The Outer Worlds The Outer Worlds - Complete Science Weapon Guide (How to Find It) (2024)

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In this guide you can find all information you need about how to find five science weapons in the game. All items are hidden across Halcyon.

Introduction

There are five science weapons in The Outer Worlds:

Prismatic Hammer
Mandibular Rearranger
Shrink Ray
Mind Control Ray
Gloop Gun

What Are Science Weapons

Science Weapons are unique weapons that have been hidden across Halcyon. These weapons perform crazy effects such as mind controlling enemies and even shrinking them.

In total there are 5 Science Weapons to collect, but before you can obtain them you must first purchase several items from Vendors to unlock clues that detail the whereabouts of these weapons.

To start the process of finding the weapons, you must first begin the Weapons From the Void Quest which is only unlocked after completing the main quest, A Stranger in a Strange Land.

The Prismatic Hammer

In order to find the Prismatic Hammer, make your way to the Groundbreaker and speak with Gladys. Trade with her and purchase the Battered Mardet Datapad.

Following the quest marker, head to the room on the left that is past the Customs Checkpoint, but just slightly before you go through the door that leads to the Groundbreaker Promenade.

In this room, you will find several bunk beds. Just before these bunk beds, you will find two crates stacked on top of one another. Use these crates to climb on top of the bunks to reach the small air vent that you need to crouch through.

Eventually, you will reach the Repair Hangar, which is full of Outlaws - take them out.

The Mandibular Rearranger

To obtain the Mandibular Rearranger, you will firstly need to make your way to Gladys on the Groundbreaker. Trade with her and purchase the Hephaestus Mining - Archive Cartridge.

In order to get your clue, access the cartridge via the terminal in your ships quarters. Now that you have unlocked the clue, start heading to Scylla.

Once you have arrived, follow the quest marker until you reach a small building in the Northern corner of the map. Inside this building, you will find a blue / green box the ground that contains the Mandibular Rearranger.

The Shrink Ray

In order to claim the Shrink Ray, players must have first gained access to the Navkey that allows your ship to travel freely throughout the different locations in Halcyon.

Assuming that you have already unlocked the Navkey, use your ship to fast travel to Phineas Welles' lab. Upon arriving, following the onscreen marker until you reach Phineas, who is locked inside a large glass room.

Before speaking to him, search the table directly towards the right to find the Shrink Ray gun.

The Mine Control Ray

To find the Mind Control Ray, travel to Monarch and make your way to Duncan's Dry Goods and Supplies store.

Trade with him and purchase the SubLight datapad.

Follow the on-screen marker and make you way to the abandoned Rizzo's factory that can be found in Cascadia.

Inside the factory, go to the final room and search for a door that provides access to an elevator shaft. Jump across the platforms and climb up the large ladder to find the Mind Control Ray inside a green container on the ground.

The Gloop Gun

The Gloop Gun can be found during the side mission, Errors Unseen, which requires players to travel to a UDL Lab in the Southwest area of Stella Bay.

Following the onscreen marker, take out any Marauders that block your path along the way. Once you reach the UDL Lab, head inside and look for the terminal that can be found in the Lab's main room.

Use the terminal to unlock the Gloop Gun by either Hacking the system (55 Hacking) or answering three rather simple questions.

The correct answers for the security questions are as follows:

Protect the Chairman.
Berate him relentlessly to defend the Chairman's honor.
Arrest your spouse and admit your children to a reeducation program.

Once the questions have been answered correctly, the Gloop Gun will be unlocked from the nearby chamber.

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The Outer Worlds The Outer Worlds - Complete Science Weapon Guide (How to Find It) (2024)

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Where to find the science weapon on the groundbreaker? ›

Prismatic Hammer

All you have to do is buy the battered Mardet datapad from her. It will point you to a hidden room on the West end of the Groundbreaker, where you can then climb on top of some bunks to find a narrow door, fight some enemies inside, and unlock the door on the right.

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How to get the abandoned lab science weapon? ›

Once you reach the UDL Lab, head inside and look for the terminal that can be found in the Lab's main room. Use the terminal to unlock the Gloop Gun by either Hacking the system (55 Hacking) or answering three rather simple questions.

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Where can I get science weapons? ›

All five Science Weapons can be found by completing the side quest, Weapons From the Void. This side quest is available after you've completed Stranger in a Strange Land. You can start it by reading the logs on the computer terminal in the captain's quarters The Unreliable.

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How to get the monarch science weapon? ›

You'll find this weapon during the Errors Unseen side mission on Monarch. In the UDL Lab to the southwest of Stellar Bay, clear out the marauders. Use the terminal on the left side of the main room to unlock the gun — you can either hack it, or answer the three security questions.

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Where is the groundbreaker in Outer Worlds? ›

The entrance to Groundbreaker is always by the Groundbreaker Docking Bays in the south of the location. Felix Millstone can be recruited in the Docking Bays. To access the rest of Groundbreaker, one must pass through Groundbreaker Security before reaching the Promenade - the central area of the ship.

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How do you acquire the science weapon on Scylla? ›

Weapons From the Void // Acquire the Science Weapon on Scylla. On Groundbreaker, buy the Hephaestus Mining – Archive Cartridge from Gladys, and review it on the terminal in your quarters. Head to Scylla, and follow the pin on your map to the east. You'll find this baton in a building near the Abandoned Mining Outpost.

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How do you unlock the mysterious lab? ›

Once the player has reached the castle, they can go into the mouth of the castle and into the breach at the bottom. This will lead to the lab. The lab will be locked unless the player has Dr. Wendell Tully with them, which will start some dialogue of BURG.L hacking into the lab and opening it.

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How do you get an occult weapon? ›

Creation of an Occult weapon requires a +5 Divine weapon (which in turn requires a standard weapon +5) and a White Titanite Chunk. Upgrading an Occult weapon further requires White Titanite Chunks to +4, and a White Titanite Slab to upgrade to +5.

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What is the best science weapon in The Outer Worlds? ›

Prismatic Hammer is the best weapon in the game, imo. Special Delivery is really neat. You get it in the Gorgon DLC. If you do the dlc as early as possible and rush it, you'll get to play with it a lot.

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What is the first science weapon in The Outer Worlds? ›

The Shrink Ray should be the first science weapon you pick up and it's very easy to get. Travel to Phineas' Lab once you boot up The Unreliable's navigational systems and it will be in a box to the right of the shift scientist. Pick it up to unlock it and head out into the world to blast enemies and make them fun-size.

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What does the Shrink Ray do in outer worlds? ›

The shrink ray deals plasma damage, but it also makes your target smaller for a few seconds. They're slightly harder to hit, but their armor and damage are also reduced. Increasing your tech > science skill will increase the amount of reduction.

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Do I give Sanjar the data cartridge? ›

Handing over the module to either group is an easy way to end the side quest: Give the Module to Sanjar of the MSI to side with the corporate(ish) side. Give the Module to Graham or Zora of the Iconoclasts to side with the rebellious group.