellers without an enemy can only look on. Enemies can be reassigned so that all melee dwellers are able to fight (if there are enough enemies) by first clicking on a dweller and then on the enemy. Dwellers will change position afterwards.

Guns

Pistols

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.32 pistol	Rusty .32 pistol	1	1	10	Common
	.32 pistol	1-2	1.5	10	Common
	Enhanced .32 pistol	1-3	2	10	Common
	Hardened .32 pistol	1-4	2.5	100	Rare
	Armor piercing .32 pistol	1-5	3	100	Rare
	Wild Bill's Sidearm	1-6	3.5	500	Legendary
10mm pistol	Rusty 10mm pistol	2	2	10	Common
	10mm pistol	2-3	2.5	10	Common
	Enhanced 10mm pistol	2-4	3	10	Common
	Hardened 10mm pistol	2-5	3.5	100	Rare
	Armor piercing 10mm pistol	2-6	4	100	Rare
	Lone Wanderer	2-7	4.5	500	Legendary
Scoped .44	Rusty scoped .44	3	3	10	Common
	Scoped .44	3-4	3.5	10	Common
	Enhanced scoped .44	3-5	4	10	Common
	Hardened scoped .44	3-6	4.5	100	Rare
	Armor piercing scoped .44	3-7	5	100	Rare
	Blackhawk	3-8	5.5	500	Legendary
Gauss pistol	Rusty Gauss pistol	12	12	100	Rare
	Focused Gauss pistol	13	13	100	Rare
	Enhanced Gauss pistol	14	14	100	Rare
	Hardened Gauss pistol	15	15	100	Rare
Tranq gun	Rusty tranq gun	1-10	5.5	100	Rare
	Tranq gun	2-12	7	100	Rare
	Enhanced tranq gun	4-12	8	100	Rare
	Hardened tranq gun	6-12	9	100	Rare
T60 pistol	Rusty T60 pistol	9-13	11	100	Rare
	T60 pistol	10-14	12	100	Rare
	Enhanced T60 pistol	11-14	12.5	100	Rare
	Hardened T60 pistol	12-15	13.5	100	Rare
	Armor piercing T60 pistol	13-16	14.5	100	Rare

Rifles

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Assault rifle	Rusty assault rifle	8	8	100	Rare
	Assault rifle	8-9	8.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced assault rifle	8-10	9	100	Rare
	Hardened assault rifle	8-11	9.5	100	Rare
	Armor piercing assault rifle	8-12	10	100	Rare
	Infiltrator	8-13	10.5	500	Legendary
BB gun	Rusty BB gun	0-1	0.5	10	Common
	BB gun	0-2	1	10	Common
	Enhanced BB gun	0-3	1.5	10	Common
	Hardened BB gun	0-4	2	100	Rare
	Armor piercing BB gun	0-5	2.5	100	Rare
	Red Rocket	0-6	3	500	Legendary
BOS Assault Rifle	Rusty BOS assault rifle	15	15	100	Rare
	BOS assault rifle	16	16	100	Rare
	Enhanced BOS assault rifle	16-18	17	100	Rare
	Hardened BOS assault rifle	17-19	18	100	Rare
	Armor piercing BOS assault rifle	19-21	20	100	Rare
Gauss rifle	Rusty Gauss rifle	16	16	100	Rare
	Gauss rifle	16-17	16.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced Gauss rifle	16-18	17	500	Legendary
	Hardened Gauss rifle	16-19	17.5	500	Legendary
	Accelerated Gauss rifle	16-20	18	500	Legendary
	Magnetron 4000	16-21	18.5	500	Legendary
Henrietta	Henrietta	13-16	14.5	500	Legendary
Hunting rifle	Rusty hunting rifle	5	5	10	Common
	Hunting rifle	5-6	5.5	10	Common
	Enhanced hunting rifle	5-7	6	10	Common
	Hardened hunting rifle	5-8	6.5	100	Rare
	Armor piercing hunting rifle	5-9	7	100	Rare
	Ol' Painless	5-10	7.5	500	Legendary
Lever-action rifle	Rusty lever-action rifle	4	4	10	Common
	Lever-action rifle	4-5	4.5	10	Common
	Enhanced lever-action rifle	4-6	5	10	Common
	Hardened lever-action rifle	4-7	5.5	100	Rare
	Armor piercing lever-action rifle	4-8	6	100	Rare
	Lincoln's repeater	4-9	6.5	500	Legendary
Mare's Leg	Mare's Leg	9-13	11	500	Legendary
Railway rifle	Rusty railway rifle	14	14	100	Rare
	Railway rifle	14-15	14.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced railway rifle	14-16	15	100	Rare
	Hardened railway rifle	14-17	15.5	500	Legendary
	Accelerated railway rifle	14-18	16	500	Legendary
	Railmaster	14-19	16.5	500	Legendary
Sniper rifle	Rusty sniper rifle	10	10	100	Rare
	Sniper rifle	10-11	10.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced sniper rifle	10-12	11	100	Rare
	Hardened sniper rifle	10-13	11.5	100	Rare
	Armor piercing sniper rifle	10-14	12	100	Rare
	Victory rifle	10-15	12.5	500	Legendary

