This guide will aim to cover where to find and how to obtain Unique Weapons and Armor within Fallout 4.
After making a Power Armor location guide, I’ve decided to make a Unique Weapon and Armor location Guide. This will cover all uniques either found in the world, sold by NPCs or obtained through quest. Uniques dropped by legendary characters don’t count into this as they are completely random upon being dropped.
Note: It will be almost impossible to find all Uniques within the game in one playthrough (without spawning them in via console) as some of them are obtained through faction quest.
Note 2: I’ve begin to notice that some of the Uniques listed here are either not in the game, or obtained elsewhere (I got a lot of them from the official strategy guide) so some of them maybe incorrect.
Weapon Type: Baseball Bat
Bonus Effect: Small chance to send targets flying.
How to Obtain: In the basement of Jamacia Plain City Hall. Not sure if Lockpicking or Hacking can be used to gain access to it, but you can get a set of keys and password to access the room with the baseball bat.
Weapon Type: Minigun
Bonus Effect: Chance to light targets on fire.
How to Obtain: During the Big Dig Sidequest, side with Fahrenheit at the end of the quest to receive the weapon as a reward. If you choose to side with Bobbi, kill her and loot the weapon.
Weapon Type: Laser Musket
Bonus Effect: Capable of Automatic fire.
How to Obtain: Given to you at the start of the final assault during the Minutemen Quest: The Nuclear Option
Weapon Type: Plasma Gun
Bonus Effect: 50% more damage vs Super Mutants
How to Obtain: Sold by Proctor Teagan (Trader on the Prydwen)
Weapon Type: Fatman
Bonus Effect: Shoots an additional projectile.
How to Obtain: Sold by Arturo (Trader in Diamond City)
Weapon Type: Wrench
Bonus Effect: 20% Chance to cripple targets legs.
How to Obtain: Found at Walden Pond (Inside the Sewer System)
Weapon Type: Broadsider
Bonus Effect: —
How to Obtain: Reward at the end of the Sidequest: Last Voyage of the U.S.S Consitution
Weapon Type: Cryolator
Bonus Effect: —
How to Obtain: Vault 111, Master lockpicking required.
Weapon Type: Missle Launcher
Bonus Effect: 75% faster movement speed while aiming
How to Obtain: Sold by Proctor Teagan after reaching the rank of Paladin (Trader on the Prydwen)
Weapon Type: Deathclaw Gauntlet
Bonus Effect: —
How to Obtain: During the Quest: The Devil’s Due take the egg back to the deathclaws nest, and before placing it in, there will be the gauntlet on the ground near the nest. (After grabbing the gauntlet you can take the egg to get caps if you choose to).
Note: This weapon has been seen in shops and random drops from enemies but pretty rare. This quest is a guaranteed spawn.
Weapon Type: Deliverer
Bonus Effect: —
How to Obtain: Reward during the Railroad Quest: Tradecraft
Weapon Type: .44
Bonus Effect: Deal extra limb damage.
How to Obtain: Found during the Sidequest: Detective Case Files: A long time coming.
Weapon Type: Plasma Gun
Bonus Effect: 25% faster fire rate, 15% faster reload.
How to Obtain: Sold by the Institute Requisitions (Trader in the Institute)
Weapon Type: Laser Gatling Gun
Bonus Effect: 25% faster fire rate, 15% faster reload
How to Obtain: This Weapon is carried by Elder Maxson. You can obtain it off him during the Institute Quest: Airship down or the Railroad Quest: Precipice of War
(Note: It has been found out this weapon cannot be pickpocketed off Elder Maxson.)
Weapon Type: Power Fist
Bonus Effect: Increased damage after each consecutive hit on the same target.
How to Obtain: At the location Swan’s Pond, kill the unique Super Mutant Behemoth Swan and loot it off his corpse.
(Sorry if it’s hard to see the location on the map. Its a real cluster around Swan’s Pond, but hopefully it gives you a general idea where it is.)
Weapon Type: Chinese Officer Sword
Bonus Effect: Does 50% more damage against robots.
How to Obtain: Sold by Trudy (Trader at Drumlin Diner)
Weapon Type: Laser Gun
Bonus Effect: Critical hits cause target to frenzy.
How to Obtain: Carried by gunner leader Clint at the elevated freeway encampment at the Quincy Ruins.
Weapon Type: Grognak’s Axe
Bonus Effect: Hits cause more stagger and cause targets to bleed.
How to Obtain: Found in a display case at Hubris Comics
Weapon Type: Junk Jet
Bonus Effect: —
How to Obtain: Found at Arcjet Systems. This weapon can be picked up during or after the Brotherhood Quest: Call to Arms
Weapon Type: Combat Shotgun
Bonus Effect: Chance to stagger enemies on hit.
