Fallout/Items

AMMO
The type of ammunition used will change the amount of damage dealt to the target. JHP is always the superior choice, followed by FMJ. Forget AP ammo. AP is, in the first place, more expensive, and although it does penetrate a bit more than JHP ammo, it deals very little damage. It's useless against anything - JHP is always superior. Shotgun Shells deal good damage regardless of the target used, and FMJ is like a 'neutral' ammo - it works okay on both armored and non-armored targets. It doesn't suffer nearly the damage penalty of AP ammo, but it penetrates far better than JHP.

As for energy weapons, their real effectiveness depends on the type of weapon used. For instance, laser weapons aren't as effective as plasma weapons on armored targets. Plasma is good against anything except for Tesla armor. The Alien Blaster uses a different technology (and from the death animations seen from Fallout and Fallout 2, I think pulse) which is goes through any type of armor. The cells themselves don't serve as damage modifiers, but are merely power units.

RIFLES & SHOTGUNS
1. Hunting Rifle Selling price: $900 First seen: Random encounter or swipe from Kenji when he attacks Killan in Junktown. (Kenji is the would-be assassin for Killian) Required strength: 5 Damage: 8-20 hp, normal Range: 40 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed Ammo type: .223 FMJ Ammo capacity: 10 rounds Action points used: 5 for single, 6 for aimed

2. Assault Rifle Selling price: $1300 First seen: Hub, Old Town Required strength: 5 Damage: 8-16 hp per bullet, normal Range: 45 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed, burst fire of 8 bullets Ammo type: 5 mm JHP or AP bullets Ammo capacity: 24 bullets Action points used: 5 for single, 6 for aimed, 6 for burst

3. Sniper Rifle Selling price: $2200 First seen: Hub, Old Town Required strength: 5 Damage: 14-34 hp, normal Range: 50 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed Ammo type: .223 FMJ Ammo capacity: 6 rounds Action points used: 6 for single, 7 for aimed

4. Shotgun Selling price: $800 First seen: Raiders Base, it is in the fridge Required strength: 4 Damage: 12-22 hp, normal Range: 14 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed Ammo type: 12 gauge shells Ammo capacity: 2 shells Action points used: 5 for single, 6 for aimed

5. Combat Shotgun Selling price: $2750 First seen: Hub, Old Town. Either buy it from Jake or kill the thugs holding the Brotherhood initiate captive. Required strength: 5 Damage: 15-25 hp per shell, normal Range: 22 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed, burst of 3 shells Ammo type: 12 gauge shells Ammo capacity: 12 shells Action points used: 5 for single, 6 for aimed

6. Red Ryder BB Gun Selling price: $200 First seen: Killian's General Store, in the locked storage room Required strength: 3 Damage: 1-3 hp per pellet, normal Range: 22 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed Ammo capacity: 100 BB pellets Action points used: 5 for single, 6 for aimed

7. Red Ryder LE BB Gun Selling price: $3500 First seen: Random Encounter (Bob's Used Cars) Required strength: 3 Damage: 25 hp per pellet, normal Range: 32 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed Ammo capacity: 100 BB pellets Action points used: 4 for single, 5 for aimed

ENERGY WEAPONS
1. Laser Pistol Selling price: $1600 First seen: You can get it from the Brotherhood, or kill COC techs and take it from them. Required strength: 3 Damage: 10-22 hp, laser Range: 35 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed Ammo type: Small Energy Cells Ammo capacity: 12 cells Action points used: 5 for single, 6 for aimed

2. Plasma Pistol Selling price: $2750 First seen: I found it in the sewers of Necropolis, but you can also buy it at the Gun Runners or find it at the Glow. Required strength: 4 Damage: 16-35 hp, plasma Range: 20 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed Ammo type: Small Energy Cells Ammo capacity: 16 cells Action points used: 5 for single, 6 for aimed

3. Laser Rifle Selling price: $5000 First seen: Harry has one, and you can get one from the mutants at the Cathedral/Military Base. Required strength: 6 Damage: 25-50 hp, laser Range: 45 hexes Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed Ammo type: Micro Fusion Cells Ammo capacity: 12 cells Action points used: 5 for single, 6 for aimed

4. Plasma Rifle Selling price: $4000 ($6000) First seen: Again, you can buy it from the Gun Runners, pick it up from the nightkin guards in the 2nd-4th levels of the Cathedral, or get one real early from the 5th level of the Glow, if you decide to go there. Required strength: 6 Damage: 30-65 hp (35-70 hp), plasma Range: 25 hexes (35 hexes) Ammo usage: Single, can be aimed Ammo type: Micro Fusion Cells Ammo capacity: 10 cells Action points used: 5 for single, 6 for aimed (4 for single, 5 for aimed) Upgrade: Turbo Plasma Rifle! Ask Smitty in the Boneyard. The upgrade lowers the AP cost as well as slightly increasing damage and greatly increasing range. This is the best weapon in the game.

5. Gatling Laser Selling price: $7500 First seen: You can kill Brotherhood guards to get it, but your karma will go way down. The lone Nightkin guarding the entrance to the basement in the Cathedral has the only Gatling Laser which you can get peacefully (BTW, all of the Brotherhood               guards will be after you.) The lieutenant also has one, but he is encountered too late in the game. Required strength: 6 Damage: 20-40 hp per cell used, laser Range: 40 hexes Ammo usage : Burst of laser rays using 10 cells Ammo type : Micro Fusion Cells Ammo capacity : 30 cells for 3 laser ray bursts Action points used: 6 for burst

6. Alien Blaster Selling price: ??? First seen: Available in a special random encounter with two dead aliens. Only is available to characters with extremely high luck. Required strength: 2 Damage: 30-90 hp, pulse (good against any armor) Range: 10 hexes Ammo type: Small Energy Cells Ammo capacity: 30 cells for 30 shots

UNARMED WEAPONS
On all unarmed weapons, you can hit single or aim an attack. The single costs 3 action points, and the aimed costs 4 action points. All items require one Strength and do normal damage.

