There are a ton of weapons available in Fallout: New Vegas. One of these weapons, the Medicine Stick, is a potent lever-action rifle that is highly recommended because it is super effective in close-quarter battles due to its high rate of fire and iron sights design. However, there is only one way to obtain it in-game, which will cost you an arm and a leg, but it is worth it. Here's how to get the Medicine Stick in Fallout: New Vegas and why it is so good.
Fallout: New Vegas - How to Wait
Those looking to advance time in Fallout: New Vegas can do so by making use of the Waiting feature. Here's how it works.
Where to Get the Medicine Stick in Fallout: New Vegas
You can purchase the Medicine Stick from the Vendortron at Gun Runners in Fallout: New Vegas for 23,000 caps with a Barter skill of 100. However, you must own the Gun Runners' Arsenal add-on to buy the Medicine Stick in-game from the Gun Runners shop. In addition, you must have your Guns skill at 100 and your Strength stat at 6 to use it.
If you're not keen on the high price, you can use a cheat and console command to get the Medicine Stick. The command is 'player.additem 0500080E 1', but remember, the first two digits, 05, might change depending on your load order. 05 is the standard load order for the base game plus all DLC and add-ons up to Gun Runners' Arsenal add-on.
Fallout: New Vegas - How to Wait
Those looking to advance time in Fallout: New Vegas can do so by making use of the Waiting feature. Here's how it works.
Here are the base stats for the Medicine Stick:
- Attack Damage: 78
- Projectile Damage: 78
- Damage Per Second: 108
- Crit Damage: 78
- Crit Percent Multiplier: x 1
- Maximum Rate of Fire Per Second: 1.4
- AP: 31
- Projectiles: 1
- Ammo: .45-70 Gov't
- Weight: 5.5
- Spread: 0.06
- Durability: 200 (995 total rounds)
The Medicine Stick is a unique weapon variant of the standard brush gun in New Vegas. It offers more damage per shot, a higher DPS due to its higher rate of fire, higher critical hit damage, less AP to use, and more durability. These increased benefits make it only second to the Anti-Material Rifle as the most damaging ballistic rifle in the game (on a per-shot basis).
The Medicine Stick serves as a great compliment to the Anti-Material Rifle, which is the long-range counterpart to the Medicine Stick. However, in Hardcore mode, carrying both weapons could cause issues since the AMR uses heavy .50 MG ammo that can slow you down. In contrast, the Medicine Stick uses .45-70 Gov't ammo, weighing only 0.065 pounds per round. You can purchase this ammo from various vendors in the Mojave, such as the Vendortron at Gun Runners, Alexander by the 188 Trading Post, Quartermaster Bardon at the Hoover Dam offices, Mick at Mick & Ralph's, and Blake from the Crimson Caravan Company.
For an even more devastating impact, consider pairing the Medicine Stick with the Cowboy Perk. This perk provides a 25% damage bonus when using lever-action firearms, including the Medicine Stick. With this combination, you can take down enemies in Fallout: New Vegas with the force of a truck.
Fallout: New Vegas
- Franchise
- Fallout
- Released
- October 19, 2010
- Developer(s)
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
- Genre(s)
- RPG
