Nerve Driver

Nerve Driver is a handgun in Wasteland 3.

Description[]

The Scar Collectors use these for surgery. A lot of their patients die.

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:

389 - 470 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 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:

654 - 796 damage in weapon stats.

In fact damage will vary depending on a target:

850 - 1034 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage).
457 - 557 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:

568 - 691 damage in weapon stats.

In fact damage will vary depending on a target:

738 - 898 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage).
397 - 483 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:

585 - 712 damage in weapon stats.

In fact damage will vary depending on a target:

760 - 925 damage against mechanic targets (+30% Damage).
409 - 498 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