Assault rifle (Fallout 76)

	For an overview of assault rifles throughout the Fallout series, see assault rifle.

The assault rifle is a ranged weapon in Fallout 76.

Background[]

Fed from a side-mounted magazine, this assault rifle has anti-aircraft style sights and interchangeable barrels and magazines.^{[Non-game 1]} It includes a charging handle on the right fashioned out of wood. A common sight in Appalachia, this assault rifle is used by Scorched, Raiders, Settlers, and super mutants.

Characteristics[]

This heavy assault rifle^[1], originally built for use by troops in power armor^[2], is a long, cylindrical-barrel design which appears to share more characteristics with light machine guns than any other firearm.^{[3][Non-game 1]} It features a side-fed magazine which houses 30 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition (can be upgraded to hold up to 80) and has select fire capability in either semi-automatic or fully automatic. It offers immense recoil control and remains very easy to keep under control, even when fully automatic.

The assault rifle features a side-mounted magazine and fires 5.56mm rounds. If fitted with an automatic receiver, the rifle uses Commando perks instead of Rifleman perks.

Weapon modifications[]

• Receiver
• Barrel
• Stock
• Magazine
• Sights
• Muzzle
• Paint

Receiver[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects								Requirements	Resources	Form ID
Automatic	–	–	-10%	+35	-12	–	-50%	+0.8	+40%	Known by default –	Adhesive x1 Gear x3 Oil x4 Screw x4 Steel x14	00312909
Calibrated	+100% Critical Damage +10% Hip-Fire Accuracy	–	–	–	–	+1	–	+1.2	+40%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x2 Gear x2 Oil x2 Screw x4 Silver x4 Steel x11	00312915
Fierce	+50% Critical Damage +5% Hip-Fire Accuracy	–	–	+8	–	+1	-5%	+1.2	+70%	Read plan to learn Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x6 Gear x3 Oil x6 Screw x4 Silver x4	0052501D
Focused automatic	+1% Aim Speed +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +5% Sighted Accuracy	–	–	+35	-12	+1	-50%	+2	+50%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x1 Gear x3 Oil x4 Rubber x7 Screw x4 Steel x14	0031290D
Hair trigger	–	–	–	+20	–	–	-10%	+1.2	+40%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x6 Gear x3 Oil x6 Screw x4	00188916
Hardened	–	–	+25%	–	–	–	–	+2.4	+40%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) –	Adhesive x2 Gear x2 Nuclear material x7 Oil x2 Screw x4 Steel x11	00312918
Powerful automatic	–	–	+12.5%	+35	-12	–	-50%	+1.8	+50%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x1 Gear x3 Nuclear material x7 Oil x4 Screw x4 Steel x14	0031290C
Prime automatic	–	+65% Damage to Scorched Note: Uses Ultracite ammo	+25%	+35	-12	–	-50%	+0.8	+140%	Read plan to learn Gunsmith 5 to craft	Adhesive x2 Gear x12 Oil x7 Pure crimson flux x2 Pure violet flux x2 Screw x8 Steel x28 Ultracite x5	00470A0C
Prime	–	+65% Damage to Scorched Note: Uses Ultracite ammo	+25%	–	–	–	–	–	+100%	Read plan to learn Gunsmith 5 to craft	Adhesive x4 Gear x5 Nuclear material x7 Oil x5 Pure crimson flux x2 Pure violet flux x2 Screw x7 Steel x22 Ultracite x5	00470A0D
Refined	+1% Aim Speed +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +5% Sighted Accuracy	–	+12.5%	–	–	+3	–	+1.6	+40%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x2 Gear x2 Nuclear material x7 Oil x2 Rubber x7 Screw x4 Steel x11	0031291B
Scorched killer's	–	+50% Damage to Scorched Note: Blue projectiles	-20%	–	–	–	–	+0.8	+100%	Complete quest to unlock –	Adhesive x7 Crystal x7 Fiberglass x6 Gold x13 Nuclear material x17 Ultracite x17	003C345B
Severe	+50% Critical Damage +5% Hip-Fire Accuracy	–	+12.5%	–	–	+1	–	+1.8	+60%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x2 Gear x2 Nuclear material x7 Oil x2 Screw x4 Silver x4 Steel x11	0031291A
Standard	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Known by default –	Adhesive x2 Gear x2 Oil x2 Screw x4 Steel x11	00312913
Steadfast	+1% Aim Speed +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +5% Sighted Accuracy	–	–	+8	–	+3	-5%	+1	+50%	Read plan to learn Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x6 Gear x3 Oil x6 Rubber x7 Screw x4	0052501F
True	+3% Aim Speed +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +10% Sighted Accuracy	–	–	–	–	+4	–	+2.4	+40%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x2 Gear x2 Oil x2 Rubber x7 Screw x4 Steel x11	0031291C
Tweaked automatic	+50% Critical Damage +5% Hip-Fire Accuracy	–	–	+35	-12	–	-50%	+1.2	+70%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x1 Gear x3 Oil x4 Screw x4 Silver x4 Steel x14	0031290B
Vicious	+50% Critical Damage +18% Hip-Fire Accuracy	–	–	–	–	+2	–	+1.2	+70%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x2 Gear x2 Oil x2 Rubber x7 Screw x4 Silver x4 Steel x11	00312917
Vigorous	–	–	+12.5%	+8	–	–	-5%	+1.8	+50%	Read plan to learn Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x6 Gear x3 Nuclear material x7 Oil x6 Screw x4	0052501E

