Institute rifle (Fallout Shelter)

Characteristics

Variants

Locations

Crafting

Sounds

Comparison

	For the Fallout 4 weapon, see Institute laser.

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

“Show them you mean business. Institute business.”— In-game description

The Institute rifle is a weapon that is added to Fallout Shelter with the 1.4 update.

This weapon is the normal variant of the Institute rifle. It does the fifth lowest damage of all the Institute weapons and the lowest damage of any Institute laser rifle variant.


Institute rifle	14-16	100	rare
Excited Institute rifle	15-18	100	rare
Long Institute rifle	16-20	500	legendary
Night-vision Institute rifle	17-22	500	legendary
Targeting Institute rifle	18-24	500	legendary
Virgil's rifle	19-26	500	legendary

Craftable in a weapon workshop

A high Intelligence statistic is needed to effectively create the Institute rifle.

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Globe (3) Magnifying glass (3) Camera (2)		Weapon factory or weapon plant Rare weapon recipe Caps x350		Institute rifle (1)

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)

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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)