Plasma Caster (Fallout: New Vegas)

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

Characteristics
This Winchester-manufactured model P94 industrial-grade futuristic arc-welder can also be used to melt foes from a distance. You can attach a magnetic accelerator to it, essentially making it a turbo plasma rifle, a powerful energy weapon featured in Fallout and Fallout 2

Locations
The Plasma Caster can be found within the Silver Rush energy weapons shop which is found in Freeside. It can be obtained for free if the player picks up the weapon which is on display and puts it in the bathroom located in the rear of the store. However, you will be detected, even if you close every door. You will need a stealthboy to pick up the weapon safely. If you attempt to do so otherwise, the guards will come storming in even though you are behind two closed doors and crouched. You will be able to tell if you will be noticed if the [Detected] status appears while crouched. Once you use a stealthboy, it should change to hidden, and you're free to pick up the weapon. This will work if you are stealthboyed, crouched, and non-moving. (If you steal it BEFORE you start the quest, it will be at about 5% conditon. after the start of the quest it, and all things on the counter, goes to full condition)

^This poster would like to say that I have never experienced this, and that I could simply walk around the corner, crouch, pick it up, and walk out. The door would not be closed, and I would not be using any kind of stealth bonus. Also note that you will not lose any karma for stealing any of these weapons, so even the biggest saints of the Mojave can go wild.

Otherwise, if you gain the trust of the Van Graff's via their questline, you should be able to purchase the weapon from Gloria.

^Both are right and both are wrong. It seems to depend on the weight of the armor. Heavy or medium and you are automatically detected, light or none and you can do the corner sneaking technique.

Appearances
The plasma caster appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * The weapon fails to fire a projectile properly when used in third-person view.


 * When doing the mission Birds of a Feather, if you choose to save Cass, Jean Baptiste will pick up the Plasma Caster. Because of a glitch that makes his body unsearchable, if you do not acquire the Caster before killing him, it will be lost forever in his inventory (Confirmed on Xbox and PC).


 * Due to a bug the Plasma Caster can be duplicated if it's removed from your inventory and place into a storage item, the duplication will give you a Plasma Caster with 100% condition and can be repeated.