Fallout 76 weapons list and stats

How to craft weapons, get the bow and find Exceptional weapons

Guide by Dave Irwin Former Guides Writer

Published on April 30, 2020

How do you get weapons in Fallout 76? Fallout 76 has more stuff trying to kill you than ever before, and it's not just the mutated fauna as other players are likely to shoot first. You'll need good weapons to defend yourself, like melee weapons, ranged weapons, and maybe an explosive or two. Perhaps the only way to get an enemy off your back for good is to make them eat a Fat Man nuke.

While the weapons aren't massively different in how they shoot compared to the weapons from Fallout 4, they now have levels in addition to the multiple mods you can add to them. There's a couple of other things to keep an eye out for as well, like your weapon condition.

If you need a hand getting up to speed, our Fallout 76 weapons guide will explain how to make weapons in Appalachia, where to find weapon mods and much more. If you're playing your very first Fallout game after watching the new TV show, you may also need a beginner's guide to help you get started. If so, take a look at our Fallout 76 guide.

On this page:

How to craft weapons in Fallout 76
How to get the bow in Fallout 76
Obtaining mod recipes in Fallout 76
What are exceptional weapons?
Fallout 76 weapon stats

How to craft weapons in Fallout 76

At any weapon workbench in Fallout 76, you can make your own weapons provided you have the relevant materials. You'll also need the recipe for the weapon in question. Weapon recipes can be found by scavenging the world or by breaking down weapons

The workbench is also where you repair items, which is important because broken weapons do nothing for you. Weapons in perfect conditions can be scrapped for an increased chance to obtain the recipe for that weapon.

Keep an eye on condition

One of the stranger and unexplained things about Fallout 76 is that no matter which weapon you create or find in the wild, it will have a different maximum condition. Even if you have two weapons that are the same type, have the same stats, and don't have any modifications attached to them, the maximum condition can differ.

That isn't to say modifications don't do anything at all, as they definitely affect your condition. Weapons also degrade quite quickly, so make sure that you have a fair quantity of junk to repair your gear with.

How to get the bow in Fallout 76

With the Wastelanders update, some new weapons were introduced in Fallout 76. One of them is the bow and the easiest way to it is to buy the recipe. The recipe can be found at either one of the vendors in the new settlements: the raider stronghold at the crashed space station in the northern part of Appalachia, or the settler town of Foundation near Spruce Knob to the south.

You can buy the plans for the bow for roughly 300 caps once you have got a relationship status of at least "cautious". Once you've bought it, make sure you've read the recipe. The recipe will be listed in the machine guns list and is crafted in the tinker workbench.

If you want to save on caps though, there's a quest at the Wayward that if you complete, you'll get the recipe for the bow.

Getting the compound bow

Do you want something with a little more punch? There is a compound bow that you can get, but you need to put in a lot more work to get it. Keep doing favours for one of the two factions (Settlers or Raiders) to increase their approval of you to "ally".

This is the highest rating and will give you access to more items via their vendors. Find out more about the factions in our Fallout 76 factions guide.

Obtaining mod recipes in Fallout 76

The simplest way to grab modification recipes in Fallout 76 is to scrap weapons. You'll get a random recipe for a mod that you can then craft and attach to your weapon of choice.

These mods can do anything from putting a new sight onto a gun, to turning a machete's blade into a serrated blade to add a bleed effect per hit. It's worth gathering some extra gear whenever you see a workbench nearby, just so you can nab those recipes.

What are exceptional weapons?

Naturally, there are certain weapons that are just flat out better than others, or indeed "Exceptional". The ways you obtain them are either based on completing certain Events or quests in Fallout 76. These weapons are usually based off a particular base weapon, say a Snubnosed .44 Pistol, and add more stuff on top of that. These weapons can't be scrapped either, so you don't need to fret too much about anything other than maintaining them.

Some of these weapons, namely the Voice of Set and Blade of Bastet, can be upgraded at weapon workbenches as you increase in level as well. Below are all the Exceptional weapons that are in the game, as well as where to find them.

