Gauss rifle (Fallout Shelter)

Background

Characteristics

Variants

Locations

Crafting

Sounds

Gallery

Comparison

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

	The following is based on **Fallout Shelter or Fallout Shelter Online** and some details might contradict canon.

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

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

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The Gauss rifle is a coilgun, a type of projectile accelerator, which uses electromagnetic coils configured as a linear motor to accelerate ferromagnetic or conductive projectiles to extreme velocities. Though these weapons were historically suffering from a number of difficulties, focused on discharging the coils in sequence or providing enough power for the coils, these design issues were overcome by German scientists in the 21st century and entered limited service. This class of weapons is named in honor of the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, responsible for formulating the math underlying the magnetic acceleration principle of coilguns.

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.


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

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

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)

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Conventional
Firearms

.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)

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)

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)

Weapons in Fallout Shelter

Melee weapons

Baseball bat · Butcher knife · Fire hydrant bat · Kitchen knife · Pickaxe · Pool cue · Relentless raider sword

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)