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	Dead Money weapon Knife spear
	Requirements skill Melee Weapons 25 strength req. 2 Attack statistics dmg/attack 20 (27.6) DPS 37.9 (83.7) crit dmg 20 crit % mult x1 attacks/sec 1.9 (3) AP 35 effect Bonus limb damage x1.5 Other weight 3 value $55 item HP 400 repair Knife spear Knife spear clean Throwing knife spear Throwing spear Two-handed melee Jury Rigging base id xx000fbe Perk effects perks (dam.) Heavy Handed (+4) Bloody Mess (+1) Lord Death (+0.6) Thought You Died (+2) perks (att.) Slayer (+0.6) Melee Hacker (+0.2) Ain't Like That Now (+0.4)

 

The knife spear is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Dead Money.

CharacteristicsEdit

The knife spear is a two-handed Melee weapon often carried by the ghost people of the Sierra Madre. It is constructed by duct-taping four cosmic knives to the end of a broom stick handle.

Special attackEdit

It has a special Mauler attack that does normal damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of the normal 35 action points, but adds a chance to knock down opponents (requires a Melee skill of 50).

Legend
Type of attack	- Type of attack		Skill 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 point		Additional effects	- Additional effects

Type of attack	Skill required	Damage per attack in V.A.T.S.	Action point cost	Damage per action point	Additional effects
Normal	0	40	35	1.14	none
Mauler	50	40	35	1.14	Knockdown chance

Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.

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

DurabilityEdit

The knife spear can successfully strike about 1995 times from full condition before breaking.

CraftingEdit

This weapon can be crafted by the player.

Creation requirements

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
cosmic knife (3) duct tape (1) throwing knife spear (1)	range	Workbench¹ Repair: 25 Dead Money add-on	level	Knife spear (1)

¹ Craftable without a workbench via a dialogue option with Veronica, or with ED-E once the add-on Lonesome Road is installed.

VariantsEdit

• Knife spear clean Dead Money
• Throwing knife spear Dead Money
• Throwing spear

ComparisonEdit

Legend
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)	- Weapon name (melee or unarmed)		Attacks in V.A.T.S.	- Attacks in V.A.T.S.
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)	- Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive)		Action point cost	- Action point cost
Damage per attack (damage per projectile)	- Damage per attack (damage per projectile)		Damage per action point	- Damage per action point
Damage per second	- Damage per second		Weapon spread	- Weapon spread
Area of effect damage	- Area of effect damage		Magazine capacity (shots per reload)	- Magazine capacity (shots per reload)
Effect damage & duration	- Effect damage & duration		Durability (number of attacks before breaking)	- Durability (number of attacks before breaking)
Bonus effects	- Bonus effects		Weight	- Weight
Attacks per second	- Attacks per second		Value in caps	- Value in caps
Critical chance % multiplier	- Critical chance % multiplier		Value to weight ratio	- Value to weight ratio
Critical damage	- Critical damage		Skill required	- Skill required
Critical effect damage & duration	- Critical effect damage & duration		Strength required	- Strength required
With all mods attached	- With all mods attached

Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)	Damage per attack (damage per projectile)	Damage per second	Bonus effects	Attacks per second	Critical Chance % multiplier	Critical damage	Action Point cost	Damage per action point	Durability (number of attacks before breaking)	Weight	Value in caps	Value to weight ratio	Skill required	Strength required
Knife spear fnvdm	20	37.9	x1.5 limb damage	1.89	x1	20	35	1.1	1995	3	55	18.3	25	2
Knife spear clean fnvdm	25	47.4	x3 limb damage	1.89	x1.2	25	35	1.4	1995	3	55	18.3	25	2
Throwing knife spear fnvdm	42	20.2	x2 limb damage	0.48	x1	42	28	3	4995	0.65	25	38.5	25	1
Throwing spear	50	30		0.6	x1	50	24	4.2	4995	0.5	25	50	25	1

Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.

LocationsEdit

• They can commonly be found on ghost people.
• One can be found in the area outside the Villa Police Station, impaling a skeleton by a fountain near the wide staircase leading to the station.

BugsEdit

• pc ps3 xbox360 Due to the knife spear being a re-skin of the baseball bat: ^[verified]
  • Enemy blood on the spear will be floating off of the surface.
  • The player's palm will be stretched out. This happens with the baseball bat but because the bat is bigger than the knife spear, it can not normally be seen.
• xbox360 The knife spear can, of an unknown bug, disappear in the third person point of view, but reappear in the first person point of view. Although the knife spear disappears in the third person point of view, it can still be usable in combat as if the knife spear is still there active. (Reloading a previous save doesn't fix this issue nor dropping the knife spear will (even though in third person point of view, it appears on the ground, but Netherless disappears again when equipping it). ^[verified]

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