Weapon Name	Weapon Type	Buffs (if any)	Location
All Rise	Two-handed melee	N/A	Complete the side quest "Mayor for a Day".
Ancient Blade	One-handed melee (Sword)	N/A	Complete the Event quest "Breach and Clear" in The Ash Heap. Chance to drop.
Anti-Scorched Training Pistol	10mm Automatic Pistol	+25% damage to Scorched. -20% damage to all other foes.	Obtained just before entering the Belching Betty mine in the quest "Into the Fire".
Black Diamond	One-handed melee	N/A	Complete quest "Flavors of Mayhem"
Blade of Bastet	One-handed melee	Increases the armour penetration when hitting enemies. The armour penetration is increased when wearing the Eye of Ra outfit.	Complete quest "Forging a Legend".
Bunker Buster	Heavy Gun (Explosive)	N/A	Complete quest "One of Us".
Camden Whacker	One-handed melee (blunt)	N/A	Spend Fuzzy Tokens accrued in Camden Park shop. Tokens can be obtained with the Daily Quest in Camden Park.
Daisy Cutter	Heavy Gun (Explosive)	N/A	Complete side quest "An Organic Panic".
The Dragon	Non-automatic Rifle (Exotic Weapon)	Extra limb damage and an increased chance to cripple.	N/A
Dross	Thrown Weapon - not useful.	None - not useful.	Picked up during Daily Quest "Mistaken Identity" in Camden Park. Not useful outside of that quest.
Grant's Saber	One-handed melee (Sword)	N/A	Obtained during quest "Forging a Legend".
Meteoric Sword	One-handed melee (Sword)	+10% damage against humans. 90% reduced weight and 50% increased durability.	Event: Lode Baring in The Ash Heap Only a certain chance to drop when completing the event.
Nailer	One-handed melee (Sword)	Increased damage given at lower HP.	Event: One Violent Night in Savage Divide. Chance to drop.
Paddle Ball	Exotic Weapon	N/A	Spend Fuzzy Tokens accrued in Camden Park shop. Tokens can be obtained with the Daily Quest in Camden Park.
Pumpkin Grenades	Grenade	Target takes additional damage and radiation for 5 seconds.	Complete Daily Quest "Trick or Treat" in Pumpkin House (Savage Divide)
Pyrolyzer	Heavy Gun (Energy)	Reduces your target's damage output by 20% for 3 seconds when hit.	Reward for Side quest: "Tracking Unknowns".
Rose's Syringer	Pipe Gun (Exotic)	N/A (low damage, but needed for the quest.)	Obtained during the beginning of Rose's main quest "Flavors of Mayhem".
Somerset Special	.44 Non-automatic Pistol (Scoped)	N/A	Complete Event "Back on the Beat" in Morgantown (The Forest)
Voice of Set	Non-automatic Pistol	Adds electric-based damage when hitting robot enemies. Increased damage and a chance to stun robots when wearing the Eye of Ra.	Complete quest "Prototypical Problems".
Vox Syringer	Pipe Gun (Exotic)	Enables your target to speak.	Start the Daily Qurest "Someone to Talk To" in Monongah (Savage Divide)

Fallout 76 weapon stats

There are a huge number of weapons that you can create at workbenches. Each one has an associated level with it, so naturally the better the level, the better the stats. It's also worth noting that the corresponding bullets for ranged weapons can be created at Tinker's workbenches.

There are three tables below that describe all of the ranged weapons, melee weapons, and all of the legendary weapon effects in Fallout 76.

