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The Chopper is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas, and is the unique variant of the typical cleaver.
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Characteristics
The Chopper is an aged and rusted version of a cleaver with white tape wrapped around the handle, and with the blade curved upward. Additionally, it deals more damage than a normal cleaver, including higher Critical Hit and limb damage. It is a highly powerful melee weapon for the early game, as it deals high damage and can be easily repaired with the common cleaver.
This weapon qualifies as an improved holdout weapon.
Special attack
It has a special Back Slash attack, which does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 5 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 | 28 | 22 | 1.27 |
| Back Slash | 50 | 19.6 | 17 | 1.15 |
- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute Back Slash 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 Chopper can successfully strike about 1,245 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants
Cleaver, the standard variant found throughout the Mojave Wasteland.
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaver | 7 | 17.8 | x1.5 limb  | 2.54 | x1 | 7 | 22 | 0.6 | 1245 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Chopper | 14 | 54.9 | x1.5 limb | 3.92 | x2 | 14 | 22 | 1.3 | 1245 | 2 | 800 | 400 | 0 | 2 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Location
Found at the Wolfhorn ranch, inside the farmhouse on the stove on the right wall of the house. It can be taken without Karma loss.
