Jack (weapon)

Jack is a melee weapon found in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
Jack is a unique variant of the melee weapon, the ripper. It is equal in power per single hit, but has a higher potential damage rate, due to its boost to the critical hit rate. It also does an extra 50% damage to limbs and strikes over 30 times per second. The listed weapon damage is divided over the individual hits, but the critical bonus damage is not.

Durability
Jack can successfully strike about 533 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Ripper - The common variant in Fallout 3.

Location
After The Waters of Life quest, Jack will appear in the deathclaw sanctuary, on the body of the second dead Enclave officer in the southern area of the cave. The body is surrounded by other dead bodies, including that of a giant ant on occasion. If all deathclaws have previously been killed, then the officer will spawn with a very low amount of health - approximately 2 bars.

Behind the scenes
The Editor ID of Jack is 'WeapUniqueJackTheRipper' a reference to notorious London serial killer Jack the Ripper.

Bugs

 * The Ripper will stop making the chainsaw noise while held against a solid object.
 * There is a chance that the Enclave officer will not appear.