Ranged weapons
Melee weapons
Legendary weapon effects

Ranged weapons

Weapon Name	Base damage	Base Fire rate	Base Range	Base Weight
.44 Pistol	49	6	84/156	4.3
10mm Pistol	16	43	120/228	4.3
10mm SMG	12	91	84/156	6.2
50 Cal Machine Gun	18	91	204/395	28.8
Anti-Scorched Training Pistol	12	75	108	4.4
Assault Rifle	17	40	120/228	13.2
Auto Grenade Launcher	118	91	395	18
Black Powder Blunderbuss	108	4	12	3
Black Powder Pistol	108	4	204/395	3
Black Powder Rifle	132	4	204/395	6
Broadsider	104	3	204/395	24.4
Combat Rifle	27	33	120/228	11.2
Combat Shotgun	61	20	72/180	11.9
Crossbow	100	4	168/359	7.2
Cryolator	14 (energy)	286	120/228	13.3
Double Barrel Shotgun	87	36	180	9.6
The Dragon	170	4	419	6
Enclave Plasma Gun	18 (+18 Energy)	33	120/228	4
Fat Man	473	4	117	20.5
Flamer	26 (Energy)	91	72	16.1
Flare Gun	5	6	147	2
Gamma Gun	33 (+50 Rad)	67	228	3.1
Gatling Gun	27	105	120/228	28.4
Gatling Laser	9 (Energy)	273	204/395	19.4
Gatling Plasma	16 (Energy)	91	204/395	30.6
Gauss Rifle	235	67	204/39	15.8
Handmade Rifle	20	40	120/228	13.6
Harpoon Gun	141	2	120	16.4
Hunting Rifle	45	3	132/240	9.6
Laser Pistol	10 (Energy)	50	120	4
Lever Action Rifle	82	5	123/231	9
Light Machine Gun	16	929	156/247	21.6
M79 Grenade Launcher	92	4	120/228	8.9
Minigun	25	273	395	27.5
Missile Launcher	124	4	395	21
Paddle Ball	1	25	12	2
Pipe Bolt-Action Pistol	40	3	92/168	3.2
Pipe Pistol	14	60	84/156	4.7
Pipe Revolver	40	6	84/156	3.2
Nuka Quantum Grenade	300	N/A	N/A
Plasma Pistol	20 (+20 Energy)	33	120/228	4
Pump Action Shotgun	67	5	72/180	11.2
Radium Rifle	30 (+13 Rad damage)	40	120/228	11.9
Railway Rifle	99	10	120/228	14.4
Rose's Syringer	1	4	156	1.3
Salvaged Assaultron Head	72 (Energy)	4	94	8
Single Action Revolver	45	6	204/395	6.2
Submachine Gun	12	91	84	6.15
Syringer	1	4	156	5.3
Tesla Rifle	48 (Energy)	40	120/228	8.2
Ultracite Gatling Laser	16 (Energy)	273	204/395	19.4
Ultracite Laser Pistol	24 (Energy)	50	120/228	4
Voice of Set	56	6	84	4.6
Vox Syringer	1	4/7	204/395	2.3
Western Revolver	67	6	120/228	5.3
Baseball Grenade	125	N/A	94	1
Cryogenic Grenade	100	N/A	94	0.5
Dross	5	N/A	94	0.5
Fragmentation Grenade	150	N/A	94	0.5
Fragmentation Grenade MIRV	100	N/A	94	1
Hallucigen Gas Grenade	1 (causes frenzy)	N/A	94	1
Molotov Cocktail	50 (8 Energy)	N/A	94	0.5
Nuka Grenade	250 (125 Rads)	N/A	94	0.5
Nuka Quantum Grenade	300 (125 Rads)	N/A	94	0.5
Orbital Scan Beacon	1 (Energy) - marks enemies	N/A	94	0.5
Orbital Strike Beacon	1 - Throws an orbital missile platform at the designated location.	N/A	94	1
Plasma Grenade	200 (200 energy)	N/A	94	0.5
Pulse Mine	175 (175 energy)	N/A	94	0.5
Pumpkin Grenade	80 (40 Rads)	N/A	94	0.5
Throwing Knives	75	N/A	12	0.25
Tomahawk	100	N/A	12	0.7
Cryo Mine	175	N/A	94	0.5
Explosive Bait	200	N/A	94	0.5
Fragmentation Mine	150	N/A	94	0.5
Nuke Mine	250 (125 Rads)	N/A	94	0.5
Plasma Mine	200 (200 Energy)	N/A	94	0.5
Pulse Mine	175 (175 Energy)	N/A	94	0.5

