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Splattercannon, Acid Soaker, Nuka-Nuke Launcher – Nuka World DLC

The latest Fallout 4 DLC titled Nuka World introduces new legendary weapons. Some of them tie into the amusement park theme, while others are simply bad-ass additions to your arsenal. Splattercannon is an automatic rifle that increases damage after each consecutive hit on the same target, Acid Soaker is a gun that inflicts ongoing acid damage and temporarily reduces damage resistance, Nuka-Nuke Launcher is a warhead launcher. You can check out our guide New Nuka World Unique Weapons, and find out how to get them.

Two Shot Lever Action Rifle – Far Harbor DLC

Type: Rifle
Bonus: Shoots an additional projectile
Location: This weapon is added with the latest Far Harbor dlc. We got the Two Shot Lever Action Rifle from a Legendary Mirelurk Queen. This happened during the Rite of Passage quest, where you go hunting for mirelurks.

The Striker – Far Harbor DLC

Type: Bowling Ball Launcher
Bonus: 50% chance to cripple the target’s leg.
Location: This weapon is added with the latest Far Harbor dlc. You’ll find the Striker in a bowling alley called Beaver Creek Lanes. It is located a bit south-west of Far Harbor. Check out our detailed guide for the Striker.

December’s Child – Far Harbor DLC

Type: Rifle
Bonus: 25% faster fire rate and 15% faster reload.
Location: New weapon in Far Harbor dlc. You can get it during the quest Best left forgotten. In the Vim! Pop Factory you’ll come across a terminal that will not let you go into the room before you pass speak check test. Check out our detailed guide for December’s Child.

Atom’s Judgement – Far Harbor DLC

Type: Atom’s Judgement is a radioactive super-sledge, that does both physical and radiation damage. Apart from doing an expected amount of physical damage, it also inflicts radiation poisoning on targets.
Bonus: +100 Radiation Damage
Location: New weapon in Far Harbor dlc. You can get it from Richter in the Nucleus near the submarine’s top, during the quest The Heretic (Children of Atom faction quest).

Salvaged Assaultron Head

Type: Energy Pistol
Bonus: Charged by reloading repeatedly. The more charges, the higher the damage. Irradiates user.
Location: This weapon was introduced in the Automatron add-on. You’ll find it in Fort Hagen Satellite Array, all the way to the east. When you go down the long, winding stairs, go through the door on your left. The head is in the cage on the right, in a chest. You’ll need to finish the Headhunters quest first (if you’re currently doing the quest, the chest is at the end of the exit route, right before the stairs).

Tesla Rifle

Type: Energy Rifle
Bonus: Fires an electrical discharge that arcs between targets
Location: This rifle was added in the Automatron DLC. It can be found in Fort Hagen Satellite Array, during the Headhunters quest. After you take Jezebel’s brain and try to leave the facility, you’ll encounter a boss called Ivey. Defeat her and you’ll get to loot the rifle from her corpse.

Deathclaw Gauntlet

Type: Claw/Gauntlet
Bonus: None
Location: You’ll have to start a quest called The Devil’s Due to get this weapon. Go to the Museum of Witchcraft in the north-east. Enter through the basement, then climb up and go to the bathroom next to the main entrance. Pick up the Pristine Deathclaw Egg. You’ll have to fight or evade an Albino Deathclaw. Then go to the nest marked on the map (up north). The weapon is next to it. Note: You can take the weapon, then deliver the egg to Diamond City, but the weapon won’t spawn until you’ve picked up the egg/quest.

Railway Rifle

Type: Railway spike launcher
Bonus: Uses railway spikes as ammo, pins enemies to the wall
Location: You’ll find this in a secret bomb shelter in Big John’s Salvage, south-east of Diamond City. There’s a generator you need to start next to the building with the Red Rocket logo. Then, go to the overturned blue wagon closest to the house. Go through the trapdoor inside, and you’ll find the secret vault with the weapon.

