Step one: legendary crafting mod Step two: never ending thirst zapper Step three: kill EVERYTHING!

#9: Gauss Rifle #8: Deliverer #7: Laser Rifle/Pistol #6: Western Revolver #5: Handmade Rifle #4: Radium Rifle #3: Plasma Weapons #2: Gatlin Laser #1: Thirst Zapper in case you don't want to listen to 5 minutes commentary each.

I love how he does a survival mode video while playing on easy

I accidentally started this video at 0.5 speed and you sound really drunk LOL

"Wazer Wifle" Fallout 3 for life

I wish you would play this in survival so we can see how “efficient” it is.

I hope your feeling better bro your vids make me happy I hope you make a quick recovery my dad passed away when I was 9 I know how it feels love you man

Puma: "No. 1...The Thirst Zapper." Me: [sigh] Come on, Puma, you're messin' with us, right? Me: [sees Quantum Thirst Zapper 1 shot a Deathclaw] 😲 "Holy Shit, Dude!!"

Sorry Puma but unless you're using a cheat mod or console commands the Project Cobalt Thirst Zapper is one of the least ammo efficient guns in the game. Each shot essentially consumes 1 Nuka Quantum, which is not the easiest item to acquire large quantities of in the game. Generally outside of Nuka World you're more likely to find a mini nuke than a bottle of Quantum. Which puts the Zapper on par with the Acid Soaker in terms of actually crafting the ammo. Taking survival mode into account, I'd rather drink the Quantum for the HP and full AP restoration than weaponize it. That said, the Zapper can be a very fun if niche weapon to use.

the best weapon is the best upgraded version of a "Endless Double Barrel shotgun." pros : no reload (unless you pick up ammo) semi-auto, can be shot as a assault rifle ridiculously op cons : fires very fast, if you got a happy trigger finger ISN'T GOOD FOR SHOOTING PEOPLE IN THE KNEE

I came to love Overseer's Guardian modded to be a simple rifle with .38 barrel. Ammo is light, plentiful and damage is quite good even for endgame (so long I proc my sneak bonuses). I leave settlements with 160 bullets and then come back after a hike with 680 bullets. Even if I run out of all ammo for my big guns like Gauss Rifle, I can always rely on Guardian)

irradiated plasma rifles do ALL damage types

The deliverer in 1st person always reminds me of the PP7 from Goldeneye 64

Thanks for the content. We all love you, Puma. Hello from Spain!

>AK style rifle >24 pounds >24 fucking pounds

We all Love you puma. Respect. :)

Due to your unfortunate loss, you post videos more than most youtubers! Respect💪🏻

I know it's an old video, but there are a few things I'd like to say: -There are a couple of issues with the Gauss Rifle, namely that the ammo is very pricey (and heavy) and the weapon can be hard or even impossible to obtain earlier in the game. The earliest you're likely to be able to get one would be around mid-game by buying the Last Minute from Ronnie Shaw at the Castle, and if you're playing Survival mode for the first time, you probably aren't going to be bothering much with the Minutemen, at least until the Brotherhood shows up and you get access to vertibirds for more efficienct travel. -The Institute Laser IS worse than the Classic Laser...until you start to factor in some of the legendary effects, namely the Wounding and Furious effects, as the Institute Laser has a higher fire rate to better take advantage of these. The Wounding effect in particular can be hilariously OP on an Automatic Institute Laser with a beam splitter, as not only is the wounding effect stacking with every shot, but every BEAM that hits a target. Even enemies WAY above your level can die in a couple of seconds to this monster. -Regarding the Handmade Rifle, as good as it is, both of its unique variants, which have identical legendary effects (the Furious effect specifically) lend themselves best to automatic fire, which can be annoying if you're running a Rifleman build; if you can't get your hands on a Two-Shot or Instigating variant, you may want to stick with the Overseer's Guardian for that sort of build. Lastly, and this is an issue shared with other DLC weapons, no recon scopes, which can be a bit of an issue if you have problems with situational awareness. -The Radium Rifle isn't necessarily a straight upgrade over the Combat Rifle. It seems to fire slower, has noticeably worse recoil, and its irradiating gimmick is only particularly useful against certain types of enemies. Against super mutants and Brotherhood personnel in power armor, the radiation damage is useless, and against ghouls is WORSE than useless. Also, again, no recon scopes. On a more personal note, I prefer the Radical Conversion on Rifleman builds myself.

Puma, I loved the video :) keep up the great work. I always look forward to your videos

You sir deserve a subscribe, even though I listen to KZfaq while playing fallout 4, you have managed to take my attention from the game to your content, you deserve my subscription and a thumbs up, keep up the outstanding work

Still baffles me as to why Bethesda thought it would make sense to require that we have the BIG LEAGUE perk maxed out in order for us to be able to max upgrade a HANDMADE RIFLE...

I still don't understand how people can casually defile the beautiful Walther PPK with a long barrel and extended mag.

