Recompense of the Fallen is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics
Recompense of the Fallen is a unique Unarmed weapon made from NCR dog tags. Cosmetically, Recompense of the Fallen looks exactly the same as the dog tag fist. It does slightly more damage than the standard dog tag fist, and swings slightly faster.
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 | 50 | 35 | 1.43 | |
| Stomp | 50 | 100 | 20 | 5 | Only on knocked down enemies |
| Uppercut | 50 | 57.5 | 20 | 2.88 | |
| Cross | 75 | 55 | 20 | 2.75 | 2.5x damage to limbs |
- Note: Unarmed weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
Durability
Recompense of the Fallen can successfully strike about 745 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dog tag fist | 20 | 31.6 | 1.58 | x1 | 20 | 35 | 1.1 | 495 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Recompense of the Fallen | 25 | 47.4 | 1.89 | x1 | 25 | 35 | 1.4 | 745 | 3 | 250 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 |
- Note: Unarmed damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Location
Cottonwood Cove - It can be found in the office of Aurelius of Phoenix, inside his desk on the Second floor of the Cottonwood Cove HQ.
Notes
Both Recompense of the Fallen and the Dog tag fist are notable for their lack of requirements; both require a Strength of 1 and no Unarmed skill requirement.
Bugs
The item cannot be grabbed and moved around. [verified]- When wearing the Recompense of the Fallen and then going in to interrogate Silus during the quest Silus Treatment they are removed, but on exit and transfer of the Recompense of the Fallen to a companion your character still appears to be wearing Recompense of the Fallen, both when nothing is equipped and when you have other weapons equipped (e.g. Machete gladius or 12.7mm pistol). This glitch may occur with other hand-to-hand weapons such as the Golden Gloves. [verified]
