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The Gobi Campaign scout rifle is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background[]

The weapon was issued to a member of the United States Armed Forces participating in the Gobi Desert military campaign in China before the Great War.

By 2281, it came to be stored in a gun case under the shelter of a sniper's nest that's set up and used by the NCR to spy on the Legion camp in the nearby Cottonwood Cove.

Characteristics[]

Gobi Campaign sniper rifle blown up

Gobi Campaign sniper rifle expanded

Reflecting its original purpose for desert combat, the rifle is coated in a desert-scheme camouflage with a black rubber eye-piece on the scope and comes pre-equipped with a 3.5x-magnification scope, an extended magazine, a slightly shorter barrel and a maintenance kit stored in the stock.[1]

Compared to the standard sniper rifle, the Gobi Campaign scout rifle does slightly more damage, has a higher DPS, has a lower weapons spread, fires more rapidly, degrades slower and has greatly increased critical hit damage. Its reduced AP cost can also be very useful for squeezing an extra shot into a V.A.T.S. sequence. However, the major downsides are that it cannot be suppressed, and weapons to repair it are severely limited without the Jury Rigging perk. Like most unique weapons, it cannot be modified.

Durability[]

The Gobi Campaign scout rifle can fire a total of about 795 standard rounds, the equivalent of 133 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Ammunition typeDurability
ShotsReloads
Standard, HP, & AP795133
JSP52989

Variants[]

Comparison[]

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Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)- Weapon name (melee or unarmed)Attacks in V.A.T.S.- Attacks in V.A.T.S.
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)- Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive)Action point cost- Action point cost
Damage per attack (damage per projectile)- Damage per attack (damage per projectile)Damage per action point- Damage per action point
Damage per second- Damage per secondWeapon spread- Weapon spread
Area of effect damage- Area of effect damageMagazine capacity (shots per reload)- Magazine capacity (shots per reload)
Effect damage & duration- Effect damage & durationDurability (number of attacks before breaking)- Durability (number of attacks before breaking)
Bonus effects- Bonus effectsWeight- Weight
Attacks per second- Attacks per secondValue in caps- Value in caps
Critical chance % multiplier- Critical chance % multiplierValue to weight ratio- Value to weight ratio
Critical damage- Critical damageSkill required- Skill required
Critical effect damage & duration- Critical effect damage & durationStrength required- Strength required
With all mods attached- With all mods attached
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)Damage per attack (damage per projectile)Damage per secondAttacks per secondCritical Chance % multiplierCritical damageAction Point costDamage per action pointWeapon spreadMagazine capacity (shots per reload)Durability (number of attacks before breaking)WeightValue in capsValue to weight ratioSkill requiredStrength required
Sniper rifle 45
86.81.93x245271.70.02539584100512.5756
Sniper rifle With all weapon mods attached 45
86.81.93x245271.70.025395374002466.7756
Christine's CoS silencer rifle Old World Blues (add-on)62
99.61.61x2.562381.60.0254205.561001109.1756
Gobi Campaign scout rifle 48
102.92.14x2802420.01867954.562001377.8756

Location[]

The weapon can be found inside a Very Hard-locked gun case next to an ammo box in the sniper's nest northwest of Cottonwood Cove. If one attempts and fails to use the "Force Lock" option to open it, there is no key associated with it and the weapon becomes unobtainable unless a previous save is used.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. "Maintenance kit" written on the stock of the weapon
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