Machete (Fallout: New Vegas)

The machete is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The machete appears to be a make-shift weapon, and consists of a lawn mower blade strapped to a wooden handle. It is the primary melee weapon of Caesar's Legion. Besides having a low Strength requirement it also does bonus limb damage, making it a good melee weapon for intermediate players. Holding down the attack button causes the player to swing it around and up at their target.

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. Unusually for melee weapons, there is no Melee Skill requirement to use this attack. Note that in Fallout: New Vegas melee weapons do double normal weapon damage when used in V.A.T.S.

It is possible to execute Back Slash 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.

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

Variants

 * Machete gladius
 * Liberator
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Comparison

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

Locations

 * A machete can be found in the Abandoned shack N-NW of the Yangtze Memorial.
 * One can be obtained by talking to Caesar after returning from the vault under The Fort.
 * If you choose to kill Benny by dueling him in the arena, you can obtain a machete from his body.
 * 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 Caesar's Legion armor.
 * Legion assassins will also carry them.
 * Various Freeside thugs can be found carrying them.
 * A unique variant, Liberator, is carried by the Legion Decanus Dead Sea at Nelson.
 * There is one in the yard of the New California Republic Correctional Facility, stuck and left in an overturned bench.
 * It is often carried by Caesar's Legion troops