Alien Blaster (Fallout: New Vegas)

The alien blaster is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The strongest one handed weapon in the game, requiring only 1 strength to use effectively.
 * It is identical in appearance to the Alien Blaster in Fallout 3.


 * It is extremely powerful as it always critical hits. this weapon can be used to kill Legate Lanius in 4 shots or less.

Locations
The Alien Blaster is found at the Mercenary Camp, but is only available to players that have the Wild Wasteland trait. If the Wild Wasteland trait is not chosen, the YCS/186 Gauss rifle can be found in the same spot.

With the Wild Wasteland trait active the player will stumble upon 3 live aliens and a ship, the player will get the gun and ammo off the Alien Captain's corpse. Sometimes, the Alien Captain's corpse will have the 166 Alien Power Cells, but not the Alien Blaster itself. This can be fixed by simply reloading a save.


 * There is an improved variant of this gun found by Boulder Beach Campground. This is underwater on a bank. It has the characteristics as the ordinary Alien Blaster except that when this gun is shot at an NPC the explode into green mush. This effect closely resembles a critical hit of a Plasma Rifle but much larger.

Appearances
The appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * You can kill ED-E with this weapon but still retain the perk ED-E gives you. Although you cannot get rex as your new companion.

Videos
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