For an overview of brass knuckles in the Fallout series of games, see brass knuckles. |
Love and Hate is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics
Love and Hate is a unique pair of knuckle-dusters, which deals more damage than the standard variants. The attached spiked plates have the words "LOVE" and "HATE" embossed on them, and are stained with blood.
V.A.T.S. Special Attacks
Legend | ||||
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- Type of attack | - Skill required | |||
- Damage per attack in V.A.T.S. | - Action point cost | |||
- Damage per action point | - Additional effects |
Normal | 0 | 60 | 19 | 3.16 | |
Stomp | 50 | 120 | 20 | 6 | Only on knocked down enemies |
Uppercut | 50 | 69 | 20 | 3.45 | |
Cross | 75 | 66 | 20 | 3.3 | 2.5x damage to limbs |
- Note: Unarmed weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
Durability
Love and Hate can successfully strike about 1495 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants
Comparison
Legend | ||||
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- 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 |
Brass knuckles | 18 | 36.9 | 2.05 | x1 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 995 | 1 | 120 | 120 | 25 | 2 |
Love and Hate | 30 | 75.8 | 2.53 | x1 | 30 | 19 | 3.2 | 1495 | 1 | 750 | 750 | 50 | 3 |
Spiked knuckles | 25 | 59.2 | 2.37 | x1 | 25 | 19 | 2.6 | 1495 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 50 | 3 |
- Note: Unarmed damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Location
- Bonnie Springs - Found on a Viper Gang leader.
Behind the scenes
Love and Hate is a reference to two films: The Night of the Hunter and Do The Right Thing".[1]
Bugs
- Love and Hate does not use a higher resolution texture when used by the player, despite one being available in the game's resources. [verified]
- Cottonwood Cove. [verified] On rare occasions Love and Hate can be found in a filing cabinet on the second floor of the main building in
- When dropped, Love and Hate may fall through the ground. [verified]
- Sometimes after drawing Love and Hate, the player's left thumb may get stuck sticking upright. Simply holstering and drawing the weapon again will fix this. [verified]