Plasma Rifle (Fallout: New Vegas)

The plasma rifle is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Compared to its Fallout 3 counterpart, this plasma rifle has a much lower damage-per-second rating with only a slight improvement in damage. Factoring in the transition from the Damage Resistance system to the Damage Threshold system, the plasma rifle is vastly underpowered compared to its Fallout 3 iteration.

Unlike the plasma rifle in Fallout 3, this plasma rifle uses 2 microfusion cells per shot.

Durability
The plasma rifle can fire a total of about 370 times using standard cells, the equivalent of 31 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Modifications

 * Plasma rifle mag. accelerator - increase the speed of the plasma bolt by 200%.

Variants

 * Van Graff plasma rifle - A special variant given by the Van Graffs.
 * Q-35 matter modulator - A unique variant of the plasma rifle.


 * Plasma rifle always crit
 * Plasma rifle weak

Locations

 * Durable Dunn's sacked caravan - two of the thugs' bodies have plasma rifles.
 * Fiends sometimes carry this weapon.
 * Hidden Valley bunker - one can be stolen from a room near the command center.
 * Horowitz Farmstead - one can be found simply lying on the ground southwest at the Griffin Wares sacked caravan.
 * Jacobstown - during the quest Unfriendly Persuasion, some of the mercenaries carry this weapon.
 * Nipton - one may be found in in the Town Hall, in a gun cabinet in the room (locked - average) behind the Mayor's desk.
 * Novac - one can be bought from Cliff Briscoe.
 * Powder Ganger members in the various farmsteads south of Vegas and near Vault 19 may carry plasma rifles or laser rifles.
 * REPCONN headquarters - one can be found on the northeastern side of the building, behind a couple of average locked doors, and in a small room with a lot of microfusion cells and three ammunition boxes.
 * Silver Rush - Gloria Van Graff sells one from time to time.
 * Several Van Graff thugs have plasma rifles if the player chooses to exterminate the Van Graffs during the quest Heartache by the Number.
 * The Fort - one can be found in the underground bunker, leaning up against the wall by the ammunition boxes.
 * Yangtze Memorial - A plasma rifle sometimes spawns in one of the graves nearby the memorial.