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Pew Pew is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background[edit]

Pew Pew belonged to Allen Marks, a man infamous for hunting people for Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Caps in the Mojave Wasteland. He broke into the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters prize vault and it was there when he died. Underneath a bottle cap on the gun are the words "Had it coming" etched into the casing, along with eight hash marks. Additional hash marks also appear along both sides and the underside of the main body of the pistol.

Gameplay[edit]

Pew Pew is a unique variant of the Laser Pistol. Pew Pew does more damage than the standard laser pistol, but at the cost of 5 Energy Cells per shot, resulting in only two shots before reloading. It is considered an improved holdout weapon and can be concealed so long as the Courier's Sneak skill is 50 or greater.

Durability[edit]

Pew Pew can fire a total of about 395 times using standard cells, the equivalent of 198 reloads, from full condition before breaking.

Ammunition TypeDurability
ShotsReloads
Standard395198
Bulk466233
Optimized359180
Over charge262131
Max charge15578

Variants[edit]

Comparison[edit]

Legend
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted) Weapon name (melee or unarmed) Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted) Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive)
Damage per attack (damage per projectile) Damage per attack (damage per projectile) Damage per second Damage per second
Area of effect damage Area of effect damage Effect damage & duration Effect damage & duration
Bonus effects Bonus effects Attacks per second Attacks per second
Critical chance % multiplier Critical chance % multiplier Critical damage Critical damage
Critical effect damage & duration Critical effect damage & duration With all mods attached With all mods attached
Attacks in V.A.T.S. Attacks in V.A.T.S. Action point cost Action point cost
Damage per action point Damage per action point Weapon spread Weapon spread
Magazine capacity (shots per reload) Magazine capacity (shots per reload) Durability (number of attacks before breaking) Durability (number of attacks before breaking)
Weight Weight Value in caps Value in caps
Value to weight ratio Value to weight ratio Skill required Skill required
Strength required Strength required
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)Damage per attack (damage per projectile)Damage per secondAttacks per secondCritical Chance % multiplierCritical damageCritical effect damage and durationAction Point costDamage per action pointWeapon spreadMagazine capacity (shots per reload)Durability (number of attacks before breaking)WeightValue in capsValue to weight ratioSkill requiredStrength required
Laser Pistol 12
453.75x1.512150.80.130995317558.301
Laser Pistol Gun Runners' Arsenal12
453.75x1.512150.80.130995317558.301
Laser Pistol With all weapon mods attached Gun Runners' Arsenal15
56.33.75x1.5121510.130(40)9953775258.301
Compliance Regulator Honest Hearts8
303.75x1.512Paralysis/10s150.50.130995317558.301
Missing Laser Pistol 11
41.33.75x1.511150.70.130995317558.301
Pew Pew 75
1502x2.550352.10.110(2)39532500833.301

Location[edit]

This weapon can be found inside the Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters after presenting at least 50 Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Caps to Festus and beginning A Valuable Lesson. The weapon is found next to the body of Allen Marks.

Notes[edit]

  • Pew Pew fires only two shots at full capacity, making the sound "pew pew" when fully discharged in rapid succession.
  • Prior to Patch 1.3.0.452, Pew Pew had a 30-round magazine and used 15 Energy Cells per shot.
  • When fired, the first laser will cause a yellow-orange burst of light from the barrel, yet the second shot will most often be red, with no flash, just the laser.
  • If the player character has less than five Energy Cells, Pew Pew can still fire.
  • It is the second-most powerful improved holdout weapon that is not an explosive (in terms of base damage).
  • When aiming with true iron sights on, the player character will still have a crosshair.

Behind the Scenes[edit]

There remains an unused script in the Fallout: New Vegas GECK, WeapPewPewScript, that was meant to be associated with Pew Pew. According to the script, Pew Pew was meant to quickly fire twice with every pull of the trigger and use up two charges, instead of only being able to fire twice before having to reload. The script comment states "If the player has one charge left in the pistol and fires, the gun will fire twice and pull the ammo for the second shot from the player's reserve, before playing the reload animation. As soon as we have a way to check ammo, I'll set this up to not fire the second shot if there's no ammo left in the gun."

Bugs[edit]

Xbox 360Xbox 360 When changing ammo types in the third person, Pew Pew doesn't make any reloading sound.

Sounds[edit]

SingleShotVB.png
ReloadVB.png
JamVB.png

Gallery[edit]

  • The weapon, next to Allen

  • Texture render, showing 38 notches

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