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The railway rifle is a weapon in Fallout 4.
Characteristics
The railway rifle fires railway spikes as projectiles in the same manner as a crossbow or a flechette gun. These are rarely found as ammunition, but are cheap to buy and may be recovered from enemies slain using the weapon. In exchange, the railway rifle has become enormously more powerful from its last iteration while retaining its ability to do extreme damage to limbs--sometimes even pinning detached ones to walls.
The railway rifle is most effective in VATS at close to mid ranges, although its range is somewhat increased from its last incarnation and can be greatly increased with modification. The reason that the rifle is more effective in VATS is that the nails seems to have a slight traveltime which makes it harder to hit enemies further away. This travel time reduces the efficiency of the railway rifle as a sniper weapon. However, a scoped railway rifle can still be a devastating sniper weapon for use against unaware enemies because of its massive damage and the fact that it is almost completely silent.
In addition, a train whistle can be heard when reloading the weapon.
Weapon modifications
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| Receiver | Standard receiver | Standard. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Gears x4 Nuclear material x4 Oil x6 Screw x4 Steel x8 |
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| Automatic piston receiver | Improved rate of fire. Inferior range. | Automatic | – | +2 | -12 | -1 | – | +1.5 | +75 | Gun Nut 2 | Adhesive x8 Aluminum x12 Gears x6 Nuclear material x6 Oil x8 Screw x6 |
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| Barrel | Short barrel | Standard. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Screw x4 Steel x6 |
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| Long barrel | Superior range and sighted accuracy. Better recoil. Poor hip-fire accuracy. | Long | – | – | +84 | +2 | – | +2.2 | +20 | – | Adhesive x7 Aluminum x10 Fiberglass x8 Oil x4 Screw x6 |
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| Stock | Standard stock | Standard. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Adhesive x6 Plastic x2 Screw x8 Steel x3 |
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| Recoil compensating stock | Exceptional recoil. | Recoil compensated | – | – | – | +2 | – | +1.3 | +40 | Gun Nut 3 | Adhesive x10 Aluminum x14 Rubber x3 Screw x12 Spring x11 |
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| Sights | Standard sights | Standard. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Adhesive x1 Steel x2 |
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| Short scope | Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy. | Scoped | – | – | – | +16 | – | +1.5 | +35 | – | Adhesive x2 Glass x2 Screw x2 Steel x4 |
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| Reflex sight | Better focus and sighted accuracy. | Tactical | – | – | – | +7 | – | +0.6 | +45 | – | Adhesive x3 Aluminum x4 Fiber optics x2 Glass x2 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2 |
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| Medium scope | Better magnification. Superior sighted accuracy. | Scoped | – | – | – | +22 | – | +2 | +75 | Gun Nut 3 | Adhesive x3 Glass x3 Screw x2 Steel x5 |
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| Long scope | Superior magnification and sighted accuracy. | Scoped | – | – | – | +36 | – | +2.4 | +95 | Gun Nut 3 | Adhesive x4 Glass x5 Screw x2 Steel x6 |
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| Short night vision scope | Night vision. Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy. | Night-vision | – | – | – | +16 | – | +1.5 | +125 | Gun Nut 3 Science! 1 |
Adhesive x4 Aluminum x4 Circuitry x2 Fiber optics x3 Glass x3 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2 Silver x2 |
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| Medium night vision scope | Night vision. Better magnification. Superior sighted accuracy. | Night-vision | – | – | – | +22 | – | +2 | +145 | Gun Nut 3 Science! 1 |
Adhesive x4 Aluminum x5 Circuitry x3 Fiber optics x5 Glass x5 Nuclear material x4 Screw x2 Silver x2 |
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| Long night vision scope | Night vision. Superior magnification and sighted accuracy. | Night-vision | – | – | – | +36 | – | +2.4 | +165 | Gun Nut 4 Science! 1 |
Adhesive x5 Aluminum x6 Circuitry x5 Fiber optics x6 Glass x6 Gold x2 Nuclear material x6 Screw x2 |
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| Short recon scope | Tracks targets. Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy. | Recon | – | – | – | +16 | – | +2.9 | +195 | Gun Nut 4 Science! 1 |
Adhesive x6 Aluminum x6 Circuitry x6 Crystal x8 Fiber optics x8 Gold x3 Nuclear material x7 Screw x3 |
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| Long recon scope | Tracks targets. Superior magnification and sighted accuracy. | Recon | – | – | – | +36 | – | +2.9 | +195 | Gun Nut 4 Science! 1 |
Adhesive x6 Aluminum x6 Circuitry x6 Crystal x8 Fiber optics x8 Gold x3 Nuclear material x7 Screw x3 |
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| Muzzle | No muzzle | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Large bayonet | Superior bash. Inferior range. | Bayoneted | – | – | -18 | – | – | +2.2 | +40 | – | Adhesive x6 Plastic x5 Screw x6 Steel x8 |
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Variants
Locations
- Big John's salvage - inside Big John's fallout shelter, which is in a blue overturned railway car just behind his house. In order to enter the shelter's trapdoor, the power must be switched on. The power switch is near the automobile-powered main gate to the salvage yard, attached to a power cable that runs to the blue railway car. After hitting the switch, access the trapdoor by jumping on top of the car.
- Potential reward for completing the quest Underground Undercover.
- Bedford Station - Inside a blue railway car attached to a locomotive. Appears at Level 20.
- Carried by Desdemona during the quest Tactical Thinking.
- Carried by Tinker Tom during the quest End of the Line.
- Given to the player at the start of Precipice of War
Notes
- Railway rifles only spawn when the Sole Survivor is above level 20.
- The railway rifle was brought back from Fallout 3, and shares a similar appearance to the original.
- The limb-pinning effect affects heads. Also the pinning does not always happen in outdoor areas. In V.A.T.S. the camera will follow the flying limb or head for quite a ways before giving up.
- Very often there are spikes stuck in walls and bodies after a fight. These spikes are irretrievable.
- The rifle appears to be semi-automatic, since the Sole Survivor doesn't cock it before or after each shot.
- Railway spikes can be retrieved from the corpse of a hostile target.
Gallery
Location at Bedford Station
From the Art of Fallout 4
