Capital Wasteland Plasma Rifle Replacer
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- 👍 1.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #136 of 362 Weapons mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Replaces the vanilla Plasma Rifle with Balebandr0's model
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This is an ESL-flagged plugin that replaces the base game's Plasma Rifle appearances with the version from Physically Based Plasma Rifles.
This patch does the following:
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[]All weapon levelled lists referencing the rifle variant of the Plasma Gun have been edited to now point to the Capital Wasteland variant, which has been renamed simply to 'Plasma Rifle.'
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]---------- Unlike Fallout 4, Fallouts 3 and New Vegas lacked automatic or 'flamer' receivers, thus only 'Simple' and 'SemiAuto' variants will appear.[]---------- To avoid redundancy, the original mod's injected LL edits have been disabled.
[]---------- This replacer patch only edits Levelled Lists, therefore the vanilla Fallout 4 Plasma Rifle can still be made with a workbench, if desired. Technically speaking, the Plasma Pistol and Rifle are the same gun - the 'Plasma Gun,' thus the LL edits.
[]Like in the original mod, the Plasma Rifle now uses Fusion Cells.
[]---------- Fusion Cells have been renamed to 'Microfusion Cells' to further mimic the 3/NV style.
[]Removes the crafting recipe for the CW Plasma Rifle in the Chemistry Workbench.
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[]Wait 3+ in-game days for the Levelled Lists to update if using an ongoing save.
[]If you truly want the vanilla Plasma Gun gone from the game in every regard, also install SenatorWary's replacer patch for the PBW Plasma Pistol by Alexerator. It says 'No Longer Supported,' but it seems to work just fine.
Credits:
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[]Balebandr0, for the original model and Fallout New Vegas mod
[]The Capital Wasteland Project for the Fallout 4 port
[]Bethesda, for announcing Fallout 4: Elder Scrolls: Skyrim: Anniversary Edition 2: Electric Boogaloo earlier this morning
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[]Balebandr0, for the original model and Fallout New Vegas mod
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- 77wanderer and the Capital Wasteland Team
- Version
- 0.777
- Downloads
- 1,593
- Endorsements
- 21
- Category
- Weapons
- Created
- 10/24/2025
- Updated
- 11/18/2025
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