LAER

Old World Blues ranged weapon
LAER
Requirements
Skill	Energy Weapons 75
Required	4
Ammo	Microfusion Cell
Attack Statistics
Dmg/Attack	65  (87.1)
Dmg/Proj.	65 (87.1)
DPS	162.5 (304.9)
DPS (Reload)	118.2 (218.7)
Crit dmg	15
Crit % mult	x1.5
Fire Rate	2.5 (3.5)
AP Cost	32
Projectiles	1
Spread	0.08
Capacity	20
Reload time	3 (2.3)
Ammo/shot	1
Shots/rel.	20
Data
Weight	4
Value	8000
Item HP	75
Repair	LAER Energy rifles (other)
Editor ID	NVDLC03WeapLaer
Form ID	xx00B9CF
Perks
Perks (dam.)	Laser Commander (+9.8) Bloody Mess (+3.3) Lord Death (+2.6) Thought You Died (+6.5)
Perks (att.)	Fast Shot (+0.5) Ain't Like That Now (+0.5)
Perks (rel.)	Rapid Reload (-0.8s)

The LAER, L.A.E.R. or the Laser Assisted Electrical Rifle is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas DLC Old World Blues.

Gameplay

The LAER is an energy rifle. It has low critical hit damage, low item HP, and is rare. It has a very high spread for an energy rifle. When compared to its variant, Elijah's Advanced LAER, the standard model has 50% more HP, but fires slower.

Durability

The LAER can fire a total of about 370 times using standard cells, the equivalent of 19 reloads, or 14 reloads when modified with the Auxiliary Recharger Chip, from full condition before breaking.

Ammunition Type	Unmodified		W/ Auxiliary recharger chip
	Shots	Reloads	Shots	Reloads
Standard	370	19	370	14
Bulk	437	22	437	17
Optimized	336	17	336	13
Over charge	245	13	245	10
Max charge	145	8	145	6

Modifications

• LAER Mod - Auxiliary Recharger Clip - recycles one round per four shots.
• LAER Mod - Prismatic Lens - splits the beam into three beams increasing total damage by 30% similar to the Laser Rifle Beam Splitter.

Variants

• Elijah's Advanced LAER

Comparison

Legend
	Weapon name (melee or unarmed)		Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive)
	Damage per attack (damage per projectile)		Damage per second
	Area of effect damage		Effect damage & duration
	Bonus effects		Attacks per second
	Critical chance % multiplier		Critical damage
	Critical effect damage & duration		With all mods attached
	Attacks in V.A.T.S.		Action point cost
	Damage per action point		Weapon spread
	Magazine capacity (shots per reload)		Durability (number of attacks before breaking)
	Weight		Value in caps
	Value to weight ratio		Skill required
	Strength required

LAER	65	162.5	2.5	x1.5	15	32	2	0.08	20	370	4	8000	2000	75	4
LAER	84.5 (28.2x3)	211.3	2.5	x1.5	15	32	2.6	0.08	20(26.7)	370	4	13500	3375	75	4
Elijah's Advanced LAER	65	178.8	2.75	x1.5	15	32	2	0.08	15	245	4	8500	2125	75	4
Elijah's Advanced LAER	84.5	232.4	2.75	x1.5	15	32	2.6	0.08	15(20)	245	4	14000	3500	75	4

Locations

Seven LAERs can be found in total:

• One can be found in the Big MT North Tunnel, toward the northernmost side of the lower level below the force field.
• Another one can be found at the X-8 Research Center on Gabe's corpse.
• One can be found at X-7a "Left Field" Artillery Launch on the corpse of the unique sentry bot, RY-589 Ultimo Bot.
• One on the remains of the giant Robo-Scorpion, in the X-42 Robo-Warfare Facility.
  • In the same room, in a chamber connected to the exit platform. It is on a table in the middle of the room, and it is in good condition. This one requires a force field to be disabled in order to gain access to it.
  • Another one is in the Forbidden Zone's dome section, in the second floor room, just left of the brain tank.
• One can be found on top of the X-13 Research Facility. In order to reach it, the player character must jump down from the cliff to the north. The cliff can be climbed by jumping up a pile of rocks just to the west of the Big MT West Tunnel.

Behind the Scenes

• It was at first a cut energy weapon of Fallout: New Vegas, appearing in the concept art section of the Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition complete with its own icon in the game file. This was confirmed in an interview with Chris Avellone.
• Paul Fish created the weapon.

Gallery

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  LAER on the roof of the X-13 Research Facility

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  X-42 Robo-Warfare Facility

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  In a room in the Forbidden Zone's dome

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  Big MT North Tunnel

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  3D model summary

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  Behind the Bright Lights & Big City

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