Despite the fact that it’s been almost 2 years since Fallout 4 first came out, people are still discovering new things all the time. And we wouldn’t expect any less out of one of Bethesda’s famous RPGs. The franchise is filled to the brim with hidden areas and secret storylines. It’s also got a ton of items, some much rarer than others, and Fallout 4 is no exception.
Now, it’s a post-apocalyptic game that takes place in a future with robot butlers and fancy cars. As such, a lot of the weapons and loot might also seem a bit ordinary for those of us still living back in 2017. That being said, there are a plethora of items that even denizens of the future would deem to be high-tech wizardry. Some you may have stumbled upon by accident, and some you may have found out about early in the game and didn’t rest until you had it. In any case, Bethesda made sure that these fabled items were only found by adventurers that were either exceptionally bold or exceptionally lucky.
Here are a few more unique items from the game that you can add to your collection. Some you wouldn’t find without directions, some require a bit of fighting spirit to acquire, and the last item on our list is best acquired through a glitch (getting it through ethical means is insanely difficult). None of the items are a walk in the park, but nothing worth having comes easy.
20 The Apocalypse Is No Excuse For Not Looking Absolutely Fabulous
The day has come. It’s the apocalypse. The world is ending. What do you look for first? Food? Shelter? Weapons? All are decent choices but any seasoned adventurer would agree on what your top priority should be: a bangin’ outfit that gives you the aesthetic confidence to brave this new world. And in Fallout 4, Silver Shroud Armor fits the bill perfectly. How do you get it? Glad you asked; start by listening to Silver Shroud Radio near Goodneighbor.
This’ll initiate a super long quest with a myriad of interesting choices and no small amount of combat. In the end, you’ll be rewarded with the Silver Shroud costume. Speak to a man named Kent Connolly, and he’ll upgrade it (if you’re higher than level 45, then he’ll make you reach level 100 first) to Silver Shroud armor with the same aesthetic but much more utility, making it one of the best outfits in the game.
19 Extraterrestrial Weaponry
Sure, you could use an Earth-based weapon, but the best way to get a leg-up on those mutant baddies (besides shooting them in the leg) is to upgrade your arsenal to something truly out of this world. To get the Alien Blaster Pistol, your first intuition would be to find a crashed UFO, and you would be right. Head on over to the location just west of Oberland Station. Look around the wreckage and you’ll find some green splattering on the ground. Follow the trail of it to a cave, where you’ll find a weakened alien. Kill it and grab the gun.
Now you might be thinking, “Hey, that sounds pretty easy.” Well the reason this weapon is so difficult to get is that the wreckage might not even be there when you first arrive. There is some debate as to what quest or action triggers its appearance, but for now you’re stuck checking the area from time to time until it finally appears.
18 It’s All In The Name
No problem is really a problem when you’ve got the Problem-Solver, a legendary and uniquely colored rifle from the Nuka-World expansion. Its effect is that on each consecutive hit, it deals significantly increased damage. So don’t miss. It can be modified to better fit your style, such as becoming single-shot for better synergy.
Getting this weapon doesn’t involve a long, difficult quest or battling a legendary monster. All it takes is some Charisma. You do have to be undertaking the quest An Ambitious Plan, during which you’ll speak to someone named Mason. In the conversation, you can only use the right-hand dialogue options (advancing the conversation quickly), and pass a Charisma check. Mason will comment on how you and he are a lot alike, and award you with the legendary rifle.
17 Eat Deathclaws For Breakfast
Okay, it sounds kinda gross but hear me out; it’s possible to prepare a dish of Eggs Wellington using Deathclaw eggs instead of normal ones. But the eggs are rare, and you may or may not find them in Deathclaw nests around the Commonwealth. In either case, the specific one you need for the recipe (Pristine Deathclaw Egg) can only be acquired through a quest called Devil’s Due. You can start this quest by investigating the Museum of Witchcraft in Salem, leading you on a dangerous path where you may or may not have to fight a scaled Deathclaw.
