Assault rifle (Fallout 4)

	Fallout 4 weapon Assault Rifle
	Type Rifle Damage Damage 30 Damage Type Ballistic Attacks Ammo Type 5.56mm Ammo Cap. 30 (base) Attack Rate 4 rps Range Short barrel: 32.9 m (107.94 ft) Long barrel: 58.49 m (191.9 ft) AP cost 32 Weapon Modification Slots Receiver, Barrel, Stock, Magazine, Optics, Muzzle Other Weight 8 Value 100 Technical Editor ID AssaultRifle Base ID 0000463f

 

The assault rifle is a weapon in Fallout 4.

Background

A peculiar, antiquated design, the assault rifle has much more in common with pre-War machine guns than rifles. Fed from a side-mounted magazine, this gas-operated weapon is unique in that it uses a water-cooled jacket that shrouds the barrel and maintains its temperature under sustained fire, pumped using liquid stored in the weapon's stock. It includes a charging handle on the right and a carry handle on the top, all fashioned out of durable wood. All elements considered, the "assault rifle" appears to simply be a repurposed surplus light machine gun, rather than an assault rifle.

Characteristics

A good, solid weapon, hampered by one thing: the lack of a steady supply of 5.56mm ammunition. However, with a generous line of modifications, it can be very useful in the long term. Even with an automatic receiver, it maintains a steady line of fire and can be improved even more upon with the use of other modifications.

Crafting

With the Contraptions Workshop add-on, assault rifles can be manufactured using a weapon forge.

Components		Requirements		Products
8 Adhesive 1 Gear 2 Oil 18 Screw 5 Spring 19 Steel		Weapon forge		1 Assault rifle

Modificationss

All numbers are relative to the base stats.

Receiver

Slot	Effects	Damage	Fire Rate	Range	Accuracy	Weight	Value	Resources	Required Perks
Standard						+2.5%	+2.5%	1x Adhesive 1x Gear 1x Oil 2x Screw 1x Spring 3x Steel	None
Light Frame	-25% AP cost -5% aiming speed	-10%	-5% iron sights transition			-50%	+10%	1x Adhesive 5x Aluminum 2x Gear 3x Oil 2x Screw	None
Heavy Frame	+25% AP cost	+10%	+5% iron sights transition			+50%	+15%	1x Adhesive 2x Gear 3x Oil 2x Screw 8x Steel	None
Calibrated	+100% critical damage				+10%	+10%	+25%	4x Adhesive 4x Gear 4x Oil 5x Screw 8x Steel	None
Hardened		+25%				+15%	+35%	4x Adhesive 4x Gear 4x Oil 5x Screw 9x Steel	None
Automatic	Fully automatic +25% AP cost	-35%	+25%	-1x base		+20%	+40%	2x Adhesive 5x Gear 6x Oil 6x Screw 10x Steel	Gun Nut 2
Armor Piercing Automatic	Fully automatic +25% AP cost Penetrates armor (-40 DR)	-35%	+25%	-0.9x base		+25%	+45%	5x Adhesive 9x Aluminum 5x Gear 6x Oil 7x Screw	Gun Nut 3
Hair Trigger	-10% AP cost		+33%			+5%	+55%	5x Adhesive 10x Aluminum 5x Gear 5x Oil 5x Screw	Gun Nut 3
Powerful		+75%				+25%	+55%	5x Adhesive 10x Aluminum 5x Gear 6x Oil 6x Screw	Gun Nut 3
Hardened Automatic	Fully automatic +25% AP cost	-10%	+25%	-1x base		+30%	+60%	6x Adhesive 11x Aluminum 6x Gear 6x Oil 6x Screw	Gun Nut 3
Rapid Automatic	Fully automatic +25% AP cost	-35%	+125%	-1x base		+30%	+65%	6x Adhesive 12x Aluminum 6x Gear 7x Oil 7x Screw	Gun Nut 4
Calibrated Powerful	+100% critical damage	+75%			+10%	+35%	+70%	7x Adhesive 13x Aluminum 8x Gear 6x Oil 7x Screw	Gun Nut 4
Hardened Piercing Auto	Fully automatic +35% AP cost Penetrates armor (-40 DR)	-10%		-0.9x base		+40%	+80%	7x Adhesive 14x Aluminum 9x Gear 6x Oil 11x Screw	Gun Nut 4
Advanced		+125%				+45%	+95%	9x Adhesive 15x Aluminum 7x Gear 6x Oil 10x Screw	Gun Nut 4
Powerful Automatic	Fully automatic +25% AP cost	+15%	+25%	-1x base		+50%	+90%	9x Adhesive 16x Aluminum 8x Gear 7x Oil 10x Screw	Gun Nut 4