How to Obtain: Sold by Penny (Trader at Covenant)
Weapon Type: .44
Bonus Effect: Refills your action points on a critical hit.
How to Obtain: Loot this weapon from his corpse during the Main Quest: Reunions
Item Type: Sacrificial Blade
Bonus Effect: Targets beed and are poisoned. Exceptional damage.
How to Obtain: Dunwich Borers, in the water at the bottom of the cave.
Weapon Type: Combat Shotgun
Bonus Effect: 25% Damage and limb damage, but has more recoil.
How to Obtain: Found in the captain’s cabin in Libertalia.
Weapon Type: Gamma Gun
Bonus Effect: Uses telekinesis to push targets away.
How to Obtain: Obtained after killing Lorenzo during the Side Quest: The Secret of Cabot House. After finishing the quest, you have to wait 7-8 days and you’ll receive a quest to go pick up the gun from Jack Cabot.
Weapon Type: Laser Gun
Bonus Effect: Deals double damage if the target is at full health.
How to Obtain: Sold by Arturo (Trader at Diamond City)
Weapon Type: Combat Rifle
Bonus Effect: Fire’s an additional projectile.
How to Obtain: Sold by Alexis Combes (Trader at Vault 81)
Weapon Type: Missle Launcher
Bonus Effect: Does 50% more damage to humans.
How to Obtain: Sold by K-L-E-O (Trader at Goodneighbor)
Weapon Type: Knife
Bonus Effect: Increased damage from sneak attacks. Targets bleed. Exceptional damage.
How to Obtain: A reward for siding with Pickman during the exploration of his house (Pickman Gallery).
Weapon Type: Laser Gun
Bonus Effect: Unlimited ammo capacity.
How to Obtain: Inside a locked safe (Requires Master lockpicking) inside the University Credit Union.
Weapon Type: Railway Rifle
Bonus Effect: —
How to Obtain: Reward for Completing the Railroad Quest: Underground Undercover. It can also be collected during the Brotherhood of Steel Quest: Tactical Thinking and maybe the Insitute Quest: End of the Line (Not 100% sure on this as I’ve only done it with the Brotherhood so far.)
Can also be found at Big John’s Scrapyard.
Weapon Type: Hunting Rifle
Bonus Effect: Does 50% more damage to Mirelurks and bugs.
How to Obtain: Reward for helping Barney during the Miscellaneous Quest: Barney Rook who is found in Salem.
Weapon Type: Ripper
Bonus Effect: Take 15% less damage while standing still.
How to Obtain: Sold by a level 4 workshop merchant.
Weapon Type: Laser Gun
Bonus Effect: Critical shots do double damage and the critical meter fills 15% faster.
How to Obtain: A reward for completing the Brotherhood of Steel Quest: Call to Arms
Weapon Type: Baseball Bat
Bonus Effect: 40% Less action point cost.
How to Obtain: Sold by Moe (Trader at Diamond City)
Weapon Type: Plasma Gun
Bonus Effect: Does double damage if the target is at full health.
How to Obtain: Sold by Proctor Teagan after reaching the rank of Sentinel (Trader on the Prydwen)
Weapon Type: Revolutionary Sword
Bonus Effect: Deals radiation damage.
How to Obtain: Found during the Side Quest: Detective Case Files: The Guilded Grasshopper
Weapon Type: Shishkebab
Bonus Effect: —
How to Obtain: Found in the Blast Furnace, carried by Slag.
(Note: This weapon can also drop off legendary creatures and roll different effects)
Weapon Type: Submachine Gun
Bonus Effect: Bullets explode on impact dealing 15 points of area damage.
How to Obtain: Sold by Cricket (Caravan Trader)
Weapon Type: Laser Gun
Bonus Effect: Does more damage the lower your health is.
How to Obtain: Kill Paladin Brandis, steal it from him, or receive it from him as a reward if you convince him to rejoin the Brotherhood as part of the Brotherhood of Steel Quest: The Lost Patrol.
Weapon Type: .44
Bonus Effect: Set target on fire.
How to Obtain: Solve the Vitale Pumphouse number puzzle and this weapon is in the room with the steamer trunk.
Weapon Type: Gauss Rifle
Bonus Effect: 50% more limb damage.
How to Obtain: Sold by a level 4 workshop merchant.
Also Sold by Ronnie Shaw (Trader at The Castle after the completion of the Minutemen Quest: Old Guns)
Weapon Type: Hunting Rifle
Bonus Effect: If you are not in combat yet, increases VATS accuracy, but cost more AP.
How to Obtain: Sold by Tinker Tom (Trader at Railway HQ)
Weapon Type: Institute Laser Rifle
Bonus Effect: Deal 50% more damage vs Super Mutants
How to Obtain: Kill Virgil or steal it from him.
Weapon Type: 10mm
Bonus Effect: 50% more limb damage.