Barrel[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description							Requirements	Resources	Form ID
Aligned long	+1% Aim Speed +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +30% Sighted Accuracy +37% Recoil	+84	+3	+37%	-5%	+0.8	+60%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x2 Rubber x7 Screw x7 Spring x4 Steel x11	0030EB38
Aligned short (Short)	+1% Aim Speed +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +25% Sighted Accuracy -22% Recoil	–	+3	-22%	-5%	+0.8	+50%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x1 Rubber x7 Screw x4 Spring x4 Steel x6	0030EB43
Stabilized long	+25% Sighted Accuracy +25% Recoil	+84	+1	+25%	–	+2.4	+60%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x2 Screw x7 Spring x4 Steel x11	0030EB37
Stabilized short (Short)	+20% Sighted Accuracy -35% Recoil	–	+1	-35%	–	+2.4	+50%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x1 Screw x4 Spring x4 Steel x6	0030EB42
Standard long	+25% Sighted Accuracy +50% Recoil	+84	+1	+50%	–	–	+20%	Known by default –	Adhesive x1 Screw x7 Steel x11	0030EB31
Standard short (Short)	+20% Sighted Accuracy -10% Recoil	–	–	–	–	–	+10%	Known by default –	Adhesive x1 Screw x4 Steel x6	0030EB3F
True long	+3% Aim Speed +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +35% Sighted Accuracy +50% Recoil	+84	+4	+50%	–	+2.4	+60%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x2 Rubber x7 Screw x7 Steel x11	0030EB35
True short (Short)	+3% Aim Speed +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +30% Sighted Accuracy -10% Recoil	–	+4	-10%	–	+2.4	+50%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x1 Rubber x7 Screw x4 Steel x6	0030EB40

