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The brass knuckles are a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics[]
An unarmed weapon made from the titular metal with rings to slip four fingers through and a bar that rests in the palm for support. They deal the third-lowest amount of damage per strike of all unarmed weapons (above the boxing tape, the Golden Gloves, and the boxing gloves) at a high attack speed. They deal low-end critical hit damage at the second-lowest AP cost of all unarmed weapons and have high-end durability, albeit with the third-lowest caps cost of all unarmed weapons. They require 25 Unarmed skill level and 2 Strength to use effectively. They are considered a holdout weapon.
V.A.T.S. Special Attacks[]
| 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 | 36 | 18 | 2 | |
| Stomp | 50 | 72 | 20 | 3.6 | Only on knocked down enemies |
| Uppercut | 50 | 41.4 | 20 | 2.07 | |
| Cross | 75 | 39.6 | 20 | 1.98 | 2.5x damage to limbs |
- Note: Unarmed weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
Durability[]
The brass knuckles can successfully strike about 995 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants[]
- Spiked knuckles - a rare variant.
- Love and Hate - a unique variant used by a Viper leader at Bonnie Springs.
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Locations[]
- The Strip - Carried by Big Sal and Nero in Gomorrah; can be taken from their bodies if one helps Cachino kill them during How Little We Know.
- The Strip - Sold by Mister Holdout outside Gomorrah.
- Nevada Highway Patrol station - A set of brass knuckles at 99% condition can be found in the jail cell next to the body of a dead prospector, alongside a Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap.
- NCR Correctional Facility- Carried by Scrambler in the administrative building.
In the storeroom opened by a Hard-locked terminal in the Villa police station.
Bugs[]
After holding dynamite and equipping the brass knuckles, the brass knuckles will not appear on the player character's hand, and instead a stick of dynamite will act as the brass knuckles. [verified]
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