Machete (Fallout: New Vegas)

The machete is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The machete appears to be a makeshift weapon, and consists of a lawn mower blade strapped to a wooden handle. It is the primary melee weapon of Caesar's Legion. Aside from having a low Strength requirement, it also does bonus damage to limbs.

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. Unusual for melee weapons, there is no Melee Skill requirement to use this attack.

It is possible to execute Back Slash outside of V.A.T.S. 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 - a rarer, more powerful version.
 * Liberator - a unique version carried by Dead Sea.
 * Broad machete - a unique variant added with the Courier's Stash add-on.

Locations

 * A machete can be found in the abandoned shack north-northwest of the Yangtze Memorial.
 * If the player character chooses to kill Benny by dueling him in the Legion arena, they can obtain a machete from his body.
 * Used by Sergeant Andrews in the arena.
 * One can be found outside the REPCONN test site, on a table next to a few ammunition boxes.
 * One is automatically given to the player character when dueling in the arena, and it can be kept if they do not have one already.
 * One can be found 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 Legion armor.
 * Freeside thugs can be found occasionally carrying them.
 * There is one in the yard of the NCR Correctional Facility, stuck and left in an overturned bench.
 * Carried by nearly all Caesar's Legion members, especially recruit legionaries.