Pipe Pistol
Fallout 76 Weapon

Level 50

The Pipe Pistol is a semi-automatic ballistic pistol in Fallout 76. It is available at levels 1 through 50. It is found at 118 locations in Appalachia.

It fires .38 Round ammo by default, and mods can convert it to .45 Round or Ultracite .38 Round. Mods can also turn it into a rifle and switch it to fully automatic fire. In total it takes 75 mods across 6 slots.

It has a named unique version: The Pipe.

Pipe Pistol Builds

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Damage by Level

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Stats at every level this weapon is available at, with the mods picked below. Pick a level to see the whole page at it.

Level 1

Level 5

Level 10

Level 20

Level 30

Level 40

Level 50

Mods

interactive

Level 50

Fire Rate

shots per
10 sec

Semi-Auto

Ammo

12.38

Range

100%50%

AP Cost

12 (17%) 5.8 shots before AP is depleted

Muzzle

No Muzzle

Mag

Armor Penetration +25%

Sighted Transition: +35%

Piercing Magazine

Armor Penetration +25%

Swift Magazine

Ammo Capacity: +50%

Weight: +50%

Sighted Transition: +20%

Stinging Magazine

Armor Penetration +25%

Barrel

Standard Short Barrel

Spread (sighted): -15%

Stabilized Short Barrel

Weight: +15%

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

Spread (sighted): +15%

Stub Barrel

Range: -25%

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

Recoil: -15%

AP Cost: -10%

Sighted Transition: -15%

Standard Long Barrel

Range: +50%

Weight: +18%

Spread (hip-fire): +20%

Recoil: +16%

AP Cost: +20%

Sighted Transition: +6%

Aligned Stub Barrel

Range: -25%

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

Recoil: -15%

AP Cost: -20%

Sighted Transition: -15%

Spread (hip-fire): +20%

Recoil: +16%

AP Cost: +10%

Sighted Transition: +6%

True Stub Barrel

Range: -25%

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

Recoil: -15%

AP Cost: -10%

Sighted Transition: -15%

Weight: +15%

Spread (sighted): -15%

Stabilized Stub Barrel

Range: -25%

Spread (hip-fire): -50%

Recoil: -15%

AP Cost: -10%

Sighted Transition: -15%

Weight: +15%

Spread (sighted): +15%

True Long Barrel

Range: +50%

Weight: +33%

Spread (hip-fire): +20%

Recoil: +16%

AP Cost: +20%

Sighted Transition: +6%

Spread (sighted): -15%

Stabilized Long Barrel

Range: +50%

Weight: +33%

Spread (hip-fire): -5%

Recoil: +16%

AP Cost: +20%

Sighted Transition: +6%

Spread (sighted): +15%

Scope

Spread (sighted): -15%

Sighted Transition: -15%

Medium Scope

Weight: +10%

Spread (sighted): -16%

Short Scope

Weight: +5%

Spread (sighted): -8%

Long Scope

Weight: +15%

Spread (sighted): -24%

Short Night Vision Scope

Weight: +20%

Spread (sighted): -8%

Medium Night Vision Scope

Weight: +25%

Spread (sighted): -16%

Long Night Vision Scope

Weight: +30%

Spread (sighted): -24%

Glow Reflex Sight

Weight: +15%

Spread (sighted): -15%

Sighted Transition: -15%

Grip

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

Bash Damage: +25%

Stabilized Grip

Weight: +15%

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

Spread (sighted): +15%

True Grip

Weight: +15%

Spread (sighted): -15%

Sighted Transition: +10%

Sighted Transition: +10%

Sighted Transition: +10%

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

Recoil: -15%

Sighted Transition: +10%

Sighted Transition: +10%

Spread (sighted): -15%

Sighted Transition: +10%

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

Spread (sighted): +15%

Sighted Transition: +10%

Receiver

Standard Receiver

Hair Trigger Receiver

attack-delay-sec: -25%

Critical Damage Multiplier: +0.5

Scorched Killer's Receiver

Damage to Scorched +50%

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

attack-delay-sec: -25%

True Receiver

Weight: +15%

Spread (sighted): -15%

Vicious Receiver

Weight: +30%

AP Cost: +20%

Critical Damage Multiplier: +0.5

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

Snappy Receiver

Weight: +30%

AP Cost: +20%

Critical Damage Multiplier: +0.5

attack-delay-sec: -25%

.45 Receiver

Changes ammo type to .45 Caliber.

Spread (hip-fire): -25%

attack-delay-sec: -25%

Severe Receiver

Weight: +40%

AP Cost: +30%

Critical Damage Multiplier: +0.5

Recoil: +20%

Damage: +25%

Precise .45 Receiver

Changes ammo type to .45 Caliber.

Critical .45 Receiver

Changes ammo type to .45 Caliber.