In the end, you get the recipe of Deathclaw Wellington from a rather posh Mister Handy called Wellingham. Have a bite of this tasty breakfast dish, and you’ll never fear deathclaws again.
16 The 2076 World Series Baseball Bat
This vintage, oak baseball bat isn’t the only unique bat in the game. Numerous others have been modfied to have additional damage effects, though none are quite as sentimental as this one.
This little slugger is difficult to find, hidden in plain sight and almost identical to any other bat in the game (save the World Champions logo splashed across the side). It has a special effect, a 6% chance to hit any enemy out of the park (literally send them flying when you hit them) which triggers a cheering crowd sound effect to play as well. You’ll find it in the Jamaica Plain Town Hall basement, in a display just to the right of the Treasures exhibit. You can keep this treasured artifact or sell it to Moe Cronin in Diamond City for 200 caps (or 400 with a speech check).
15 Most Powerful Melee Weapon In The Game
You may have gotten a fancy bat, but that’s from the little leagues (see what I did there?). If you really want to acquire what is mathematically the strongest melee weapon in the game, you’ll need to progress to a certain point in the Far Harbor expansion until you come across the Church of the Children of Atom. Their belief is that every atom contains a universe that is created upon the atom splitting. As such, they saw the nuclear apocalypse not as an event of death, but one of new life.
Speak to Grand Zealot Richter, and he’ll give you a quest to find a former church member, Gywneth. As with most aspects of the game, you’ll have a choice in how you deal with her after hearing her side. In any case, you can return to Richter and you’ll receive Atom’s Judgement as your reward. This powerful sledgehammer had its head replaced with fusion cores that inflict another 100 radiation damage. Combine this with the nuclear physicist perk, and you’ll be unstoppable.
14 Doomfist But In Fallout
If you’re an Overwatch fan, you’ve no doubt been having some fun with Doomfist, the new hero released earlier this year. He’s named after his weapon, an enhanced melee gauntlet that packs a serious and literal punch.
In Fallout 4, there’s a similar item (it can’t Meteor Strike but it’s still pretty cool) called the Furious Power Fist. You’ll find it in a pond in the middle of Boston Common. In the pond is what appears to be a dead swan, but upon approaching it you’ll find that it’s being worn as a helm by a massive super mutant. Keep your distance when battling this baddy, and I’ve found that explosives always help.
Once the battle is won, you can loot your prize from his corpse, and punch your way through the Commonwealth.
13 Someone Really Hated Robots
Legend tells of an ancient Chinese sword hidden in the Commonwealth called General Chao’s Revenge. It has a razor sharp serrated blade and is imbued with electrical properties that cause 50% more damage to robots. Secrets have been lost through the years, and not much more is known about this mythical blade… except that you can buy it from a girl named Trudy at a place called Drumlin Diner.
But here’s the catch: when you arrive, Trudy will be caught in a standoff with some guy called Wolfgang. The quest, Order Up, involves talking to one or both of these characters to hear their side of the story. Then, you as the player can decide how to proceed, but it’ll definitely end with either Trudy of Wolfgang dying. If you decide Trudy’s life should end, then any hope of obtaining General Chao’s Revenge dies with her (it can’t be looted from her corpse). The only way to get the sword is to make sure she lives, and then buy it from her.
12 Fictional Weapon Based On A Fictional Comic In A Fictional Game
Speaking of melee weapons, here’s another that’s become more well-known among the fan-base of Fallout 4. Throughout the open world, you may have found comics from a series called Grognak the Barbarian. It tells of a great adventurer in an ancient, fantasy world, wielding his trusty axe. Interestingly enough, you can find this axe in the actual game, and become the future/apocalyptic reincarnation of this famous comic book hero.
Head over to Hubris Comics and clear out all the feral ghouls wasting away inside. Then, go behind the counter and you’ll find the axe in an advanced locked case. While it may seem like just an ordinary axe, it has a deceptively low AP cost (like that of a knife) for a weapon that’s two-handed and incredibly powerful.