How to Obtain: Sold by Deb (Trader at Bunker Hill)
Weapon Type: Laser Gun
Bonus Effect: Unlimited ammo capacity
How to Obtain: Complete all 3 of Shaun’s (Synth Shaun that is) quest once the Main and Faction Quest are finished.
Item Type: Outfit
Bonus Effect: + 3 Charisma
How to Obtain: Complete the Side Quest: Curtain Call
Item Type: Metal Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Temporarily slows time during combat when you are at 20% health or lower.
How to Obtain: Sold by a level 4 workshop merchant.
Item Type: Metal Left Leg
Bonus Effect: Grants increasing energy and damage resistance the lower your health (Up to +35)
How to Obtain: Sold by a level 4 workshop merchant.
Item Type: Combat Armor Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Strength +1 Endurance +1
How to Obtain: Sold by Deb (Trader at Bunker Hill)
Item Type: Combat Armor Right Leg
Bonus Effect: Increases the wearer’s movement speed by 10%.
How to Obtain: Sold by Deb (Trader at Bunker Hill)
Item Type: Headgear
Bonus Effect: Perception +1 Charisma +1
How to Obtain: Complete the Side Quest: The Last Voyage of the U.S.S Constitution (Siding with Mandy and killing Ironside will allow you to loot his hat off his corpse)
Item Type: Metal Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Reduces damage form Robots by 15%
How to Obtain: Sold by Myrna (Trader at Diamond City)
Item Type: Metal Left Arm
Bonus Effect: Strength +1 Endurance +1
How to Obtain: Sold by Lucas Miller (Caravan Trader)
Item Type: Metal Right Arm
Bonus Effect: Agility +1 Perception +1
How to Obtain: Sold by Becky Fallon (Trader at Diamond City, inside Fallon’s Basement)
Item Type: Combat Armor Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Increases Action Point refresh speed.
How to Obtain: Sold by Proctor Teagan (Trader on the Prydwen)
Item Type: Combat Helmet
Bonus Effect: 10% Reduction in Action Points in VATS.
How to Obtain: Sold by Proctor Teagan (Trader on the Prydwen)
Item Type: Outfit
Bonus Effect: —
How to Obtain: Located at DB tech Highschool.
Item Type: Combat Armor Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Reduce’s Damage from humans by 15%
How to Obtain: Sold by Daisy (Trader at Goodneighbor)
Item Type: Combat Helmet
Bonus Effect: Charisma +1 Intelligence +1
How to Obtain: Sold by Penny (Trader at Covenant)
Item Type: Combat Armor Left Arm
Bonus Effect: Reduce Damage while blocking or sprinting by 15%
How to Obtain: Sold by Deb (Trader at Bunker Hill)
Item Type: Combat Armor Left Leg
Bonus Effect: Increases wearers movement speed by 10%
How to Obtain: Sold by Daisy (Trader at Goodneighbor)
Item Type: Combat Armor Right Leg
Bonus Effect: Increases wearers movement speed by 10%
How to Obtain: Sold by Alexis Combes (Trader at Vault 81)
Item Type: Metal Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Reflects 10% of melee damage back on the attacker.
How to Obtain: Sold by K-L-E-O (Trader in Goodneighbor)
Item Type: Metal Right Leg
Bonus Effect: Temporarily slows time during combat when you are at 20% health or lower.
How to Obtain: Sold by K-L-E-O (Trader in Goodneighbor)
Item Type: T-60c Torso
Bonus Effect: 10% Reduction in Action Points costs in VATS.
How to Obtain: Complete the Brotherhood of Steel Quest: Duty or Dishonor by persuading Clarke to turn himself in.
Item Type: Combat Armor Left Leg
Bonus Effect: When both Freefall legs are worn, prevents fall damage
How to Obtain: Located in Mass Fusion (Inside Jack Rockford’s Safe on the 28th Floor)
Item Type: Combat Armor Right Leg
Bonus Effect: When both Freefall legs are worn, prevents fall damage
How to Obtain: Located in Mass Fusion (Inside Jack Rockford’s Safe on the 28th Floor)
Item Type: Outfit
Bonus Effect: Increased Strength and Melee Damage.
How to Obtain: Located within a locker on the 4th floor in Hubris Comics.
Item Type: T-60 Left Leg
Bonus Effect: Increases Action Point refresh speed.
How to Obtain: Sold by Proctor Teagan after reaching the rank of Paladin (Trader on the Prydwen)
Item Type: Accessory
Bonus Effect: Intelligence +1 Charisma +1
How to Obtain: Complete the Institute Quest: Plugging a Leak
Item Type: Headgear
Bonus Effect: Charisma +1
How to Obtain: Complete the Side Quest: The Last Voyage of the U.S.S Constitution (After the ship has set off and parked itself once again, go speak to Ironside to receive the hat)
Item Type: Leather Left Arm
Bonus Effect: 10% Chance to disarm melee attacker on hit.
