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Occam's Razor is a unique combat knife in Fallout 3.
Characteristics
Commander Jabsco's personal weapon, Occam's Razor, is stronger than the basic combat knife in raw damage by a total of 3 points. It is aesthetically identical to the normal variant.
Durability
Occam's Razor can successfully strike approximately 1200 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants
- Combat knife
- Stabhappy - Stabhappy shares all of its stats with Occam's Razor, but has one principle difference, that in it deals an additional 50% damage to limbs.
- Trench knife
- The trench knife's stats are identical to the regular combat knife. The only difference is a unique "knuckle-duster" skin. - Sim version combat knife - A sim-only version of the weapon which differs only in health (essentially non-degrading).
- Sim version trench knife - A sim-only version of the weapon which differs only in health (essentially non-degrading).
Comparison
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - Weapon name (melee or unarmed) |  | - Attacks in V.A.T.S. | |
 | - Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive) |  | - Action point cost | |
 | - Damage per attack (damage per projectile) |  | - Damage per action point | |
 | - Damage per second |  | - Weapon spread | |
 | - Area of effect damage |  | - Magazine capacity (shots per reload) | |
 | - Effect damage & duration |  | - Durability (number of attacks before breaking) | |
 | - Bonus effects |  | - Weight | |
 | - Attacks per second |  | - Value in caps | |
 | - Critical chance % multiplier |  | - Value to weight ratio | |
 | - Critical damage |  | - Skill required | |
 | - Critical effect damage & duration |  | - Strength required | |
 | - With all mods attached | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat knife | 7 | 21 | 3 | x3 | 13 | 17 | 0.8 | 1286 | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Occam's Razor | 10 | 30 | 3 | x3 | 13 | 17 | 1.2 | 1200 | 1 | 65 | 65 |
| Stabhappy | 10 | 30 | 3 | x4 | 15 | 17 | 1.2 | 1200 | 1 | 65 | 65 |
Trench knife  | 7 | 21 | 3 | x3 | 13 | 17 | 0.8 | 1286 | 1 | 50 | 50 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations
Found on Commander Jabsco at the Talon Company base in Fort Bannister.
Behind the scenes
The name of this weapon is a reference to the scientific principle of the same name.
- Occam's razor or Ockham's razor is a rule in science and philosophy stating that entities should not be multiplied needlessly. This rule is interpreted to mean that the simplest of two or more competing theories is preferable and that an explanation for unknown phenomena should first be attempted in terms of what is already known. Occam's razor is named after the author of the rule, English philosopher and theologian William of Ockham (1285?-1349?).
A classic example of this rule is "quote" The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. "end quote"
Bugs
- If the Lone Wanderer kills Jabsco without shooting him, such as by hacking the turrets or reverse-pickpocketing a grenade, Occam's Razor won't appear in his inventory. This can be fixed by shooting his corpse.
