Wasteland 3 Infinite money
First, reach Level 7 in Barter to gain access to the Antiques Appraiser skill. This skill gives you a 5% (1/20) chance to sell junk for x50 its normal value. To guarantee the x50 money bonus, go to a vendor and give all your junk to the character with this skill. Sell the junk. If you do not get the x50 money bonus, simply buy everything back and try again. Repeat this process until you get the x50 bonus. You can get $30,000 payouts. Money is useful later in the game, when items start costing thousands of dollars. Even at Barter 10, you will need money. It is recommended to select one of your party members and make them a dedicated barter/crafter. This one person will barter, upgrade weapons, and generally help support your squad.
Quick leveling and stats building
Set your leader to CHA 10 when starting Wasteland 3 . At Charisma 10, you get a +30% XP bonus, but at Charisma 9, you only get a +10% XP bonus. At the character creation screen, you can immediately give your leader CHA 10 to get the XP bonus. All your stats will suffer early, but you will quickly outclass everyone else in your party. You will be earning skill points at a much higher rate — so you can increase your other attributes quicker. The earlier you unlock the top tier of charisma, the more XP you will earn in the long-term. Since you cannot give everyone in your party CHA 10, it is recommended to give this to your leader for the bonus XP, while the rest of your team serves other purposes —- like upgrading weapons, bartering, lock-picking, hacking, and using a variety of weapons. Your leader is a fighter and a supporter — so increasing charisma early will allow you to build a powerful leader that can heal and fight while giving your party a leadership boost. There is no easy way to farm XP, but at CHA 10, you will not need to farm.
Tarjan Coin locations
Tarjan Coins are rare items that can be traded for permanent stat buff perks, or more powerful temporary buffs. These coins can enhance your heroes or give you a huge edge for multiple hours of in-game time. Tarjan Coins can be used at the Tarjan Machine in the Cabinet of Curiosities at the Bizarre. The machine gives you a random perk/buff — so save before using the machine. Reload the game if you do not get the desired perk/buff. Each character can only acquire one of the six types of buffs —- no two characters can acquire the same buff. There are only four Tarjan Coins — so use them wisely, as each coin activates the Tarjan Machine only once. The following are all Tarjan boosts.
- Cunning Of Tarjan: Experience bonus of +25% for 10,800 seconds (3 hours).
- Eye Of Tarjan: Permanent Cold Residence +1% and +2 to Penetration.
- Fortune Cookie: Permanent +15 Constitution.
- Lightning Strikes Twice: The next five attacks this character makes will have 100% Critical Chance.
- Magic Fingers: Barter skill increased by +1 for 10,800 seconds (3 hours).
- Precognition: Permanent +10% Evasion.
Search the indicated locations to find all four Tarjan Coins, which are found inside Toasters. You need either Toaster Repair 3, 4, or 6 to open them.
- Tarjan Coin 1: In the Toaster in the Ranger HQ Cafeteria. (Toaster Repair 3)
- Tarjan Coin 2: In the Broadmoor Heights bunker. (Toaster Repair 6)
- Tarjan Coin 3: Outside the Diner in the Tunnels of the Woundrous. (Toaster Repair 4)
- Tarjan Coin 4: In the Union Station bunker. (Toaster Repair 6)
Best weapons
The following is a list of some of the best weapons for each skill and how to obtain them. You can purchase and find these weapons, and some of them have a very small chance of spawning in a loot container.
Best LMGs
Minigun (Heavy LMG): It is dropped by enemies, and sold at Ranger HQ once the story has been progressed past Aspen. Put some damage mods on the Minigun for it to become one of the most powerful weapons in the game.
Best Melee Weapons
Proton Axe (Melee Weapon): It is sold at Ranger HQ once the story has been progressed past Aspen. It is a special axe with a 25% shock chance.
Chainsword (Melee Weapon): It is sold at Ranger HQ once the story has been progressed past Aspen. It is a chainsaw sword with a 100% bleed chance. This weapon is also a reference to the Warhammer 40,000 series.
Best Pistols
The Retirer (Energy Pistol): It is found in Godfisher Farm, Yuma County. Since it is a unique weapon, it only spawns at this location. It is an energy pistol that deals huge damage per shot.
Man Cannon (Small Arms Revolver): It is sold at Ranger HQ once the story has been progressed past Aspen. It is an extremely powerful revolver that shoot spikes.
Best Shotguns
Jackhammer (Small Arms Auto Shotgun): It is found in the Toaster Repair Museum. It is an extremely powerful shotgun that shoots in 3-round bursts. It has the most multi-target damage potential in the game.
Best SMGs
PDW-01 (Small Arts SMG): It is found in the Massacre Site, an open-world discovery location that is only accessible after acquiring Level 2 Radiation Protection. It is a fast-firing SMG that shreds enemies.
Best Sniper Rifles
Eliminator (.50 Cal Sniper Rifle): It is sold at Ranger HQ once the story has been progressed past Aspen. It is a powerful standard sniper rifle that shoots large bullets.
Neutron Projector (Energy Sniper Rifle): It is a reward for passing dialogue checks for the Gipper Armorer. It can also be purchased from the Gipper Armorer, and from the HOGS at the Machine Collective. It is sold at Ranger HQ once the story has been progressed past Aspen. It is a powerful energy-based sniper rifle.
Ray Tracer (Beam Sniper Rifle): It is only available if you side with the Marshalls in their conflict. You can then purchase the Ray Tracer from the Marshalls vendor in your HQ. It is an energy sniper rifle that shoots a beam that damages anyone in the narrow cone. It is like a long-range shotgun.