1. Brass Knuckles Selling price: $60 First seen: You might start out with them, but you can get a pair from Junktown. Damage: 2-10 hp

2. Spiked Knuckles Selling price: $250 First seen: You can pick them up from Kane once you confess to the Police about Decker in the Hub. Some of the mutant patrols at the military base have them. Damage: 4-15 hp

3. Power Fist Selling price: $2200 First seen: I know for sure you can get this at the Brotherhood, or you can buy one at the Gun Runners or possibly find one at the Glow. There is one in the footlocker on the top level of the Cathedral, the one next to Morpheus' Room. Damage: 12-29 hp  Ammo capacity: 25 small energy cells Ammo usage: 1 cell per punch

4. Rock Selling price: $0 First seen: Shady Sands, the shelf in Aradesh's house/building Damage: 1-4 hp

MELEE WEAPONS
All melee weapons cause normal damage. The maximum damage value might vary as it is a direct result of your melee damage bonus.

1. Knife Selling price: $40 First seen: You start out with one. There is another one to the bones of              another vault dweller to your right. (Or your character's              left.) Required strength: 2 Damage: 2-10 hp  Attack methods: Swing or thrust Action points used: 3 for swing or thrust, 4 for aimed swing or thrust

2. Combat Knife Selling price: $160 First seen: I saw it at Beth's store; you might be able to get one from the raiders at Irwin's house. Required strength: 2 Damage: 3-11 hp  Attack methods: Swing or thrust Action points used: 3 for swing or thrust, 4 for aimed swing or thrust

3. Throwing Knife Selling price: $100 First seen: Raiders Required strength: 3 Damage: 3-6 hp  Attack methods: Swing Action points used: 3 for swing, 4 for aimed swing

4. Sledgehammer Selling price: $120 First seen: It's in the room to the east of the farm in Shady Sands. Required strength: 6 Damage: 4-10 hp  Attack methods: Swing or thrust Action points used: 3 for swing, 4 for thrust or aimed swing, 5 for aimed thrust Special: You can hit people from two hexes away.

5. Super Sledgehammer Selling price: $3750 First seen: Jake at Old Town sells it. Required strength: 5 Damage: 14-39 hp  Attack methods: Swing or thrust Action points used: 3 for swing, 4 for thrust or aimed swing, 5 for aimed thrust Special: You can hit people from two hexes away.

6. Spear Selling price: $80 First seen: Aradesh gives it to you when you tell him that you will find Tandi. Required strength: 4 Damage: 3-13 hp   Attack methods: Thrust Action points used: 5 for thrust, 6 for aimed thrust Special: You can hit people from two hexes away.

7. Club/Police Baton Selling price: $30 First seen: Beth sells them. Required strength: 3 Damage: 1-7 hp  Attack methods: Swing Action points used: 3 for swing, 4 for aimed swing

8. Crowbar Selling price: $50 First seen: Vault 15 Required strength: 5 Damage: 3-13 hp  Attack methods: Swing Action points used: 4 for swing, 5 for aimed swing

9. Viroblade Ripper Selling price: $900 First seen: The Gun Runners sell them. Required strength: 4 Damage: 15-35 hp  Attack methods: Swing or thrust Action points used: 4 for swing or thrust, 5 for aimed swing or thrust Ammo capacity: 30 Small Energy Cells

10.Cattle Prod Selling price: $600 First seen: True to his name, Lasher has one. You can buy one at the Gun Runners. Required strength: 4 Damage: 12-23 hp  Attack methods: Swing or thrust Action points used: 4 for swing or thrust, 5 for aimed swing or thrust

THROWING WEAPONS
1. Spear Selling price: $80 First seen: Aradesh gives it to you when you tell him that you will find Tandi. Required strength: 4 Damage: 3-13 hp, normal Range: 8 hexes Action points used: 6 for throw, 7 for aimed throw

2. Throwing Knife Selling price: $100 First seen: Raiders Required strength: 3 Damage: 3-6 hp, normal Range: 16 hexes Action points used: 4 for throw

3. Molotov Cocktail Selling price: $50 First seen: Raiders Base Required strength: 3 Damage: 8-20, fire Range: 12 hexes Action points used: 5 for throw

4. Fragmentation Grenade Selling price: $150 First seen: There are a couple in the Vault 15 lockers Required strength: 3 Damage: 20-35 hp, explosive Range: 15 hexes Action points used: 4 for throw

5. Plasma Grenade Selling price: $300 First seen: Glow or Gun Runners Required strength: 4 Damage: 40-90 hp, plasma Range: 15 hexes Action points used: 4 for throw

6. Pulse Grenade Selling price: $250 First seen: Jake sells them at Old Town in the Hub Required strength: 4 Damage: 100-150 hp, electromagnetic pulse Range: 15 hexes Action points used: 4 for throw Special: Only affects robots.

7. Rock Selling price: $0 First seen: Shady Sands, the shelf in Aradesh's house/building Required strength: 1 Damage: 1-4 hp, normal Action points used: 4 for throw, 5 for aimed throw

Chemicals
* Addiction rates are really variable. Sometimes I could take two Psycho's and still not get addicted, but on the other hand, I took one and I got addicted. It's totally random.

Holodisks
Holodisks can sell for an average of $100 and can be read with the Pip-Boy. They give out information on various subjects.


 * Here is a list of various holodiscs

Keys
Most of the keys are a type of key card instead of a traditional metal key.