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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
ModDescriptionEffectsDamage changeFire rate changeRange changeAccuracy changeAP cost changeRequirementsResources
Automatic barrel
(Automatic)
+25% Sighted Accuracy
-10% Recoil
-15Energy+71-24-2+25%
Adhesive x1
Circuitry x1
Crystal x2
Fiber optics x5
Gear x2
Plastic x5
Screw x3
Silver x1
Charging barrel
(Charging)
+25% Sighted Accuracy
-10% Recoil
Charging
+30Energy-2-24+2
Adhesive x1
Circuitry x2
Crystal x2
Fiber optics x8
Plastic x7
Screw x4
Silver x1
Charging shotgun barrel
(Charging
Shotgun)
+4 Projectiles
-80% Sighted Accuracy
-10% Recoil
-50% Ammo Capacity
Charging
+20Energy-2-108-50
Adhesive x2
Circuitry x2
Crystal x4
Fiber optics x16
Fiberglass x5
Gold x3
Screw x4
Spring x1
Lobber barrel Fallout 76 legacy content-90% Sighted Accuracy
-75% Ammo Capacity
Creates a Shock Trap on Impact for 5 seconds that
causes 7 Shock Damage to Targets within 35ft
0Energy+75-144-55
Adhesive x2
Circuitry x2
Crystal x4
Fiber optics x16
Fiberglass x5
Gold x3
Screw x4
Spring x1
Semi-auto barrel-10% Recoil
Adhesive x1
Circuitry x1
Crystal x1
Nuclear material x2
Plastic x4
Screw x2

Sights
ModDescriptionAccuracy changeAP cost changeResources
Reflex sight
(Tactical)
+10% Aim Speed
+15% Sighted Accuracy
+6-15%Adhesive x1
Fiber optics x2
Fiberglass x1
Glass x1
Nuclear material x1
Screw x1
Silver x1
Standard sightsSteel x3

Paint
AppearanceNameDescriptionRequirementsResources
Brotherhood PaintUnusedOil x1
FO76 Tesla rifle
Default AppearanceKnown by defaultNone
Atx skin weaponskin teslarifle freedomforge l
Freedom Forge PaintBring the thunder of the Freedom Forge with this paint for your Tesla Rifle.Unlocked via Atomic Shop
Atom
Oil x1
SCORE S14 Skin WeaponSkin TeslaRifle Presidential L
Presidential PaintGive your weapon a touch of class with this Presidential Tesla Rifle Paint!Rank 47 reward in Fight for Freedom season
S.C.O.R.E.
Oil x1
Score s6 skin weaponskin lightninggun silvershroud l
Silver shroud PaintThe 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
S.C.O.R.E.
Oil x1

Variants[]

  • Survival (Fallout 76) Night Light - A unique Tesla rifle given as a Survival mode reward available during May 21–27 and August 13–20, 2019.

Locations[]

Notes[]

Bugs[]

  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 The Tesla rifle may occasionally drop without a sight attachment.[verified]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 The charging shotgun Tesla rifle is not considered a shotgun.[verified]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 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]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 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]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 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. This issue has been resolved as of update 34.[patched]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 When using a charging or charging shotgun barrel, an uncharged direct impact is reduced by more than -50%.[verified]
    • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 The arc damage is unaffected by the uncharged modifier, and will deal more damage than an uncharged direct impact.[verified]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 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 laggy and about to crash.[verified]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 The chain effect is coded as an explosion and is affected by the Grenadier perk.[verified]
  • Steel Dawn 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]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 When reloading in third person and at the same time moving sideways, the reload animation will bug out and the character will appear facing downwards for a second.[verification overdue]
  • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 From August–December 2023, the lobber mod was broken and would only fire like a normal, semi-auto tesla rifle. It was widely believed to be intentional prior to its fix.[patched]
    • PCPC Xbox OneXbox One Playstation 4Playstation 4 After being fixed, however, the tesla lobber now deals zero damage and leaves (CHAIN) marks wherever it hits.
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