Melee weapons

Weapon Name	Base damage	Speed	Weight
Ancient Blade	24	Medium	3
Assaultron Blade	32	Medium	3
Baseball Bat	35	Slow	3
Binoculars	7 (not intended as a weapon)	Fire Rate: 1 Range: 117	2
Blade of Bastet	53	Medium	3
Board	31	Slow	3
Bowie Knife	17	Fast	1
Boxing Glove	23	Medium	1
Camden Whacker	6	Medium	2
Chainsaw	1	Speed: 45 Range: 12	12
Chinese Officer Sword	25	Medium	3
Combat Knife	15	Fast	1
Commie Whacker	6	Medium	2
Cultist Blade	29	Medium	3
Cultist Dagger	20	Fast	1
Death Tambo	28	Medium	0.5
Deathclaw Gauntlet	48	Medium	10
Drill	22	Very Fast	2.4
Fire Axe	42	Slow	3
Golf Club	31	Slow	3
Grant's Saber	26	Medium	3
Grognak's Axe	40	Medium	10
Guitar Sword	40	Medium	3
Hatchet	22	Medium	3
Knuckles	17	Medium	0.5
Lead Pipe	17	Medium	3
Machete	22	Medium	2
Meat Hook	25	Medium	2
Meteoric Sword	36	Medium	0.3
Mole Miner Gauntlet	33	Medium	15
Mr. Handy Buzz Blade	51	Very Fast	10
Multi-purpose Axe	31	Slow	4
Nailer	32	Medium	3
Pickaxe	37	Slow	3.5
Pipe Wrench	24	Medium	2
Pitchfork	24	Medium	2
Pole Hook	46	Slow	7
Pool Cue	31	Slow	1
Power Fist	48	Medium	4
Protest Sign	11	Slow	3
Revolutionary Sword	25	Medium	3
Ripper	4	Very Fast	6
Rolling Pin	15	Medium	1
Security Baton	23	Medium	2
Shishkebab	41 (+37 Energy)	Medium	3
Shovel	17	Slow	6
Sickle	22	Medium	3
Ski Sword	35	Medium	3
Sledgehammer	46	Slow	12
Spear	25	Medium	2
Super Sledge	77	Slow	20
Switchblade	28	Fast	1
Tire Iron	22	Medium	2
Walking Cane	22	Medium	2
War Drum	45	Slow	20

Legendary weapon effects

Sometimes you'll randomly find some especially good weapons out in the field, mostly on legendary enemies. If an enemy has a star next to its name and is randomly restoring its health, these are the enemies that have a good chance of dropping legendary gear.

You may receive good weapons as part of a quest reward too in Fallout 76. Given that they're randomised drops, we can't give you much more advice than that to track down legendary weapons, but here are the ones we've seen in the game thus far:

Modifier name	Modifier description
Anti-Scorched	+25% damage to Scorched. -20% damage to all other enemies.
Anti-Tank	Ignores 50% of target's armour.
Assassin's	+10% damage to human players.
Berserker's	Deal more damage to enemies if you have low damage resistance.
Bloodied	Deal more damage when at lower health.
Concussive	+33% chance to hit with VATS.
Executioner's	+50% damage when target foe is below 40% health.
Explosive	Bullets explode for an additional 15 damage when fired. It has an area of affect.
Exterminator's	+50% damage to Mirelurks and bugs.
Furious	Each consecutive hit on the same target will increase the damage they take.
Ghoul Slayer's	+50% damage to Ghoul enemies.
Hunter's	+50% damage to animals.
Instigating	Deal double damage to target if target is at full health.
Junkie's	Deals more damage based on the number of Chem withdrawal effects you are currently suffering from.
Medic's	Dealing VATS Critical damage heals you and your group.
Mutant's	+10% damage if you are mutated.
Mutant Slayer's	+30% damage to Super Mutant enemies.
Never Ending	Unlimited ammunition capacity when firing this weapon.
Nocturnal	Increases damage during the nighttime as it progresses. Reduced damage during daytime hours.
Stalker's	+100% VATS accuracy at 50% of the AP cost if not in combat.
Suppressor's	Reduce your target's damage output by 20% for 3 seconds.
Troubleshooter's	+30% damage to robot enemies.
Two Shot	Each shot fires an extra projectile.
Vampiric	Restores a small chunk of health when the weapon is swung/fired. If it's a melee weapon, it doesn't have to hit an enemy.
Zealot's	+30% damage to Ghouls.