Hasty .45 Receiver

Changes ammo type to .45 caliber.

Prime Receiver

Damage to Scorched +65%

Refined .45 Receiver

Changes ammo type to .45 Caliber.

Automatic Receiver

Spread (hip-fire): +35%

Radiation Damage: -30%

Critical Damage Multiplier: -20%

Focused Automatic Receiver

Weight: +23%

Spread (hip-fire): +10%

Radiation Damage: -30%

Critical Damage Multiplier: -20%

Recoil: +35%

Tweaked Automatic Receiver

Weight: +23%

AP Cost: +20%

Critical Damage Multiplier: +0.5, -20%

Radiation Damage: -30%

Spread (hip-fire): +35%

Recoil: +35%

Powerful Automatic Receiver

Radiation Damage: -30%

Critical Damage Multiplier: -20%

Spread (hip-fire): +35%

Automatic .45 Receiver

Changes ammo type to .38 caliber.

Prime Automatic Receiver

Damage to Scorched +65%

Ammo

What this weapon loads out of the box, and every ammo a mod switches it to. The highlighted one is what it fires with the mods picked above.

Default

Via mod

Critical .45 Receiver

Refined .45 Receiver

Precise .45 Receiver

Automatic .45 Receiver

Via mod

Prime Automatic Receiver

Legendary Mods

Stalker's

Sneak Attack Damage +100%

Zealot's

Damage to Scorched +50%

Ghoul Slayer's

Damage to Ghouls +50%

Hunter's

Damage to Animals +50%

Mutant Slayer's

Damage to Super Mutants +50%

Troubleshooter's

Damage to Robots +50%

Assassin's

Damage to Humans +50%

Berserker's

Damage Increases up to +50 as Damage Resistance Decreases

Nocturnal

+50 Damage while Cloaked

Vampire's

Restore 2% Health over 2 seconds when you Hit a Target

Medic's

Attacks will Heal Friendly Targets by 5% Health

Instigating

+50% Damage Against Targets above 60% Health

Mutant's

Damage Increases up to +50% as you gain Mutations

Aristocrat's

Up to +50% Damage based on Caps you have

Exterminator's

Damage to Insects +50%, Damage to Mirelurks +50%

Junkie's

Damage Increases per Addiction up to +100%

Suppressor's

Reduce Your Target's Damage Output by 25% for 5 seconds

Juggernaut's

Damage Increases up to +100% as Health Increases

Quad

Ammo Capacity: +300%

Sniper's

+100% Damage to distant Targets

Bloodied

Damage Increases up to +130% as Health Decreases

Gourmand's

Damage Increases up to +40% as you Fill Your Hunger and Thirst Meters. Human mod only.

Lucid

Damage Increases up to +40% as you Fill Your Feral Meter

Executioner's

+50% More Damage when Your Target is Below 40% Health

Anti-armor

Armor Penetration +50%

Furious

+5% Damage per Onslaught stack, +9 max stacks

Adrenal

+10% DMG Per Kill While on Kill Streak

Two Shot

Spread (hip-fire): +50%

Critical Damage Multiplier: +0.5

Explosive

Projectiles Explode for +20% Weapon Damage

V.A.T.S. Enhanced

Chance to Hit a Target in V.A.T.S. +50%

Replenish 15 Action Points with Each Kill

Hitman's

+25% Damage While Aiming

Crippling

Limb Damage +50%

Last Shot

The last round in a magazine has a 25% chance to Deal +100% Damage

Weapons break 50% slower

Nimble

+100% Faster Movement Speed While Aiming

Swift

Reload Speed: +15%

Ghost's

10% Chance to cause the Player to be Invisible for 2 seconds when Hitting a Target

Glowing

Target Kills Increase Rads by a small amount.

Steadfast

+50 Damage Resistance While Aiming

Resilient

When Reloading, Gain +500 to All Resistances

Viper's

+50% Damage to Poisoned Targets

Bully's

+25% Damage per Crippled Limb Your Target Has

Pyromaniac's

+50% Damage to Burning Targets

Pin-Pointer's

Damage to Weak Point +20%

Severing

+50% Damage to Bleeding Targets

Polished

Damage Increases up to +60 as Weapon Durability Increases Above 100%

Fracturer's

When Crippling Limbs, They Explode and Deal up to 50 Explosion Damage to Nearby Targets

Tarnished

Damage Increases up to +120 as Weapon Durability Decreases

Conductor's

Critical Hits Restore 10 Health & Action Points instantly and 100 more over 5 seconds for Player & Teammates Within a 100ft Radius

Satiated

Kills Restore Hunger and Thirst

Stabilizer's

Improves Weapon Cone of Fire, Recoil, and Stability by 40%

Encircler's

+10% Damage For Each Combat Target Around You (up to +50%)

Electrician's

When Reloading, Emit a Shock Wave That Stuns Nearby Targets for 3s

Thrill-Seeker's

+3% Reload Speed & Melee Attack Speed Per Kill While on Kill Streak

Pipe Pistol Locations

Found at 118 locations across Appalachia, 41 in fixed spawns and 241 at chance spawn points. The largest share is at Morgantown Trainyard (2 + 1 × 67% chance).

