Love and Hate

Love and Hate is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Love and Hate is a unique pair of knuckle-dusters, which deals more damage than the standard variants. The attached spiked plates have the words "LOVE" and "HATE" embossed on them, and are stained with blood.

Durability
Love and Hate can successfully strike about 1495 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Spiked knuckles
 * Brass knuckles

Comparison

 * ¹ Includes V.A.T.S double normal weapon damage.

Location

 * Bonnie Springs - Found on a Viper Gang leader.

Behind the scenes
Love and Hate is a reference to two films: The Night of the Hunter and Do The Right Thing".

Bugs

 * Love and Hate does not use a higher resolution texture when used by the player, despite one being available in the game's resources.
 * On rare occasions Love and Hate can be found in a filing cabinet on the second floor of the main building in Cottonwood Cove.
 * When dropped, Love and Hate may fall through the ground.