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The fire axe is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics
The fire axe is a wooden handled axe with a heavy steel head intended for firefighting use. It has a broad finely sharpened front blade and a sharp pick point on the rear of the head. The long hardwood handle allows for sweeping attacks at reasonable distance and is partially rubber coated to ensure a good grip on the weapon. Originally designed for breaking down walls and doors, this weapon can inflict severe damage to a soft target.
Special attack
It has a special Mauler attack, which does 50% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 5 more action points, but has a chance to knock down enemies (requires a Melee skill of 50).
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - Type of attack |  | - Skill required | |
 | - Damage per attack in V.A.T.S. |  | - Action point cost | |
 | - Damage per action point |  | - Additional effects | |
| | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 0 | 110 | 22 | 5 | none |
| Mauler | 50 | 55 | 27 | 2.04 | Knockdown chance |
- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute Mauler 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 fire axe can successfully strike about 995 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire axe | 55 | 86.8 | 1.58 | x1 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 995 | 8 | 2500 | 312.5 | 75 | 5 |
| Knock-Knock | 66 | 118.8 | 1.8 | x1 | 33 | 21 | 6.3 | 545 | 8 | 3200 | 400 | 75 | 5 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations
- Camp Searchlight - two can be found on the first floor of the Fire Department building.
- Crimson Caravan - one may be purchased from Blake.
- Great Khan armory - one may be purchased from Great Khan armorer
- Legion Raid Camp - can be found on Legion soldiers near the area.
- Legate's Camp - two can be found on Legion soldiers at the entrance.
- Mick & Ralph's - one may be purchased from Mick.
- Sealed Sewers - one can be found next to the dead prospector.
- Tribal Village - one to three can be found, northwest from Goodsprings Cemetery.
- found on the dead bodies of certain White Legs- Found on the bodies of Fiends, especially when heading down to Red Rock Canyon
Notes
- If you dismember an opponent, the fire axe will have a blood stain on the blade, which will disappear in a matter of seconds.
- Due to its early availability at the Tribal Village, the axe's special move can allow the Courier to complete knock down challenges much sooner in the game than other methods. The others are the Ranger Takedown, brahmin tipping, Knock-Knock (Mauler), Super Slam! and the companion Rex.
- In Honest Hearts, when held by a White Leg, the fire axe will not drop to the ground with the body, but will float in an angled position above the body. The body can be searched from the axe.
Bugs
- This weapon and its unique variant "Knock-Knock" can perform the spinning power attack but only deal damage to one target. [verified]
- This weapon cannot be repaired with pool cues. [verified]
- While in Zion, the white legs carrying one will die and the axe will be stuck in mid-air. [verified]
