The Dragon is a ranged weapon in Fallout 76.
Background[]
The Dragon is an antique, muzzle-loading black powder rifle with four distinct barrels. It is loaded with .50 caliber balls.
Characteristics[]
Each shot from the Dragon releases four projectiles while consuming a single .50 caliber ball. Similar to shotguns, the damage dealt by the Dragon is divided evenly between each projectile. Despite this, the Dragon has the highest single-shot base damage among ballistic rifles. Its main drawback is the extremely long reload time, which takes approximately 10 seconds without Ground Pounder or the Swift legendary effect, both of which will reduce the reload time considerably when combined.
Crafting[]
- The Dragon cannot be crafted.
- The Dragon may be Legendary crafted.
| Paint[show IDs][show resources] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearance | Name | Description | Requirements | Resources | Form ID |
  | Default Appearance | – | Known by default | None | 0037D0C1 |
  | Red Rocket Dragon | Give your Dragon a little more fuel for the fire with the Red Rocket Paint for the Dragon Black Powder Rifle. | Unlocked via Atomic Shop  | Oil x1 | 00664EB3 |
  | The Nighthawk | Dark. Mysterious. The Nighthawk strikes without warning. Become The Nighthawk with this skin for The Dragon Black Powder Rifle. | Unlocked via Atomic Shop | Oil x1 | 005A242D |
Locations[]
- Sold by Grahm, the vendor bots in Berkeley Springs Station and Watoga Station, and the Free States Vendor at the Whitespring Resort.
- Can be rewarded from a treasure map cache.
- Can be rewarded from Event: Collision Course.
- Can be dropped by the scorchbeast queen.
- Can be dropped by the Progenitor wendigo.
- Can be dropped by David Thorpe during Key to the Past.
- Can be dropped by fog crawlers.
- Can be dropped by honeybeasts.
- Can be dropped by Civil War reenactor.
- Can be found at the Eastern Regional Penitentiary and the Ash Heap.
- Can be found inside the Thunder Mountain Power Plant.
- Can be found inside the Uncanny Caverns.
- Can be found inside the Garrahan Mining headquarters, in the CEO's office.
Prior to a patch, the Dragon could not be obtained as a legendary drop. It is now possible to get one with this method.
Notes[]
- The Dragon used to be obtainable with bayonet mod. This is no longer possible and any existing dragons had their bayonets removed.
- Legacy weapons have a higher range of 419 - the highest range of any non-bugged gun in the game - while new world drop and vendor purchases are 228.[citation needed]
- Prior to an update, rerolling an explosive Dragon with high (419) range would permanently reduce its damage. This was because they had the 20% variant of the Explosive legendary effect, but after becoming legacy they would only spawn with the 3% variant of the effect. This was later patched so that Dragons can roll both the 3% and 20% variants of the Explosive legendary effect. It is unknown if this was intentional or not, or if it will be reverted again in a future update.
- As of the Milepost Zero update, this weapon can drop with Quad. With Quad, the weapon's fire rate increases to 20; while it does reload up to 4 shots and fire appropriately fast, each shot must be reloaded individually.
Behind the scenes[]
- The Dragon was originally included in the Legendary ranged weapon loot pool. When Purveyor Murmrgh was introduced to the game in Wild Appalachia, several items, including the Dragon, were removed from the pool.
- Prior to Wastelanders, the Vault-Tec boss trunks at the end of each Vault Raid in Vault 94 were able to drop 1/2/3-star Dragons.
- 2/3-star Dragons were considered legacy content prior to the Steel Reign update.
- Despite being a percussion gun, it is missing percussion caps on the percussion studs at the top pair of its barrels. The percussion studs at the bottom pair are modelled with a wire to electronically discharge them.
Bugs[]
When reloading, the gunpowder particles poured from the powder horn can sometimes be absent.- Legendary Dragons incorrectly use the Explosive effect for shotguns. Each of the 4 projectiles deals 3% of the base damage, rather than 20%. It should be using a custom effect for 5%.[verified]
- Legendary Dragons do not drop from Legendary enemies, cannot be given as quest rewards, nor may they be obtained from The Purveyor.[patched]
- Prior to a patch,[clarification needed] the Dragon accepted the black powder rifle's bayonet loose mod.[patched]
- Prior to Patch 29, the Dragon was able to roll the Last Shot legendary effect, introduced by Patch 28.[patched]
- In first-person view, when backing up against a wall or an obstructing surface with the Dragon equipped and drawn which causes its user's arms to point the gun away from the center of the screen, the Dragon's hammers will wave back and forth loosely.[verified]
- The Dragon can erroneously roll the Explosive legendary effect (20%), in addition to the Shotgun Explosive legendary effect (3%), introduced by Patch 50.
- As is the case with all black powder weapons, tapping the fire button very fast when it's almost reloaded will cause it to fire twice, while still using only one bullet.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1-star may be acquired from SMART choice machine only; 2/3-star drops are legacy content. This weapon will not drop from legendary enemies, quest rewards or Purveyor Murmrgh, however, it may be legendary crafted.