Energy wepons and ammo

[Hi my name is Duck!]

So wheres a good place to buy/find energy wepons and ammo, i know the silver rush but are they really realiable? any info is much appreciated

[Bansheebutt]

The Silver Rush is mechanically the Energy equivelent of The Gun Runners, so yes, It's reliable for energy based combat needs.

Until that point in the game though, The loose cells at the Repconn facility near Novac will keep you stocked for a bit, especially if you're developing your science and recycling your spent ammunition.

[Vassago Rain]

Silver rush, great khan armorer (she also stocks electron charge packs), the lonesome road vending machines, and laying everywhere in Big MT.

The NCR quartermaster at the dam sometimes has lots of energy ammo.

[Discreet_Pigeon]

The only other place to buy energy weapons are from the BOS bunker which sells most energy weapons, grenade machine guns, greased lightning (unique power fist), thermic lance, super sledge and power armor.

Though the silver rush has a better weapon selection to choose from.

[ghpstage]

BoS Bunker is excellent for energy weaponry, with a shop that sells high end ones like Gauss Rifles and a box of respawning energy ammo they put out just for you. Unfortunately it does take a lot of quest legwork to unlock those.....
However, once you first gain access the is roughly 300 of each of MFC and SEC rounds to steal, an easy quest that nets you a tri-beam laser and NPCs armed with gauss rifles and occasionally an LCG that can be aquired without turning the whole bunker hostile if your cunning.
Their safehouse, when you get the key, has a free LCG and tesla cannon.

The Repconn HQ that has already been mentioned has around 600 MFC rounds to plunder. Also home to the ammo efficient and generally useful unique plasma rifle.

Energy weapons are popular enough with fiends, that you can reliably farm a few hundred MFC and ECC rounds from them if you exterminate everyone of them between Camp Mccaran and the entrance to vault 3.

OWB does have tons everywhere,, the Sink vendor restocks them, and with his upgrade Muggy can generate 50 of each of MFC and SEC per day. Unfortunately your stuck in the DLC until completion.

Lonesome Road on the other hand, you can leave as often as you like. The vendor there, which can be accessed almost immediately, and is right next to an arc welder stocks energy ammo, with a bias towards ECC. With the second upgrade ED-E is capable of generating 35 MFC, SEC or with a skill check, flamer rounds per day, SEC is almost always a bad choice here as 35 MFC can be converted into 51SEC with 1 MFC left over!
The Courier's mile has ungodly amounts of all kinds of ammo.

Chet will reliably restock boxes of SEC, bulk, and Cliff Briscoe often stocks MFC, both normal and in boxees of bulk.

Repconn test site has 31 fission batteries, each of which can be used to craft 25 SECs.

Both the NCR and legion dropboxes can contain energy ammo.

Efficient recycler will do wonders for your energy ammo supply, and its worth remembering that energy ammo is interchangeable between types.

[red255]

the fiends particularly the laser rifle fiends carry substantial amounts of energy weapon ammo.

and yeah the late game weapon shops carry alot. The Khans and hoover Dam maybe Never really look for the stuff, theres plenty on the fiends. theres plenty in the Repcon HQ.

you can also craft 25 small energy cells per battery you find with 5 empty small cells.

theres tons in Old World blues.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Originally posted by ghpstage:

The Courier's mile has ungodly amounts of all kinds of ammo.

It's also the most irradiated area in the game, has some of the toughest enemies in the game, and is generally the kind of place you don't want to be for very long.

[talgaby]

OWB has the funniest energy weapon too. Funny in the sense that if it crits, it can one-hit kill anything, regardless of hit points or defense rating.

Also, getting friendly with the Legion is the best free source of ammo. They can sometimes give you up to 2000 cells freely in their secret stash, and it restocks at vendor rates.

[ghpstage]

Originally posted by Dosbilliam, 200% Ultra-Bitter:

Originally posted by ghpstage:

The Courier's mile has ungodly amounts of all kinds of ammo.

It's also the most irradiated area in the game, has some of the toughest enemies in the game, and is generally the kind of place you don't want to be for very long.

The OP didn't specifify they wanted an easy source, just that they wanted locations to get hold of the stuff, so I came up with a list of potential sources that are available, with varying levels of effort investment and local threats