Secret “November Reigns” ending
To take over Colorado with the Desert Rangers, you have to make specific choices throughout the game. Unlike the other two major endings, this ending requires you to make exact choices —- if you are not careful, you can prevent this ending early in the campaign. To get the “November Reigns” trophy and take over Colorado, complete the following steps.
- Select Gideon Reyes as your advisor.
- Earn a “Loved” reputation with the Rangers and Hundred families.
- Persuade the Gippers to deliver oil to the city.
- Kill all the Buchanans — Vic does not count if he joins your party.
- Side with Angela Deth.
- Choose to stay in Colorado and “Spread Havoc” under your reign.
Some of these decisions have to be made early in the story, while others are only made right in the end-game. There are two other major endings, but this is the third and hardest ending to achieve. It is not necessarily the best ending, but it is the most secretive ending.
Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
- Conqueror (Platinum): You got every other trophy. Congratulations!
- Supreme Jerk (Gold): You beat the game on the hardest difficulty.
- Ranger (Silver): You beat the game on the hard difficulty.
- Rookie (Silver): You beat the game on the easiest difficulty.
- Wastelander (Silver): You beat the game on the normal difficulty.
- A New Home (Bronze): You unlocked all the major room upgrades to Ranger HQ.
- Answering Machine (Bronze): You found all the cassette tapes left around Colorado.
- Back in the Sack (Bronze): You collected all STDs in the Wasteland.
- Badda Bing (Bronze): You blew up 6 enemies with a single explosive attack.
- Body Builder (Bronze): You got modded, and can now install cyborg parts.
- Boomstick (Bronze): You killed 4 enemies at once with a single shotgun attack.
- Chop Shop Champ (Bronze): You upgraded your vehicle to the highest level.
- Cold Reception (Bronze): You shattered a frozen enemy.
- Double the Fun (Bronze): You brought Billy and Jean all the way to the end of the game.
- Expedition (Bronze): You discovered every location on the World Map.
- Fire it Up (Bronze): You killed an enemy with fire damage.
- Gooification (Bronze): You liquefied an enemy with energy damage.
- Illuminati (Bronze): You uncovered the darkest of conspiracies.
- Mastery (Bronze): You reached level 25.
- Menagerie (Bronze): You tamed at least one of every type of animal companion.
- Mod Master (Bronze): You installed 4 weapon mods on a single weapon.
- My Pretties (Bronze): You amassed a collection that would terrify a toy shop owner.
- Oops (Bronze): You accidentally downed one of your own squad members.
- Restraint (Bronze): You resisted temptation and never opened the Mysterious Case.
- Roadkill (Bronze): You give hit-and-run a new meaning.
- Scorpitron Slayer (Bronze): You took down a Scorpitron, in proud Ranger tradition.
- Toaster Expert (Bronze): You truly earned your toaster repair diploma.
- Tricked Out (Bronze): You obtained all vehicle upgrades.
- Wasteland Reaper (Bronze): You killed every living thing in Downtown Colorado Springs.
- What’s In This Thing? (Bronze): You ate a Clown Burger.
Additionally, there are 33 secret trophies:
- Bawk! (Bronze): You assembled Poultron.
- Book Learnin’ (Bronze): You found every lore book in the game.
- Bunker Buster (Bronze): You set off Morningstar’s self-destruct mechanism.
- Caged Psycho (Bronze): You arrested Victory Buchanan.
- Dead Red (Bronze): You defeated Angela Deth and stopped a coup.
- Everyone Lives (Bronze): You saved all the hostages in Aspen.
- Fixer Upper (Bronze): You found the Kodiak.
- Give Me Liberty, Or… (Bronze): You killed Liberty Buchanan.
- Heads Up! (Bronze): You threw a snowball at an NPC or party member.
- Hoon Hero (Bronze): You dealt with Erastus Dorsey before he could harm the Hoon family.
- I, Human (Bronze): You convinced the Machine Commune that humans can be trusted.
- Morningstar (Bronze): You answered Morningstar’s call and gave him a new home.
- New Colorado Order (Bronze): You deposed the Patriarch and liberated Colorado from his rule.
- No Time For Distractions (Bronze): You allowed the Hoons to be murdered and the power armor to be stolen.
- No-Show (Bronze): You never made it to Colorado Springs.
- November Reigns (Bronze): Team November and the Rangers have taken over Colorado.
- On Your Own (Bronze): Your commanding officer was killed in action. It’s your mission now.
- Pre-Apocalyptic Tourist (Bronze): You sat through Quarex’ entire museum tour.
- Quid Agit?! (Bronze): You found the Provost.
- Stolen Valor (Bronze): You arrested Valor Buchanan.
- The Gunslinger (Bronze): You recruited Lucia Wesson.
- The Hard-Head (Bronze): You recruited Fish-Lips.
- The Hobo (Bronze): You recruited Scotchmo.
- The Marshal (Bronze): You recruited Darius Kwon.
- The Needs of the Many (Bronze): You saved the shipment of power armor from the Scar Collectors.
- The New Law (Bronze): You established a new Ranger HQ in Colorado.
- The Psychopath (Bronze): You recruited Victory Buchanan.
- The Scientist (Bronze): You recruited Pizepi Joren.
- The Warlord (Bronze): You recruited Ironclad Cordite.
- Un-Lib-erated (Bronze): You arrested Liberty Buchanan.
- Valor’s End (Bronze): You killed Valor Buchanan.
- Victory Over Victory (Bronze): You killed Victory Buchanan.
- Won One for the Gipper (Bronze): You overwrote Valor Buchanan’s mind with God-President Reagan.