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The Blade of the West is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Lonesome Road.

Background[]

Following the catastrophic destruction of the area known as the Divide, members of Caesar's Legion that were making an attempt to seize it from NCR control were left trapped along with their enemies and gradually transformed into marked men due to the intense radiation and powerful winds kicked up by the perpetual storms of the Divide that flayed them alive. According to Ulysses, in an attempt to hold on to any fragment of their past lives, the former legionnaires took to using scrap and debris from the Divide to fashion weapons and armor in the likeness of those used by Legate Lanius, giving their blades the name "Blade of the West" to mirror Lanius' Blade of the East.

Characteristics[]

Compared to the standard bumper sword, the Blade of the West does around twice as much damage and has the highest attack speed between it, the standard variant, and the Blade of the East, thus having a high damage-per-second (DPS) value. It deals higher critical hit damage than its variants, costs less AP, and has the highest caps value. However, it also has the lowest durability of the three and, like the Blade of the East, requires 100 Melee Weapons and 9 Strength to use effectively.

Visually, the Blade of the West is cleaner than the bumper sword and Blade of the East, with a polished blade and without rope connecting the bumper and pipe.

Special attack[]

It has a special Mauler attack, which does only 50% damage in V.A.T.S. at a cost of 9 more action points, but has the chance to knock enemies down.

Legend
Type of attack- Type of attackSkill required- Skill required
Damage per attack in V.A.T.S.- Damage per attack in V.A.T.S.Action point cost- Action point cost
Damage per action point- Damage per action pointAdditional effects- Additional effects
Type of attackSkill requiredDamage per attack in V.A.T.S.Action point costDamage per action pointAdditional effects
Normal0120294.14none
Mauler5060381.58Knockdown 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 Blade of the West can successfully strike about 745 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants[]

Comparison[]

Legend 
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)- Weapon name (melee or unarmed)Attacks in V.A.T.S.- Attacks in V.A.T.S.
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)- Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive)Action point cost- Action point cost
Damage per attack (damage per projectile)- Damage per attack (damage per projectile)Damage per action point- Damage per action point
Damage per second- Damage per secondWeapon spread- Weapon spread
Area of effect damage- Area of effect damageMagazine capacity (shots per reload)- Magazine capacity (shots per reload)
Effect damage & duration- Effect damage & durationDurability (number of attacks before breaking)- Durability (number of attacks before breaking)
Bonus effects- Bonus effectsWeight- Weight
Attacks per second- Attacks per secondValue in caps- Value in caps
Critical chance % multiplier- Critical chance % multiplierValue to weight ratio- Value to weight ratio
Critical damage- Critical damageSkill required- Skill required
Critical effect damage & duration- Critical effect damage & durationStrength required- Strength required
With all mods attached- With all mods attached
Weapon name (current weapon is highlighted)Damage per attack (damage per projectile)Damage per secondEffect damage and durationAttacks per secondCritical Chance % multiplierCritical damageAction Point costDamage per action pointDurability (number of attacks before breaking)WeightValue in capsValue to weight ratioSkill requiredStrength required
Bumper sword 32
45.51.42x132381.71495122500208.3508
Blade of the East 65
104.6+2Damage/10s1.58x130354.3399512453.81009
Blade of the West Lonesome Road (add-on)60
127.92.13x1.530294.17451257004751009
Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.

Locations[]

Note[]

In addition to copies of itself, the Blade of the West can also be repaired with the Rebar club, even if one does not have Jury Rigging.

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