Overseer's Guardian

Fallout 4 weapon
Overseer's Guardian
base	Combat rifle
weapon type	Unique rifle
effect(s)	Shoots an additional projectile.
Core stats
damage	55
ammo	.45 round
clip size	20
fire rate	90
range	119
accuracy	70
AP cost	25
weight	15.7
value	1230
Related perks
damage	Rifleman Commando (automatic) Bloody Mess Basher Astoundingly Awesome 2 (with scope) Ace Operator (with suppressor)
modifiers	Gun Nut Science!
Technical
editor ID	Aspiration_Weapon_V81_CombatRifle
form ID	001F61E7

 

The Overseer's Guardian is a unique weapon in Fallout 4.

Characteristics

The Overseer's Guardian is sold as either a short or long-barreled combat rifle. The type of barrel is apparently randomly generated. This weapon comes guaranteed with the Two shot effect, which shoots an additional projectile with each shot. Furthermore, these additional projectiles do not affect the player character’s ammunition count.

By default, the Overseer's Guardian is equipped with an armor piercing automatic receiver, recoil compensating stock, short night vision scope—the remainder is standard.

Weapon modifications

Receiver

Mod	Description	Weapon prefix								Effect(s)	Perk(s) required	Components	Form ID
Standard receiver	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x1 Gears x2 Oil x3 Screw x2 Spring x2 Steel x4	001A8A53
Light frame receiver	Lighter weight. Reduced damage.	Light	-3	–	–	–	–	-3.6	+6	–	–	Adhesive x1 Aluminum x4 Gears x2 Oil x3 Screw x2	00185BEB
Heavy frame receiver	Heavier weight. Improved damage.	Heavy	+3	–	–	–	–	+3.4	+10	–	–	Adhesive x1 Gears x2 Oil x3 Screw x2 Steel x6	00185BEA
Calibrated receiver	Better critical shot damage.	Calibrated	–	–	–	+1	–	+0.6	+17	–	–	Adhesive x2 Gears x3 Oil x4 Screw x3 Steel x6	00185BE8
Hardened receiver	Better damage.	Hardened	+8	–	–	–	–	+0.9	+25	–	–	Adhesive x3 Gears x3 Oil x4 Screw x4 Steel x8	00185BEC
Automatic receiver	Improved rate of fire. Inferior damage and range.	Automatic	-11	+57	-12	-3	–	+1.3	+29	–	Gun Nut: 1	Adhesive x3 Gears x4 Oil x6 Screw x4 Steel x9	00185BE2
Armor piercing automatic receiver	Improved rate of fire and armor penetration. Reduced range. Inferior damage.	Armor piercing automatic	-11	+57	-10	-3	–	+1.6	+32	–	Gun Nut: 2	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x8 Gears x4 Oil x5 Screw x5	00185BE3
Hair trigger receiver	More sensitive trigger. Better rate of fire.	Hair trigger	–	+16	–	-1	–	+0.2	+40	–	Gun Nut: 2	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x9 Gears x4 Oil x5 Screw x5	00185BE9
Powerful receiver	Superior damage.	Powerful	+16	–	–	–	–	+1.6	+40	–	Gun Nut: 2	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x9 Gears x4 Oil x6 Screw x5	00185BED
Hardened automatic receiver	Improved rate of fire. Reduced damage. Inferior range.	Hardened automatic	-3	+57	-12	-3	–	+2	+44	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x9 Gears x4 Oil x6 Screw x6	00185BE4
Rapid automatic receiver	Superior rate of fire. Inferior Range. Inferior damage.	Rapid	-11	+80	-12	-5	–	+2	+47	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x9 Gears x5 Oil x7 Screw x6	00185BE5
Calibrated powerful receiver	Superior damage. Better critical shot damage and accuracy.	Calibrated powerful	+16	–	–	+1	–	+2.3	+51	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x10 Gears x5 Oil x6 Screw x6	00185BEE
Hardened piercing auto receiver	Improved rate of fire and armor penetration. Reduced damage and range.	Hardened piercing automatic	-3	+57	-10	-3	–	+2.7	+59	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x6 Aluminum x11 Gears x6 Oil x6 Screw x7	00185BE6
.38 receiver	Reduced damage. Changes ammo type to .38 Caliber.	.38	-8	–	–	–	–	+3	+62	–	Gun Nut: 4	Adhesive x7 Aluminum x12 Gears x6 Oil x6 Screw x8	00210488
Powerful automatic receiver	Improved damage and rate of fire. Inferior Range.	Powerful automatic	+4	+57	-12	-3	–	+3.4	+66	–	Gun Nut: 4	Adhesive x8 Aluminum x13 Gears x6 Oil x7 Screw x8	00185BE7
.308 receiver	Exceptional damage. Changed ammo type to .308 Caliber. More sensitive trigger. Better rate of fire.	.308	+24	+16	–	-1	–	+3	+70	–	Gun Nut: 4	Adhesive x7 Aluminum x12 Gears x6 Oil x6 Screw x8	00185BE1

