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The knife is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics[]

A one-handed bladed weapon that served as a simple kitchen knife pre-War, being extremely common to the point of being cheap clutter. It deals the third-lowest damage per strike of all bladed melee weapons while having the third-lowest AP cost.

The knife's common availability and low cost to repair through a vendor make it ideal for repairing higher-ended one-handed melee weapons via the Jury Rigging perk. It is one of the required components in the crafting of the weapon binding ritual from the Honest Hearts add-on. It is considered a holdout weapon.

Special attack[]

The knife has a special Back Slash attack that does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 4 fewer action points (requires a Melee Weapons skill of 50).

Legend
Type of attack- Type of attackSkill required- Skill required
Damage per attack in V.A.T.S.- Damage per attack in V.A.T.S.Action point cost- Action point cost
Damage per action point- Damage per action pointAdditional effects- Additional effects
Type of attackSkill requiredDamage per attack in V.A.T.S.Action point costDamage per action point
Normal016200.8
Back Slash5011.2160.7
Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.

It is possible to execute Back Slash outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee Weapons skill of 50 to perform the move) by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.

Durability[]

The knife can successfully strike about 745 times from full condition before breaking.

Locations[]

Notes[]

In the Ultra-Luxe, within the Gourmand's kitchen area, several larger knives can be found, however their size does not change when equipped. If dropped, it will remain the same size; if picked up and dropped again, it will revert to the normal size.

Sounds[]

Switchblade icon
Equip
Switchblade icon
Unequip

Gallery[]

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