Ammo is fairly easy to find, but accuracy suffers at longer range. A sneak attack against a radroach will almost always be a one-shot kill.ġ0mm Pistol (1H, Small Gun, 9 DMG, ~17 MDPS): This does a heck of a lot more damage then the BB Gun and carries a 12-round clip. There are almost always uniquely named versions of the basic weapons that do more damage or work better.īB Gun (2H, Small Gun, 4 DMG, ~3 MDPS): While this doesn't do a lot of damage, it's a great weapon to use while escaping from the vault against radroaches. These assume 100% weapon condition, which is something you'll rarely find out in the wilds at early levels.įor sneak attacks, it may be better to use a weapon with high initial damage but slightly lower DPS.
The 'DPS' (damage per second) values are from the Wikia Fallout 3 Wiki weapon page and should be taken with a grain of salt.
Here's a quick rundown of the basic guns in Fallout 3 that you'll find in the first few levels.
