Cattle Prod (Fallout: New Vegas)

The cattle prod is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The cattle prod is able to knock out enemies very fast because, in addition to lowering health, it causes fatigue damage. It requires 3 strength to use.

It is particularly useful against dangerous enemies because it knocks them out after a few blows. You can then attack their unconscious bodies at will.

The weapon inflicts greater damage with both Heavy Handed and Better Criticals rather than one or the other exclusively. A sneak attack critical with the weapon (using base stats listed here and both the trait and perk) will inflict 35 damage versus 31 damage with Better Criticals alone (before Ninja and Stealth Girl which increase it to 47.25 versus 41.85). This (35) is enough damage to penetrate most enemies Damage Threshold, even before applying Piercing Strike or species specific level and challenge damage perks such as Purifier, Entomologist, Abominable, etc.

Locations

 * The NCR military police patrolling the Strip are armed with these.
 * Three can be found on a shelf in a storage room in the NCR Embassy in the Strip.
 * Given to you during the White Glove Society quest, Beyond the Beef.
 * Another one is located on the second floor at the Brooks Tumbleweed Ranch.
 * On the second floor of the one of the abandoned barns at Matthews Animal Husbandry Farm on top of one of the crates. (May sometimes not be at this location)
 * Outside in Jacobstown, on the ground next to a line of rocks near the cattle pen.