Rust Bucket (Wasteland 3)

Rust Bucket
Overview
Game	Wasteland 3
Type	Assault rifle
Tier	1
Skill req.	Automatic Weapons 1
Skill req. penalties	-100% Strike rate
Damage Data
Damage	5 - 6 x3 (15 - 18)
Dam. type	Physical. Low to medium penetration, equally effective against any target.
Penetration	2
Crit. damage mult.	x1.5
Attack pattern	Single target
Performance Data
Base chance to hit	75%
Range	18 squares
AP cost	4 AP
Capacity	15 x 7.62mm ammo
Item Data
Value	$ 70
ID	ITM_Equip_Weapon_AssaultRifle_Tier1-1_RustBucket

Rust Bucket is an assault rifle in Wasteland 3.

	For the Rust Bucket in other Wasteland games, see Rust Bucket.

Description

It may look ancient, rusty, and junky, but it's also underpowered and inaccurate.

Characteristics

Damage can be increased from various bonuses. However, it is not recommended to waste high-tier mods on this weapon, due to low damage output. Especially not recommended to use rare and expensive damage type conversion mods.

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: 40 - 42 x3 (120 - 126) 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.

Field stripping results

• 2-5 Scrap
• With Expert Disassembler:
  • +30% Scrap
  • Chance to get one mod:
    • 1% Alloy Barrel
    • 1% Cut-Rifled Barrel
    • 1% Wide Choke
    • 1% Long Mag
    • 1% Reflex Scope
    • 1% Underbarrel Light

Locations

• Peterson Air Force Base: Possible in the inventory of the Ranger recruiters with skill Automatic Weapons that you selected for the squad.