Love your content man, keep up the good work

Nice video, I feel like your content has really been getting better and better recently.

Gatling laser gets 500 shots as a base. If you have nuclear physicist perk maxed you get 750. If you also have the repair bobblehead which increases fusion core efficiency by 10% the gatling laser gets 999 shots per fusion core.

hey puma its great youre still making videos while youre going through this. keep up the great work.

Love these kinds of vids! (survival mode lists)

Just discovered you, really great content :) time for a Puma video spree!

I've had exactly one good Institute rifle in all my plays. I believe it was the legendary wounding effect with a beam splitter so it worked like a shotgun. The wounding effect is applied to all projectiles and it had none of the slowing recoil of a shotgun. The thing was great for deathclaws and would melt health bars of big 'in your face' enemies.

I found a randomly generated legendary western revolver very early on one of my plays, it had the deadeye modifier and it was completely badass

Glad to see that you are back.

Just want to put this out there, one reason I love your channel: you didn't quit fallout 4 content after nukaworld, and I'm still playing it, and I love the lists for things like survival weapons, and the lore videos. :D

I got a lucky Western Revolver, so you definitely can get them from random drops

Nice video man. I found a handmade explosive rifle on legendary drop in my survival character. OP as hell. Oh and hope you getting better. :)

Good to see ya back mate, cheers!

puma don't stop grinding, you're going to be on top one day, I know it!!! awesome video by the way

Best part about laser weapons was using the pistol grip to take advantage of the range boost offered by the Gunslinger perk, made the Old Faithfull a great sniping weapon.

Hey man, my deepest condolences. These times can't be easy and I really hope that you and your family are getting all the support you need. Best wishes and I hope all is well on your side :)

Keep up the good work as always

I like this informative video. Thanks, VPG.

LEFT SIDED BOLTS

handmade rifle looks like dragunov

I STILL need to do a survival play through! Thanks for posting this!

Glad you're back puma

whats so hand made about the hand made rifle? All I could tell was a shovel stock... 😐

stay strong out there

Hey I am a huge fan of you're content and I was wondering what you thought about this. In fallout 3, NV, and 4 what faction do you think would win without the help of the main character?

This will definitely come in handy when I finally get around to playing survival mode.

Wait a minute. What exactly do you mean "No charging requirement" for the plasma sniper vs a laser sniper? I've never really noticed any sort of need to... charge the laser sniper, despite the prefix. It fires just like a regular laser rifle or a plasma rifle would, pull the trigger and pew.

The penetrator legendary effect is significantly better on the plasma rifle because it has both ballistic and energy damage. This means that you’ll end up ignoring a much higher amount of the enemies damage resistance when dealing damage.

Thank you for reminding me that I had a unique plasma rifle. That being said I searched far and wide for an explosive minigun ,I wanted one so bad to no luck. Then I found something better. a KNEECAPPER GATLING LASER!!!! That thing is a beast and will stop dead in their tracks absolutely anything.keep up the good work.Sorry for your loss.

Hey vinilic puma, Sorry for your loss. Even though your dad passed away, your still pushing on with youtube. I'm surprised that your making about the same amount of videos. Now that deserves respect and praise. Hope things get better soon.

I got a legendary wester revolver. named it Lucky

I'm surprised you didn't add Overseer's Guardian to the list. Various mods, early-mid game effective, one additional proj and the ammo aren't so rare. Apart from that, I love using Deliverer (combine with gunslinger and conc fire with max party girl for luck boost with alcohols), Kellogg's pistol (goes very well with Deliverer) and double dmg with full hp Gauss rifle.

thanks for the help man

Yay puma is back! We missed you :)

I sold my thirst zapper not checking thinking it was just a legit water gun. q.q

i thought we told you to take a long break

hope you stay ok bro ,love your videos

Thanks for a great video...I do like the AK (oops, handmade rifle), but it does get a bit thirsty on full auto. One problem I have with plasma is the slow velocity of the projectile, making it more difficult to snipe with.

Im sorry for you loss

I got a TWO SHOT PLASMA RIFLE WOOOOHHHOOO

I definitely dig the wicked paint job on the hand made rifle from the Nukaworld DLC. It always reminds me of the DC comic/graphic novel as well as the film adaptation of Suicide Squad. That movie just doesn't get enough praise and love it deserves.

Two-shot laser musket, fully-upgraded. Now that was a fun weapon! :D

Personally, I am in love with my two-shot guass rifle, very ammo efficient.

"Let's see if we can get 800 likes." *Looks at counter. 2k likes.* Hey! Congrats!

As a general high agility character The deliverer (for me) Is a personal favorite due to how cheap the ammo rounds, and how easy they are to find and carry on your person. the best way I've used it was with max gun-fu and max better criticals which alternatively means after a forth target in vats your turning 160ish damage to 640ish per shot. (which can be combine with active sneak bonuses which top sneak at about 6x effective).

