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The Tesla rifle is a ranged weapon in Fallout 76.
Characteristics[]
The Tesla rifle fires electricity that deals full damage to the initial enemy target (or the targeted surface) before it chains for less damage to nearby enemies.
The chain lightning effect will deal 35% less damage to each successive target: the first chain target will take 65% of the Tesla's full damage and the second chain target will take 42.25% of the Tesla's full damage.
The weapon has an aiming radius more like a shotgun, wider than other rifles.
Crafting[]
Weapon modifications[]
| Barrel[show IDs][show resources] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mod | Description | Effects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Requirements | Resources | Form ID | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automatic | +25% Sighted Accuracy -10% Recoil | – | -15 | +71 | -24 | -2 | +25% | +1.6 | +50% | Scrap to learn (15% chance) – | Adhesive x1 Circuitry x1 Crystal x2 Fiber optics x5 Gear x2 Plastic x5 Screw x3 Silver x1 | 0010F630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charging | +25% Sighted Accuracy -10% Recoil Charging | – | +30 | -2 | -24 | +2 | – | – | +75% | Scrap to learn (15% chance) – | Adhesive x1 Circuitry x2 Crystal x2 Fiber optics x8 Plastic x7 Screw x4 Silver x1 | 0010EAAE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charging shotgun | +4 Projectiles -80% Sighted Accuracy -10% Recoil -50% Ammo Capacity Charging | – | +20 | -2 | -108 | -50 | – | +1.2 | +50% |  Read plan to learn– | Adhesive x2 Circuitry x2 Crystal x4 Fiber optics x16 Fiberglass x5 Gold x3 Screw x4 Spring x1 | 0010EAAC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lobber  | -90% Sighted Accuracy -75% Ammo Capacity | Creates a Shock Trap on Impact for 5 seconds that causes 7 Shock Damage to Targets within 35ft | 0 | +75 | -144 | -55 | – | +1.2 | +35% | Read plan to learn – | Adhesive x2 Circuitry x2 Crystal x4 Fiber optics x16 Fiberglass x5 Gold x3 Screw x4 Spring x1 | 0010EAAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Semi-auto | -10% Recoil | – | – | – | – | – | – | +1.2 | +40% | Known by default – | Adhesive x1 Circuitry x1 Crystal x1 Nuclear material x2 Plastic x4 Screw x2 | 0010EAAD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sights[show IDs][show resources] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mod | Description | | | | | Requirements | Resources | Form ID | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reflex (Tactical) | +10% Aim Speed +15% Sighted Accuracy | +6 | -15% | +0.4 | +25% | Scrap to learn (15% chance) – | Adhesive x1 Fiber optics x2 Fiberglass x1 Glass x1 Nuclear material x1 Screw x1 Silver x1 | 0010F279 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Standard | – | – | – | – | – | Known by default – | Steel x3 | 0010F185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paint[show IDs][show resources] | |||||
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| Appearance | Name | Description | Requirements | Resources | Form ID |
| – | Brotherhood Paint | – |  | Oil x1 | 00685D71 |
  | Default Appearance | – | Known by default | None | 0037D0C1 |
  | Freedom Forge Paint | Bring the thunder of the Freedom Forge with this paint for your Tesla Rifle. | Unlocked via Atomic Shop  | Oil x1 | 006E21AE |
  | Presidential Paint | Give your weapon a touch of class with this Presidential Tesla Rifle Paint! | Rank 47 reward in Fight for Freedom season  | Oil x1 | 006CA22F |
  | Silver shroud Paint | The Silver Shroud's name has always struck fear into the minds of his enemies now he Lightning strikes it! | Rank 46 reward in The Unstoppables vs The Diabolicals season | Oil x1 | 00621A8B |
Variants[]
- Night Light - A unique Tesla rifle given as a Survival mode reward available during May 21–27 and August 13–20, 2019.
- V63-BERTHA - A possible reward from Dangerous Pastimes.
Locations[]
- Purchase the plan from Vendor bot Phoenix in the Super-Duper Mart at Watoga Shopping Plaza.
- Purchase the plan from the Brotherhood vendor in the Whitespring Mall.
- One is carried by the Electrician, who will drop it upon death if killed by the player.
- Rarely dropped by deathclaws.
- Rarely dropped by boss chests.
Notes[]
- Affected by the Grounded mutation.
- The charging lob barrel is a legacy item
- The charging shotgun barrel mod box is mislabeled as Tesla rifle shotgun barrel.
Bugs[]
- The Tesla rifle may occasionally drop without a sight attachment.[verified]
- The charging shotgun Tesla rifle is not considered a shotgun.[verified]
- When fired at surfaces, arc damage always deals -35% damage to the initial chain target and another -35% damage on top of that to the second chain target, regardless of barrel or charge. When fired at enemies, the Tesla correctly deals 100% damage to the targeted enemy.[verified]
- Automatic, charging and charging shotgun barrels are adding or subtracting weapon damage itself instead of modifying damage multiplicatively or adding or subtracting to the additive damage bonus multiplier.[verified]
- Due to the above, glitched Tesla rifles that spawn in at levels 1-39, which have 0 base damage, were able to deal billions of damage per hit due to an integer overflow. Often referred to as "The Billion-Damage Tesla," it could kill anything in one shot. This issue has been resolved as of update 34.[patched]
- When using a charging or charging shotgun barrel, an uncharged direct impact is reduced by more than -50%.[verified]
- The arc damage is unaffected by the uncharged modifier, and will deal more damage than an uncharged direct impact.[verified]
- Any Tesla rifle may leave lingering developer marker text (CHAIN) at points of impact instead of the anticipated visual effects. This glitch serves as a sign that the server is lagging and about to crash.[verified]
- The update which was intended to fix Tesla Lobbers after a previous update broke them instead caused them to only do this when fired.
- The chain effect is coded as an explosion and is affected by the Grenadier perk. This will significantly increase the range from where enemies can be "tagged."[verified]
- As of Steel Dawn, the Tesla rifle no longer has bugged charge data. As a result, the non-charging variants will deal less damage and the charging variants will actually add damage when charged.[patched]