Barrel

Slot	Effects	Range	Accuracy	Weight	Value	Resources	Required Perks
Short Barrel	-10% AP cost	9 x Base	+10% accuracy -10% recoil	+25%	+10%	1x Adhesive 5x Screw 4x Steel	None
Long Barrel	+10% AP cost +3% iron sights transition -10% capacity	16 x Base	+40% sighted accuracy -50% hip fire accuracy -15% recoil	+50%	+20%	2x Adhesive 10x Screw 8x Steel	None
Ported Barrel	+10% AP cost +3% iron sights transition -10% capacity	16 x Base	+40% sighted accuracy -50% hip fire accuracy -15% recoil	+50%	+40%	5x Adhesive 8x Aluminum 6x Screw	Gun Nut 4
Vented Barrel	-10% AP cost	9 x Base	+10% accuracy -25% recoil	+25%	+30%	6x Adhesive 10x Aluminum 8x Screw 5x Steel	Gun Nut 4

Stock

Slot	Fire Rate	Accuracy	Weight	Value	Resources	Required Perks
Short Stock	+5% iron sights transition	+7% stability +40% sighted accuracy -15% recoil	+20%	+20%	2x Adhesive 7x Screw 6x Steel	None
Full Stock	+20% AP cost +10% iron sights transition	+7% stability +40% sighted accuracy -20% recoil	+30%	+30%	4x Adhesive 8x Screw 8x Steel	Gun Nut 3
Marksman's Stock	+20% AP cost +10% iron sights transition	+9% stability +40% sighted accuracy -25% recoil	+40%	+40%	5x Adhesive 8x Aluminum 2x Rubber 10x Screw 5x Spring	Gun Nut 4
Recoil Compensating Stock	+20% AP cost +10% iron sights transition	+7% stability +40% sighted accuracy -30% recoil	+45%	+50%	6x Adhesive 9x Aluminum 3x Rubber 12x Screw 8x Spring	Gun Nut 4

Magazine

Slot	Capacity	Reload time	Effects	Weight	Value	Resources	Required Perks
Standard Magazine	30	+10%	+3% iron sights transition	+15%	+10%	3x Adhesive 4x Screw 4x Spring 4x Steel	None
Drum Magazine	80		+10% AP cost +3% iron sights transition	+40%	+30%	4x Adhesive 6x Screw 6x Spring 6x Steel	Gun Nut 3
Quick Eject Mag	30	+30%	-5% AP cost	+20%	+45%	5x Adhesive 4x Aluminum 3x Oil 4x Screw 8x Spring	Gun Nut 4
Quick Eject Drum Mag	80	+20%	+3% iron sights transition	+45%	+65%	6x Adhesive 6x Aluminum 5x Oil 6x Screw 10x Spring	Gun Nut 4

