Future Weapons Today is a skill magazine in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background[]
A pre-War magazine that is entirely devoted to energy weapons.[Non-game 1] It is similar to the book Nikola Tesla and You, although this magazine's effects are temporary.
The March issue prominent in the Mojave Wasteland includes an interview with Colonel Moretti, slamming the venerable Winchester P94 plasma rifle, an article on the new fully-automatic Gatling lasers, light and compact Tesla cannons and a story covering a Marine sniper with a Wattz 2000 laser rifle in Nanjing on page 42.
Characteristics[]
Reading this magazine raises the Energy Weapons skill by 10 points (20 points with the Comprehension perk) for 60 seconds (180 seconds with Retention).
Crafting[]
This item can be crafted by the player character.
Creation requirements
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wonderglue (1) Blank magazine (2) |  | Repair: 25 Picking up a copy of Future Weapons Today after the Voracious Reader perk is chosen. |  | Future Weapons Today (1) |
¹ Craftable without a workbench via a dialogue option with Veronica, or with ED-E once the add-on Lonesome Road is installed.
Locations[]
Below is a list of all fixed locations of Future Weapons Today skill magazines in Fallout: New Vegas and its add-ons. For an overview of magazines per location, see the main overview page.
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
The Aerie  | Under the bed |
| Camp Golf | House Resort, second floor on top of a filing cabinet, next to the broken terminal at the end of the southern hallway |
| Camp Golf | Inside the Misfits' tent, in a box |
| Camp McCarran | Inside the storage tent in the parking lot, with a Today's Physician |
| Cottonwood Cove | Male restrooms, on the floor |
| Followers safehouse | On the left most bed in the safe house next to the advanced radiation suit |
| Gun Runners | Inside the building, visible in a nightstand in the toilet area of the barracks |
| Lucky 38 | On a table in the cocktail lounge |
| Lucky 38 | In the presidential suite |
| Nipton | Nipton Town Hall, on the shelf just behind the mayor's desk |
Ruined highway interchange  | Just south of the map marker on the highway, in a blue and orange striped trailer, together with a Patriot's Cookbook, Milsurp Review and ¡La Fantoma! |
| Violet and Violetta trailer compound | To the south, in a box on a shelf |
| Whittaker farmstead | One at a shelf in the kitchen |
Notes[]
- In-game copies of Future Weapons Today feature a minigun on the cover, despite the magazine's subject of energy weapons, while the loading screen cover of the same magazine appropriately features the Gatling laser.
- The magazine cover as it appears in-game also features a caption that reads "Full Auto Shoot Laser Gatling Guns", in contrast to the loading screen version's "Full Auto Shoot Gatling Lasers".
Gallery[]
References[]
Non-game
- ↑ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Rulebook p.174: "A magazine for enthusiasts of energy weaponry, featuring articles on new technologies, reviews of new weapons, and true stories about energy weapons in action."
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