Stock[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description						Requirements	Resources	Form ID
Aligned (Marksman's)	+1% Aim Speed +4% Stability +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +30% Sighted Accuracy -22% Recoil	+3	-22%	-5%	+2	+60%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x5 Rubber x7 Screw x7 Spring x4	003128C7
Bruising	+4% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy -10% Recoil +50% Melee Damage	–	-10%	–	+2.4	+60%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x5 Rubber x1 Screw x7 Spring x3	003128C9
Forceful	+4% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy -22% Recoil +25% Melee Damage	+1	-22%	-5%	+2.8	+70%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x5 Rubber x1 Screw x7 Spring x4	003128C1
Precise	+1% Aim Speed +4% Stability +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +30% Sighted Accuracy -10% Recoil +25% Melee Damage	+3	-10%	–	+2.8	+70%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x5 Rubber x7 Screw x7 Spring x3	003128C8
Stabilized (Sharpshooter's)	+4% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy -35% Recoil	+1	-35%	–	+3.6	+60%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x5 Rubber x1 Screw x7 Spring x4	003128BF
Standard short	+4% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy -10% Recoil	–	-10%	–	+1.2	+20%	Known by default –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x5 Rubber x1 Screw x7 Spring x3	003128BB
True	+3% Aim Speed +4% Stability +25% Hip-Fire Accuracy +35% Sighted Accuracy -10% Recoil	+4	-10%	–	+3.6	+60%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x5 Rubber x7 Screw x7 Spring x3	003128C5

Magazine[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects					Requirements	Resources	Form ID
Drum (Maximum Capacity)	-3% Aim Speed -20% Reload Speed +50% Ammo Capacity	–	+10	+10%	+1.2	+40%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 Oil x2 Screw x3 Spring x5	003128CB
Perforating (Armor Piercing)	–	+40% Armor penetration	–	+20%	+1.2	+40%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 Black titanium x2 Oil x2 Screw x3 Spring x5	003128D4
Piercing (Quick)	+15% Reload Speed	+20% Armor penetration	–	+5%	+1	+40%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 Black titanium x2 Copper x4 Oil x2 Screw x3 Spring x5	003128D9
Quick	+30% Reload Speed	–	–	-5%	+0.8	+20%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 Copper x4 Oil x2 Screw x3 Spring x5	003128D7
Standard	–	–	–	–	–	–	Known by default –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 Oil x2 Screw x3 Spring x5	003128D6
Stinging (Maximum Capacity Armor Piercing)	-3% Aim Speed +25% Ammo Capacity	+20% Armor penetration	+5	+15%	+1.2	+60%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 Black titanium x2 Oil x2 Screw x3 Spring x5	003128CD
Swift (Maximum Capacity)	-3% Aim Speed +15% Reload Speed +25% Ammo Capacity	–	+5	–	+1	+40%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x2 Copper x4 Oil x2 Screw x3 Spring x5	003128CE

Sights[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description					Requirements	Resources	Form ID
Long night vision scope (Night-Vision)	+10 Magnification -20% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy	+37	–	+1.2	+80%	Read plan to learn Gunsmith 5 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x4 Circuitry x2 Fiber optics x2 Glass x3 Nuclear material x6 Screw x3	0031293E
Long recon scope (Scoped Recon)	+10 Magnification -20% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy	+37	–	+1.4	+100%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) Gunsmith 5 to craft	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x5 Circuitry x2 Crystal x4 Fiber optics x3 Nuclear material x7 Screw x4	00312946
Long scope (Scoped)	+10 Magnification -20% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy	+37	–	+1.2	+50%	Known by default Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x2 Glass x1 Screw x1 Steel x6	00312936
Medium night vision scope (Night-Vision)	+6 Magnification -20% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy	+24	–	+1	+60%	Read plan to learn Gunsmith 5 to craft	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x4 Circuitry x2 Fiber optics x2 Glass x2 Nuclear material x4 Screw x1 Silver x1	0031294E
Medium scope (Scoped)	+6 Magnification -20% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy	+24	–	+1	+40%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x3 Circuitry x1 Fiber optics x1 Glass x1 Nuclear material x2 Screw x1 Silver x1 Steel x6	0031294A
Reflex sight (circle) (Tactical)	+10% Aim Speed +15% Sighted Accuracy	+8	-15%	+0.4	+25%	Known by default –	Adhesive x1 Aluminum x1 Glass x1 Nuclear material x2 Screw x1 Silver x1	00312967
Reflex sight (dot) (Tactical)	+10% Aim Speed +15% Sighted Accuracy	+8	-15%	+0.4	+25%	Known by default –	Adhesive x1 Aluminum x1 Glass x1 Nuclear material x2 Screw x1 Silver x1	0031295F
Short night vision scope (Night-Vision)	+4 Magnification -10% Aim Speed -20% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy	+17	+30%	+1	+40%	Read plan to learn Gunsmith 5 to craft	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x3 Circuitry x1 Fiber optics x1 Glass x1 Nuclear material x2 Screw x1 Silver x1 Steel x6	00312922
Short recon scope (Scoped Recon)	+2 Magnification -20% Aim Speed -20% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy	+11	+20%	+1	+60%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) Gunsmith 5 to craft	Adhesive x1 Glass x1 Screw x1 Steel x4	00312926
Short scope (Scoped)	+4 Magnification -20% Stability +25% Sighted Accuracy	+17	–	+0.8	+20%	Scrap to learn (15% chance) –	Adhesive x1 Glass x1 Screw x1 Steel x4	0031291E
Standard	–	–	–	–	–	Known by default –	Adhesive x1 Steel x3	0031295D