Eddie’s Peace

Type: Revolver
Bonus: Does +50% limb damage
Location: You can snatch it during Valentine’s quest – Long Time Coming. It’s used by Eddie Winter, who you’ll get to fight at the end of the quest, in his hideout at Andrew Station. Just don’t forget to loot his body.

Pickman’s Blade

Type: Knife
Bonus: Causes target to bleed for 25 additional damage.
Location: In Pickman’s Safe. Go to Pickman Gallery, a bit south of Bunker Hill. Descend into the basement and go through the catacombs until you reach a man in a suit fighting some Raiders. Kill them, and he’ll give you a key as a reward. Go back into the gallery and look for the knife in the safe behind one of the pictures on ground floor.

Old Faithful

Type: Energy pistol
Bonus: Does double damage if the target is at full health
Location: You can buy this weapon from Arturo, the weapon dealer in Diamond City Market. He’s the one with the yellow stall in the outer circle.

Righteous Authority

Type: Energy rifle
Bonus: Critical shots do double damage, critical meter fills 15% faster
Location: You’ll get it as a quest reward for doing Call to Arms. That’s the first quest you can do for the Brotherhood of Steel. Talk to Palading Danse in the Cambridge Police Station to start it.

Junk Jet

Type: Junk launcher
Bonus: Uses junk items as ammo, shots can be charged for more damage
Location: The Junk Jet can be found in the basement of ArcJet Systems, in the part of it that’s first accessible during the Call to Arms quest. It’s on a table in the engine control room (the one before the one with the generators), next to the broken concrete wall.

Justice

Type: Shotgun
Bonus: Chance to stagger on hit
Location: This one can be bought from Penny Fitzgerald in Covenant. You’ll have to take a psychological test at the gate to enter, but it seems there’s no wrong answers.

Big Boy

Type: Missile launcher
Bonus: Fires two Mini-Nukes at once
Location: You can buy the Big Boy at the Diamond City Market, from Arturo.

Kellog’s Pistol

Type: Revolver
Bonus: Critical hits refill AP
Location: You can only get it during the Reunions main quest. It’s in Fort Hagen, equipped by Kellog. After you defeat him, loot his body to get the pistol.

Spray N’Pray

Type: Machine gun
Bonus: Bullets explode on impact, for 15 points of damage
Location: This modified Tommy gun can be bought from Cricket, the vendor sitting in a chair in front of Vault 81.

Survivor’s Special

Type: Laser gun
Bonus: Does more damage when health is low
Location: Paladin Brandis uses this gun – you can either steal it or kill him and loot it while he’s at Recon Bunker Theta. You’ll need access codes and for him to be there (he leaves after you finish the Lost Patrol quest).

Wastelander’s Friend

Type: Pistol
Bonus: +50% limb damage, has scope
Location: You can buy this pistol from Deb, the merchant at Bunker Hill. She’s in the hall behind the monument.

Le Fusil Terribles

Type: Shotgun
Bonus: +25% damage, +25% limb damage, more recoil
Location: This shotgun can be found on the Libertalia, the overturned ship in the east. Use the elevator to board it, then go to the top and into the captain’s cabin. The weapon will be right in front of you as you enter.

Good Intentions

Type: Laser Rifle
Bonus: Critical hits cause target to frenzy
Location: Go to Quincy Ruins, in the far south-east of the map. Climb on top of the elevated freeway, and look for a shack. There should be a named enemy called Clint, in a suit of power armor. When you kill him, he’ll drop the rifle.

Experiment 18-A

Type: Plasma Rifle
Bonus: +25% fire rate, +15% reload speed
Location: This one can be bought from the merchant in the Institute. It’s quite expensive, but also very effective against synths.

Broadsider

Type: Cannon
Bonus: None
Location: You’ll get this cannonball launcher as a reward for doing a relatively long chain of quests to help the robotic crew of the USS Constitution. It uses actual cannonballs as ammo, and we haven’t seen many of those around, but it does great damage.

