Nitro Thrower

### Dam. type

**Cold**. Scales with Weird Science, maximum penetration, effective against organic targets (+30% damage), ineffective against non-organic targets (-30% damage), often has a chance to apply Frozen.

## Effects

* 75% to apply Frozen
* Anti-organic
+30% damage to organic targets
-30% damage to mechanic targets

## Item Data

### Value

$ 1181

**Nitro Thrower** is a flamethrower in *Wasteland 3*.

## Description

Based around flamethrower technology, this weapon instead sprays jets of supercooled chemical vapors.

## Characteristics

Despite preinstalled Cold damage, it is possible to convert this weapon to other damage types (Fire, Energy or Explosive) by using the appropriate damage type conversion mods. This won't add a second damage type but replace the originally installed Cold damage.

Damage can be increased from various bonuses. Also Cold damage provide +99 Armor penetration, which negates target's armor completely.

Cold damage maximization example

* +8 Damage from Toxic Linkage  or Crippling Linkage  or Razor Linkage
* +33% Ranged damage from Sadomasochist quirk at the cost of +33% Received damage
* +35% Ranged damage from Awareness attribute at level 10
* +25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence  helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor
* +30% Cold damage from Weird Science skill at level 10
* +30% Cold damage from Elite cryo exo armor set

Applying all bonuses (+8 Damage +93% Ranged damage +60% Cold damage) leads to the following result:

* 117 - 163 damage in weapon stats.

In fact damage will vary depending on a target:

* 152 - 211 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage).

Fire damage maximization example

* -10% Ranged damage from Incendiary Linkage  damage conversion penalty
* +35% Ranged damage from Awareness attribute at level 10
* +25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence  helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor
* +15% Fire damage from Disciple Of The Metal background
* +25% Fire damage from Pyromaniac quirk
* +25% Fire damage from Heating Element perk
* +30% Fire damage from Weird Science skill at level 10
* +30% Fire damage from Elite pyro exo armor set

Applying all bonuses (+50% Ranged damage +125% Fire damage) leads to the following result:

* 101 - 151 damage in weapon stats.

In fact damage will vary depending on a target:

* 131 - 196 damage against organic targets (+30% Damage).

Energy damage maximization example

* -10% Ranged damage from Plasma Linkage  damage conversion penalty
* +33% Ranged damage from Sadomasochist quirk at the cost of +33% Received damage
* +35% Ranged damage from Awareness attribute at level 10
* +25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence  helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor
* +30% Energy damage from Weird Science skill at level 10
* +30% Energy damage from Elite energy exo armor set
* +5% Energy damage from Electric Emmett creepy doll

Applying all bonuses (+83% Ranged damage +65% Energy damage) leads to the following result:

* 90 - 135 damage in weapon stats.

In fact damage will vary depending on a target:

* 117 - 175 damage against mechanic targets (+30% Damage).

Explosive damage maximization example

* -10% Ranged damage from HE Fuse Linkage  damage conversion penalty
* +35% Ranged damage from Awareness attribute at level 10
* +25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence  helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor
* +15% Explosive damage from Explodomaniac background
* +25% Explosive damage from Pyromaniac quirk
* +50% Explosive damage from Explosives skill at level 10
* +5% Explosive damage from Radical Rachel creepy doll

Applying all bonuses (+50% Ranged damage +95% Explosive damage) leads to the following result:
* 87 - 131 damage against all types of targets.

### Field stripping results

* 20-27 Scrap
* With Expert Disassembler:
	+ +30% Scrap
	+ Chance to get one mod:
		- 5%  Broach-Rifled Barrel
		- 5%  Columbium Barrel
		- 5%  Cylinder Choke
		- 5%  Extended Mag
		- 5%  Red Dot Scope
		- 5%  Tactical Light

## Location

* Clown Museum: In a crate inside closed warehouse (place one ranger on a circle with a star in front of a Weathered Poster).