For an overview of Gatling laser models in the Fallout series of games, see Gatling laser. |
The Gatling laser is an energy weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics
This weapon has a Strength requirement of 8 to use effectively and uses electron charge packs as ammunition. It deals very high damage per second (DPS), particularly when used with a high energy weapons skill, focus optics mod and max-charged or over-charged ammunition.
The Gatling laser achieves a high DPS by firing multiple low powered lasers at an incredibly fast rate, about 1800 rpm. It consumes ammunition at an equally incredible rate, depleting a full battery of 240 electron charge packs in just 8 seconds. Like any Energy Weapon, Gatling laser automatically ignores 2 DT while using regular electron charge packs; this value raises to 5 with over charge electron charge pack, over charge and even to 10 with electron charge pack, max charge.
The Gatling laser is incredibly effective against un-armored foes such as Cazadores, Night Stalkers and ghouls. When used with max charge ammunition, even deathclaws can easily be killed with this weapon. Its damage can be raised to 23 with focus optics and Laser Commander while using max charge ammunition. It can be raised further to 28 with ED-Educated upgrades from the Divide. Considering -10 DT effect from max charge ammunition, Gatling laser is highly effective against medium armored enemies as well.
Compared to the Gatling laser of Fallout 3, it has significantly higher DPS and ammunition consumption rates. With the carbon fiber frame mod the weapon becomes remarkably light weight at 9 pounds (identical to the tri-beam laser)
The Gatling laser model includes a large metal pack that appears on the back of anyone using it.
Durability
The Gatling laser can fire a total of about 7495 times using standard packs, the equivalent of 32 reloads, from full condition before breaking.
Ammunition type | Durability | |
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Shots | Reloads | |
Standard | 7495 | 32 |
Bulk | 8819 | 37 |
Optimized | 6814 | 29 |
Over charge | 4995 | 21 |
Max charge | 2995 | 13 |
Modifications
- Focus Optics: Increases damage (+3).
- CF Frame: Decreases weight (50%).
Variants
Comparison
Legend | ||||
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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 |
Gatling laser | 10 | 300 | 30 | x0.02 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 0.6 | 240 | 7495 | 18 | 6800 | 377.8 | 100 | 8 |
Gatling laser | 13 | 390 | 30 | x0.02 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 240 | 7495 | 9 | 12000 | 1333.3 | 100 | 8 |
Sprtel-Wood 9700 | 16 | 320 | 20 | x0.04 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 90 | 4995 | 15 | 20000 | 1333.3 | 100 | 6 |
Locations
- Brotherhood of Steel safehouse - can be taken from inside, on a shelf.
- Hidden Valley bunker - can be bought from Torres after you become a member of the Brotherhood of Steel.
- It can sometimes be bought at the Silver Rush.
- One can be obtained during the quest For Auld Lang Syne if you choose to kill Orion Moreno. It will be on his corpse.
- During I Could Make You Care you may fight a Brotherhood Paladin with a Gatling laser.
- Marked Men will carry it. If the player is level 40-50, some
- Z-43 Innovative Toxins plant. If the player is level 40-50, they can be looted off of Y-17 Trauma override harrnesses, most notably at the
Notes
- The critical hit chance for the Gatling laser can be twice that of the laser RCW.
- With the Jury Rigging perk, it can be repaired with either a flamer, incinerator, heavy incinerator or a plasma caster.
- The Gatling laser with all mods and max charge ammunition is extremely effective against NCR troopers (excluding veteran rangers) and Caesar's Legion legionaries (excluding centurions) due to the fact that their armor usually has a DT below 10, allowing you to kill them in less than five shots in some cases. This is very useful if you want to kill Caesar or wipe out Camp McCarran or Camp Forlorn Hope, thanks to the lack of rangers and centurions in those areas.
- A Gatling laser with the focus optics mod, associated perks, and MC ammunition has an exceedingly high DPS rate.
- It is seen on a Skill magazine called Future Weapons Today.
- In Hardcore mode, a full electron charge pack will fire 6 pounds of ammunition.
Bugs
- Sometimes, the backpack or the weapon won't disappear when changing to a different weapon (this happens when the Gatling laser backpack is on and you switch to a different set of armor). Switching back and forth between the Gatling laser and some other weapons while having them holstered seems to fix this whenever it occurs.
- Remnants power armor, or its unique variants, you can see through parts of the battery pack, showing the orange fan through gaps in the warning signs, etc. This is a limitation of the game engine that allows to alpha layers to cancel each other. When wearing
- Gatling laser of Fallout 3. The high voltage warning sign's edges on the backpack appear to be transparent. This is proven by going into a low light area, then focusing the camera on a bright object in the background. This also applies to the
- Sometimes, the weapon wont disappear when you holster it causing it to be attached to the right arm.
- Sometimes, if equipping with both mods and the Laser Commander perk, the weight increases back to 18 lbs. The weapon will show 9 WG, but your carry weight will increase by 9 lbs. Unequipping will again reduce the character WG 9 lbs.