Shotguns

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Combat shotgun	Rusty combat shotgun	13	13	100	Rare
	Combat shotgun	13-14	13.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced combat shotgun	13-15	14	100	Rare
	Hardened combat shotgun	13-16	14.5	100	Rare
	Double-barrel combat shotgun	13-17	15	500	Legendary
	Charon's shotgun	13-18	15.5	500	Legendary
	Mountain Mama	14-19	16.5	500	Legendary
Sawed-off shotgun	Rusty sawed-off shotgun	6	6	10	Common
	Sawed-off shotgun	6-7	6.5	10	Common
	Enhanced sawed-off shotgun	6-8	7	10	Common
	Hardened sawed-off shotgun	6-9	7.5	100	Rare
	Double-barrel sawed-off shotgun	6-10	8	100	Rare
	Kneecapper	6-11	8.5	500	Legendary
Shotgun	Rusty shotgun	9	9	100	Rare
	Shotgun	9-10	9.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced shotgun	9-11	10	100	Rare
	Hardened shotgun	9-12	10.5	100	Rare
	Double-barrel shotgun	9-13	11	100	Rare
	Farmer's Daughter	9-14	11.5	500	Legendary
Ghoul revolver	Ghoul revolver	8-12	10	500	Legendary

Energy weapons

Pistols

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Alien blaster	Rusty alien blaster	18	18	500	Legendary
	Alien blaster	18-19	18.5	500	Legendary
	Tuned alien blaster	18-20	19	500	Legendary
	Focused alien blaster	18-21	19.5	500	Legendary
	Amplified alien blaster	18-22	20	500	Legendary
	Destabilizer	18-23	20.5	500	Legendary
Laser pistol	Rusty laser pistol	7	7	10	Common
	Laser pistol	7-8	7.5	100	Rare
	Tuned laser pistol	7-9	8	100	Rare
	Focused laser pistol	7-10	8.5	100	Rare
	Amplified laser pistol	7-11	9	100	Rare
	Smuggler's End	7-12	9.5	500	Legendary
Plasma pistol	Rusty plasma pistol	11	11	100	Rare
	Plasma pistol	11-12	11.5	100	Rare
	Tuned plasma pistol	11-13	12	100	Rare
	Focused plasma pistol	11-14	12.5	100	Rare
	Amplified plasma pistol	11-15	13	500	Legendary
	MPXL Novasurge	11-16	13.5	500	Legendary
Assaultron head	Rusty Assaultron head	7-11	9	100	Rare
	Assaultron head	8-12	10	100	Rare
	Enhanced Assaultron head	9-13	11	100	Rare
	Hardened Assaultron head	10-14	12	100	Rare

Rifles

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Laser musket	Laser musket	10-13	11.5	500	Legendary
Alien disintegrator	Rusty alien disintegrator	16	16	500	Legendary
	Alien disintegrator	17	17	500	Legendary
	Enhanced alien disintegrator	18	18	500	Legendary
	Hardened alien disintegrator	19	19	500	Legendary
Laser rifle	Rusty laser rifle	12	12	100	Rare
	Laser rifle	12-13	12.5	100	Rare
	Tuned laser rifle	12-14	13	100	Rare
	Focused laser rifle	12-15	13.5	100	Rare
	Amplified laser rifle	12-16	14	500	Legendary
	Wazer Wifle	12-17	14.5	500	Legendary
Plasma rifle	Rusty plasma rifle	17	17	100	Rare
	Plasma rifle	17-18	17.5	100	Rare
	Tuned plasma rifle	17-19	18	500	Legendary
	Focused plasma rifle	17-20	18.5	500	Legendary
	Amplified plasma rifle	17-22	19.5	500	Legendary
	Mean Green Monster	17-23	20	500	Legendary
Pulse rifle	Rusty pulse rifle	17-18	17.5	500	Legendary
	Pulse rifle	18-19	18.5	500	Legendary
	Enhanced pulse rifle	19-20	19.5	500	Legendary
	Hardened pulse rifle	20-21	20.5	500	Legendary

