Cold Comfort

Cold Comfort
Overview
Game	Wasteland 3
Type	Shotgun
Tier	18
Skill req.	Small Arms 6
Skill req. penalties	-15% Hit chance; -100% Critical chance; -100% Strike rate
Damage Data
Damage	38 - 55
Dam. type	Cold. Scales with Weird Science, maximum penetration, effective against organic targets (+30% damage), ineffective against non-organic targets (-30% damage), often has a chance to apply Frozen.
Penetration	99
Crit. damage mult.	x1.4
Attack pattern	Cone
Performance Data
Base chance to hit	95%
Range	10.5 squares
AP cost	3 AP
Capacity	4 x Energy cells
Effects
25% to apply Frozen Anti-organic +30% damage to organic targets -30% damage to mechanic targets
Item Data
Value	$ 1593

Cold Comfort is a shotgun in Wasteland 3.

Description

The freezing chamber processes normal shells into squared-off 'ice cubes' that slam their target with cold death.

Characteristics

Damage can be increased from various bonuses. Also Cold damage provide +99 Armor penetration, which negates target's armor completely. However, it is not recommended to waste high-tier mods on this weapon, due to low damage output.

Cold damage maximization example +8 Damage from Toxic Linkage or Crippling Linkage or Razor Linkage +33% Ranged damage from Sadomasochist quirk at the cost of +33% Received damage +35% Ranged damage from Awareness attribute at level 10 +25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor +30% Cold damage from Weird Science skill at level 10 +30% Cold damage from Elite cryo exo armor set Applying all bonuses (+8 Damage +93% Ranged damage +60% Cold damage) leads to the following result: 142 - 194 damage in weapon stats. In fact damage will vary depending on a target: 184 - 252 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage). 99 - 135 damage against mechanic targets (-30% Damage).

Field stripping results

• 20-27 Scrap
• With Expert Disassembler:
  • +30% Scrap
  • Chance to get one mod:
    • 5% Broach-Rifled Barrel
    • 5% Columbium Barrel
    • 5% Cylinder Choke
    • 5% Extended Mag
    • 5% Red Dot Scope
    • 5% Tactical Light

Locations

• Aspen: Drop from one of the lockers inside the Hundred Families bunker.

Gallery

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  Without unique glow