Machete (Fallout: New Vegas)

The machete is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The machete appears to be a makeshift weapon, and consists of a lawn mower blade strapped to a wooden handle. It is the primary melee weapon of Caesar's Legion. Aside from having a low Strength requirement, it also does bonus damage to limbs.

Special attack
It has a special Back Slash attack that does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 4 fewer action points. Unusual for melee weapons, there is no Melee Skill requirement to use this attack.

It is possible to execute Back Slash outside of V.A.T.S. by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.

Durability
The machete can successfully strike about 245 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Machete gladius - A rarer, more powerful version.
 * Liberator - A unique version carried by Dead Sea.
 * Broad machete

Locations

 * A machete can be found in the abandoned shack north-northwest of the Yangtze Memorial.
 * If you choose to kill Benny by dueling him in the Legion arena, you can obtain a machete from his body.
 * Used by Sergeant Andrews in the arena.
 * One can be found outside the REPCONN test site, on a table next to a few ammunition boxes.
 * One is automatically given to you when dueling in the arena, and it can be kept if you don't have one already.
 * You can find one in a pile of ashes near a dead body inside of Nipton, by a trailer on the right side of the street, along with a set of Legion armor.
 * Various Freeside thugs can be found carrying them.
 * There is one in the yard of the NCR Correctional Facility, stuck and left in an overturned bench.
 * Carried by nearly all Caesar's Legion personnel, especially recruit legionaries.