Heavy weapons

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Fat Man	Rusty Fat Man	22	22	500	Legendary
	Fat Man	22-23	22.5	500	Legendary
	Enhanced Fat Man	22-24	23	500	Legendary
	Hardened Fat Man	22-25	23.5	500	Legendary
	Guided Fat Man	22-26	24	500	Legendary
	MIRV	22-27	24.5	500	Legendary
Flamer	Rusty flamer	15	15	100	Rare
	Flamer	15-16	15.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced flamer	15-17	16	100	Rare
	Hardened flamer	15-18	16.5	100	Rare
	Pressurized flamer	15-19	17	100	Rare
	Burnmaster	15-20	17.5	500	Legendary
Gatling laser	Rusty Gatling laser	21	21	500	Legendary
	Gatling laser	21-22	21.5	500	Legendary
	Tuned Gatling laser	21-23	22	500	Legendary
	Focused Gatling laser	21-24	22.5	500	Legendary
	Amplified Gatling laser	21-25	23	500	Legendary
	Vengeance	21-26	23.5	500	Legendary
Minigun	Rusty minigun	19	19	500	Legendary
	Minigun	19-20	19.5	500	Legendary
	Enhanced minigun	19-21	20	500	Legendary
	Hardened minigun	19-22	20.5	500	Legendary
	Armor piercing minigun	19-23	21	500	Legendary
	Lead Belcher	19-24	21.5	500	Legendary
Missile launcher	Rusty missile launcher	20	20	500	Legendary
	Missile launcher	20-21	20.5	500	Legendary
	Enhanced missile launcher	20-22	21	500	Legendary
	Hardened missile launcher	20-23	21.5	500	Legendary
	Guided missile launcher	20-24	22	500	Legendary
	Miss Launcher	20-25	22.5	500	Legendary
Plasma caster	Rusty plasma caster	16-20	18	500	Legendary
	Plasma caster	17-21	19	500	Legendary
	Enhanced plasma caster	18-22	20	500	Legendary
	Hardened plasma caster	19-23	21	500	Legendary
.50 cal machine gun	Rusty .50 cal machine gun	10-12	11	100	Rare
	.50 cal machine gun	11-14	12.5	100	Rare
	Enhanced .50 cal machine gun	12-14	13	100	Rare
	Hardened .50 cal machine gun	13-15	14	100	Rare
	Armor piercing .50 cal machine gun	15-16	15.5	100	Rare

Heavy weapons behave in several distinct ways:

• Explosive weapons (Fat Man, missile launcher) fare poorly in combat against multiple opponents. They hit every target in the room at once, but their listed damage output is split evenly between them instead of being applied to each one in full. The overall damage dealt thus remains the same, but since it is impossible to focus it on individual targets, all hostiles in the room continue to fight at full capacity until they all drop dead at once instead of being taken out of the fight one after the other, thus reducing their threat potential continuously. Depending on the opposition, this can quickly spell death for exploring settlers who happen upon a location in the wasteland and may find themselves up against multiple deathclaws. However, since the weapon damage inside the player's Vault is dealt as constant damage over time, explosive weapons fare significantly better in defending Vaults.
• Flamers always hit a single target with a single shot. Focus fire is possible. Excess damage beyond what is required to kill the target is not transferred to other hostiles in the room.
• Automatic weapons (minigun, Gatling laser) fire in long bursts that deal their full damage to a single target. Focus fire is possible. Excess damage beyond what is required to kill the target is transferred to other hostiles, potentially enabling the weapon to neutralize several targets per burst. This trait alone arguably makes automatic heavy weapons the most versatile and useful ones among their class.

Weapons added with update 1.4

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Institute pistol	Institute pistol	9-11	10	100	Rare
	Incendiary Institute pistol	10-13	11.5	100	Rare
	Improved Institute pistol	11-15	13	100	Rare
	Scoped Institute pistol	12-17	14.5	100	Rare
	Scattered Institute pistol	13-19	16	500	Legendary
	Apotheosis	14-21	17.5	500	Legendary
Institute rifle	Institute rifle	14-16	15	100	Rare
	Excited Institute rifle	15-18	16.5	100	Rare
	Long Institute rifle	16-20	18	500	Legendary
	Night-vision Institute rifle	17-22	19.5	500	Legendary
	Targeting Institute rifle	18-24	21	500	Legendary
	Virgil's rifle	19-26	22.5	500	Legendary
Junk Jet	Junk Jet	13-15	14	100	Rare
	Recoil compensated Junk Jet	14-17	15.5	100	Rare
	Tactical Junk Jet	15-19	17	100	Rare
	Electrified Junk Jet	16-21	18.5	500	Legendary
	Flaming Junk Jet	17-23	20	500	Legendary
	Technician's Revenge	18-25	21.5	500	Legendary
Pipe pistol	Pipe pistol	1-3	2	10	Common
	Hair trigger pipe pistol	2-5	3.5	10	Common
	Heavy pipe pistol	3-7	5	10	Common
	Scoped pipe pistol	4-9	6.5	100	Rare
	Auto pipe pistol	5-11	8	100	Rare
	Little Brother	6-13	9.5	500	Legendary
Pipe rifle	Pipe rifle	5-7	6	10	Common
	Calibrated pipe rifle	6-9	7.5	100	Rare
	Long pipe rifle	7-11	9	100	Rare
	Night-vision pipe rifle	8-13	10.5	100	Rare
	Bayoneted pipe rifle	9-15	12	100	Rare
	Big Sister	10-17	13.5	500	Legendary
Plasma thrower	Plasma thrower	17-19	18	500	Legendary
	Agitated plasma thrower	18-21	19.5	500	Legendary
	Tactical plasma thrower	19-23	21	500	Legendary
	Boosted plasma thrower	20-25	22.5	500	Legendary
	Overcharged plasma thrower	21-27	24	500	Legendary
	Dragon's Maw	22-29	25.5	500	Legendary