Sights

Name	Effects	Optics	Accuracy	Weight	Value	Resources	Required Perks
Standard Sights				+2.5%	+2.5%	1x Adhesive 2x Steel	None
Reflex Sight	-15% AP cost -10% iron sight transition	1.5x scope	+15% (sighted)	+10%	+25%	2x Adhesive 2x Aluminum 1x Glass 2x Nuclear Material 2x Screw 1x Silver	None
Reflex Sight (Circle)
Short Scope	-20% base stability +30% AP cost +10% iron sight transition	4x scope	+20% (sighted)	+20%	+20%	2x Adhesive 1x Glass 2x Screw 3x Steel	None
Medium Scope	-20% base stability +40% AP cost +15% iron sight transition	6x scope	+20% (sighted)	+25%	+40%	3x Adhesive 2x Glass 2x Screw 4x Steel	Gun Nut 3
Long Scope	-20% base stability +50% AP cost +20% iron sight transition	10x scope	+20% (sighted)	+30%	+50%	4x Adhesive 4x Glass 4x Screw 5x Steel	Gun Nut 4
Short Night Vision Scope	4x night-vision scope -20% base stability +30% AP cost +10% iron sight transition	4x scope	+20% (sighted)	+20%	+65%	4x Adhesive 5x Aluminum 2x Circuitry 1x Fiber Optics 2x Glass 2x Nuclear Material 2x Screw 2x Silver	Gun Nut 4 Science! 1
Medium Night Vision Scope	6x night-vision scope -20% base stability +40% AP cost +15% iron sight transition	6x scope	+20% (sighted)	+25%	+75%	4x Aluminum 6x Aluminum 3x Circuitry 2x Fiber Optics 4x Glass 4x Nuclear Material 2x Screw 2x Silver	Gun Nut 4 Science! 1
Long Night Vision Scope	10x night-vision scope -20% base stability +50% AP cost +20% iron sight transition	10x scope	+20% (sighted)	+30%	+85%	5x Adhesive 7x Aluminum 4x Circuitry 2x Fiber Optics 5x Glass 6x Nuclear Material 4x Screw	Gun Nut 4 Science! 1
Short Recon Scope	-20% stability +30% AP cost +10% iron sights transition	x4 zoom (monochrome, target tracking)	+20% sighted accuracy	+35%	+100%	8x Aluminum 4x Circuitry 6x Crystal 3x Fiber Optics 7x Nuclear Material 6x Screw	Gun Nut 4 Science! 1
Long Recon Scope	-20% stability +50% AP cost +20% iron sights transition	x10 zoom (monochrome, target tracking)	+20% sighted accuracy	+35%	+100%	5x Adhesive 8x Aluminum 4x Circuitry 6x Crystal 3x Fiber Optics 7x Nuclear Material 6x Screw	Gun Nut 4 Science! 1

Muzzle

Slot	Effects	Range	Weight	Value	Resources	Required Perks
No Muzzle					None	None
Compensator	+15% better recoil per shot +75% better recoil arc	-1.5 x Base	+20%	+50%	3x Adhesive 5x Aluminum	Gun Nut 3
Muzzle Brake	+20% better recoil per shot	-1.5 x Base	+20%	+75%	4x Adhesive 6x Aluminum	Gun Nut 4
Suppressor	+25% better recoil per shot Weapon is suppressed to Quiet	-2.5 x Base	+25%	+100%	5x Adhesive 8x Aluminum 4x Plastic 4x Screw	Gun Nut 4

Locations

Vendors

• Fairly commonly sold by all vendors across the Commonwealth.

Behind the scenes

• As mentioned directly in The Art of Fallout 4, the assault rifle actually is a repurposed machinegun: All of its assets are stored in MachineGun folder, its meshes are named MachineGun or MG. The actual assault rifle folder contains a prototype, prop model of the Chinese assault rifle.
• The assault rifle was also a test bed for the modding system of Fallout 4 as it was built to be with interchangeable model parts. The system was limited at first, but was later expanded as the modding system became more flexible.
• "Assault rifle" is a generic term that could apply equally to many rifles in the game.

