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The Metal Blaster is a unique AER9 laser rifle added in the Fallout 3 add-on The Pitt.
Background
The Metal Blaster is a unique laser rifle that fires nine laser beams while expending only one microfusion cell. Everett explains that it was created by a traveler from outside the Pitt using parts he found lying around, including a series of prisms to split the beam.[1]
Characteristics
- It is repaired with the standard AER9 laser rifle or the Wazer Wifle.
- It deals considerably more damage than the standard AER9 laser rifle.
- It lacks the precision of a standard laser rifle, making it less effective for long-range attacks.
- The spread remains consistently tight when firing outside of V.A.T.S. mode; however, when firing within V.A.T.S. mode, a registered "miss" will make the spread much wider than it is outside of V.A.T.S. mode (though some beams may still connect with the target, doing slight damage). Because of this and the single critical/shot limitation of V.A.T.S., this weapon is far more effective outside of V.A.T.S.
- The 55 base damage is split between each of the nine beams, but outside of V.A.T.S. each beam can cause a separate critical hit, doing +27 damage per beam. Furthermore, a sneak attack critical automatically scores critical hits with all beams. The combination of a sneak attack and the Better Criticals perk will result in 839 total damage.
Durability
The Metal Blaster can fire 455 shots, or about 19 reloads, from full condition before breaking. That's 631 fewer shots than a regular laser rifle.
Variants
- Laser rifle - Standard laser rifle.
- Wazer Wifle - This unique variant of the AER9 has higher damage and durability, as well as a larger magazine. It is obtained from Biwwy in Little Lamplight for five hundred caps, 250 with a speech check, or free with the Child at Heart perk.
- Tri-beam laser rifle - The tri-beam laser rifle is a variant of the AER9 that fires three high-powered beams per shot - similar to the Metal Blaster - though it does require three microfusion cells every time the trigger is pulled. This weapon is not unique, and is dropped by super mutant overlords but is not repairable with anything but other tri-beam laser rifles. It was first made available in Broken Steel.
The following is based on Fallout 3 cut content. |
- A "demo" version of the laser rifle is included in Fallout 3, presumably left from the game's E3 demo. It does one point less damage per shot and less than half the critical damage than the standard variant, but has a much higher critical chance percentage. It is not used anywhere in the game and is only accessible through the use of console commands.
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Comparison
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- Weapon name (melee or unarmed) | - Attacks in V.A.T.S. | |||
- Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive) | - Action point cost | |||
- Damage per attack (damage per projectile) | - Damage per action point | |||
- Damage per second | - Weapon spread | |||
- Area of effect damage | - Magazine capacity (shots per reload) | |||
- Effect damage & duration | - Durability (number of attacks before breaking) | |||
- Bonus effects | - Weight | |||
- Attacks per second | - Value in caps | |||
- Critical chance % multiplier | - Value to weight ratio | |||
- Critical damage | - Skill required | |||
- Critical effect damage & duration | - Strength required | |||
- With all mods attached |
Laser rifle | 23 | 47 | 2.05 | x1.5 | 22 | 17 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 24 | 1087 | 8 | 1000 | 125 |
Metal Blaster | 55 (6.1x9) | 112.5 | 2.05 | x1.5 | 27 | 17 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 24 | 455 | 8 | 1000 | 125 |
Wazer Wifle | 29 | 59.3 | 2.05 | x1.5 | 28 | 17 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 30 | 1552 | 8 | 900 | 112.5 |
Tri-beam laser rifle | 75 (25x3) | 204.5 | 2.73 | x1.5 | 15 | 23 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 24(8) | 333 | 9 | 1000 | 111.1 |
Locations
It can be obtained in The Pitt by bringing Everett 50 steel ingots during the quest, "Mill Worker".
Related quests
Notes
- The Metal Blaster's laser beams won't set off any gas leaks if shot from a distance. However, if the player shoots while standing in a gas leak, the explosion will occur just as with a "regular" firearm.
Behind the scenes
The Metal Blaster is the second item in two-part reference to Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. Two characters, Master and Blaster, correspond to the Metal Master armor and the Metal Blaster, respectively.
Bugs
- Very rarely, after re-starting the game, the Metal Blaster will do zero damage to anything. This bug can be solved by un-equipping and re-equipping the weapon. [verified]
Sounds
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- ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "You got anything for me?"
Everett: "Sure thing. Bit of a weird one, here - found it from some sucker out of town. Some genius got to tinkering with his laser. Polished metal barrel, a few prisms in there, and he got this lethal light show."
(Everett’s dialogue)