Plasma Rifle (Fallout: New Vegas)

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

Characteristics
It is described by Simon to be "as slow as a mule but with a kick to match," in contrast to the laser rifle.

Compared to its Fallout 3 counterpart, the New Vegas plasma rifle has a much lower damage-per-second rating with only a token improvement in damage. Factoring in the transition from a damage resistance system to a damage threshold system, the New Vegas plasma rifle is vastly underpowered compared to its Fallout 3 iteration.

A plasma rifle can be repaired by copies of itself and it's variants or any two handed energy rifle with the Jury Rigging perk.

Modifications

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

Variants

 * Van Graff plasma rifle
 * Q-35 Matter Modulator


 * Plasma rifle always crit
 * Plasma rifle weak

Locations

 * Durable Dunn's sacked caravan - two on the thugs bodies have plasma rifles.
 * Fiends sometimes carry this weapon.
 * Hidden Valley bunker - one can be stolen, in a room near the command center.
 * Horowitz Farmstead - one can be found simply lying on the ground southwest of the at the Griffin Wares Sacked Caravan.
 * Jacobstown - during the questUnfriendly Persuasion, some of the mercenaries may carry this weapon.
 * New California Republic Correctional Facility - one in Eddie's desk in the Administrative Building. Taking the rifle is considered stealing from the Powder Gangers. -> gone with recent patch. Just a caravan shotgun, brass knuckles, with some ammo now.
 * 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 occasionally 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 also with a lot of Microfusion Cells and three ammunition boxes.
 * Silver Rush - one easy way to obtain a plasma rifle is to buy one or steal one from the very easy locked crate out front, but be warned the guard will turn hostile if you choose this path.
 * Silver Rush - each Van Graff Thug carries one, if you let the Silver Rush explode (during Birds of a Feather) you will be able to receive multiple plasma rifles, as well as combat armor.
 * Simon has a plasma rifle.
 * Several Van Graff thugs have plasma rifles if the player chooses to exterminate the Van Graffs during Heartache by the Number.
 * The Fort - one can be found in the underground bunker when you help Caesar by destroying a hidden bunker from Mr. House which is in the first door.
 * Yangtze Memorial - a plasma rifle can be obtained at level 1 by buying a shovel from Chet in Goodsprings. It is buried in the middle of three graves next to the memorial.