Daisy Cutter

The Daisy Cutter is a unique weapon in Fallout 76.

Characteristics
The Fat Man fires a single deadly mini-nuke shell, perfect for tough enemies like super mutant behemoths, deathclaws or senty bots, or any enemy that is a significantly higher level. Still, one must be extremely wary of the curve trajectory of the mini nuke, or else one can be trapped within in the explosion. As it is a heavy weapon, the Fat Man benefits from the Heavy Gunner perk, but this makes a weapon that is already overkill superfluously deadly.

As one would expect, the firepower does not come without a penalty; the Fat Man weights 30 pounds by itself, and is even less practical in survival mode when its ammunition weighs more than a third of that. Modifying it to eject several mini nukes at once makes it 18% heavier, but widens the spread and allows one to carpet bomb an entire area. Fortunately, the Daisy Cutter comes with a legendary effect that reduces the weight to just 10% of what it would normally be.

Modifications
All numbers are relative to the base stats.

Barrel
By Adding the MIRV Launcher mod to the M42 Fat Man, the Sole Survivor gains the ability to fire more shells at once. While the principle of the weapon is similar to Fallout 3's Experimental MIRV, it has been "nerfed" in it's ability to output damage per shell, doing considerably less damage, and having a limited range. The Heavy Gunner perk will increase the damage that the shells can do, but they always do less to the standard M42 Fat Man's single powerful shell. It has lost the point and kill nature that the Experimental MIRV had in Fallout 3, making the weapon more akin to a curio than something viable for engaged combat.

Locations

 * Quest reward for completing An Organic Solution.