Flamer (Fallout 4)

The flamer is a heavy weapon in Fallout 4.

Characteristics
The flamer in the Commonwealth differs notably from the versions in the Capital Wasteland and Mojave Desert. Its fuel tanks are located directly underneath the main body of the weapon, rather than attached to the user's back, and the weapon has a more industrial appearance.

Functionally, the Commonwealth flamer comes with a significantly larger fuel tank than its DC and Mojave counterparts - an unmodified flamer has a capacity of 100 fuel units, as opposed to earlier models' 60, and through weapon modifications, this capacity can be quadrupled up to 400 units. The flamer is considered a heavy weapon and as such benefits from relevant perks such as Heavy Gunner.

None of the flamer's modifications require a perk before they may be made.

Variants

 * Sergeant Ash, a unique flamer sold by Dejen in Acadia.

Locations

 * In the Fens Street sewer.
 * Carried by many Forged raiders in and around Saugus Ironworks.
 * The Castle, sitting on a table to the eastern side. If not taken right away, Preston Garvey or one of the Minutemen may take it and use it instead.
 * Given by Desdemona after completing To the Mattresses quests.
 * One can be found on a Triggerman at the end of The Big Dig.
 * One lays between the containment spheres at the irradiated nuclear power station adjacent to county crossing, guarded by a pair of bloodbugs.
 * One is located inside the Mass Bay Medical Center inside one of the "EMERGENCY" titled rooms, right in front of a medical-type RobCo terminal. The room including the flamer must be unlocked using the Master Locksmith perk.
 * Can be bought from Tinker Tom in the Railroad HQ, from Daisy in Goodneighbor or from other weapon merchants.

Behind the scenes
With Fallout 4, Bethesda designers moved away from using the "backpack ammo" design for heavy weapons, such as the flamer and minigun. Although a backpack of ammunition would be more realistic, considering the amount of ammunition that would be lugged around for heavy weapons, they found that the backpacks limited them in their costume and armor design.