Power fist (Fallout: New Vegas)

For an overview of power fist models found in numerous games, see power fists.
For the Gun Runners' Arsenal version of this weapon, see Power fist (GRA).

Fallout: New Vegas weapon
Power fist
Requirements
Skill	Unarmed 50
Strength req.	5
Attack statistics
Dmg/attack	40 (55.6)
DPS	43.6 (78.9)
Crit dmg	40
Crit % mult	x1
Attacks/sec	1.1 (1.4)
AP	28
Other
Weight	6
Value	800
Item HP	80
Repair	Power fist Unarmed
Form ID	00004347 (standard) 00176E5A (Veronica's)
Perk effects
Perks (dam.)	Heavy Handed (+8) Bloody Mess (+2) Lord Death (+1.6) Thought You Died (+4)
Perks (att.)	Slayer (+0.3)

 

The power fist is an unarmed weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics

The power fist is a mechanical glove mounted with a hydraulic piston powered ram. When punching, the pistons push the ram forward, smashing into the enemy. Sometimes, enough power is transferred to the target to knock them down.

V.A.T.S. Special Attacks

Legend
	- Type of attack			- Skill required
	- Damage per attack in V.A.T.S.			- Action point cost
	- Damage per action point			- Additional effects

Normal	0	80	28	2.86
Stomp	50	160	20	8	Only on knocked down enemies
Uppercut	50	92	20	4.6
Cross	75	88	20	4.4	2.5x damage to limbs

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

Durability

The power fist can successfully strike about 395 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

• Gun Runners' Arsenal power fist - the variant added by Gun Runners' Arsenal that accepts modifications.
• Greased Lightning - a unique variant added by Gun Runners' Arsenal.
• Industrial hand - a fully automatic bladed industrial tool.
• Salt-Upon-Wounds' power fist - a unique variant wielded by Salt-Upon-Wounds in the add-on, Honest Hearts.
• Saturnite fist - the common variant found in the Big MT.
• Saturnite fist super-heated - the variant that underwent the process of overheating in The Sink.

Comparison

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

Power fist	40	43.6			1.09	x1	40		28	2.9	395	6	800	133.3	50	5
Power fist	40	43.6			1.09	x1	40		28	2.9	395	6	800	133.3	50	5
Power fist	48	62.8			1.31	x1	40		28	3.4	795	6	4900	816.7	50	5
Greased Lightning	32	96			3	x1	32		28	2.3	995	6	15000	2500	50	5
Industrial hand	50	160		Ignores DR/DT	3.2	x1	40		65	1.5	7995	10	2500	250	75	7
Salt-Upon-Wounds' power fist	45	64.4	+3/10s		1.36	x1	45		25	4.8	495	6	2500	416.7	50	6
Saturnite fist	35	63			1.8	x1	35		25	2.8	795	4	1600	400	45	4
Saturnite fist super-heated	55	90.8			1.65	x1	55	+2/5s	25	4.4	595	4	2400	600	55	5

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

Locations

• Boulder City ruins - in an ammunition case on the second floor on one of the houses.
• Camp McCarran - there are five or more in the tents located in several footlookers. These tents are located directly north of the entrance.
• Camp Golf - plenty of them can be found in the trooper tents, in front of the House Resort.
• Cottonwood Cove - there are two in the footlockers, in the tent next to the Cottonwood Cove HQ.
• Hidden Valley bunker - the Brotherhood of Steel has many stashed away in the footlockers in their base. However, laser pistols can sometimes be found instead.
• Hoover Dam - there is one inside a footlocker which is inside one of the sleeping quarters near Quartermaster Bardon's office.
• Mick & Ralph's, Freeside - it can be sold by Mick in his special inventory.
• Novac - sometimes sold by Cliff Briscoe.
• Scavenger Platform, Lake Mead - in a metal box (may be randomly generated loot).
• Silver Rush, Freeside - one can be found on the top floor.
• The Tops - in the safe on the presidential suite.
• The Fort - in a footlocker in Caesar's tent (Lockpick skill of 100 required). Also held by many Legion members.
• Vault 3 - can be found on numerous Fiend raiders.
• Vault 11 - in a footlocker in the living quarters.
• Abandoned Brotherhood of Steel bunker - two may be found in the footlockers.
• The Fort - when opening Mr. House's secret room, go straight down the stairs and into the room and its found in one of the footlockers.

Notes

• This weapon is an improved holdout weapon.
• If you look closely, you can see notches on the fist that add up to 33.
• As of the Old World Blues add-on, the power fist attacks much more slowly, even with a maxed out Unarmed skill and high Strength. Even with the Slayer perk, it punches rather the same speed as it did in Fallout 3. The slower attack speed is not present in the other variants like the zap glove and ballistic fist, however.

Bugs

• PC The power fist does not use a higher resolution texture when used by the player, despite one being available in the game's resources.^[verified]
• PC The power fist uses the default Pip-Boy image from Fallout 3, despite there being an updated version present in the game's resources.^[verified]
• Xbox 360 Sometimes when appearing in third-person player, the power fist will appear above the hand.^[verified]

Sounds

Gallery

Concept art by Adam Adamowicz

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