Metal Blaster

The Metal Blaster is a unique weapon $$

Background
Everett says he found the weapon on someone from outside the Pitt.

Gameplay
The Metal Blaster is a unique variant of the Laser Rifle. It fires nine separate beams per shot, with damage being split evenly between the nine beams. Outside of V.A.T.S., each beam can cause a separate Critical Hit, doing 27 damage for each beam striking the target. A sneak attack critical and the Better Criticals perk has the potential to inflict 839 damage if all beams connect with a target. The spread of the beams increases when used in V.A.T.S., however, and may strike wide of a selected target. It can be repaired with standard Laser Rifles.

Durability
The Metal Blaster can fire 455 shots, or about 19 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Laser Rifle - the standard variant.
 * Wazer Wifle - a unique variant obtained from Biwwy in Little Lamplight.
 * Tri-beam Laser Rifle - the Tri-beam Laser Rifle is a variant that fires three high-powered beams per shot.
 * A "demo" version of the Laser Rifle is included $$ It does one point less damage per shot and less than half the critical damage than the standard variant, but has a much higher critical chance percentage. It is not used anywhere in the game and is only accessible through the use of console commands.

Locations
It can be obtained in The Pitt by bringing Everett 50 Steel Ingots during the unmarked Mill Worker quest.

Behind the scenes
The Metal Blaster is the second item in a two-part reference to Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. Two characters, Master and Blaster, correspond to the Metal Master Armor and the Metal Blaster, respectively.

Bugs
Very rarely, after restarting the game, the Metal Blaster will do zero damage to anything. This bug can be solved by un-equipping and re-equipping the weapon.