Drum Beat
Starfield Weapon

4.3

4923

The Drum Beat is an automatic ballistic rifle in Starfield made by CombaTech. It fires 11mm Caseless ammo.

It takes 36 mods across 8 slots, comes in 6 quality tiers from Standard to Exceptional, and can roll up to 4 legendary effects. Its mods need 12 research projects.

It is boosted by 12 skills. Chems can raise its damage too: 10 consumables affect it.

Drum Beat Builds

Jump into the character build planner with this weapon already equipped, then build skills, traits, and the rest of your loadout around it.

Create a build with Drum Beat

Mods

interactive

4.3

4923

Fire Rate

160

shots per
10 sec

Full Auto

Ammo

6011mm

Range

100%50%

Reload Time

Crit Damage

grip

Standard Grip and Stock

Standard issue grip.

No Stock

A removed stock for quick target acquisition and less weight at the cost of inaccuracy.

laser

No Mod

Empty laser sight attachment.

Laser Sight

Laser Sight attachment to help with target acquisition and increase Accuracy.

Recon Laser Sight

Marks enemies while Aiming, and greatly increases Accuracy.

Optic and Laser Mods 3

receiver

Semi-Automatic

Receiver that fires once per trigger pull.

Receiver Mods 1

Fully Automatic

Receiver that fires continuously while the trigger is pulled.

Receiver Mods 2

Burst Fire

Receiver that fires 3 rounds per trigger pull.

Receiver Mods 1

muzzle

No Mod

Empty muzzle attachment.

Compensator

Increases Stability and Hip-Fire accuracy at the cost of long-range Accuracy.

Muzzle Brake

Increases long-range Accuracy and Stability at the cost of Hip-Fire accuracy.

Muzzle Mods 1

Suppressor

Vastly reduces acoustic intensity while increasing Accuracy at the cost of Range.

Muzzle Mods 2

internal-mod

No Mod

Empty internal module.

Hair Trigger

Installs a lighter trigger pull for increased Fire Rate.

Internal Mods 1

High Powered

Increases Damage done.

Internal Mods 3

High Velocity

Internal module that increases accuracy and range.

Internal Mods 2

scope

Iron Sights

Standard issue iron sights.

Reflex Sight

Reflex sights for quicker target acquisition and visibility.

Medium Scope

Medium scope for 4x magnified view.

Optic and Laser Mods 2

Recon Scope

Marks enemies while Aiming.

Optic and Laser Mods 3

Short Scope

Short scope for 2x magnified view.

Optic and Laser Mods 1

mag

Medium Magazine

Medium-sized magazine for decent ammo capacity and weight.

Armor-Piercing Rounds

More powerful casing can penetrate even the sturdiest armors.

Magazine and Battery Mods 2

Explosive Rounds

Rounds that explode on contact with a surface.

Magazine and Battery Mods 2

Small Magazine

Increases Aim Down Sight speed and Reload speed at the cost of Ammo Capacity.

Drum Magazine

Standard drum mag vastly increases Ammo Capacity at the cost of Aim Down Sights speed and Reload speed.

Magazine and Battery Mods 2

Whitehot Rounds

Chemically-tipped rounds that burn on contact.

Magazine and Battery Mods 1

Legendary Mods

Bashing

Deals double damage when gun bashing.

Extended Magazine

Doubles the base magazine capacity.

Exterminator

+30% damage against aliens.

Anti-Personnel

+10% damage against humans.

Space-Adept

+30% damage while in space.

Instigating

Deals double damage to targets with full health.

Disassembler

+20% damage against robots.

Furious

Each consecutive hit deals more damage.

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Med Theft

Chance that humans drop extra Med Packs on death.

Rapid

+25% increase in attack speed.

Radioactive

Randomly deals radioactive damage and demoralizes the target.

Poison

Randomly deals poison damage and slows the target.

Staggering

Small chance to stagger enemies.

Lacerate

Randomly applies a bleed effect to the target.

Corrosive

Randomly deals corrosive damage and reduces the targets' armor over 6 seconds.

Crippling

Deals +30% damage on the next attack after hitting a target's limbs.

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Demoralizing

Small chance to demoralize a target.

Elemental

Randomly deals Corrosive, Radiation, Poison, and Incendiary damage.

Frenzy

Small chance to frenzy a target.

Skip Shot

Every fourth shot fires two projectiles at once.

Concussive

Small chance to knock down targets.

Explosive

Randomly switches to explosive rounds.

Titanium Build

Premium build materials make this weapon light as a feather.

Tesla

Rounds will sometimes emit electricity where they land that damages and slows nearby targets.

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Bloodthirsty

Killing enemies grants health.

Saboteur

Damaging robots has a chance to instantly kill them. Robots explode on death.

Methodical

Killing an elite increases your damage by 50% for 15 seconds.

Kismet

Every time you reload, there is a 25% chance that your next magazine size will be tripled.

Reckless

Magazine size is reduced to 1, damage is massively increased, health is massively reduced.

Other Mods

stat-upgrade

No Upgrade

No Upgrade.

Aim Speed Upgrade

Increases Aiming Speed.

Fire Rate Upgrade

Increases Fire Rate.

Ammo Capacity Upgrade

Increases Ammo Capacity.

Reload Speed Upgrade

Increases Reload Speed.

Increases Accuracy and Stability.

Recoil Upgrade

Reduces Recoil.

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