The Gainer

The Gainer is a unique .44 pistol that can be found and obtained within the Commonwealth, in Fallout 4.

Characteristics
While The Gainer does not have that much greater of a ballistic advantage over the standard .44 pistol, The Gainer has the ability to set targets on fire for an extra 15 points of damage over a short period of time.

Modifications
All numbers are relative to the base stats.

Barrel

 * The Snubnose improves hip-fire accuracy at the cost of range.
 * The Bull has the hip-fire accuracy of the Snubnose with the range of the Standard.

Location

 * This unique .44 pistol can be obtained at the Vitale pumphouse, which is an unmarked location just south of the Hub City Auto Wreckers. The pumphouse is protected by a code-locked door, in which the code can be seen written on the wall (10, 4, 5, 1).

Behind the scenes
"So part 1 is the most obvious. I set up a simple door puzzle, and built/scripted a little four-digit input toy. The code is hidden in the room nearby, but immersive sim fans won't need it.  0451 is a nod to System Shock that also appears in Thief, Deus Ex, Dishonored...

Part 2 is a quiet high-five to a dev friend. @fullbright has often proclaimed his love for a nasty-ass video game magnum, so I hid a custom one here. Steve's a bit too well-known to drop his name directly, so I called the gun "The Gainer". Just subtle enough?

Part 3 is the one I don't think many people got. The body staging here is a reference to the classic @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN game, SNATCHER. I put a similar reference in Fallout 3 (with a few extra clues which made it more obvious)"


 * The Gainer, the method of obtaining it, and the scene arrangement are a complex, multi-layered cake of references set up by Joel Burgess.
 * The code is a triple entendre, referencing Looking Glass Studios and their door code, various games made by/inspired by/related to/referencing their titles (System Shock, Deus Ex, Thief, Dishonored, Bioshock, and on...), and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. 451 in Fahrenheit is the ignition temperature for paper.
 * The Magnum is a nod to Steve Gaynor, who loves "nasty-ass video game magnum[s]".
 * The way the body is staged is a reference to Hideo Kojima's Snatcher, or more specifically, the death of Jean-Jack Gibson, one of the supporting characters who is found dead with his head liberated from the confines of his shoulders. A similar scene and reference was placed at the Capitol Post building in Fallout 3.

Variants

 * .44 pistol - Standard version.
 * Eddie's Peace
 * Kellogg's pistol