11 Make Enemies Hallucinate
Fallout is full of interesting weapons. One of them is a grenade that, when thrown, releases hallucinogenic gas that distorts enemies’ vision and makes them attack each other. Some of you might want to do the dirty work yourself, but for those who are a little more into time-saving, I present to you the HalluciGen gas grenades.
These can only be crafted using HalluciGen gas canisters, which you’ll find at HalluciGen Inc. From the Commonwealth area (not Esplanade), there’s a backdoor into the building protected by a Master-level lock that leads directly into the room with the gas canisters.
If the lock is too much, you can go the normal route and fight your way through the building. Still, you’ll need to break into an expert-level terminal to access the room.
10 Call In A Nuclear Strike
It may seem somewhat counterproductive to call in a nuclear missile during a nuclear apocalypse, but it’s definitely worth going through the quest. You’ll find the NPC of interest on the docks near the Shamrock Taphouse, and his submarine, the Yangtze, resting a short swim offshore. Essentially, you help Captain Zao fix his vessel so that it is once again seaworthy. You’ll be led on a decently long mission to find parts and battle monsters along the way. Once the submarine is fixed, you get a generous reward: 3 Homing Beacons.
Whenever you throw the beacon, the Captain of the Yangtze will launch a nuclear missile at its location. Now if that doesn’t make you feel powerful, I’m not sure what will.
9 Call In A Synth
Well, this might make you feel more powerful. Similar to a Homing Beacon, the Institute Beacon device activates when thrown. But instead of calling in a nuke, it spawns Synth reinforcements to help you out in a fight. It’s accessible through a quest from the Institute quest line, but it’s best done earlier in the game, since the bad guys scale with your level. Attempting this quest at level 71 or higher will have you fighting synth eradicators, the strongest of their kind.
Once you complete this notoriously long and difficult quest, you’ll be rewarded with the beacon, as well as the rare T-60 power armor that can only be acquired through this quest. It’s the same as regular power armor, only much, much stronger.
8 Armor That Slows Time
Fallout doesn’t put quite as much emphasis on armor as other RPGs like Skyrim does, but it’s still full of interesting apparel. One of the most coveted is Apocalypse Armor. This rare outfit comes as a chestpiece and left greave (minimalist, but worth it) that each have some decent damage resistances. The former literally slows down time (similar to VATS) when your health reaches below 20% during combat. The latter gives you up to 35 extra damage resistance based on missing health.
However, the set can only be bought from two particularly elusive vendors. The first is The Vault-Tec rep from the start of the game, but only after you find him at the Hotel Rexford and complete the quest Familiar Faces. After this, he becomes a merchant from whom you can buy the leg piece. The chestpiece is sold by The Scribe, who actually wanders all over the Commonwealth, and there’s no knowing where he’ll be. But you can find some possible locations on this forum.
7 Unleash Your Inner Super Villain
The Cryolator was initially created as a prototype for instant, portable cryogenic freezing. In practice, it was essentially just a freeze ray, with the same firing mechanics as a flamer. You actually find it at the start of the game, locked in a Master-level display case in the Overseer’s office in Vault 111. Normally, you’d have to leave it there, venture out into the world and get your lockpicking leveled up a bit before returning for this prized weapon.
However, there is another way by means of a glitch that may or may not have been patched by now. As you know, you meet Dogmeat on the way to Concord, and this pet companion can be sent to retrieve loot in an area. If you take him back to the Overseer’s office, close the door, and have him search for loot, he’ll go for the Cryolator, the most valuable item in the room. He’ll glitch through the display case and simple grab the weapon and bring it to you. What a good boy.
6 A Personal Nuke Launcher
What if I told you there was a gun in Fallout 4 that launched mini-nukes (or rather, modified versions of them called Nuka-nukes)? This Nuka-Nuke Launcher doesn’t come easy, you’ll have to start by completing the quest Cappy in a Haystack from the Nuka-World expansion, and end with some humane euthanization.
