Minigun (Fallout 4)

For an overview of minigun models in the Fallout series of games, see minigun.

Fallout 4 weapon
Minigun
Type	Heavy weapon
Core stats
Damage	8
Ammo	5mm round
Clip size	500
Fire rate	272
Range	131
Accuracy	35
AP cost	40
Value	382
Weight	27.4
Damage	Heavy Gunner Bloody Mess
Miscellaneous	Gun Nut
Editor ID	Minigun
Form ID	0001F669
Credits
Appearances	Fallout 4

 

The minigun is a weapon in Fallout 4.

Characteristics

The minigun is a motorized Gatling-style rapid fire weapon commonly employed by the military, or other lesser factions that managed to acquire such a weapon. Miniguns can be found as mounted door guns on Vertibirds or as a handheld heavy assault and support weapon. It uses 5mm rounds as ammo.

It requires a moment to spin up before it actually starts firing, but makes up for the delay with a high rate of fire and large ammunition capacity. As can be expected from a motorized rotary gun, it burns through ammo reserves at a high rate, even more so when equipped with accelerated barrels. This and the fact that only a select few enemies wield miniguns makes it difficult to keep the weapon supplied without spending a lot of caps at arms dealers. Investing points in the Scrounger perk and installing the tri-barrel modification helps to alleviate this issue to some extent. The latter significantly increases the minigun's per-shot damage, range and accuracy at the cost of a sharp drop in firing rate, all of which make the weapon a lot more cost-efficient and effective at mid to long range. The downside is that this mod requires heavy investment in the Gun Nut perk and won't be available until the player reaches a fairly high level, a point where the minigun will most likely find itself outclassed in most respects by the Gatling laser.

The minigun fires large volumes of low-damage shots with a high spread, rendering it difficult to take down enemies with larger defensive stats, even with investment in the Heavy Gunner perk.

When fired continuously, the minigun's barrel cluster glows ever hotter, eventually reaching a bright yellow color.

A minigun can easily be obtained at low levels by completing the quest When Freedom Calls as the Sole Survivor must utilize it to defend the Museum of Freedom from raiders and a deathclaw.

Weapon modifications

Slot	Mod	Description	Weapon prefix			Range change					Perk needed	Components	Base ID
Barrel	Standard barrel	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x4 Gears x9 Oil x6 Screw x8 Spring x8 Steel x12	0013630E
	Accelerated barrel	Improved damage and rate of fire. Inferior range and accuracy.	High speed	+1	+41	-36	-9	–	-4.5	+45	Gun Nut 3	Adhesive x8 Gears x16 Oil x8 Screw x10 Spring x10 Steel x13	0013630F
	Tri barrel	Inferior rate of fire. Better damage, range, accuracy, and recoil.	High powered	+3	-95	+48	+7	–	+2.7	+75	Gun Nut 4	Adhesive x10 Aluminum x18 Gears x18 Oil x12 Screw x12 Spring x14	0013630D
Sights	Standard sights	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Steel x2	001A8A8A
	Gunner sight	Better focus and sighted accuracy.	Tactical	–	–	–	+12	–	+1.3	+68	–	Adhesive x6 Glass x4 Steel x6	00136310
Muzzle	No muzzle	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Shredder	Superior bash. Inferior range.	Bayoneted shredding	–	–	-18	–	–	+4.5	+60	Gun Nut 2	Adhesive x4 Screw x5 Steel x7	00136311

Variants

• Ashmaker, a unique minigun, gained by completing The Big Dig quest.

Locations

• Museum of Freedom, on the roof in a crash-landed Vertibird.
• Ack-Ack, located in the basement of the USAF Satellite Station Olivia, carries one.
• Fist, the leader of the Trinity Tower super mutants, carries one.
• One of the crazed Gunners in the mainframe room of the HalluciGen, Inc. building carries one with upgrades depending on player level.
• Can be bought from Proctor Teagan on board the Prydwen. At higher levels, it is already modified with the accelerated barrel and a shredder. It respawns in Teagan's list after some time.
• Often carried by Brotherhood Knights in power armor on board the Prydwen and guarding the nearby Boston Airport.
• A random super mutant can always be found with this weapon inside Trinity Church.
• With Contraptions Workshop installed, you can make the minigun in the heavy weapon forge.
• Big Mack carries one at the Wilson Atomatoys factory.
• A stock variant is sold by Arturo Rodriguez in Diamond City. It will always reappear as the same variant first found.
• KL-E-0 occasionally sells one in Goodneighbor.
• Regi Blattaria to the west of Corvega assembly plant carries one depending on the player character's level.
• Can be found on a dead Gunner at HalluciGen, Inc. in the basement where player obtains HalluciGen master password.

Notes

• This is the first animated belt-fed weapon in the series. The ammunition is housed in a magazine below the gun itself.
• Characters wearing power armor hold the minigun in a relaxed stance with the muzzle pointing left and down while they are standing around or moving, provided they haven't aimed at anything for some seconds. This sort of idle animation is missing for everyone clad in any type of regular armor though - they always hold the weapon pointed forward instead, even during sprinting.
• The barrel spins clockwise while in first person and counter-clockwise while in third person when using power armor.
• Without any ammunition and the shredder modification, the minigun can be used as an automatic attack melee weapon using the normal firing button instead of the bash button. This attack, like bashing, will drain AP. There is no drain however if this is used while wearing power armor.

Gallery

A minigun modified with an accelerated barrel, gunner sight and shredder

From The Art of Fallout 4

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