Fallout 76 contains plenty of guns for the player to find, craft, and equip. The Fallout 76 Gauss Rifle is among the list of various weaponry and is a popular choice among survivors. The Gauss rifle is a powerful weapon in its own right, but it does have a few drawbacks. Read on to discover Fallout 76 Gauss Rifle plan locations, stats, and more.
What is the Fallout 76 Gauss Rifle?
The Gauss Rifle is a powerful Ballistic Weapon in Fallout 76. A Coilgun, it fires shots that can be charged via its internal generator. It takes around 1.5 seconds to fully charge a shot. It’s massively powerful when fully charged and well worth a craft or purchase. Better yet, it can be improved with many different Weapon Mods, Stocks, Scopes, and more.
Fallout 76 Gauss Rifle Plan Locations
You more than likely won’t find a Gauss Rifle lying anywhere around the Fallout 76 map. It’s a rare and powerful weapon, but there are a few places where you can get your hands on a Plan for the weapon. With a Gauss Rifle Plan, you will be able to craft the gun all by yourself. Remember that you will need to be level 35 to find, craft, and equip the Gauss Rifle.
You can find a Gauss Rifle Plan in a variety of different locations. These are as follows:
- MODUS sells them
- Vendors in Brotherhood of Steel and Watoga Shopping Plaza
- Random rewards for Events: AWOL Armaments, Census Violence, Cop a Squatter, Distant Thunder, Line in the Sand, Monster Mash, and Surface to Air
- Low random chance of rewards for Cranberry Bog quests, daily quests, Horde Events, Hunter/Hunted, and Powering Up quests
- A Random Recipe spawn in Ash Heap, Cranberry Bog, Mire, and Savage Divide
Once you have a Gauss Rifle Plan, head to a Weapons Workbench with 14 Aluminum, 6 Circuitry, 4 Silver, 4 Spring, 7 Steel, 8 Wood, and 15 Screw. Congratulations, you now own a Gauss Rifle.
Fallout 76 Gauss Rifle Stats
You’d imagine that a weapon that requires you to be at least level 35 will have some beefy stats. Thankfully, it does. Below are the stats for the Gauss Rifle in Fallout 76:
- Accuracy: 56
- Ammo: 2mm EC
- Damage: 235
- Fire Rate: 67
- Range: 204
- Value: 227 Caps
- Weight: 15.8
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