Barrel

Mod	Description	Weapon prefix								Effect(s)	Perk(s) required	Components	Form ID
Short barrel	Standard.	Short	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x1 Screw x3 Steel x3	00185BFC
Short light barrel	Improved hip-fire accuracy.	Short	–	–	–	+1	–	-1.7	+4	–	–	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x3 Screw x3	00185BFD
Long barrel	Superior range and sighted accuracy. Better recoil. Poor hip-fire accuracy.	–	–	–	+84	+3	–	+1.8	+8	–	–	Adhesive x2 Screw x6 Steel x6	00185BF9
Long light barrel	Superior range and sighted accuracy. Better recoil. Reduced hip-fire accuracy.	–	–	–	+84	+4	–	–	+11	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x8 Screw x6	00185BFA
Short ported barrel	Superior recoil.	Ported	–	–	–	+1	–	–	+15	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x6 Screw x3	00185BFE
Long ported barrel	Superior recoil, range and sighted accuracy. Poor hip-fire accuracy.	ported	–	–	+84	+3	–	+1.8	+23	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x6 Aluminum x10 Screw x7	00185BFB

Stock

Mod	Description	Weapon prefix								Effect(s)	Perk(s) required	Components	Form ID
Short stock	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x2 Screw x5 Wood x5	00185C02
Full stock	Better recoil.	–	–	–	–	–	–	+0.8	+7	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x4 Screw x6 Steel x6	00185BFF
Markman's stock	Superior recoil. Better aim with scopes.	Marksman's	–	–	–	–	–	+1.5	+15	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x6 Rubber x2 Screw x6 Spring x3	00185C00
Recoil compensating stock	Exceptional recoil.	Recoil compensated	–	–	–	+1	–	+1.8	+22	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x6 Aluminum x7 Rubber x3 Screw x8 Spring x6	00185C01

Magazine

Mod	Description	Weapon prefix								Effect(s)	Perk(s) required	Components	Form ID
Standard magazine	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x4 Screw x3 Spring x3 Steel x5	00185C05
Large magazine	Better ammo capacity. Inferior reload speed.	High Capacity	–	–	–	–	+20	+0.7	-3	–	Gun Nut: 2	Adhesive x5 Screw x4 Spring x5 Steel x6	00185C03
Medium quick eject mag	Better reload speed.	Quick	–	–	–	–	–	+0.4	+8	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x6 Aluminum x3 Oil x3 Screw x3 Spring x6	00185C06
Large quick eject mag	Better ammo capacity. Improved reload speed.	Quick high capacity	–	–	–	–	+20	+1.1	+23	–	Gun Nut: 4	Adhesive x7 Aluminum x10 Oil x5 Screw x4 Spring x8	00185C04

