Fallout 76 Weapons - Legendary Weapon Farming, Best Weapons

The world of Fallout 76 is a dangerous place. There’s other players, vicious robots and even a new hyper-intelligent race of ghouls to contend with. Here’s how to make sure you stay alive.

Guide by Jake Green Contributor

Updated on April 9, 2020

If you want to take on some of the higher level activities that Fallout 76 has to offer, you'll need some good weapons. But with so many to choose from, and the scarcity of the components required to craft them, you'll need to choose carefully. To help you out we've been busy compiling a list of the very best weapons in Fallout 76. We'll list every weapon in the game then advise on which ones are worth your time. We'll also take a look at weapon mods and Legendary Weapons. Finally, we'll detail some methods of Legendary Weapon farming, so that you can pick up the very best weapons in as little time as possible.

Fallout 76 Weapons List
Fallout 76 Best Weapons
Fallout 76 Weapons Damage Types
Fallout 76 Legendary Weapons List
Fallout 76 Weapon Crafting
Fallout 76 Weapon Mods
Scrap Weapons to Get Weapons Plans
Fallout 76 Legendary Weapon Mods
Fallout 76 Legendary Weapon Farming

Fallout 76 Weapons List

As people get to spend more time with Fallout 76, we’re starting to get a good idea as to the full weapons roster. Thanks to some hard-working folks over on the Fallout Reddit, along with some of our own experiences with the game, we’ve been able to pull together the following list of Fallout 76 weapons:

