Alien blaster

The Alien Blaster is a small energy weapon of alien origin which appears in Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout 3.

Fallout and Fallout 2
A strange gun of obviously alien origin. Looks like it can support small energy cells, however.

In Fallout, the Alien Blaster can be found only in the "UFO Crash" special encounter.

In Fallout 2, the Alien Blaster can only be bought from a merchant that you can meet during a random encounter north of Modoc.

Additionally Alien Blaster can be picked up by hacking a terminal on the Enclave Oil rig in the maze room. By passing the science check when using the repair skill on a (each game randomly selected) maze room terminal one can find an easter egg. The egg 'hatches' a special item depending on players tagged skill. If the player has speech tagged and over 100% the egg is the alien blaster. Note that the game checks from the ordered list (Science, Repair, Gambling, Outdoorsman, Throwing, First aid, Doctor, Traps) first for a tagged skill over 100%, so in order to get the blaster the player mustn't have any of these skills tagged and over 100%.

The Alien Blaster is particularly devastating as a close range weapon, and along with the Turbo Plasma Rifle is one of the most formidable weapons in the Fallout games.

It can be fired for 2 action points with Fast Shot and the Bonus Rate of Fire Perks. If used by a character with with high skill levels and accompanying perks it can cause up to 150 damage per hit. Very random damage and short range make it hard to consistently use effectively, so hope for a lot of criticals.

Fallout 3
In Fallout 3 the Alien Blaster is one of the most powerful weapons in the game because the chance for scoring a critical hit is remarkably high. You will more than often be able to take down any foe you encounter with one well-aimed shot to the head.

The Alien Blaster uses unique ammo that is extremely hard to find. In Fallout 3 the Alien Blaster uses Alien Power Cell ammo and NOT Small Energy Cells as in Fallout and Fallout 2.

Locations
The Alien Blaster can be obtained from the body of a dead alien lying a few feet away from his crashed spaceship. The Alien Crash Site is found northwest of Greener Pastures Disposal. It is not marked on the map (see arrow for location). You'll know you're getting close when you pick up the "Recon Craft Theta" radio signal and your Geiger counter begins to click. But be warned. When I tried to obtain it, there were many Yao Guai surrounding it, so it may be advisable to pack a long range weapon such as a sniper rifle and a short range weapon such as a combat shotgun.



There is also a random encounter that will trigger the falling of the blaster and ammo from the sky. Its location is variable and is preceded by a green explosion in the sky, similar to a plasma weapon. The Firelance can also be received this way. This event is can be assigned to a player visiting any locale designated as a random event hotspot - all it really takes, though, is for the luck of the draw for this event to happen.

Additional ammo locations
There are 120 Alien Power Cells next to the spaceship. You can also find this rare ammo in Fort Independence on the lower level, in the outcast weapons room [Hard door].

Ammo can sometimes be found in front of the Super Duper Mart. These Alien Power Cells lie loose on the ground near the right entry door.

There is also some ammo located on the ground in the immediate area of the LP8 Broadcast Tower to the west of the crash site.

Northwest of Vault 101, there is a silo and an abandoned barn (not an identified map location). A small amount of ammo can be found loose along the barn wall and near the car.

Ammo can also be found outside near Fort Bannister. Look for a crater with an upside down army truck at the bottom; the ammo is under the back of the truck. Note: There is an Enclave recon post at the rim of the crater studying the radiation in the crater.

There is also Ammo located in front of the Robot Repair Center, either wait till nightfall when they glow blue or order dogmeat to search for ammo.

Fort Independence has a small stockpile of around 95 alien blaster cells in room where you find Rocket launcher

Meresti Trainyard and Rockopolis are some of the possible locations for random event of Firelance and Alien Power Cells falling from the sky. You should also try Anchorage War Memorial. It may randomly spawn there.