I recommend trying to get it though. It's supposed to be a once-per-playthrough rare drop to offset how good it is.
Edit for clarification: It has a 10% chance to drop from a rare weapon drop. Enemies already have a very low chance of dropping a rare weapon, and the viper has a 10% chance to drop from that. So if you can't find it, blame rng.
I like the concept of super rare drops, but I feel like there should be a quest attached to stuff like this, or at least one spot where it has been placed.
Absolutely wonderful gun, genuinely there's not enough Va'ruun style weapons.
Hopefully shattered space fixes that, but that's alright solong as they add more quests and roleplay-based dialogue for backgrounds, and radiant quests that emphasize backgrounds.
I am never this lucky so thought I would share. I downloaded this mod yesterday and went and found a bunch of Va'ruun Zealots and could not get this weapon to drop. I resisted the urge to use console commands to get it. Tonight I came across Betty Howser's ship and hired her. As I was about to leave I remembered that I hadn't checked the Cargo Hold or Captain's Locker. Something I always do when boarding a ship. Low and behold there it was! So happy I didn't use console commands to get it. I hope that this was a random occurrence.
I immediately went and found some Spacers to try it out. Sweet gun! Pistols are my go to so this is staying in my load out. I will carry now 3 pistols and 1 rifle. I just realized that its quality level is 3!
Oh we will be! We have another Va'Ruun weapon queued up just waiting for us to have time to do it. Then at least one or two more weapons after that, but fighters are the focus right now.
Probably grasping at straws here, but I'm honestly starting to think there's a conflict somewhere that stops me from finding a Viper in the wild naturally - and Legendary Core Recycler might be the suspect.
Finally found a Va'ruun POI, and killed the boss Zealot (might be my s#*! luck, but all of the Boss Zealots I've killed have had the same disgusting crap Equinox rifle). When it didn't drop a Viper, I proceeded to resurrect it, then gun it down, resurrect it, slaughter it, ad infinitum for quite some time. I did this enough times that I leveled up from level 57 to 58, so I'm well past player level 20. The only hole I can think of, other than a mod conflict, is that the Boss Zealot in question was Level 20 (killed it out in the Piazzi system, which is pretty low level). And I do have Venpi Core enabled BTW, and it is showing up in 'help viper 4 weap', and it does spawn in if I console it in.
Really really REALLY s#*! luck on my end or something more? Because with the Dynamic FormID bug creeping up on me and me about to NG+ I'm this close to cheating one in and saying I found it on the Starborn Guardian.
I couldn't say for sure (spoopy could) but it could well be a mod conflict, and/or that the varuun was below level 30 (which is the level you need to allow one to spawn)
Just bad luck. Because of the way that leveled lists work, a 10% rare drop is pretty close to zero. Essentially you might get one for every 1000 Va'ruun enemies you kill.
Sure. You can find the code in the console by typing: help viper 4
But before you do, hear me out: This will ruin the buzz of finding the weapon and dampen some of the excitement. You can only ever experience that one time, and zero times if you spawn it. Not saying you should or shouldn't; You play how you want.
Are you at the minimum required level of 30? Killed many boss va'ruun (with the 3 health bars)?
i did this but didn't get the item code it just said viewer strings not available. I have the mod at the top of my load order so it should be working. installed the same as all my other esm mods. any ideas?
I just wanted to reply that I support your vision in terms of adding rare loot to the game and balancing around it.
I initially felt this gun was overpowered… but then I stopped letting myself grab one from the console. Now I'm just crossing my fingers I come across one and that is VERY fun.
(I've still patched out quality tiers above 4 from my playtesting with the console-added one, but not everyone is on the exact same balance ecosystem).
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I recommend trying to get it though. It's supposed to be a once-per-playthrough rare drop to offset how good it is.
Edit for clarification: It has a 10% chance to drop from a rare weapon drop. Enemies already have a very low chance of dropping a rare weapon, and the viper has a 10% chance to drop from that. So if you can't find it, blame rng.
I think this mod has been abandoned
Mod isn't abandoned as such, just that we lack the interest to update it.
We DO accept patches, though.
Hopefully shattered space fixes that, but that's alright solong as they add more quests and roleplay-based dialogue for backgrounds, and radiant quests that emphasize backgrounds.
I'm glad you didn't use commands to get it. It kinda ruins the special feel of it. But please do enjoy the gun!
Finally found a Va'ruun POI, and killed the boss Zealot (might be my s#*! luck, but all of the Boss Zealots I've killed have had the same disgusting crap Equinox rifle). When it didn't drop a Viper, I proceeded to resurrect it, then gun it down, resurrect it, slaughter it, ad infinitum for quite some time. I did this enough times that I leveled up from level 57 to 58, so I'm well past player level 20. The only hole I can think of, other than a mod conflict, is that the Boss Zealot in question was Level 20 (killed it out in the Piazzi system, which is pretty low level). And I do have Venpi Core enabled BTW, and it is showing up in 'help viper 4 weap', and it does spawn in if I console it in.
Really really REALLY s#*! luck on my end or something more? Because with the Dynamic FormID bug creeping up on me and me about to NG+ I'm this close to cheating one in and saying I found it on the Starborn Guardian.
I couldn't say for sure (spoopy could) but it could well be a mod conflict, and/or that the varuun was below level 30 (which is the level you need to allow one to spawn)
You best chance is to find Va'Ruun in a surface POI.
help viper 4But before you do, hear me out:
This will ruin the buzz of finding the weapon and dampen some of the excitement. You can only ever experience that one time, and zero times if you spawn it. Not saying you should or shouldn't; You play how you want.
Are you at the minimum required level of 30?
Killed many boss va'ruun (with the 3 health bars)?
Try maybe this? https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/469?tab=posts or google. This was the 5th entry when i searched.
I initially felt this gun was overpowered… but then I stopped letting myself grab one from the console. Now I'm just crossing my fingers I come across one and that is VERY fun.
(I've still patched out quality tiers above 4 from my playtesting with the console-added one, but not everyone is on the exact same balance ecosystem).