There are games that reward players for finishing fast and those that punish players for going too slow. Other games even discourage players from straying away from the path that leads to their goal. Not the Fallout series, these games reward players for taking their time. The more time players invest into these games, the more treasures and surprises they discover. Yes, Fallout g🙈ames actually justify aimless wandering by encouraging players to get off the beaten path! Who wouldn't want to miss out a chance to venture inside ominous irradiated bunkers, right?
The mere act of wasting time while exploring can yield even greater rewards as opposed to just finishing the game hastily. In fact, some of the best weapons in these games can't even be obtained by simply finishing the main game. Although only the most intrepid and determined players could get their hands on the game's ra🅰rest w🍎eapons since these aren't exactly laid out in the open. Some rare weapons require the most sharpest and observant eye while others can only be acquired through triggering certain events.
Those who are hoping to find these legendary armaments of destruction should be willing to tread on the road less traveled. Of course, players will have to go through toxic craters, ravenous raiders and extraterrestrial predators first. The ones tough enough to survive will be rewarded with a uniquely named arsenal that performs as good as their fancy name suggests. While most of these weapons are nearly impossible to find, locating these places should help put players in the right direction. Here are some of the rarest Fallout weapons and where to find them.
30 ꦏ F❀allout: New Vegas: Pulse Gun
The pulse gun is a unique weapon found inside the vault 34 armory in Fallout: New Vegas. It's akin to a projectile-based pulse grenade which greatly helps bring down robots and those pesky power-armored enemies. However, it's locked inside a container that requires either a key or a ludicr💞ously high lock-picking skill of 100.
All that random cabinet scrounging will pay off!
Only players with an impulsive tendency to scrounge filing cabinets can come across the key that opens this chest called Col. Blackwell's Key. Here's a hint, it's in🧸 an unassuming cabinet within Pearl's Barracks in the Nellis Air Force Base.
29 Fallout: New Vegas Old World Blues DLC: Christine'💟s CoS Silencer Ri👍fle
Anyone who has played the Fallout: New Vegas DLC Dead Money knows that Christine is as quiet as a mouse. What some might not know is that she also had a weapon in Old World Blues that fits her stoic demeanor called ꦗChristine's CoS Silencer rifle. This rare, lightweight yet powerful silenced sniper, can only be found on the top floor of a decrepit building in Little Yangtze.
Finding this weapon can be quite tricky since it can camouflage itself against a wall🧸. Players can use an ammunition container as a marker though since it's sitting right beside it.
28 Fallout 3: The Tenderiz🔯er ♑
The Tenderizer is among the rarest melee weapons in Fallout 3. This sledgehammer dishes out over 10 more damage compared to regular ones. Getting it won't be a walk in thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe park though.
Players will first have to visit Anchorage Memorial and find a passcode hidden behind a soda disp🗹enser at the top floor of this building. The code could then be used to unlock a terminal which also unlocks a safe containing a “Door Component.” This item is needed to fix a broken door i🌠n the lower level where The Tenderizer is stored. Of course, a repair skill of at least 35 is also mandatory.
27 Fallout 3 M✅otherꦡship Zeta: Atomic Pulverizer
Finding the rare Atomic Pulverizer in Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta isn't easy. Getting access to the room where it's located is even harder. The weapons lab contains thisꦕ alien blaster which can be located by going through the spacewalk and beyond the mothershi♔p's observation deck.
It's extraterrestrial technology on steroids.
However, the terminal that unlocks the lab room requires a significantly high Science skill of at least 75. Going tꦬhrough all that trouble is worth it though since it not only has a higher damage than the average 𝔉alien atomizer, it also uses up way less AP!
26 🦋 Fallout 3: The Break 🥃
Who would've guessed that a simple pool stick in Fallout 3 could be considered rare? While The Break might appear like an ordin🦩ary pool cue, it's no mere hyper-extended stick. In fact, The Break has the same range of a sledgehammer except it can be swung way faster and deals twice the damage of regular pool cues!
It's actually hidden in plain sight and can be found at the middle pool table in Paradise Falls. Getting it is as simple as nabbing it from the table but it's so easy to miss given its austere and seemingly harmless appe𝓡arance.
25 ജ Fallout 3: The Shocker
A gauntlet that delivers shock-waves sounds like something out of a Spider-Man comic but this weapon actually exists in Fallout 3 as well. The aptly named The Shocker is a modified power fist that deals double 🍎damage to automatons. Traveling through Mason District South's metro tunnels and reaching its lower levels is the fastest way to get to this surprising weapon.
Robots will find it quite surprising.
Players will know right away if they're headin༺g in the right direction since the area where it lies is filled with traps! Well, it isn't called "The Shocker" for nothing.
24 ღ Fallout 3: Stabhappy ඣ
Knives aren't exactly practical weapons especially when fighting heavily armed raiders and fully-loaded robots. Except when it comes to the rare Fallout 3 comb🅺at knife known as Stabhappy. It deals more damage than regular knives, expends less AP and has an eꦕxtremely high critical damage rate!
Getting this knife could require some guts since players will have to go through an entire raider encampment to get it.ಞ The knife can be looted after dispatching a raider in the kitchen of unmarked location Raid Shack. Knives aren't usually the first thing players look out for making this rare find rather easy to miss.
23 Fallout 3: Zhu-Rong v418 Chinese 💖Pistol 🅺
The Fallout 3 Zhu-Rong v418 Chinese Pistol isn't just hard to find, it's also quite difficult to obtain even after players have already found it. This rare pistol is locked in a case inside L.O.B Enterprises' CEO office. The problem is, the CEO office is locked and would require a whopping 100 Lockpick skill leve🍌l to open.
It's definitely more than just a Chinese knockoff.
The container itself is also locked but it can easily be opened using a key that can be looted in a desk within the office. Fortunately, its unique incendiary firepower is certainly ﷽worth the effort.
22 𒊎 Fallout 3: Board Of Education
Fallout 3's Board of Education is anything but a governing body of a systematic knowledge program. In fact, it's quite literally a board! This rare weapon is basically a plank of wood albeit with nails sticking out of it. It has a high critical rate and substantially higher damage c൩ompared to the standard nail board making it the perfect starter weapon, at least until players could find something better.
Although players will first have to clear Clifftop Shacks of its numerous hostile super mutants and centaur inhabitants. The rare nail board can be found hidden uꦗnderneath a bed inside the northeastern shack.
21 🌌 Fallout 3: Miss Launcher
There's an awkward rocket launcher in Fallout 3 called Miss Launcher which basically misses its target on purpose. It weighs less than a regular rocket launcher but packs a lot more damage per second. H♒owever, its projectile could barely reach a foot making it function more like a grenade launcher.
The rare missile launcher could only be stolen from the weapon storage underneath Fort Independence. Players could either pickpocket NPCs for the entrance key or just pick the locks themselves. Either way, they'd have to fight their way inside if they have🌠n't earned the trust of the Outcasts yet.