A missed consideration is the easy availability of the Overseer's Guardian Combat Rifle, whose 2 shot legendary effect makes the base damage higher than both the Handmade Rifle and Radium Rifle. This gun also comes with interchangeable receivers for .38, .45, and .308 cartridges. Carrying those mods with you is a lot lighter than carrying a whole separate gun just to eat up your .45 ammo. I usually put a medium scope on mine, so I do recommend a back-up weapon for close quarters. Deliverer if you can spare the perks for gunslinger, a shotgun if you can spare the weight.

I found that lasers (e.g. maxed-out Old Faithful) really started to fall off in the late game (level 80+), as did any pistol (including the Deliverer, which was awesome until about level 50 or so). In the late game, I relied heavily on a stealth December's Child for its massive AP ability, the Gauss shotgun for those close encounters, and the Overseer's Guardian for its head-shotting ability.

I have a problem with the the hand made rifle every time I switch to it my game freezes up for a few seconds does any one know why

Welcome back~

awesome vid

Just a little curiosity since I haven't gotten the dlc yet; if I purchase all the 900 7,62 bullets (approximately) from the gun vendor, after how much time can I go back and buy another stack of 900 7,62 ammunition?

I got an explosive western revolver on my first legendary drop after installing the dlc.

Weight to damage ratio matters if you want to hoard a bunch of stuff in addition to your gear and food/water, but it isn't the main factor by far. Damage per shot and damage per second are the stats that literally keep you alive, with limb damage and stagger chance as secondary. Apart from mini nukes and missiles, there's no ammo that makes your inventory so unmanageable that it's gonna affects your survivability.

Given best and present videos... I have followed the idea of using the Gatling Laser from you, it is a beautiful weapon... and its kinda crub my reloading habit given the FC usage... Plus the Explosive Gatling Laser (Named Crimson Flare Dragon) SO POWERFUL! (I killed myself with it plenty of times... ^^; )

The legendary gatling lase, Aeternus, is by far the best weapon in the game when it comes to ammo efficiency. Two cores, and you're good to go, unlimited ammo for you.

hey, i had an off topic question. i was thinking about how shaun had aged like 50 or 60 years from when you saw kellogg kidnap him, then i thought why hasnt kellogg aged? which i guess it was because he was probably a synth. But then why didnt Nick Valentine think it was strange that he's been alive for so long? he's the only one who could possibly know because Kellogg is probably twice Piper's age, and older than most of the people in Diamond city. idk, does this make sense? I can't figure it out.

Awesome list man. Are you going to cover any content in the upcoming Skyrim Remaster? I know there is a million videos of weapon guides for Skyrim, but I would love to see your thoughts on certain armors, weapons, lore, and theories.

im actually curious if you are going to update your beverage list nuka world added a lot of new beverages and im curious if any have made your old list obsolete

what in the F did you do to get 13k xp?

who frickin disliked this video!!!!

You have a lot of knowledge of the game. JW ever thought of trying a playthrough without a sneak build? Just a though. :) Love the videos btw.

@Puma Hey, I've been playing a modded playthrough with the Modern Firearms mod and I was able to get a DSR .50 over 1k damage. It was great. Like, I think it has 1,183 after a few ranks of Rifleman and I forgot the others. You should do a modded top ten list using that mod. :3 There's great weapons, and I could use a damage focused video for help in the Wasteland. XD Keep up the good work! :D

g'day

The Deliverer is one of my favorite guns in Fallout 4. Mostly because it still makes use of 10mm ammo in the late game. A fully upgraded 10mm pistol isn't as good as this guy.

i like this u make me want to go replay the vanilla no modded game again

Besides the fire rate, the Quantum Thirst Zapper is a pretty good weapon. If you're using any legendary mods, equipping it with the Never Ending effect makes this weapon overpowered. Definitely a must have especially in Survival. Low weapon weight and ammo weight makes this weapon the ultimate explosive weapon you could carry. Way better than carrying a Fatman or Missile Launcher and the ammo required for them.

I hope he knows that the infinite ammo isn't actually infinite ammo it just means you never need to reload the gun.

Wait, how did the Wazer Wifle got to that place?!

Bro we are here for you

The thing about the Aeternius is that by the time you're able to rip it from the hands of the Paladin that has it in Nuka World, you're past the point where it could be of much use in Survival.

Lmaooo the "gaows" rifle

Fallout 4 is boring with power armor, there's no challenge at all

you deserve 10 mil subs

I found an explosive western revolver from a legendary ghoul while I was jumping my way into a locked away location in the western place in Nuka World.

I didn't know the thirst zapper was a real gun until I watched this video. thank you.

This is a great list. I should probably stick to the original though because I don't actually have the dlc lol

good video ;3

When fighting ghouls with the deliverer I suggest aiming for their legs, cripples them quickly and it’s funny when they are all on the ground with no legs, then I finish them with a stun baton to save ammo