Combat knife

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“A high-quality combat knife, the Stallona is from SharpWit, Inc. The edge of this blade is guaranteed sharp for over a decade of use!”

The combat knife is a melee weapon in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout Tactics, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, and Fallout: New Vegas. They were also going to appear in Van Buren and it can be found in the Van Buren tech demo.

Fallout and Fallout 2

Main article: Combat knife (Fallout)

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Fallout 3

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The Stallona combat knife is made by the pre-War company SharpWit, Inc. and is a rather common melee weapon in Fallout 3. It is affected by the melee damage bonus from Strength. It is one of the better low-level melee weapons, and can get around 3-4 strikes in VATS even with a reasonable number of AP and a fast swing speed outside of VATS. However it has extremely short reach, about that of an unarmed weapon. With 10 luck, it becomes an extremely potent weapon that will critically hit almost once every 4 to 5 hits.

The combat knife itself has a single edge with a clipped point, with a serrated edge on the back. It is of the standard Bowie shape and it may have been modeled off the real-world KA-BAR military issue knife.

Locations

• Combat knives are found on random raiders and Talon Company mercs across the Wastelands.
• Three combat knives may be found in the Regulators' shack.
• Thirteen combat knives in perfect condition can be found in the Mobile Base Crawler's kitchen, middle deck (Broken Steel required).
• One can be found at Flak 'N Shrapnel's in the Rivet City Market.

Variants

• Occam's Razor - A slightly stronger version of the combat knife, wielded by Talon Commander Jabsco.
• Stabhappy - Stabhappy shares all of its stats with Occam's Razor, but has two principle differences. Firstly, the raider that holds it respawns, allowing multiple copies to be obtained. Secondly, it deals an additional 50% damage to limbs.
• Trench knife (Operation: Anchorage add-on) - The trench knife's stats are identical to the regular combat knife. The only difference is a unique "knuckle-duster" skin.

Comparison

Weapon	Type	Dmg/attack	DPS	ATT/sec	Crit % Mult	Crit Dmg	WG	AP Cost	DMG/AP	Item HP	Value
Combat Knife	Knife	7	21	3	X3	13	1	17	0.4	450	50
Occam's Razor	Knife	10	30	3	x3	13	1	17	0.6	600	65
Stabhappy	Knife	10	30	3	x4	15	1	17	0.6	600	65

Notes

• When looking at the combat knife image in the weapons tab on the Pip-Boy, Vault Boy will have stubble.

Fallout Tactics

Main article: Combat knife (Fallout Tactics)

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel

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The following is based on information from Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.

“This military-issue cutting tool was designed for more than saw-ing rope. The combat knife tears through flesh, too, but it can't pierce strong armor.”

Characteristics

A decent weapon at the beginning of Chapter 1, but once you reach Carbon Crater, it becomes very weak.

Locations

• Carbon Town Center, purchased from Jesse.
• Warehouse Second Floor, found in footlocker.
• Crater Upper Level, found in footlocker.
• Crater Upper Level, found on Raider's corpse.

Van Buren

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The following is based on Van Buren design documents and is not canon.

Locations

Van Buren Tech Demo

• Taken off a male Communist Insurgent on one of the sidewalks in the center street.

Van Buren

• Carried by all of the NCR soldiers aboard B.O.M.B.-001.

Behind the scenes

• The name of the combat knife in the description of Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics is a reference to Sylvester Stallone's role as Rambo in the First Blood series. Rambo was known for carrying a large combat knife.

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