Morgantown Trainyard

2 + 1 × 67%

Prickett's Fort

2 + 1 × 67%

Morgantown Regional Airfield

1 + 1 × 50% nearby

Radiant Hills

1 × 20%

2 nearby

Charleston Fire Department

Clarksburg

Greg's Mine Supply

1 nearby

Mount Blair

Pleasant Valley Cabins

1 + 23 × 48%

Abandoned Bog Town

6 × 50%

1 nearby

Sacrament

2 × 49% nearby

Morgantown

1 + 2 × 35%

Uncanny Caverns

1 + 2 × 35%

Flatwoods

1 + 1 × 50%

Watoga High School

1 + 2 × 20%

WV Lumber Co.

1 + 1 × 20%

Albany

1 nearby

Ammo Dump

Athens

1 nearby

Bootlegger's Shack

Fort Defiance

Grafton

Highway Town

Hunter's Ridge

New Appalachian Central Trainyard

New Gad

Nuka-World On Tour

Palace of the Winding Path

Railroad Service Yard

Ransacked Bunker

Sundew Grove 03

1 nearby

Trailer Interior

Vault-Tec University

Harpers Ferry

24 × 43%

1 × 48% nearby

Point Pleasant

13 × 48%

Welch

9 × 46%

Bolton Greens

8 × 49%

Treetops

7 × 48%

Pleasant Valley Ski Resort

5 × 49%

Eastern Regional Penitentiary

11 × 20%

Poseidon Energy Plant WV-06

7 × 20%

Top of the World

5 × 26%

Super Duper Mart

3 × 39%

Dent & Sons Construction

2 × 59%

The Chop Shop

2 × 59%

Sunnytop Ski Lanes

4 × 27%

The Rust Kingdom

5 × 20%

Mysterious Cave

2 × 50% nearby

Torrance House

2 × 50%

Charleston Landfill

2 × 49%

Vault 76

2 × 49%

Woods Estate

2 × 49% nearby

Hemlock Holes

1 × 48%

1 × 48% nearby

Twin Pine Cabins

2 × 44%

Poseidon Energy Plant Yard

4 × 20%

Whitespring Bunker

4 × 20%

Converted Munitions Factory

2 × 34% nearby

Helvetia

2 × 34%

Summersville Docks

2 × 34%

Moth-Home

1 × 67%

Poseidon Power Substation PX-02

1 × 67%

Riverside Manor

3 × 20%

West Tek Research Center

3 × 20%

Big Bend Tunnel West

1 × 50%

Bleeding Kate's Grinder

1 × 50% nearby

Fisherman's Rest

1 × 50% nearby

Gleaming Depths

1 × 50%

Lake Reynolds

1 × 50%

Monongah Mine

1 × 50% nearby

Monongah Power Substation MZ-01

1 × 50% nearby

Organ Cave South

1 × 50%

Thunder Mountain Power Plant

1 × 50%

Berkeley Springs Station

1 × 48% nearby

Clarksburg Shooting Club

1 × 48% nearby

Horizon's Rest

1 × 48%

Pioneer Scout Camp

1 × 48% nearby

Slocum's Joe

1 × 48%

The Kill Box

1 × 48%

Whitespring Lookout

1 × 48%

Hornwright Summer Villa

2 × 20%

Abandoned Mine Site Kittery

1 × 20%

Abandoned Waste Dump

1 × 20% nearby

Abraxodyne Storage Depot

1 × 20% nearby

Arktos Pharma

1 × 20%

Autumn Acre Cabin

1 × 20% nearby

Brim Quarry

1 × 20% nearby

Burning Mine

1 × 20%

Charleston Capitol Building

1 × 20%

Fissure Site Sigma

1 × 20% nearby

Flatwoods Lookout

1 × 20%

Flooded Trainyard

1 × 20%

Grindstone Arch

1 × 20% nearby

Haven Church

1 × 20% nearby

Hawke's Refuge

1 × 20%

Lumber Camp

1 × 20% nearby

Middle Mountain Cabins

1 × 20% nearby

Mire

1 × 20% nearby

Mountainside Bed & Breakfast

1 × 20%

Nicholson's End

1 × 20%

North Cutthroat Camp

1 × 20% nearby

North Mountain Lookout

1 × 20% nearby

Ripper Alley

1 × 20%

Safe 'n Clean Disposal

1 × 20% nearby

Site Alpha

1 × 20%

Site Bravo

1 × 20%

Site Charlie

1 × 20%

Solomon's Pond

1 × 20%

Sons of Dane Compound

1 × 20%

Spruce Knob Campground

1 × 20%

Striker Row

1 × 20%

Sugar Grove

1 × 20%

Sutton

1 × 20%

The General's Steakhouse

1 × 20%

Toxic Dried Lakebed

1 × 20%

Tyler County Dirt Track

1 × 20%

Tyler County Fairgrounds

1 × 20%

Vault 79

1 × 20%

Widow's Perch

1 × 20%

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Unique Variants

Named versions of this weapon: same mods, same stats before their fixed legendary effects.

