Shiv

The  is a melee weapon in Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.

A slang term in some areas around the world for sharpened weapons shaped from common objects, especially those made in jail. Also called shanks.

Fallout 2
Due to a bug, this weapon can't be used.

Locations

 * New Reno 2nd Street, Found on a prostitute's corpse.
 * San Francisco Chinatown, Purchased from Lao Chou at the Flying Dragon 8.
 * PMV Valdez, Purchased from Cal.

Locations

 * Brahmin Wood, found on a raider outside the compound entrance.
 * Sometimes found on Ghouls in random encounters.

Characteristics
It's the weakest weapon in the game and, ironically, also the rarest. No vendor sells it and it is found only on hostile Los ghouls very rarely.

Locations

 * Los. Very rarely, the ghouls here equip this weapon.

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