The Bowie knife is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Lonesome Road.
Characteristics
Edit
The Bowie knife has a large clip-point blade and a riveted brown handle. Small contact marks mar the edge, and streaks of what appears to be blood can be seen running across the sides of the blade and the hilt. The blade is stamped with the serial number 02280.
Special attackEdit
It has a special Dirt-Nap attack, which does 80% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 8 fewer action points (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 | 46 | 20 | 2.3 |
| Dirt-Nap | 50 | 36.8 | 12 | 3.07 |
- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute Dirt-Nap 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.
DurabilityEdit
The Bowie knife can successfully strike about 495 times from full condition before breaking.
VariantsEdit
ComparisonEdit
| 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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bowie knife  | 23 | 79.6 | 3.46 | x1.5 | 35 | 20 | 2.3 | 495 | 1 | 1000 | 1000 | 75 | 3 |
| Blood-Nap | 30 | 110.8 | 3.69 | x1.5 | 45 | 17 | 3.5 | 495 | 1 | 2000 | 2000 | 50 | 4 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
LocationsEdit
- Carried by various marked men.
- Stabbed into a sentry bot on level 3 of the Hopeville Silo.
- On the ground to the right of the damaged Eyebot in Municipal sewers.
- Two irradiated legion explorers in the Dry Wells carry them.
NotesEdit
- Like the teddy bear, the Bowie knife behaves erratically when picked up, (when placing it on a table, etc.).
Behind the scenesEdit
- The Bowie knife is a knife popularized by Colonel James Bowie in the early 19th century.
- Giving someone a "dirt-nap" (the knife's special V.A.T.S. attack) is common mobster slang for killing someone, similar to "sleeping with the fishes". The term "dirt-nap" is used many times by Set in the original Fallout.
GalleryEdit
Bowie knife in a sentry bot
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