How to Obtain: Sold by Lucas Miller (Caravan Trader)
Item Type: Lether Left Leg
Bonus Effect: Agility +1 Perception +1
How to Obtain: Sold by Lucas Miller (Caravan Trader)
Item Type: Synth Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Enemies have a harder time detecting you while you’re sneaking and not moving.
How to Obtain: Sold by Institute Requisitions (Trader in the Institute)
Item Type: Synth Helmet
Bonus Effect: Agility +1 Perception +1
How to Obtain: Sold by Institute Requisitions (Trader in the Institute)
Item Type: Synth Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Grants increasing energy and damage resistance the lower your health (up to +35)
How to Obtain: Sold by Institute Requisitions (Trader in the Institute)
Item Type: Synth Helmet
Bonus Effect: Increases Action Point refresh speed.
How to Obtain: Sold by Institute Requisitions (Trader in the Institute)
Item Type: Synth Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Enemies have a harder time detecting you while you’re sneaking and not moving.
How to Obtain: Sold by Institute Requisitions (Trader in the Institute)
Item Type: Synth Left Leg
Bonus Effect: Luck +1
How to Obtain: Sold by Institute Requisitions (Trader in the Institute)
Item Type: Headgear
Bonus Effect: —
How to Obtain: Located at DB Tech High School
Item Type: Headgear
Bonus Effect: Charisma +1
How to Obtain: Found on a corpse in the Castle during the Minutemen Quest: Old Guns
Item Type: Outfit
Bonus Effect: Charisma +1
How to Obtain: Found on a corpse in the Castle during the Minutemen Quest: Old Guns
Item Type: Combat Armor Left Arm
Bonus Effect: 10% reduction in Action Points cost in VATS.
How to Obtain: Sold by Alexis Combes (Trader at Vault 81)
Item Type: Combat Armor Right Arm
Bonus Effect: Reduces damage while standing still and not moving by 15%
How to Obtain: Sold by Alexis Combes (Trader at Vault 81)
Item Type: T-51 Torso
Bonus Effect: Radiation exposer increases Action Point refresh speed.
How to Obtain: Complete the experiment at Cambridge Polymer Labs.
Item Type: Combat Armor Left Arm
Bonus Effect: 10% reduction in Action Point costs in VATS
How to Obtain: Sold by Alexis Combis (Trader at Vault 81)
Item Type: Combat Armor Right Arm
Bonus Effect: Reduces Damage while standing still and not moving by 15%
How to Obtain: Sold by Alexis Combis (Trader at Vault 81)
Item Type: Leather Left Arm
Bonus Effect: Reduces damage from Humans by 15%
How to Obtain: Sold by Arturo (Trader at Diamond City)
Item Type: Leather Right Arm
Bonus Effect: Reduces damage from Super Mutants by 15%
How to Obtain: Sold by Arturo (Trader at Diamond City)
Item Type: Outfit
Bonus Effect: Charisma +3
How to Obtain: Complete the Side Quest: Curtain Call
Item Type: Outfit
Bonus Effect: Agility +1, Perception +1
How to Obtain: Found upstairs in Hubris Comics. Complete the Side Quest: The Silver Shroud to get stats based on your level.
Item Type: Headgear
Bonus Effect: Perception +1
How to Obtain: Found upstairs in Hubris Comics.
Item Type: Combat Armor Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Grants increasing energy and damage resistance the lower your health (Up to +35)
How to Obtain: Complete the Brotherhood of Steel Quest: The Lost Patrol
Item Type: Raider Power Armor Right Arm
Bonus Effect: Increases unarmed damage
How to Obtain: Defeat Tessa in the Quincy Ruins and loot it off her corpse.
Item Type: T-60 Right Leg
Bonus Effect: Reflects 10% of melee damage back on attackers
How to Obtain: Sold by Proctor Teagan after reaching the rank of Sentinal (Trader on the Prydwen)
Item Type: T-60 Helm
Bonus Effect: Increases Action Point refresh speed.
How to Obtain: Complete the Brotherhood of Steel Quest: A loose end
Item Type: Leather Chest Piece
Bonus Effect: Agility +1, Perception +1
How to Obtain: Sold by Becky Fallon (Trader at Diamond City, inside Fallon’s Basement)
Item Type: Leather Right Leg
Bonus Effect: Reduces damage from Super Mutants by 15%
How to Obtain: Sold by Lucas Miller (Caravan Trader)
Item Type: Outfit
Bonus Effect: Charisma +1, Unarmed Damage +4
How to Obtain: Complete the Miscellaneous Quest at the Atom Cats Garage.
I hope this guide has been of help. If you have any question’s, I’ll try my best to answer them in the comments below. If you spot any typo’s or mistakes, please mention them as well and I’ll will edit the guide to fix them.
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