
Quickdraw: Uses 25 percent less Action Points. Poisoner’s: Enemies poisoned for 10 seconds. Plasma Infused: Deals an additional 10 points of energy damage plus a chance to turn enemy into goo. Penetrating: Penetrating weapons bypass 30 percent of a target’s armour. Nocturnal: Weapons does less damage during the day, increased damage at night. Nimble: Move 75 percent faster while aiming.

Mutant Slayer’s: Super Mutants take an extra 50 percent damage.

Medic’s: Weapons with this effect will heal targets rather than hurt them. Lucky Weapon: Your critical meter will replenish 15 percent faster, and cause Critical Hits to deal twice the damage. Kneecapper: You have a 20 percent chance to cripple a target’s leg. Junkie’s: The more the player is suffering from chem withdrawal effects, the more damage a weapon with this attribute does. Irradiated: An additional 50 points of radiation damage. Instigating: Deals double damage when enemy is at full health. Incendiary: Sets enemy on fire, adding an additional 15 points of damage. Hunter’s: Adds 50 percent damage to animals. Ghoul Slayer’s: An additional 50 percentage damage against Ghouls. So, here's a list of every effect and what it does: Fallout 4 Legendary Weapons EffectsĪssassin’s: An additional 50 percent damage against humans.Īutomatic : Adds an automatic fire mode to the gun.īerserker’s: The lower your damage resistance, the higher the damage output of the weapon.īloodied: The lower the player’s health, the higher the damage output of the weapon.Ĭavalier’s: Damage reduced by 15 percentage when sprinting or blocking.Ĭrippling: Deal 50 percentage more limb damage.Įnraging: Critical Hits from weapons with this effect will cause the target to Frenzy.Įxplosive: Explosive weapon bullets will explode on impact, dealing area of effect damage of 15 points.Įxterminator’s: Deals an additional 50 percent damage when used against Mirelurks, Radroaches and other bugs.įreezing: Critical Hits freeze the enemy, dealing 10 points of Cryo damage.įurious: Deals more damage the more you hit the target. So an "Assassin's bolt-action sniper rifle" will be a long-range weapon that deals an additional 50 percent damage to human enemies. You'll know a Legendary item when you see it as it will begin with a prefix such as "Assassin's" or "Hunter's" and then the name of the item. These encounters and weapons are random, but almost always cough up a nice little treat to make your character that bit tougher. Playing through Fallout 4 you'll come up against Legendary Enemies that are a lot tougher to kill than the usual Raider, Bloatfly or Super Mutant.īut take them down and you'll be rewarded with a Legendary Weapon complete with a devastating effect.

Keep getting those random Legendary Weapons? Here's all the different effects you can come across.
