Combat Knife (Fallout: New Vegas)

The combat knife is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
A large knife designed for both combat and survival. It has a long blade with a notched edge intended for cutting rope and small branches.

Special attack
It has a special Back Slash attack, which does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 3 fewer action points (requires a Melee skill of 50). 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 combat knife can successfully strike about 445 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Chance's knife - A much more powerful variant located in Chance's grave.
 * Assassin - The Caesar's Legion assassin sent to kill President Kimball carries a special version which is "non-playable". This prevents the weapon from normally being shown in inventory, e.g. when pickpocketing the assassin. The weapon is otherwise identical to the standard combat knife.
 * Cass - Rose of Sharon Cassidy carries a special "non-playable" version of the weapon, also otherwise identical to the standard version.

Comparison

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

Locations

 * Combat knives are incredibly common across the Mojave. They are often randomly spawned in containers and bins, or can be found in almost all weapon stores.
 * They can be found on some of the Omertas in the Gomorrah Casino.
 * One in good condition can be found on a blackjack table in the Vikki and Vance Casino. Go into the big, main room with the car, take a right, into the small room, and it should be on a table in the back right corner.
 * There's one on a table in the headquarters building in Cottonwood Cove.
 * Captain Curtis at Camp McCarran has one in full condition during the quest I Put a Spell on You.
 * Orris has one if you kill him in G.I. Blues.
 * At Camp Golf, in the House Resort, in the barracks in a shelf next to the mess hall. It can be taken without karma penalty.
 * One can be found inside Gomorrah in a "very hard" locked room, on a table beside a prostitute corpse.
 * One can be found in very poor condition on top of a table in Boone's room.
 * A total of 10 can be obtained in Camp Searchlight, on the corpses of ghoul NCR troopers associated with the quest We Will All Go Together.
 * Used by the Fiends.
 * One can be found in the second floor of a ruined building in Boulder City beside a couple of skeletons. You will also find a Service rifle and a Ranger Hat in this building, each in very low condition.
 * One can be found in the Honest Hearts add-on, located next to a toolbox, first aid box, and a skeleton. All of which is found inside a boat, underwater, at the Virgin River. The combat knife is in perfect condition.

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