Freeze ray

Freeze ray
Overview
Game	Wasteland 3
Type	Sniper rifle
Tier	23
Skill req.	Sniper Rifles 10
Skill req. penalties	-15% Critical chance; -100% Critical damage; -100% Strike rate
Damage Data
Damage	169 - 232
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.	x1.6
Attack pattern	Single target
Performance Data
Base chance to hit	90%
Range	24 squares
AP cost	7 AP
Capacity	4 x Energy cells
Effects
50% to apply Frozen Anti-organic +30% damage to organic targets -30% damage to mechanic targets
Item Data
Value	$ 2868

Freeze ray is a sniper rifle in Wasteland 3.

Description

A high-tech sniper weapon which fires a beam of cryo energy. Turns targets into popsicles.

Characteristics

Despite preinstalled Cold damage, it is possible to convert this weapon to other damage types (Fire, Energy or Explosive) by using the appropriate damage type conversion mods. This won't add a second damage type but replace the originally installed Cold damage.

Damage can be increased from various bonuses. Also Cold damage provide +99 Armor penetration, which negates target's armor completely.

Cold damage maximization example +8 Damage from Titanium-Cobalt Barrel +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 (+16 Damage +93% Ranged damage +60% Cold damage) leads to the following result: 571 - 765 damage in weapon stats. In fact damage will vary depending on a target: 742 - 994 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage). 399 - 535 damage against mechanic targets (-30% Damage).

Fire damage maximization example +8 Damage from Titanium-Cobalt Barrel -10% Ranged damage from Incendiary Linkage damage conversion penalty +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 (+8 Damage +50% Ranged damage +125% Fire damage) leads to the following result: 597 - 810 damage in weapon stats. In fact damage will vary depending on a target: 776 - 1053 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage). 417 - 567 damage against mechanic targets (-30% Damage).

Energy damage maximization example +8 Damage from Titanium-Cobalt Barrel -10% Ranged damage from Plasma Linkage damage conversion penalty +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% Energy damage from Weird Science skill at level 10 +30% Energy damage from Elite energy exo armor set +5% Energy damage from Electric Emmett creepy doll Applying all bonuses (+8 Damage +83% Ranged damage +65% Energy damage) leads to the following result: 534 - 724 damage in weapon stats. In fact damage will vary depending on a target: 694 - 941 damage against mechanic targets (+30% Damage). 373 - 506 damage against organic targets (-30% Damage).

Explosive damage maximization example +8 Damage from Titanium-Cobalt Barrel -10% Ranged damage from HE Fuse Linkage damage conversion penalty +35% Ranged damage from Awareness attribute at level 10 +25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor +15% Explosive damage from Explodomaniac background +25% Explosive damage from Pyromaniac quirk at the risk of inflicting Burning on self +50% Explosive damage from Explosives skill at level 10 +5% Explosive damage from Radical Rachel creepy doll Applying all bonuses (+8 Damage +50% Ranged damage +95% Explosive damage) leads to the following result: 517 - 702 damage against all types of targets.

Field stripping results

• 48-76 Scrap
• With Expert Disassembler:
  • +30% Scrap
  • Chance to get one mod:
    • 5% Titanium-Cobalt Barrel
    • 5% Hammerforge-Rifled Barrel
    • 5% Open Cylinder Choke
    • 5% Holographic Scope
    • 5% SWAT Light

Crafting

Ingredients to produce one (1) unit

Components	Requirements
300 scrap 1 SR2000-Argent 1 Cryocell Linkage	10 Weird Science

Location

Recipe can be found in Little Hell, in a locked container in the freezer La Loca is locked in.