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 |  | - Skill required | |
 | - Damage per attack in V.A.T.S. |  | - Action point cost | |
 | - Damage per action point |  | - Additional effects | |
| | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 0 | 120 | 29 | 4.14 | none |
| Mauler | 50 | 60 | 38 | 1.58 | 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 Blade of the West can successfully strike about 745 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants[]
- Bumper sword - the standard variant found throughout the Mojave Wasteland.
- Blade of the East - a unique variant used by Legate Lanius (only obtainable during any non-Legion ending).
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bumper sword | 32 | 45.5 | 1.42 | x1 | 32 | 38 | 1.7 | 1495 | 12 | 2500 | 208.3 | 50 | 8 | |
| Blade of the East | 65 | 104.6 | +2 /10s | 1.58 | x1 | 30 | 35 | 4.3 | 3995 | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 100 | 9 |
Blade of the West  | 60 | 127.9 | 2.13 | x1.5 | 30 | 29 | 4.1 | 745 | 12 | 5700 | 475 | 100 | 9 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations[]
- Multiple copies can be found in the Divide, occasionally carried by marked men marauders.
- One is always used by Blade near the entrance to Ulysses' Temple.
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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