Deliverer

Type: Pistol
Bonus: Improved VATS hit chance, 25% less Action Point cost.
Location: You will get this pistol during the quest Tradecraft (main quest chain). At the very end of the quest Deacon will whisper to you – Dead guy on the floor. Loot the guy and you’ll get the unique weapon Deliverer.

Short Syringen Rifle

Type: Rifle
Bonus: None
Location: Go to Vault 81, northwest of Diamond City. You’ll have to complete several quests first. After finishing “Hole in the Wall” quest, doctor Forsythe will reward you with this weapon.

AX90 Fury

Type: Gun
Bonus: 50% more damage vs. Super Mutants.
Location: Sold by Teagan, who shows up after completing the main quest Reunions.

Ashmaker

Type: Mini Gun
Bonus: Sets target on fire for 15 points of damage.
Location: In Goodneighbor start the side quest The Big Dig. At the very end of the quest if you decide to betray and kill Bobbi, talk to Fahrenheit and she will give you the gun.

Tinker Tom Special

Type: Rifle
Price: 1649
Bonus: If you are not yet in combat, increases VATS accuracy but costs more AP.
Location: In the Railroad HQ, near Old North Church, northeast from Diamond City. You can buy it from Tinker Tom.

General Chaos’s Revenge

Type: Sword
Bonus: Does 50% more damage against robots.
Price: 2100
Location: Just south of Concord, you’ll find Drumlin Diner. If you help Trudy and her son and kill the bandits, she will open up her shop for you.

The Gainer

Type: Revolver
Bonus: Sets targets on fire for 15 points of damage
Location: The Gainer is in a pump station a bit east from Finch Farm. Go into the building, and follow the corridors until you’ve found a mechanism with four buttons. You should set the numbers above them to 10, 4, 5, 1, by pressing each button a number of times. This will unlock the door to the dead body and the revolver next to it.

Virgil’s Rifle

Type: Rifle
Bonus: +50% damage against super mutants
Location: You can only get this weapon during or after The Glowing Sea quest. Go to the Rocky Cave, south-west of Atom Crater – it looks like it’s outside the edge of the map. It’s a dangerous place, with lots of radiation and a Deathclaw in front of the entrance. Virgil lives in that cave, and you can either steal the rifle from him or kill him and loot it. It works in both his super-mutant and human form.

Cryolator

Type: Rifle
Bonus: Freezes enemies
Location: The Cryolator is in a case with a Master Lock in Vault 111. There’s a glitch that lets you have it without picking the lock, though. Take Dogmeat with you, and when you’re in front of the case, tell him to fetch an item (talk->fetch->items), and he’ll pull it out of the case as if it were lying on the floor.

REBA II

Type: Rifle
Bonus: +50% damage against Mirelurks and bugs, night vision scope
Location: Go to the Rook Family House, on the peninsula in the far north-east. Kill the Mirelurks in the street, then talk to the man on the roof. He’ll ask you to fix some turrets around town, and when you do, he’ll reward you with the REBA II. Don’t think about killing or robbing him – the gun will disappear if you do.

Prototype UP77 “Limitless Potential”

Type: Laser Gun
Bonus: Unlimited ammo capacity (never has to be reloaded)
Location: You’ll find this laser pistol near University Point, on the coast south-east of Diamond City. Go into the bank using the side entrance, then go through the door on the right. Descend into the basement, and go into the bank vault. Open the safe with the Master Lock on it, and press the red button. A secret chamber will open up, and you’ll find the weapon on the table inside.

Lorenzo’s Artifact Gun

Type: Gun
Bonus: Severe enemy knockback.
Location: Lorenzo’s Artifact Gun can be obtained only if you decide to kill Lorenzo in Parsons State Insane Asylum, during the Secret of Cabot House quest. It does physical & radiation damage, and sends enemies flying. It requires Gamma Rounds, which are very rare, so use it sparsely.

