Fallout Weapons Guide
by Mazca

In this guide I will attempt to give my opinion on all the major weapons in Fallout, as well as any specific situations when a weapon is useful. Make sure the weapons you have complement each other - for example, don't have both a Desert Eagle and a .45 Pistol - both do very similar things but use different ammo. As a rough guide, you should usually have 3 weapons:

1 Main Weapon, for use against tough opponents. Some examples:

• Combat Shotgun
• (Turbo) Plasma Rifle
• Laser Rifle

Weapons like the Flame Thrower and Shotgun are not included in this section - they are too specialized. A Main Weapon needs plenty of ammo, a good range, and fairly high damage.

1 Backup Weapon, for use if the Main Weapon runs out of ammo or against weak targets. For example:

• Assault Rifle
• Submachine Gun
• Plasma/Laser Pistol

1 Melee Weapon A weapon used for short-range combat, for een you are fighting weak enemies or are low on ammo.

(Super) Sledgehammer
• Combat Knife
• Ripper
• Power Fist

You can also carry any other weapons you like - grenades can be useful at times, as can another ranged weapons.

• One-handed normal guns
• Two-handed normal guns
• Energy Weapons
• Heavy Weapons
• Thrown Weapons
• Melee Weapons
• Bonus Weapons

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