The Fallout series is renowned for having tons of secrets just waiting to be found by those players who explore every nook and cranny of the Wasteland. Fallout 4 is no different, and this time brings new legendary weapons to the table.
The alien blaster is no newcomer to the Fallout series, with it appearing in previous games such as Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3 when the player came across UFO landing sites. If you’re after the alien blaster in Fallout 4, you’ve got to put the work in, as it takes a bit of a combat grind to get the event to trigger.
First things first, you’re going to need to set off for Vault 75. This is actually underneath Malden Middle School and therefore hidden out of sight. If you haven’t yet discovered this location, simply go to either Slocum’s Joe Corporate HQ and head north, or the Malden Center and head in a northeastern direction. Once you’ve found Malden Middle School, enter the building and make your way down to the basement floor of the building.
A bit of a caution now. Vault 75 isn’t a walk in the park and we only really suggest going in if you’re about level 15… or a bad ass player with some swanky gear. The first part of your quest is to clear out the vault. Take down every single enemy that is hiding in the rooms and pick up a ton of loot as you go.
Once you’ve finally emptied the vault of all enemies, head back out to Wasteland and you’re going to want to set your Pip-Boy for Beantown Brewery. Beantown Brewery is on the west side of the map and can be found north of Oberland Station. Walk east and south around this the brewery and you should see a flash in the sky as a UFO speeds past you. If you see this, you know that the event has been triggered.
As soon as you see this sign of confirmation, you want to start heading south from Beantown Brewery until you see a cave and a crash site. That flash in the sky was the last flight that poor alien will ever have. On the up side, it means you’re about to snag his blaster! Just to the east of the crash site you should find another secondary location marker called ‘Cave’. Simply head in and see the poor slimy guy looking a bit worse for wear. Give him a couple shots of your weapon and he’ll go down. Loot the alien’s body and the Alien Blaster is yours.
This is one of the most powerful weapons in the game and takes Alien Blaster Rounds as its ammo. Top tip, though, simply modify the weapon back at one of the Weapon Benches and you can change it to take fusion cells. You now have a much more common source of ammo for an incredible weapon.
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