Muzzle[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects						Requirements	Resources	Form ID
Compensator (Compensated)	-15% Recoil +200% Per-Shot Recoil	–	-12	+1	-15%	+0.8	+40%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x3	003128E7
Muzzle brake	-10% Recoil +200% Per-Shot Recoil	–	-18	+1	-10%	+0.8	+60%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) Gunsmith 4 to craft	Adhesive x2 Aluminum x4	003128E1
No muzzle	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Known by default –	None	0004F21D
Suppressor (Suppressed)	-12% Recoil +50% Per-Shot Recoil	Sets sound level to Quiet	-18	+1	-12%	+1	+80%	Scrap to learn (10% chance) –	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x5 Plastic x5 Screw x3	003128EE

Paint[show IDs][show resources]
Appearance	Name	Description	Requirements	Resources	Form ID
	Default Appearance	–	Known by default	None	0037D0C1
	Bats Paint	Rule the night with this spooky skin for your Assault Rifle.	Nuclear winter reward Halloween 2019 event	Oil x1	00573FCA
	Wraith's Wrath Paint	–	Plan: Assault Rifle Wraith's Wrath Paint	Oil x1	007281A6
	Until Parted Paint	Not how I expected "until death do us part" to play out.	Unlocked via Atomic Shop	Oil x1	006C50E1
	Pumpkin Smasher Paint	Make Pumpkins and Gourds of all types fear you with the Pumpkin Smasher Paint.	Unlocked via Atomic Shop	Oil x1	006E1DF3
	Vault-Tec Paint	–		–	–

Variants[]

• Whistle in the Dark - A unique legendary variant obtained as a Survival mode reward during the weeks of June 25-July 1 and August 20–26, 2019.
• Whistle in the Dark - A unique legendary variant featuring a custom paintjob crafted from a plan obtained as a Daily Ops reward.

Locations[]

• One can be found at Crimson Prospect, on a dining table in the northeast tower, in the same room as Randy's terminal.
• One can be found at Harpers Ferry, on the shelves in the armory next to the minigun.
• One can be found at Sugar Grove.
• One can be found at US-13C Bivouac, to the left inside the entrance, next to a dead soldier.
• Multiple can be found in Watoga.
• Occasionally dropped by Blood Eagles.

Notes[]

• The side of the suppressor mod has "CAL .50" printed on it, even though the weapon uses 5.56mm rounds.
• In reality, the term "assault rifle" refers to a rifle with the ability to shift between fire modes by a selector switch, while the in-game weapon is incapable of this and fire modes can only be changed by building separate receiver modifications.
• After reloading, the player character does not cock the gun by its charging handle.
• While idling with the gun equipped in first person view, an animation will play where the player inspects the assault rifle's magazine.

Behind the scenes[]

The assault rifle was one of the first weapons created during the development of Fallout 4, and was originally dubbed "machine gun" before the weapon crafting system was developed. The model filenames still reflect this original title.^{[Non-game 1][3]}

References[]

Non-game