The end of the quest leaves you with a choice to turn off life support for a man called John-Caleb Bradburton, who is actually the owner and founder of the Nuka Cola franchise. He asks for his life to end, whereas another NPC, Sierra, insists that he live. To get the weapon, you’ll have to honor Bradburton’s wishes and pull the plug.
5 It Won’t Make You Live Forever But…
Mysterious serum has the unique effect of -36,000 radiation (technically it’s -10 rads/second for 3600 seconds or 1 hour but you get the idea). It’s particularly useful with the Ghoulish perk, since you’ll take almost no radiation damage, and still get all the other benefits. But you won’t find this miracle elixir just anywhere, it must be given to you through a particularly dramatic questline, and how much you get depends on the choices you make.
It all starts at the Cabot House, located in the middle of what is now Boston (Beacon Hill). This luxury establishment is home to a few inhabitants, the patriarch being Jack Cabot who is at odds with Lorenzo Cabot, currently residing in an asylum. You’ll be taken through a long and complex storyline that ends with another choice. Side with Jack, you get a lifetime supply of the serum. Side with Lorenzo, and you get 13. Choose wisely.
4 Rule The Commonwealth With An Iron Fist
What better way to mark your dominion than by placing artillery cannons over all of your settlements, looming over as a daunting presence to any who would challenge your authority. If you were kind, you’d use these weapons to protect your people. If you were chaotic evil, then razing whole cities might be more your thing. Still, you can’t do anything without building them first, and the only way to do that is to get the schematics.
You can start your journey by speaking to Preston Garvey at The Castle. The quest involved venturing deep into the fortress and finding the armory, where you’ll find a lot more than artillery plans. Still, the main prize is the artillery schematics, and you’ll even get a test run of the contraption during the quest. Afterwards, you can install them all over the Commonwealth, and activate them with a quick throw of a smoke grenade. Don’t stand too close to the smoke, though.
3 An Actual Flaming Sword
The uniquely named Shishkebab can best be described as a samurai sword ignited by an aesthetic flame. This isn’t by magic, but a simple contraption on the hilt that, rather than increase damage, simply makes you look really cool. A version of this weapon existed in previous games, but you had to carry around a fuel tank on your back. Since then, it’s been improved to include fuel right on the hilt. The sword itself was also upgraded from a basic blade to a Japanese wakizashi.
There are two ways to acquire this weapon. the first is to kill legendary baddies until one of them finally drops it. The second is to speak to Abraham Finch at Finch Farms and start a quest to reclaim a lost family sword. If you succeed, he’ll just give you the sword to say thanks, which seems a bit strange but you get a cool sword out of it so…?
2 Taste The Colors Of Nuka-Cola
In the Nuka-World expansion, you’ll find yourself in what was once a lively amusement part akin to the real-life Disney World. You were probably familiar with Nuka-Cola already, the signature drink of the Fallout universe, but did you know that there isn’t just one flavor? There are a total of 15, each of which you can craft if you find the recipes scattered about the park. Each one has a different effect, ranging from an increase in damage resistance to boosted strength and damage.
Listing the locations of each one here would probably take a while, so the best thing to do would be to check out this handy guide for each location.
1 No More Pesky Fall Damage
And last but definitely not least are the Freefall Legs, easily one of the best and most difficult items to obtain in the game. As the name suggests, it allows you to completely ignore fall damage, the bane of every gamer’s existence (thank you Overwatch for recognizing that). But something so legendary isn’t found easily. Finding it isn’t the issue, it’s the highest point of the Mass Fusion building on the 28th floor. But the only intended way to get there is using a power suit with a jetpack.
However, there is a glitch you can use. There’s a trash can on the first floor of the aforementioned building. Hold it in front of you and stand beside a wall, and you’ll find that you’ll be able to literally walk up the wall. Do this until you reach the 28th floor and claim your prize. Once you get the Freefall Legs, the most fun part is jumping off the building and taking no damage. For a more visual walkthrough, check out this video.
