Wasteland 3 weapon modifications

Wasteland 3 returns with the weapon modification system in tow, with weapons capable of accepting a broad variety of permanent upgrades.

Warning: unlike Wasteland 2, there is no option to remove mods! Use mods sparingly and save them for weapons that need them most.

Stripping weapons using the Field Strip option has a chance of yielding new mods based on luck and the appropriate perks. The armor equivalent is Armor Mods.

Melee weapon mods

Grip

Category	Name	Image	Tier	Effects	Weapon Modding to mount	Weapon Modding to craft	Recipe
Accuracy	Tactical grip		1	+3% Hit chance	1	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Grooved grip		2	+5% Hit chance	3	4	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Overmolded grip		3	+7% Hit chance	6	7
Criticals	Tape grip		1	+2% Critical chance	1	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Rubber grip		2	+4% Critical chance	4	5	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Fiberglass grip		3	+6% Critical chance	8	9

Weight

Category	Name	Image	Tier	Effects	Weapon Modding to mount	Weapon Modding to craft	Recipe
Mass	Arc weights		1	+2 Damage	1	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Heavy weights		2	+4 Damage	5	6	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Grand slam weights		3	+8 Damage	7	8
Balance	Balancing weights		1	+1 Armor penetration +4 Max damage -4 Min damage	2	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Symmetrical weights		2	+2 Armor penetration +8 Max damage -8 Min damage	5	6	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Counterforce weights		3	+3 Armor penetration +16 Max damage -16 Min damage	9	10
Damage type conversions	Battery pack		Rare	Converts to Energy damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Melee damage 35% to apply Shocked	10	10	Patriarch's Palace: In a Lockpick 10 safe in Liberty's room.
	Cryo capsule			Converts to Cold damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Melee damage Applies Frozen	7	7	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	?	in Knox Bison Ranch. After defeating all enemies, you can find the recipe for incendiary capsule in a duffel bag
	HE capsule			Converts to Explosive damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Melee damage Applies Damaged Armor	10	10	Yuma County Speedway: In a safe.
Status effects	Razor box		Rare	50% to apply Bleeding	6	3	Denver airport: Locked in Lockpick 7 safe in the Abondoned Hangars area.
	Toxin cell			Applies Poisoned	10	5	Hidden structure on the north-west part of the world map, in the rockies (require Nerd Stuff 7 or Mechanics 8 to open).
	Concussion bell			+16 Max damage -16 Min damage 35% to apply Stunned	10	8	Bunker located by the eastern borders of the world map (Eastern Plains, to the right of the bridge leading into Denver Outskirts). Requires Sneaky Shit 6 and Explosives 7 to acquire it without triggering the booby trap.

Ranged weapon mods

Barrel

Except shotguns and flamethrowers.

Category	Name	Image	Tier	Effects	Weapon Modding to mount	Weapon Modding to craft	Recipe
Materials	Alloy barrel		1	+2 Damage	1	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Columbium barrel		2	+4 Damage	3	4	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Titanium-cobalt barrel		3	+8 Damage	6	7
	Lightweight barrel		Rare	+12% Hit chance +1 Armor penetration -12 Damage	8	8	Aspen: In the Hundred Families bunker in a Lockpick 9 safe.
Rifling	Cut-rifled barrel		1	+1 Armor penetration +4 Max damage -4 Min damage	1	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Broach-rifled barrel		2	+2 Armor penetration +8 Max damage -8 Min damage	4	5	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Hammerforge-rifled barrel		3	+3 Armor penetration +16 Max damage -16 Min damage	7	8
	Shortened barrel		Rare	+20 Damage -10% Hit chance	8	8	"Snowed Inn" Resort, in the Lockpick 9 safe behind Nelius Dorsey.
Silencers	Blast muffler		1	+2 Armor penetration +10% Sneak attack damage	2	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Sound suppressor		2	+3 Armor penetration +20% Sneak attack damage	5	6	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Phase silencer		3	+4 Armor penetration +30% Sneak attack damage	8	9

Choke

Shotguns and flamethrowers only.

