The microwave emitter is a weapon added to Fallout 3 in the Point Lookout add-on.
Characteristics
This weapon ignores damage resistance and its rather large damage makes it ideal for use against heavily armored foes. Fatal critical hits will turn enemies to ash, like laser weapons.
Durability
The Microwave emitter can fire a total of about 375 shots, the equivalent of 75 reloads, from full condition before breaking.
Variants
- Mesmetron - An experimental weapon that can be given to the player by Grouse, the Mesmetron will confuse and daze an enemy instead of disintegrating them but is visually identical to the microwave emitter.
Comparison
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - 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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesmetron | 1 | 1 | Chance to mesmerize(50%), frenzy(30%), or head explode (20%) | 1.03 | x1 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2500 | 2 | 500 | 250 |
Microwave emitter  | 60 | 62.1 | Ignores DR | 1.03 | x2 | 100 | 30 | 2 | 0.2 | 5 | 375 | 8 | 500 | 62.5 |
Location
The microwave emitter is found in the reward vault at the end of the quest A Meeting of the Minds.
Notes
- When you reload this weapon the animation shows the player loading a Mesmetron power cell, not a microfusion cell. However, microfusion cells are still loaded as normal.
- It is more difficult to use free-aim in first person with this weapon due to its bulk blocking a good portion of the screen.
- This weapon has a pretty slow fire rate outside V.A.T.S. compared to other energy weapons. Another good reason to use V.A.T.S.
- This weapon's attack is similar to the mirelurk king's.
- Note that there is a slight delay between pulling the trigger and actually firing the weapon. Keep this in mind when firing on moving targets and adjust accordingly.
NOTE THIS WEAPON _WILL_ IGNITE FLAMMABLE GASSES! DO NOT LET PEOPLE FOOL YOU! thiss has been tested by: RaggedySquirrel-
Sounds
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Gallery
Microwave emitter in action
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