Sights

Mod	Description	Weapon prefix								Effect(s)	Perk(s) required	Components	Form ID
Standard sights	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x1 Steel x2	001A8A54
Glow front sight ring	Improved focus and sighted accuracy.	Sighted	–	–	–	+1	–	–	+2	–	–	Adhesive x1 Steel x2	00185C09
Glow sights	Improved focus and better sighted accuracy.	Glow-sighted	–	–	–	+2	–	–	+6	–	–	Adhesive x2 Nuclear material x2 Steel x2	00185C08
Short scope	Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	Scoped	–	–	–	+16	–	+1.3	+14	–	–	Adhesive x2 Glass x1 Screw x2 Steel x2	00185BF4
Reflex sight	Better focus and sighted accuracy.	Tactical	–	–	–	+7	–	+0.6	+17	–	–	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x2 Glass x1 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2 Silver x1	00185BF8
Reflex sight	Better focus and sighted accuracy.	Tactical	–	–	–	+7	–	+0.6	+17	–	–	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x2 Glass x1 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2 Silver x1	0018004D
Medium scope	Better magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	Scoped	–	–	–	+23	–	+1.6	+29	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x3 Glass x2 Screw x2 Steel x3	00185BF2
Long scope	Superior magnification and sighted accuracy.	Scoped	–	–	–	+36	–	+2	+36	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x4 Glass x4 Screw x2 Steel x4	00185BF0
Short night vision scope	Night vision. Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	Night-vision	–	–	–	+16	–	+1.3	+47	–	Gun Nut: 3 Science!: 1	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x4 Circuitry x1 Fiber optics x1 Glass x2 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2 Silver x2	00185BF5
Medium night vision scope	Night vision. Better magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	Night-vision	–	–	–	+23	–	+1.6	+55	–	Gun Nut: 3 Science!: 1	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x5 Circuitry x2 Fiber optics x1 Glass x4 Nuclear material x4 Screw x2 Silver x2	00185BF3
Long night vision scope	Night vision. Superior magnification and sighted accuracy.	Night-vision	–	–	–	+36	–	+2	+62	–	Gun Nut: 4 Science!: 1	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x6 Circuitry x2 Fiber optics x2 Glass x5 Nuclear material x6 Screw x2	00185BF1
Short recon scope	Tracks targets. Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	Recon	–	–	–	+16	–	+2.3	+74	–	Gun Nut: 4 Science!: 1	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x7 Circuitry x3 Crystal x6 Fiber optics x2 Nuclear material x7 Screw x3	002492D7
Long recon scope	Tracks targets. Superior magnification and sighted accuracy.	Recon	–	–	–	+36	–	+2.3	+74	–	Gun Nut: 4 Science!: 1	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x7 Circuitry x3 Crystal x6 Fiber optics x2 Nuclear material x7 Screw x3	00185BF7

Muzzle

Mod	Description	Weapon prefix								Effect(s)	Perk(s) required	Components	Form ID
No muzzle		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Large bayonet	Superior bash. Inferior range.	Bayoneted	–	–	-18	–	–	+1.8	+15	–	–	Adhesive x2 Screw x3 Steel x3	00185BDC
Compensator	Improved per-shot recoil. Improved recoil control. Reduced range.	Compensated	–	–	-12	+1	–	+1.4	+37	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x4	00185BDE
Muzzle brake	Exceptional recoil control. Better per-shot recoil. Inferior range.	Muzzled	–	–	-18	+2	–	+1.4	+56	–	Gun Nut: 3	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x5	00185BDF
Suppressor	Suppresses sound from firing. Exceptional per-shot recoil. Improved recoil control. Poor range.	Suppressed	–	–	-30	+1	–	+1.8	+75	–	Gun Nut: 4	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x7 Plastic x4 Screw x3	00185BE0

Variants

• Combat rifle
• December's Child

Location

• Vault 81, for sale by the vendor Alexis Combes.

Notes

• This gun can be acquired very early in the game and does not have any requirements other than its price. Its double-shot mechanic and high base damage makes it one of the most powerful guns during the entirety of the game, with its ammo being relatively common (.45 round) and its consumption being relatively small in comparison.
• If combined with Rifleman and the .308 Receiver, the Overseer's Guardian excels in medium ranged engagements, almost certainly crippling weaker enemies' limbs in one hit.
• When used as a fully automatic rifle, the weapon is best used as a close-quarters last resort gun, as it can still deal a relatively high amount of damage up close while becoming somewhat outgunned by automatic energy weapons later on.
• In V.A.T.S. or when triggering a critical, two distinct bullets will be seen with a very small amount of spread, like Charon's shotgun in Fallout 3.
• Fully upgraded it can be as heavy as a non-modified minigun.

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