Chance's Knife

Chance's knife is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas, and a centerpiece of the graphic novel All Roads. It is a unique variant of the combat knife.

Characteristics
This knife belonged to Chance, one of the Great Khans and a prominent character in the graphic novel, All Roads. The blade is still stained by the blood of the Fiends it last killed at the tribal village. With melee weapons skill of 100 and all of the damage and attack speed boosting perks, its DPS becomes as prominent as Oh, Baby!, which is an outstanding feat considering it has 5% of the weight (2.5% with Pack Rat). The only downside is that the lower DAM makes it more vulnerable to high-DT enemies (offset somewhat by poisons). Also, because of the fact that it is near Goodsprings, someone who can survive the nearby cazadores (see below) can have this weapon at extremely early levels.

Chance's knife qualifies as an improved holdout weapon, meaning that if the player has a Sneak skill of 50 they can carry it into casinos and other restricted areas.

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
Chance's knife can successfully strike about 445 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Combat knife
 * 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.

Location
It's located in Chance's grave, north of Goodsprings on a hill near Tribal Village along with Great Khan simple armor. A shovel is needed to access the loot.

Once at the Tribal village back track towards the main road while looking south. You should see a path leading up the hill and at the top is Chance's grave.

Behind the scenes

 * In All Roads, Chance used his knife to carve a map of the settlements in the Mojave Wasteland.

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