Weapon perk

 

Weapon perks are special, hidden perks that apply whenever the player has the particular weapon equipped, providing additional bonuses.

List of weapon perks

Fallout

Name	Effect	Weapons using the perk
Weapon Accurate	+20% hit chance at all ranges	14mm pistol Shotgun Alien blaster 9mm Mauser Cattle prod Flare Combat shotgun
Weapon Knockback	Knocks back the target (1 hex per 5 points of damage)	Sledgehammer Super sledge
Weapon Long Range	Hit chance reduced for targets farther than 4(Perception - 2) hexes (200% increase)	Hunting rifle Minigun Minigun Plasma rifle Assault rifle Gatling laser Laser rifle Sniper rifle Red Ryder LE BB gun Turbo plasma rifle
Weapon Penetrate	Target's Damage Threshold reduced by 80%	.223 pistol Ripper

Fallout 2

Legacy perks

Name	Effect	Weapons using the perk
Weapon Accurate	+20% hit chance at all ranges	14mm pistol Shotgun Alien blaster 9mm Mauser Cattle prod Flare Combat shotgun Pancor Jackhammer Sawed-off shotgun Solar Scorcher M72 Gauss rifle PPK12 Gauss pistol Super cattle prod
Weapon Knockback	Knocks back the target (1 hex per 5 points of damage)	Sledgehammer Super sledge Louisville Slugger
Weapon Long Range	Hit chance reduced for targets farther than 4*(Perception - 2) hexes (200% increase)	Hunting rifle Minigun Minigun Plasma rifle Gatling laser Laser rifle Sniper rifle Red Ryder LE BB gun Turbo plasma rifle Laser rifle (ext. cap.) Assault rifle (exp. mag.)
Weapon Penetrate	Target's Damage Threshold reduced by 80%	.223 pistol Ripper Needler pistol YK32 pulse pistol YK42B pulse rifle Magneto-laser pistol "Little Jesus" Wakizashi blade

New perks

Name	Effect	Weapons using the perk
Weapon Fast Reload	Reduces reloading cost to 1 AP	.44 Magnum (speed loader)
Weapon Flameboy	Lowers threshold for burning death animation to 15 points of damage	Improved flamer
Weapon Night Sight	Removes penalties for illumination	FN FAL (Night Sight)
Weapon Scope Range	Hit chance reduced for targets farther than 5(Perception - 2) hexes (250% effective range)	Scoped hunting rifle