• These weapons can only be obtained by crafting in a weapon workshop. However, the Junk Jet can be found during Powered Up! and a plasma thrower during Time for a Grand Slam?

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	Amata's pistol	2—5	3.5	5	Common

Notes

• Damage averages are calculated by subtracting the min from the max, then dividing the difference by 2 to get x and then add x to the min. To simplify this calculation, add the min value to the max value and then divide by 2.
• On Steam, some weapons listed are not available due to the lack of update support.

In the game files, one can find the following weapons:

• Autumn's laser pistol
• Butch's pistol
• Cross' laser pistol
• Dad's 0.32
• Fist
• Harkness's assault rifle
• Jericho's assault rifle
• Jones' scoped .44
• Legendary rifle
• Lincoln's rifle
• Lyons' laser pistol
• Lyons' laser rifle
• Mr. Burkes' pistol
• Police baton
• Rare rifle
• Rifle
• Scribe Rothchild's pistol
• Sheriff's assault rifle
• Shotgun
• Tenpenny's sniper rifle

Weapons in Fallout Shelter Melee weapons Baseball bat · Butcher knife · Fire hydrant bat · Kitchen knife · Pickaxe · Pool cue · Relentless raider sword Conventional firearms Pistols .32 pistol (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Wild Bill's Sidearm) · 10mm pistol (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Lone Wanderer) · Pipe pistol (hair trigger, heavy, scoped, auto, Little Brother) · Scoped .44 (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Blackhawk) Rifles Assault rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Infiltrator) · BB gun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Red Rocket) · Henrietta · Hunting rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Ol' Painless) · Lever-action rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Lincoln's repeater) · Pipe rifle (calibrated, long, night-vision, bayoneted, Big Sister) · Railway rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, accelerated, Railmaster)  · Sniper rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Victory rifle) Shotguns Combat shotgun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, double-barrel, Charon's shotgun) · Sawed-off shotgun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, double-barrel, Kneecapper) · Shotgun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, double-barrel, Farmer's Daughter) Directed energy weapons Pistols Alien blaster (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Destabilizer) · Institute pistol (incendiary, improved, scoped, scattered, Apotheosis) · Laser pistol (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Smuggler's End) · Plasma pistol (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, MPXL Novasurge) Rifles Gauss rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, accelerated, Magnetron 4000) · Institute rifle (excited, long, night-vision, targeting, Virgil's rifle) · Laser musket · Laser rifle (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Wazer Wifle) · Plasma rifle (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Mean Green Monster) · Plasma thrower (agitated, tactical, boosted, overcharged, Dragon's Maw) Heavy support weapons Fat Man (rusty, enhanced, hardened, guided, MIRV) · Flamer (rusty, enhanced, hardened, pressurized, Burnmaster) · Gatling laser (rusty, tuned, focused, amplified, Vengeance) · Junk Jet (recoil compensated, tactical, electrified, flaming, Technician's Revenge) · Minigun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing, Lead Belcher) · Missile launcher (rusty, enhanced, hardened, guided, Miss Launcher) 1.15 update Alien disintegrator (enhanced) · Assaultron head (rusty, enhanced, hardened) · Grognak's axe · Gauss pistol (rusty, enhanced, hardened, focused) · Mountain Mama · Power fist · Ed's custom power fist · Pulse rifle (rusty, hardened) · Ripper (rusty, enhanced, hardened) 1.16 update Ghoul revolver · Mare's Leg · T60 pistol (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing) · Tranq gun (rusty, enhanced, hardened) 1.17 update BOS assault rifle (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing) 1.18 update .50 cal machine gun (rusty, enhanced, hardened, armor piercing) · Surgical Ripper (rusty, enhanced, hardened) Parentheses () denote weapon variants.