Gauss rifle (Fallout Shelter)

For an overview of Gauss rifle models in various games, see Gauss rifle.

Fallout Shelter weapon
Gauss rifle
Damage	16-17
Miscellaneous
Rarity	rare

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

“Shoots a magnetically accelerated projectile. Fast.”— In-game description

The Gauss rifle is a weapon that appears in Fallout Shelter.

Background

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Characteristics

The Gauss rifle is a coil gun featured in Fallout Shelter that fires shards of metal at high speeds using magnetic coils that are powered by microfusion cells. Dealing a minimum of 16 damage per attack, it has the highest damage output for a projectile-based rifle in the game.

Variants

• Rusty Gauss rifle
• Enhanced Gauss rifle
• Hardened Gauss rifle
• Accelerated Gauss rifle
• Magnetron 4000

Comparison

Rusty Gauss rifle	16	100	rare
Gauss rifle	16-17	100	rare
Enhanced Gauss rifle	16-18	500	legendary
Hardened Gauss rifle	16-19	500	legendary
Accelerated Gauss rifle	16-20	500	legendary
Magnetron 4000	16-21	500	legendary

Locations

• Found by dwellers exploring the wasteland
• Found on quests
• Found in lunchboxes
• Craftable in a weapon workshop

Crafting

A high Perception statistic is needed to effectively create the Gauss rifle.

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Alarm clock (5) Microscope (3) Shovel (2)		Weapon factory or weapon plant Rare weapon recipe Caps x400		Gauss rifle (1)

Sounds

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Gallery

Gauss rifle card

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) Parentheses () denote weapon variants.