Mister Gutsy

Mister Gutsy is the specialized combat model Mister Handy robot that appears in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.

Background


Mister Gutsy


Mister Gutsy is the second most dangerous robot encountered in the wasteland, just behind sentry bots. Gutsy models are armed with a plasma gun, roughly equivalent to a plasma pistol, for long-range combat. At close-range, the robot relies on its flamethrower. This affords the Gutsy decent protection against both ranged and melee targets, a feature lacking in any other robot save the civilian Mister Handy. Additionally, due to their hover mechanism, Gutsy units do not set off the proximity fuses on mines.

Enclave Mister Gutsy


The Enclave Gutsies are very similar to their free roaming wasteland counterparts, with the exception of its paint scheme. Instead of the normal matte olive green of the U.S. Army Gutsies, these feature a dark metallic color. Its optical sensors also differ from the standard yellow, instead being a menacing deep red.

Strike Team Mister Gutsy


This model Mister Gutsy is added in the Operation Achorage add-on as a possible Strike Team member.

Hardened Mister Gutsy


An improved Mister Gutsy used by the Enclave. The only surviving units were found at the crashed Vertibird in the Mojave Wasteland, together with a Tesla-Beaton prototype energy cannon.

Mister Gutsy prototype


Not much is known about the prototype series but it can be assumed that these robots were commissioned by the US Army to test and evaluate the capabilities of a combat version of the existing Mister Handy. This series was commissioned some time before the production series for trials, which were obviously successful as the production models were brought into service shortly before the Great War. The prototypes were likely phased out in favor of the slightly improved Production Version and appear to have been either mothballed before the bombs fell, or deactivated due to long service without maintenance. In either case, they appear to have been salvaged by prospectors and reprogrammed for use by private individuals, such as the one located in a house in Nipton.