References

Weapons in Fallout 4 Unarmed Boxing glove · Deathclaw gauntlet · Knuckles · Power fist Melee Weapons Bladed Assaultron blade Automatron · Chinese officer sword (General Chao's Revenge · Sword of Wonders Nuka-World) · Combat knife (Pickman's blade) · Disciples blade Nuka-World (Throatslicer Nuka-World) · Grognak's axe · Machete (Kremvh's Tooth) · Meat hook Far Harbor · Mr. Handy buzz blade Automatron · Pole hook Far Harbor (Bloodletter Far Harbor · Fish Catcher Far Harbor) · Revolutionary sword (Shem Drowne sword) · Ripper (The Harvester Far Harbor) · Shishkebab · Switchblade Blunt Baseball bat (2076 World Series baseball bat · Fencebuster Far Harbor · Rockville Slugger) · Board · Commie whacker Nuka-World · Lead pipe · Pipe wrench (Big Jim) · Pool cue · Rolling pin · Security baton · Sledgehammer · Super Sledge (Atom's Judgement Far Harbor) · Tire iron · Walking cane Guns / Firearms Pistols .44 pistol · (Eddie's Peace · Kellogg's .44 pistol · The Gainer) · 10mm pistol · (Deliverer · Wastelander's Friend) · Acid soaker Nuka-World · Flare gun · Pipe pistol · Pipe bolt-action pistol · Pipe revolver pistol · Western revolver Nuka-World Shotguns Double-barreled shotgun · Combat shotgun (Justice · Les Fusil Teribles) Submachine guns Submachine gun (Silver submachine gun · Spray n' Pray) Rifles Assault rifle · Combat rifle (Overseer's Guardian) · Handmade rifle Nuka-World (Splattercannon Nuka-World · The Problem Solver Nuka-World) · Hunting rifle (Reba · Reba II · Lever action rifle Far Harbor (Lucky Eddy Far Harbor · Old Reliable Far Harbor) · Tinker Tom Special) · Pipe rifle · Pipe bolt-action rifle · Pipe revolver rifle · Radium rifle Far Harbor (Kiloton radium rifle Far Harbor) · Railway rifle Heavy Weapons Broadsider · Fat Man (Big Boy · The Striker Far Harbor) · Experimental MIRV · Flamer (Sergeant Ash Far Harbor)  · Harpoon gun Far Harbor (Admiral's Friend Far Harbor · Defender's harpoon gun Far Harbor) · Junk Jet · Minigun (Ashmaker) Energy Weapons Pistols Alien blaster (Hub's alien blaster Nuka-World) · Institute pistol · Gamma gun (Lorenzo's artifact · Zeta gun) · Laser pistol (Good Intentions · Old Faithful · Protectron's Gaze Automatron · Prototype UP77 "Limitless Potential") · Plasma pistol · · Salvaged assaultron head Automatron Rifles Cryolator · Gauss rifle (The Last Minute) · Institute rifle (Virgil's Rifle) · Laser musket (Automatic laser musket) · Laser rifle (Righteous Authority · Survivor's Special · Wazer Wifle) · Plasma rifle (Experiment 18-A · AX90 Fury · Sentinel's Plasmacaster) · Tesla rifle Automatron Heavy Weapons Gatling laser (Final Judgment  · Aeternus Nuka-World) · Missile launcher (Death from Above · Partystarter) Explosives Thrown Baseball grenade · Cryogenic grenade · Fragmentation grenade · Molotov cocktail · Nuka grenade · Persuasion grenade Nuka-World · Plasma grenade · Pulse grenade · Smart fragmentation grenade Nuka-World Placed Bottlecap mine · Cryo mine · Fragmentation mine · Nuke mine · Plasma mine · Pulse mine Other Thrown Artillery smoke grenade · HalluciGen gas grenade · (Homing Beacon) · Institute EM Pulse grenade · Synth relay grenade · Vertibird signal grenade Placed Bear trap Far Harbor · Caltrops Far Harbor · Poisoned caltrops Far Harbor Parentheses () denote unique weapon variants.