Gehenna (GRA)

Gehenna is a unique melee weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.

Characteristics
Gehenna is the GRA variant of the Shishkebab, a flaming melee weapon, which sets the target on fire upon impact. It appears to run on fuel from the gas tank on the player's back.

In comparison to the standard Shishkebab, Gehenna has a more pronounced and brighter flame, the valve is blue instead of the standard red, its handle is black, and the motorcycle gas tank is more rusted. Gehenna inflicts greater damage, has a higher DPS, and it uses fewer action points in V.A.T.S. than the standard Shishkebab.

Special attack
It has a special Back Slash attack that does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 3 fewer action points (requires a Melee skill of 50). Note that in Fallout: New Vegas melee weapons do double normal weapon damage when used in V.A.T.S.

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
Gehenna can successfully strike about 1995 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Shishkebab - the common variant found in the Mojave Wasteland.

Comparison

 * ¹ Includes V.A.T.S double normal weapon damage.

Location

 * Gun Runners, sold by Vendortron.

Behind the scenes

 * Gehenna is a valley located outside ancient Jerusalem, and was a place where various pagans sacrificed humans by throwing them in fire, and later, as Jerusalem and Judaism developed, waste would be burned there. Due to the increasing population, and thus waste, the fire was said to burn continually, and Dante used this to produce an image of hell, which is now the most widespread representation: "A place where evil people go to burn for eternity".
 * Gehenna is Aramaic for "lake of fire".

Bugs

 * Sometimes when you switch between the 3rd person view and the 1st person view, the flames don't appear. Removing and re-equipping the weapon fixes this problem.
 * Sometimes when switching Gehenna out for a hot-keyed weapon, the tank will remain on the players' back.
 * When used by companions, the blade and tank will not appear, only the oven mitt on the right hand will appear.

Sounds
Геенна (GRA)