Category	Name	Image	Tier	Effects	Weapon Modding to mount	Weapon Modding to craft	Recipe
Wide chokes	Wide choke		1	+10 Cone angle	1	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Cylinder choke		2	+15 Cone angle	3	4	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Open cylinder choke		3	+20 Cone angle	5	6
	Ragged choke		Rare	+30 Cone angle -3 Range	10	10
Full chokes	Full choke		1	+1 Range	2	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Extra full choke		2	+2 Range	4	5	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Extra turkey choke		3	+3 Range	6	7
	Extended choke		Rare	+5 Range -20 Cone angle	10	?

Magazine

Name	Image	Tier	Effects	Weapon Modding to mount	Weapon Modding to craft	Recipe
Long mag		1	+1 Magazine size	1	—	Cannot be crafted.
Extended mag		2	+2 Magazine size	2	3	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
Max capacity mag		3	+4 Magazine size	3	4
Oversized mag		Rare	+8 Magazine size +1 Action Points to reload	7	7	World Map: In a hidden structure between Colorado Springs and Hoon Homestead.
Advanced materials mag			-1 Magazine size -1 Action Points to reload	8	8	Little Hell: In a container behind Vic Buchanan.
Quickfire mag			-1 Action Points to attack	10	10	Yuma County Speedway: In a container in the room with Percival Wesson.

Scope

Category	Name	Image	Tier	Effects	Weapon Modding to mount	Weapon Modding to craft	Recipe
Collimators	Reflex scope		1	+2% Critical chance	1	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Red dot scope		2	+3% Critical chance	3	4	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Holographic scope		3	+4% Critical chance	5	6
	DeadEye experimental scope		Rare	+6% Critical chance -5 Range	8	8
Scopes	21mm magnifying scope		1	+2 Range	2	—	Cannot be crafted.
	32mm magnifying scope		2	+4 Range	4	5	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	38mm magnifying scope		3	+6 Range	6	7
	FarSight computer assisted scope		Rare	+9 Range -5% Critical chance	9	9

Underbarrel

Category	Name	Image	Tier	Effects	Weapon Modding to mount	Weapon Modding to craft	Recipe
Flashlights	Underbarrel light		1	+3% Hit chance	1	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Tactical light		2	+5% Hit chance	3	4	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	SWAT light		3	+7% Hit chance	5	6
	Wide spectrum light		Rare	+10% Hit chance -5% Critical damage	10	10	Locked Bunker NE of Cannibal Jamboree. Requires (Picklock: 8 / Survival: 6)
Laser sights	Laser sight		1	+5% Critical damage	2	—	Cannot be crafted.
	Spec-ops laser sight		2	+10% Critical damage	6	7	Unlocked by leveling Weapon Modding.
	Ultraviolet laser sight		3	+15% Critical damage	6	7
	Computer assisted laser sight		Rare	+25% Critical damage -5% Hit chance	10	10	World map: In a Sealed Bunker to the south-east of Union Station and east of Ghost Town. Requires: 5 (First Aid / Survival) and 4 (Mechanics / Picklock) to open.
Damage type conversions	Incendiary linkage		Rare	Converts to Fire damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Ranged damage 15% to apply Burning	3	3	Inside Lockpick 9 safe in the Scorpitron world map encounter near Tellurium Mine.
	Cryocell linkage			Converts to Cold damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Ranged damage 15% to apply Frozen	4	4	Department of Energy Site
	Plasma linkage			Converts to Energy damage +99 Armor penetration -10% Ranged damage 15% to apply Shocked	6	6	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	Tellurium Mine: In a grenade container.
Damage boosters	Toxic linkage		Rare	+8 Damage 75% to apply Poisoned	6	6	Machine Commune Abandoned Hangars: In a container.
	Crippling linkage			+8 Damage 50% to apply Slowed	10	7	Cannibal Jamboree: On one of the cannibals.
	Razor linkage			+8 Damage 25% to apply Bleeding	10	6	Gett Family Homestead: In the room with Nita.