Fallout 76 weapon types

Weapon keywords, or weapon types, are what defines whether something works with a perk, an effect or a challenge. These are usually assigned as a base attribute on the weapon, or are added by equipped weapon mods. This page will include complete lists of weapon keywords, and the weapons and systems that use them.

Weapon types
Automatic Including all standard and unique variants, the following weapons are treated as automatic weapons. Automatic weapons are affected by applicable perks like Commando or Guerrilla.
 * -|Automatic=
 * ¹ These weapons require an automatic receiver/barrel modification in order to be considered automatic.

Non-Automatic This is not an actual keyword, but is instead the absence of 'Automatic. Including all standard and unique variants, the following weapons are treated as non-automatic weapons. Non-automatic weapons are affected by applicable perks like Rifleman or Gunslinger.
 * -|Non-automatic=
 * ¹ These weapons will not be considered non-automatic if they have an automatic receiver/barrel modification.

Ballistic Including all standard and unique variants, the following weapons are affected by either Bobblehead: Big Guns or Bobblehead: Small Guns and Guns and Bullets #3: Energy Including all standard and unique variants, the following weapons are affected by Bobblehead: Energy Weapons, Tesla Science #7 and Unstoppables #5: Laser Including all standard and unique variants, the following weapons are affected by Guns and Bullets #2: Plasma Including all standard and unique variants, the following weapons are affected by Guns and Bullets #9 and Tesla Science #2: Melee Including all standard and unique variants, the following weapons are affected by Bobblehead: Melee, Collateral Damage, and Hack and Slash Explosive Including all standard and unique variants, the following weapons are affected by Demolition Expert, Grenadier, Bobblehead: Explosives, Tesla Science #3 and Unstoppables #3: Thrown The following weapons are affected by the Fire in the Hole perk: Scoped Including all standard and unique variants, weapons with the following mods attached are affected by Astoundingly Awesome Tales #10 and the Sniper perk. Weapons without the following mods are affected by Guns and Bullets #7. Rifles without the following mods are affected by the Long Shot perk.
 * -|Ballistic=
 * -|Energy=
 * -|Laser=
 * -|Plasma=
 * -|Melee=
 * -|Explosive=
 * -|Thrown=
 * -|Scoped=

Weapon perks
Weapon modifiers
 * -|Weapon modifiers=

1 requires power armor

Universal modifiers Craft and repair
 * -|Universal modifiers=
 * -|Craft and repair=

Weapon types

 * ObjectTypeWeapon
 * Walking Arsenal
 * Legendary armor: weight reduction

Ranged

 * Ranged
 * Bow
 * Crossbow
 * Bow
 * Compound bow
 * Bow Before Me
 * (Expert, Master) Archer
 * excluded (Legendary weapon: explosion)
 * HeavyGun
 * Pistol
 * Rifle
 * Sniper

Melee

 * MeleeGeneral
 * Melee1H
 * Melee2H
 * Unarmed

Throwables

 * Thrown
 * Grenade
 * Mine
 * Snares

Damage types

 * Ballistic
 * DmgPoison
 * Energy
 * Explosive
 * ExplosiveHybrid
 * FireDamage
 * Laser
 * Plasma
 * Radiation

Weapon specific

 * AlienBlaster
 * Archaic
 * AssaultRifle
 * Automatic
 * AutomaticPistol
 * AutomaticRifle
 * Axe
 * Ballistic
 * BaseballGrenade
 * BlackPowder
 * Bladed
 * Blunt
 * Bow
 * BowieKnife
 * Broadsider
 * BowieKnife
 * Camera
 * Chainsaw
 * Crossbow
 * CryoGrenade
 * Cryolator
 * CryoMine
 * Drill
 * EnclaveGrenade
 * FatMan
 * FireAxe
 * Flamer
 * FlareGun
 * FloaterGrenade
 * FragGrenade
 * GammaGun
 * GatlingLaser
 * GaussPistol
 * GaussRifle
 * Gloves
 * GrenadeLauncher
 * Gun (Minigun)
 * HallucinGenGrenade
 * Hook
 * JunkJet
 * Knives
 * Knuckles
 * LaserMusket
 * Molotov
 * NukaGrenade
 * NukaMine
 * Pipe
 * PlasmaGrenade
 * PlasmaMine
 * PlasmaPistol
 * ProtestSign
 * PulseGrenade
 * PulseMine
 * PumpkinGrenade
 * RailwayRifle
 * Revolver
 * Ripper
 * Shishkebab
 * Syringer
 * ThrowingKnife
 * Tomahawk

Challenges

 * Club
 * Cult
 * Hammer
 * HandToHand
 * Improvised
 * Instrument
 * Piercing
 * Punching
 * Sword
 * Weird

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 * NoAttack
 * NonAutomaticPistol
 * NonAutomaticRifle
 * NonBullet
 * NonOffensive

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0048222F	DFOB		WeaponTypeGrenadeKeyword_DO 00482230	DFOB		WeaponTypeMineKeyword_DO 00482231	DFOB		WeaponTypeThrownKeyword_DO 001E7174	FLST		LegendaryModRule_AllowedKeywords_WeaponTypeBallistic 001CCDA7	FLST		LegendaryModRule_AllowedKeywords_WeaponTypeGun 001EC03A	FLST		LegendaryModRule_AllowedKeywords_WeaponTypeMeleeAndHandToHand 001F547B	FLST		LegendaryModRule_DisallowedKeywords_WeaponTypeCryoGun 00249D8F	FLST		LegendaryModRule_DisallowedKeywords_WeaponTypeGammaGun 004F953C	FLST		WeaponTypeMeleeAndUnarmed 0044D490	KYWD		ChallengeWeaponTypeCommieWhacker 001140F5	KYWD		DLC04_WeaponTypeLuckyRabbitsFoot 001140F4	KYWD		DLC04_WeaponTypeMIRVGrenade 003CFD6A	KYWD		POST_UI_WeaponTypeBottlecapMine 0021968A	KYWD		POST_WeaponTypeBottlecapMine 0011389D	KYWD		POST-DLC04_WeaponTypeSmartGrenade

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