Weapon	Type	Buffs
Ancient Blade	Melee	N/A
Assaultron Blade	Melee	N/A
Baseball Bat	Melee	N/A
Binoculars	Melee	N/A
Black Diamond	Melee	N/A
Blade of Bastet	Melee	Increases armor penetration
Board	Melee	N/A
Bowie Knife	Melee	N/A
Boxing Glove	Melee	N/A
Camden Whacker	Melee	N/A
Chainsaw	Melee	N/A
Chinese Officer Sword	Melee	N/A
Combat Knife	Melee	N/A
Commie Whacker	Melee	N/A
Cultist Blade	Melee	N/A
Cultist Dagger	Melee	N/A
Death Tambo	Melee	N/A
Deathclaw Gauntlet	Melee	N/A
Drill	Melee	N/A
Fire Axe	Melee	N/A
Golf Club	Melee	N/A
Grant’s Sword	Melee	N/A
Grognak’s Axe	Melee	N/A
Guitar Axe	Melee	N/A
Hatchet	Melee	N/A
Knuckles	Melee	N/A
Lead Pipe	Melee	N/A
Machete	Melee	N/A
Meat Hook	Melee	N/A
Meteoric Sword	Melee	Plus10% damage against humans, 90% reduced weight and plus50% increased durability.
Mole Miner Gauntlet	Melee	N/A
Mr. Handy Buzz Blade	Melee	N/A
Multi-Purpose Axe	Melee	N/A
Nailer	Melee	Increased damage given at lower HP
Pickaxe	Melee	N/A
Pipe Wrench	Melee	N/A
Pitchfork	Melee	N/A
Pole Hook	Melee	N/A
Pool Cue	Melee	N/A
Power Fist	Melee	N/A
Protest Sign	Melee	N/A
Revolutionary Sword	Melee	N/A
Ripper	Melee	N/A
Rolling Pin	Melee	N/A
Security Baton	Melee	N/A
Shishkebab	Melee	N/A
Shovel	Melee	N/A
Sickle	Melee	N/A
Ski Sword	Melee	N/A
Sledgehammer	Melee	N/A
Spear	Melee	N/A
Super Sledge	Melee	N/A
Switchblade	Melee	N/A
Tire Iron	Melee	N/A
Walking Cane	Melee	N/A
War Drum	Melee	N/A
.44 Pistol	Guns	N/A
10 MM Pistol	Guns	N/A
10MM Submachine Gun	Guns	N/A
50 Cal Machine Gun	Guns	N/A
Anti-Scorched Training Pistol	Guns	N/A
Assault Rifle	Guns	N/A
Auto Grenade Launcher	Guns	N/A
Black Powder Blunderbuss	Guns	N/A
Black Powder Pistol	Guns	N/A
Black Powder Rifle	Guns	plus25% damage to Scorched. minus20% damage to all other foes.
Broadsider	Guns	N/A
Combat Rifle	Guns	N/A
Combat Shotgun	Guns	N/A
Crossbow	Guns	N/A
Cryolator	Guns	N/A
Double Barrel Shotgun	Guns	N/A
The Dragon	Guns	Extra limb damage and an increased chance to cripple.
Enclave Plasma Gun	Guns	N/A
Fat Man	Guns	N/A
Flamer	Guns	N/A
Flare Gun	Guns	N/A
Gamma Gun	Guns	N/A
Gatling Gun	Guns	N/A
Gatling Laser	Guns	N/A
Gatling Plasma	Guns	N/A
Gauss Rifle	Guns	N/A
Handmade Rifle	Guns	N/A
Harpoon Gun	Guns	N/A
Hunting Rifle	Guns	N/A
Laser Pistol	Guns	N/A
Lever Action Rifle	Guns	N/A
Light Machine Gun	Guns	N/A
M79 Grenade Launcher	Guns	N/A
Minigun	Guns	N/A
Missile Launcher	Guns	N/A
Paddle Ball	Guns	N/A
Pipe Bolt-Action Pistol	Guns	N/A
Pipe Pistol	Guns	N/A
Pipe Revolver Standard Model: Pipe Revolver	Guns	N/A
Plasma Pistol	Guns	N/A
Pump Action Shotgun	Guns	N/A
Radium Rifle	Guns	N/A
Railway Rifle	Guns	N/A
Rose’s Syringer	Guns	N/A
Salvaged Assaultron Head	Guns	N/A
Single Action Revolver	Guns	N/A
Submachine Gun	Guns	N/A
Syringer	Guns	N/A
Tesla Rifle	Guns	N/A
Ultracite Gatling Gun	Guns	N/A
Ultracite Laser Pistol	Guns	N/A
Voice of Set	Guns	Adds electric-based damage against robot enemies.
Vox Syringer	Guns	Enables your target speaks.
Western Revolver	Guns	N/A
Baseball Grenade	Guns	N/A
Cryo Mine	Guns	N/A
Cryogenic Grenade	Guns	N/A
Dross	Guns	N/A
Frag Grenade	Guns	N/A
Frag Grenade MIRV	Guns	N/A
Frag Mine	Guns	N/A
Hallucigen Gas Grenade	Guns	N/A
Molotov Cocktail	Guns	N/A
Nuka Grenade	Guns	N/A
Nuke Mine	Throwables	N/A
Nuka Quantum Grenade	Throwables	N/A
Orbital Scan Beacon	Throwables	N/A
Orbital Strike Beacon	Throwables	N/A
Plasma Grenade	Throwables	N/A
Plasma Mine	Throwables	N/A
Pulse Grenade	Throwables	N/A
Pulse Mine	Throwables	N/A
Pumpkin Grenade	Throwables	Target takes additional damage and radiation for 5s.
Throwing Knives	Throwables	N/A
Tomahawk	Throwables	N/A

Fallout 76 Best Weapons

You’ll have a lot of choice where weapons are concerned in Fallout 76. Pistols, machine guns, and melee weapons are all up for grabs, so how do you focus in on the best weapons that will get you further in the game? Well, we’ve done all of the work for you, and have compiled a list of the very best weapons in Fallout 76. You can check it out below:

