Elite hot-rivet rifle

Elite hot-rivet rifle
Overview
Game	Wasteland 3
Type	Sniper rifle
Tier	23
Skill req.	Sniper Rifles 9
Skill req. penalties	-15% Critical chance -100% Critical damage -100% Strike rate
Damage Data
Damage	113 - 156
Dam. type	Fire. 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 Burning.
Penetration	99
Crit. damage mult.	x2
Attack pattern	Single target
Performance Data
Base chance to hit	75%
Range	24 squares
AP cost	7 AP
Capacity	5 x Spikes
Effects
+15% Strike rate 75% to apply Damaged Armor Anti-organic +30% damage to organic targets -30% damage to mechanic targets
Item Data
Value	$ 2868

Elite hot-rivet rifle is a craftable sniper rifle in Wasteland 3: Battle of Steeltown.

Description

Congratulations! You've created the world's most powerful rivet gun.

Characteristics

Damage can be increased from various bonuses. Also Fire 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.

Fire damage maximization example +8 Damage from Titanium-Cobalt Barrel +8 Damage from Toxic Linkage or Crippling Linkage or Razor Linkage +35% Ranged damage from Awareness attribute at level 10 +25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor +15% Fire damage from Disciple Of The Metal background +25% Fire damage from Pyromaniac quirk at the risk of inflicting Burning on self +25% Fire damage from Heating Element perk +30% Fire damage from Weird Science skill at level 10 +30% Fire damage from Elite pyro exo armor set Applying all bonuses (+16 Damage +60% Ranged damage +125% Fire damage) leads to the following result: 464 - 619 damage in weapon stats. In fact damage will vary depending on a target: 603 - 804 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage). 324 - 433 damage against mechanic targets (-30% Damage).

Field stripping results

• 48-76 Scrap
• With Expert Disassembler:
  • +30% Scrap
  • Chance to get one mod:
    • 12.5% Overmolded Grip
    • 12.5% Grand Slam Weights

Location

Steeltown admin level: Recipe given by Serena Ash for bringing her Fraternization clearance form, bottom and Fraternization clearance form, top and then dealing with Hayes. Recipe is only given if the player had previously looted Markham's safe.

See also

• Hot-rivet rifle - weaker but common version.