Zeta Gun

Type: Gun
Bonus: None
Location: You can get the Zeta Gun while doing the quest The Secret of Cabot House. When you get to the point of choosing whether to kill Lorenzo or not, set him free. After you’ve killed Jack Cabot, loot his body to find this radiation gun. It’s a consolation prize, compared to the one above.

Partystarter

Type: Missile Launcher
Bonus: Does 50% more damage against humans.
Location: It can be purchase for 15000 in Gun Gun Gun shop in the Goodneighbor area southwest of Boston Airport and south of Bunker Hill.

Big Jim

Type: Pipe Wrench
Bonus: 20% chance of crippling the target’s leg.
Location: Head to Walden Pond, just southwest of Museum of Freedom, south from Concord. Go into the sewer through a drainage pipe. Just follow the tunnel until you reach the room where you should kill Walter and Whiplash. Take the Big Jim from the table with the lunch red box on it.

Shishkebab

Type: Sword
Bonus: Does additional +13 Energy damage.
Location: Your character should be at least level 20 when you decide to collect this flaming katana. It can be found in Saugus Ironworks, inside the Saugus Blast Furnace, northeast from Diamond City. You have to defeat named boss Slag in Power armor (video guide where to find Slag). It’s a long and hard fight. Once you defeat Slag, talk to Jake Finch and start the quest Out of the fire. The quest will send you to Abraham Finch, where you’ll get additional XP and Shishkebab.

Grognak’s Axe

Type: Axe
Bonus: Hit cause more stagger, and targets take bleed damage.
Location: Just north-east of Diamond City look for a Hubris Comics building. When you enter the building look to your left, and you’ll see Grognak’s Axe in a locked glass box. You must have the advanced lockpicking skill in order to obtain Grognak’s Axe.

Furious Power Fist Weapon

Type: Melee Weapon
Bonus: Hit cause more stagger, and targets take bleed damage.
Location: In order to get this Melee weapon you have to defeat a huge boss Swan. Head to the Swan’s Pond, it’s to the right of Diamond City. You’ll find him next to the pond. The whole area has a lot of radioactivity. Since the boss is quite strong use Nuka Grenade and Molotov Cocktails to defeat him faster, or drop down mines and lure him into them.

Gamma Gun

Type: Gun
Bonus: None
Location: You can get Gamma Gun on the bottom left corner of the map in Decayed Reactor Site. You’ll need Power Armor, or a Hazmat Suit in this area. You can get Hazmat Suit in the “Hugo Hole” place, on the right side of the map. Inside the crashed dome look for a corpse and loot it. There is a strong mob inside, lure it out before you loot the bead body.

Alien Blaster Pistol

Type: Pistol
Bonus: None
Location: It can be found near Oberland Station, during event Alien Crash Site. This event occurs if you are lvl 14+. Look for a little alien in a nearby cave. Check out screenshot guide for Alien Blaster Pistol.

Overseer’s Guardian

Type: Rifle
Bonus: Shots an additional projectile
Price: 3138
Location: It can be bought in Vault 81 (just left of Diamond City). In order to enter this vault you must have 3 Fusion Cores, so bring them with you. When you enter the vault choose the right path that leads to elevator. From the elevator go right and you will find Alexis Combes in Depo.

Kremvh’s Tooth

Type: Knife
Bonus: Targets bleed and are poisoned. Exceptional damage.
Location: This weapon can be found in Dunwich Borers, on the right side of the map, near Hugo’s Hole. This is a high level area, with numerous mobs, thus be careful. It’s pretty tricky to describe the exact location of the weapon because it’s hidden in an underground pond, and the whole area is radioactive, thus, you have to act fast. We suggest you to watch Kremvh’s Tooth video guide first.

Shem Drowne Sword

Type: Sword
Bonus: Targets take radiation damage.
Location: In Diamond City look for Valentine Detective agency. Take the files from the office, that will trigger the quest The Gilded Grasshopper. It’s a long quest, but at the end it takes you to the graveyard where you have to dig up a grave.