Combat Shotgun - whether you’re facing off against the fearsome Scorched, or another player, a shotgun can be a really great choice. Get in close enough (and with how inaccurate much of the shooting is in Fallout 76, you should be fine) with a Combat Shotgun in hand and you’ll blast away all who stand in your way.
Laser Rifle - given just how often you’re going to be attacked my robots in Fallout 76, having a good Energy Weapon is a great idea. The Laser Rifle offers some of the highest accuracy, while also being great when combined with VATS.
Gauss Rifle - the Gauss Rifle was a real powerhouse in Fallout 4, and seems to continue being pretty awesome in Fallout 76 as well. It uses Ballistic damage which can be charged to hit harder. Charge it up and fire at your enemies and you’ll down them in no time at all.
M2 Browning - ah the Browning, capable of sending uranium-depleted 50. Cal bullets through everything and anything in sight. It’s great at taking down robots and is one of the best weapons to face down a Scorchbeast with.

Fallout 76 Weapons Damage Types

There are a number of things to consider when choosing which weapon to run with in Fallout 76. The main factor is going to be what type of weapon you want to use, and with what kind of damage output. There are five different types of damage in Fallout 76, which we've detailed below:

Ballistic - this is the most common damage type in the game. It's essentially just regular bullets, doing physical damage to almost all enemies.
Energy Damage - 'energy' rekates to weapons that do elemental and laser damage. They are useful against plenty of enemy types, especially robots.
Explosive - explosive weapons deal explosive damage. This includes rocket launchers and anything that fires grenades.
Radiation - this is a particularly pesky damage type to defend against as it gives Rads, lowering maximuum health. This is great in PvP, as you'll basically make your opponent weaker and weaker the more you use it.
Poison - this damage type can be used to inflict damage for a short time after your shot lands.

Fallout 76 Legendary Weapons List

There are a handful of exceptional weapons to be found in Fallout 76. These range from variations on melee weapons, to incredibly powerful upgrades to Heavy Weapons. We've listed all of the Fallout 76 Legendary Weapons below

Name	Bonus	How to Get
All Rise	-	Quest Reward (Mayor for a Day)
Ancient Blade	-	Event Reward (Breach and Clear)
Anti-Scorched Training Pistol	25% additional damage to Scorched. -20% to everything else.	Obtained via Quest (Into the Fire)
Black Diamond	-	Quest Reward (Flavors of Mayhem)
Blade of Bastet	Increased Armor Penetration	Quest Reward (Mistress of Mystery)
Bunker Buster	-	Quest Reward (One of Us)
Camden Whacker	-	You can buy this at the Camden Park Prize shop
Daisy Cutter	-	Quest Reward (An Organic Panic)
The Dragon	Extra limb damage, chance to cripple	Random drop.
Dross	None	Quest Item (Mistaken Identity)
Grant's Saber	-	Quest Reward (Mistress of Mystery: Forging a Legend)
Meteoric Sword	10% additional damage to humans, 90% reduced weight, 50% more durability	Event Reward (Lode Baring)
Nailer	Does more damage the lower your health is	Event Reward (One Violent Night)
Paddle Ball	None	Trade in Mr. Fuzzy Tokens at Camden Park
Pumpkin Grenades	Target takes additional damage and radiation for 5s	Daily Quest Reward (Trick or Treat)
Pyrolyzer	Reduce your target's damage output by 20% for 3s	Side Quest Reward (Tracking Unknowns)
Rose's Syringer	-	Quest Reward (Flavors of Mayhem)
Somerset Secial	-	Event Reward (Back on the Beat)
Voice of Set	Additional damage aginst robots	Quest Reward (Mistress of Mystery: Prototypical Problems)
Vox Syringer	Makes the target speak	Daily Quest Item (Someone to Talk to)

Fallout 76 Weapon Crafting

The easiest way to get weapons in Fallout 76 is to craft them. You can head to any Weapons Workbench in the world to do this, though you'll have to unlocked the right blueprints to craft each weapon. You can also craft a Weapons Workbench for your Camp, which will mean you can fast travel to it whenever you want, free of charge.

