Wasteland 3 damage type conversion modifications

This page lists all and only damage type conversion modifications in Wasteland 3.

	For the full list of Wasteland 3 weapon modifications, see Wasteland 3 weapon modifications.

Overview

These mods are used to convert initial damage type to another, allowing a weapon to benefit from various quirks, perks, skills, backgrounds and even armors. If you build your character properly, you can increase a weapon damage to incredible numbers by simply converting it to the damage type your character is built around. Weapons can be converted only to Fire, Cold, Energy and Explosive damage types. All weapons can be converted and only one conversion mod can be installed per weapon.

Rarity

These mods are quite rare. Each equipable mod may only be found once per game; otherwise, the respective recipe is located in (a) high level encounter(s) or require high level skills to extract from the game world.

Crafting

In spite of their sparse presence in the loot table, they have recipes and can thus be crafted. Beware that converting all weapons in your squad can be taxing, as their building materials are high-end bits and parts.

Usage warning

Even though some of these mods can be found early in the game, it is highly NOT recommended to waste them on low and mid tier weapons. Use them on tier 21+ weapons only. There are just few and very questionable exceptions though, such as the Rattler or MAC 17.

Damage types

Fire damage

Scales with Weird Science, maximum armor penetration, effective against organic targets (+30% Damage), ineffective against non-organic targets (-30% Damage), often has a chance to apply Burning (-15% CON per turn).

Cold damage

Scales with Weird Science, maximum armor penetration, effective against organic targets (+30% Damage), ineffective against non-organic targets (-30% Damage), often has a chance to apply Frozen (-4 AP and -4 AP (max)).

Energy damage

Scales with Weird Science, maximum armor penetration, effective against non-organic targets (+30% Damage), ineffective against organic targets (-30% Damage), often has a chance to apply Shocked (-10% CON per turn, -2 AP and -2 AP (max)).

Explosive damage

Scales with Explosives, maximum armor penetration, equally effective against any targets.

Melee weapon mods

Weight

Name	Effects	Weapon Modding to mount	Weapon Modding to craft	Crafting cost $	Location	Recipe
Battery Pack	Converts to Energy damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Melee damage 35% to apply Shocked	10	10	1455		Patriarch's Palace: In a locked safe in Liberty's room (Lockpicking 10).
Cryo Capsule	Converts to Cold damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Melee damage Applies Frozen	7	7	900	Denver Ruins: Sold by Human Outreach Mobile Gift Shop.	Old Survivalist Bunker: In a container in the northeast of the location.
Incendiary Capsule	Converts to Fire damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Melee damage Applies Burning	8	8	?	Monster Goat random encounter from level 15 onwards (require "Goat Killer" background).	Knox Bison Ranch: In a duffel bag after defeating all enemies.
HE Capsule	Converts to Explosive damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Melee damage Applies Damaged Armor	10	10	900	Aspen: Sold by Opie.	Yuma County Speedway: In a safe.

Ranged weapon mods

Underbarrel

Name	Effects	Weapon Modding to mount	Weapon Modding to craft	Crafting cost $	Location	Recipe
Incendiary Linkage	Converts to Fire damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Ranged damage 15% to apply Burning	3	3	1786	The Bizarre: Sold by The Sanctified Piscitelli.	Inside locked safe in the Scorpitron world map encounter near Tellurium Mine (Lockpicking 9).
Cryocell Linkage	Converts to Cold damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Ranged damage 15% to apply Frozen	4	4	2243	Downtown Colorado Springs: Sold by Snappin' Jimmy Bob.	Department of Energy Site: Owned by Dos-Teh-Seh.
Plasma Linkage	Converts to Energy damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Ranged damage 15% to apply Shocked	6	6	2536	The Bizarre (Warrens): Inside locked safe in the prison area (Lockpicking 7).	Scorpitron world map encounter near Steeltown.
HE Fuse Linkage	Converts to Explosive damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Ranged damage 15% to apply Damaged Armor	8	8	2986	Hoon Homestead: Found in the bunker behind the house. Only accessible if Hoon family is saved during Heads or Tails.	Tellurium Mine: In a grenade container.