The Pipe

pipe

A True Believer: +20% Damage with Licensed Plumber, +20% Damage once Craft or Scrap Pipe Weapons is complete

Boosted by

Perks (49)

Adrenaline

Gain +10% damage per kill while on a Kill Streak (Max 10).

Covert Operative

Your ranged attacks do an additional 50% sneak attack damage.

Enforcer

Your small guns gain a 15% stagger chance and +75% limb damage.

Guerrilla

You do +20% ranged damage to close enemies.

Guerrilla Expert

+1% reload speed per Onslaught stack, +3 max stacks.

Guerrilla Master

+5% ranged damage to close enemies per Onslaught stack, +5 max stacks.

Gun Runner

Your running speed is increased by 20% when you have a ranged weapon equipped.

Gunslinger

Your ranged weapons do +12% weak spot damage.

Gunslinger Expert

+1% ranged weak spot damage per Onslaught stack, +3 max stacks.

Gunslinger Master

Gain Onslaught stacks over time and spend them on attacks, +10 max stacks.

Modern Renegade

Small guns gain +30% hip fire accuracy and +75% limb damage.

Feral Presence

While Feral, Reduce your target's damage output by 30% after you attack for 5 seconds.

Suppressor

Reduce your target's damage output by 30% for 2 seconds after you attack.

Tenderizer

Each attack makes your target take increased damage.

Radiation Power

Expend a small amount of Glow per hit to deal 20% bonus damage to targets.

Thick Skin

You take 10% less damage from Ballistic attacks. (No Power Armor)

Gunsmith

Guns break 50% slower.

Licensed Plumber

Your pipe weapons break 60% slower and are cheaper to repair.

Nerd Rage!

While your Health is low, gain increased damage and AP regen.

Better Criticals

V.A.T.S. criticals now do +100% damage.

Critical Savvy

Critical Hits now only consume 55% of your critical meter.

Glowing Criticals

When your Glow is high, Gain 50% bonus Critical damage in V.A.T.S.

Quick Hands

Gain a 18% chance to instantly reload when your clip is empty.

Wild West Hands

36% chance to instantly reload your entire magazine when empty.

Awareness

Gain more VATS accuracy based on your PER.

Center Masochist

+75% ranged damage when attacking the torso.

Crack Shot

Small guns have 30% more range and 30% more accuracy when aiming down sights.

Exterminator

Your attacks ignore 75% armor of any insect.

Eye of the Hunter

Your vision grants you +30% accuracy in V.A.T.S. from a very long distance.

Glow Sight

Deal +60% damage to Glowing Enemies.

Grenadier

Your explosives detonate with twice the radius.

Ground Pounder

Your small guns reload 30% faster and have 30% more hip fire accuracy.

Long Shot

Your scoped weapons have 30% more range and accuracy when aiming.

Skeet Shooter

Your small guns have 45% better accuracy and spread.

Sniper

Gain improved control and hold your breath 75% longer while aiming scopes.

Tank Killer

Your ranged weapons ignore 40% armor.

Arms of Steel

Your arms allow you to handle ranged weapons better, increasing accuracy by 30%.

Basher

Gun bashing does +50% damage and +75% limb damage.

Bullet Storm

Gain 9% damage per 30 ammo spent. 10 max stacks.

Easy Target

+75% ranged damage to crippled targets.

Pain Train

Devastate and stagger enemies by sprinting into them with Power Armor.

Radioactive Strength

Expend a Moderate amount of Glow to deal 150% more damage with Power Attacks & Bashing.

Shotgun Champ

+10% damage to crippled targets per projectile your weapon fires.

Wrecking Ball

You deal +100% damage to objects and now damage your own objects.

Action Diet

On kills, heal 8 HP and reduce how feral you are by 5%.

Far-Flung Fireworks

Enemies killed with a ranged weapon have a 20% chance to explode.

Follow Through

Ranged sneak damage increases damage to target by 40% for 10 seconds.

Hack and Slash

Melee attacks deal 60% of their damage in a large area. (No Power Tools)

Retribution

Blocking a melee attack restores 4 HP and 4 AP for 15 seconds.

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