Fallout 76 Weapon Mods

If you're looking to make your weapons handle better in Fallout 76, you'll want to add Weapon Mods. These can be added to any weapon using a Weapons Workbench. You'll need to have unlocked the mods via plans irst though, which can be found out in the world. You can also unlock new sets of mods via certain Perk Cards.

Scrap Weapons to Get Weapons Plans

Another great way to get more weapon plans is to scrap weapons you're not using. Generally, it's good to scrap any duplicate weapons, or ones that have particular low use. To do this, just head to any crafting station, from there you need to slect 'scrap items'. Select what you want to scrap and hit scrap. You'll see if you get any mods from it via pop-ups onscreen.

Fallout 76 Legendary Weapon Mods

Occasionally, you'll come across special weapons that have a star next to their name. These are legendary weapons with legendary effects or mods on them. These weapons are almost always found by looting the corpses of Legendary enemies. You won't encounter these enemies too often, unless you know where to look. We've listed some of the Legendary effects that you'll find applied to Legendary weapons below:

Anti-Armor - Ignores 50% of your target's armor.
Anti-Scorched - 25% more damage against Scorched, 20% less against everything else
Anti-Tank - Ignores 50% of the target's armor
Assassin's - +10% damage to humans
Berserker's - Deal more damage the lower your Damage Resistance
Bloodied - deal more damage when at lower health
Concussive - +33% chance to hit with VATS
Executioner's - +50% damage when the target's health is below 40%
Explosive - Bullets explode on impact, adding +15 damage per shot
Exterminator's - Does 50% more damage against Mirelurks and bugs.
Furious - Each conscecutive hit on a target deals more damage
Ghoul Slayer's - Does 50% more damage against Ghouls.
Hunter's - Does 50% more damage against animals.
Instigating - Does double damage if the target is at full health
Junkie's - Deal more damage the more chem withdrawal effects you currently have.
Medic's - V.A.T.S. crits will heal you and your group.
Mutant's - Damage increased by 10% if you are mtated.
Mutant Slayer's - +30% damage to Super Mutants
Never Ending - Unlimited ammo capacity.
Nocturnal - Does increasing amounts of damage at night, less damage during the day.
Stalker's - If not in combat, +100% V.A.T.S. accuracy at +50% AP cost.
Suppressor's - Reduce your target's damage output by 20%for 3 seconds.
Troubleshooter's - +30% damage to robots.
Two Shot - Shoots an additional projectile.
Zealot's - +30% damage to Ghouls.

Fallout 76 Legendary Weapon Farming

Once you start hitting the higher levels in Fallout 76 (50 and above), you'll want to start looking for the very best weapons in the game. The main way to get Legendary Weapons in Fallout 76 is to kill Legendary enemies. Problem is, they're not all that common, unless you know where to look that is. We've listed some surefire ways to farm Legendary Weapons in Fallout 76 below, all you need to do is seek out these events and server hop until you find each one.

Uranium Fever - this event will trigger in the Blackwater Mine area. You'll face off against up to three legendary enemies that will drop high level gear.
AWOL Armaments - this event can be found at the RobCo Research Center. You'll take on two Mr Gutsy enemies then a final legendary enemy located inside the facility.
Horde Events - all horde events found all over the map will have a leader who is always legendary.
One Violent Night - found in the upper righthand corner of the map. This event always ends by facing off against a legendary Wendigo enemy.
Leader of the Pack - located in the Fairgrounds area, this event spawns legendary wolves.

If you're after all the Fallout 76 goodness you can handle, we've got plenty of Fallout 76 guides for you. Consult our Fallout 76 Atoms Guide to find out if Fallout 76 has microtransactions, find out about Fallout 76 Factions, take a look at all the Fallout 76 Perks, and discover how Fallout 76 Nukes work. We've also got a detailed guide on Fallout 76 Base Building and settlements, a page on Fallout 76's Best Weapons, and Fallout 76 Mutations