Figaro is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
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Characteristics
A unique variant of the straight razor, Figaro features a slightly tarnished metal handle with a polished silver blade decorated with ornate etchings. It counts as a holdout weapon, and therefore can be smuggled into casinos and the Fort. Boasting superior damage and critical damage, it offers faster attack speed and double the critical hit chance compared to the standard straight razor.
Special attack
Figaro has a special Back Slash attack that does 70% damage in V.A.T.S., at the cost of three 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 | 16 | 17 | 0.94 |
| Back Slash | 50 | 11.2 | 14 | 0.8 |
- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute a Back Slash outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee skill of 50 to perform the move), by initiating a power attack while moving forward.
Durability
Figaro can successfully strike about 445 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight razor | 5 | 18.5 | 3.69 | x2 | 10 | 18 | 0.6 | 370 | 1 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| Figaro | 8 | 33.2 | 4.15 | x4 | 16 | 17 | 0.9 | 445 | 1 | 400 | 400 | 0 | 1 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Location
Found on Sergio, who is inside the King's School of Impersonation, in which it can either be looted from his corpse, or obtained via reverse-pickpocketing.
Behind the scenes
The name is a reference to the opera The Barber of Seville, where the protagonist is a barber named Figaro.
