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 purposes. It has a long, clip-point blade with serrations along the back intended for cutting rope and small branches.

This weapon qualifies as an improved holdout weapon.

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).

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.

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 stuck in a blackjack table in the Vikki and Vance Casino. Go into the main room, take a right, into the small room, and it should be stabbed in the table (must be stolen).
 * 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 within Boone's hotel room in Novac.
 * 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.
 * Sometimes 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 located next to a toolbox, first aid box, and a skeleton. All of which is found inside a boat, underwater, at the Virgin River in Zion Canyon. The combat knife is in near perfect condition.
 * One can be found in the abandoned Brotherhood of Steel bunker, it is in the same room where a Dean's Electronics skill book is located.
 * Mojave Outpost - Sgt. Kilborn carries one.
 * During the quest Eureka!, two NCR rangers armed with combat knives will attempt to kill Legate Lanius at his camp.