[Top 10] Fallout 76 Best Commando Weapons (And How To Get Them)

Amanda Wilson

Updated:

25 Mar 2022

1. Combat Rifle (Best for secondary weapon)

Item Stats:

Damage Type: Ballistic
Damage output: 40
Ammo: .38, .45, Ultracite if made prime
Fire Rate: 33
Clip: 20
Weight: 7

Legendary Attributes:

Your preference

What the Combat Rifle Excels In:

Manual aiming
Close range

2. Assault Rifle (Best for rapid damage)

Item Stats:

Damage Type: Ballistic
Damage output: 33
Ammo: 5.56
Fire Rate: 40
Clip: 20
Weight: 8

Legendary Attributes:

Your preference, Two-Shot is always helpful

What The Assault Rifle Excels In:

Strength
Works for tanky builds
Great in power armor

3. Pipe Rifle (Best for new players)

Item Stats: (depends on the level, levels change quickly when below level 50)

Damage Type: Ballistic
Damage output: ranges from 12-26
Ammo: .38
Fire Rate: 60
Clip: Largest you can find
Weight: 4

Legendary Attributes:

Anything is helpful if you find it dropped from an enemy. You won't start caring about legendary attributes until you're a level 50 and can keep them long-term.
What Pipe Rifle Excels In:
Easily attainable mods
Ammo is everywhere
Repairing weapons uses readily available scrap.

4. Railway Rifle (Best for close range)

Item Stats:

Damage Type: Ballistic
Damage output: 84
Ammo: Railway Spikes and Ultracite Railway Spikes if you make it prime
Fire Rate: 75
Clip: depends on what you pick, but you need to have a more oversized clip to use it as an automatic
Weight: 9

Legendary Attributes:

Your preferenc

What The Railway Rifle Excels In:

Close combat

5. The Handmade (Best for manual aiming)

This is one of the most powerful automatic rifles in the game. It suits the players who don't play using VATS. Some say using VATS is cheating. Some can't ignore just how much Critical Damage does.

Item Stats:

Damage Type: Ballistic
Damage output: 20
Ammo: 5.56 or Ultracite 5.56 if you make it prime
Fire Rate: 40
Clip: 20
Weight: 8

Legendary Attributes:

Your preference

What The Handmade Excels In:

Manual aiming

6. Perfect Storm (Best for fire damage)

After completing the "Cold Case" quest, you receive a reward. This does fire damage. It works with Commando, even though that doesn't make much sense. Sometimes Fallout doesn't make sense. Just go with it.

Item Stats:

Damage Type: Ballistic and Incendiary
Damage output: 35 + 24 fire damage over 3 seconds
Ammo: 10mm and Ultracite 10mm if its made prime
Fire Rate: 91
Clip: 30
Weight: 4.5

Legendary Attributes:

Incendiary

What The Perfect Storm Excels In:

Target takes significant fire damage

7. The Slug Buster (Best for AP Based Builds)

Item Stats: (subject change upon modifications to make it an automatic rifle)

Damage Type: Ballistic and Energy
Damage output: 20 Ballistic and 20 Energy (40 total)
Ammo: Plasma Cartridge and Ultracite Plasma Cartridge if made prime
Fire Rate: 33
Clip: 30
Weight: 3

Legendary Attributes:

Anti-Armor
Lucky
Reduced weight
Critical Hits 50% more damage

What The Slugger Excels In:

Less AP cost (20%)
VATS build

8. Mind Over Matter (Best for Critical Hits)

Item Stats: (subject to change when converting)

Damage Type: Ballistic and Energy
Damage output: 20 of each damage type (40 total)
Ammo: Plasma Cartridge or Ultracite Cartridge if you make it prime.
Fire Rate: 33
Clip: 30
Weight: 3

Legendary Attributes:

50% damage to ghouls
25% damage while aiming
50% damage resistance while aiming

What Mind Over Matter Excels In:

Critical Hits goo enemies
Radiation Rumble

9. The Fixer (Best for Stealth)

With a stealth bonus similar to three pieces of shadowed armor, the sneak is real. This is the ultimate gun for the stealth build. You can get it from the "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" quest.

Item Stats

Damage Type: Ballistic
Damage output: 48
Ammo: .45 or Ultracite .45 if you make it prime.
Fire Rate: 33
Clip: 20
Weight: 13.8

Legendary Attributes:

You can make it legendary, and the attributes added won't take away the bonuses already included with the gun.

What The Fixer Excels In:

Sneak attack damage
Stealth
Faster sneak speed

10. Whistle in the Dark (Best for looking unique)

Whistle in the Dark is an assault rifle. The skin of the gun makes it sought after. There is a legacy version of this gun from when Survival Mode was around. The current version is different in appearance. There's a chance to get it from Daily Ops.

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