Infused Bolt Thrower

Infused Bolt Thrower is a craftable sniper rifle in Wasteland 3: Cult of the Holy Detonation.

Description[ | ]

Putting radioactive materials directly into the pressurized gas tank seems like it might not help, but it might not not help either.

Characteristics[ | ]

Damage can be increased by using damage type conversion mods, making this weapon to benefit from various bonuses, as well as +99 Armor penetration, which negates target's armor completely.

Physical 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 at level 10
+25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor

Applying all bonuses (+16 Damage +93% Ranged damage) leads to the following result:

505 - 683 damage in weapon stats.
The damage dealt to targets will depend on the armor they are wearing and the armor penetration rate on your character.

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
+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:

857 - 1167 damage in weapon stats.

In fact damage will vary depending on a target:

1114 - 1517 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage).
599 - 816 damage against mechanic targets (-30% Damage).

Cold damage maximization example

+8 Damage from Titanium-Cobalt Barrel
-10% Ranged damage from Cryocell 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% Cold damage from Weird Science skill at level 10
+30% Cold damage from Elite cryo exo armor set

Applying all bonuses (+8 Damage +83% Ranged damage +60% Cold damage) leads to the following result:

743 - 1013 damage in weapon stats.

In fact damage will vary depending on a target:

965 - 1316 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage).
520 - 709 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:

766 - 1044 damage in weapon stats.

In fact damage will vary depending on a target:

995 - 1357 damage against mechanic targets (+30% Damage).
536 - 730 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
+50% Explosive damage from Explosives skill at level 10
+5% Explosive damage from Radical Rachel creepy doll