Greased Lightning is a unique weapon added with the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.
Characteristics[]
Compared to the standard power fist, Greased Lightning deals the lowest amount of damage per strike of all unarmed weapons. However, its extremely fast attack speed, the second-highest of all unarmed weapons (only below the fully-automatic industrial hand ) gives it the second-highest damage per second (DPS) value (again below the industrial hand). It also deals the lowest amount of critical hit damage of all unarmed weapons, albeit at a low-end AP cost and with high-end durability, a moderate weight, and the second-highest caps value of all unarmed weapons. It is considered an improved holdout weapon. Like all unique weapons, it cannot accept weapon modifications unlike the GRA variant of the standard power fist. It requires a 50 Unarmed skill level and 5 Strength attribute level to use effectively.
Visually, the weapon is structurally similar to the standard variant while having a nickel-black metal plating with a radiation symbol painted on the top, and three light copper-colored pistons. On the fist's right side, there is a "Radiation risk" warning sign. The 33 tally marks on the left side of the forearm are shared with the standard variant.
V.A.T.S. Special Attacks[]
Legend | ||||
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- Type of attack | - Skill required | |||
- Damage per attack in V.A.T.S. | - Action point cost | |||
- Damage per action point | - Additional effects |
Normal | 0 | 64 | 28 | 2.29 | |
Stomp | 50 | 128 | 20 | 6.4 | Only on knocked down enemies |
Uppercut | 50 | 73.6 | 20 | 3.68 | |
Cross | 75 | 70.4 | 20 | 3.52 | 2.5x damage to limbs |
- Note: Unarmed weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
Durability[]
Greased Lightning can successfully strike about 995 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants[]
- Power fist - the standard variant found in the Mojave Wasteland.
- Power fist (GRA) - the customizable variant added with Gun Runners' Arsenal.
- Industrial hand - a unique variant found throughout the Divide.
- Salt-Upon-Wounds' power fist - a unique variant used by Salt-Upon-Wounds in Zion Canyon during Crush the White Legs or Flight from Zion.
- Saturnite fist - a variant found in Big MT.
- Saturnite fist super-heated - a rare variant created by the Toaster in the Sink.
Comparison[]
Legend | ||||
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- 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 |
Power fist | 40 | 43.6 | 1.09 | x1 | 40 | 28 | 2.9 | 395 | 6 | 800 | 133.3 | 50 | 5 | |||
Power fist | 40 | 43.6 | 1.09 | x1 | 40 | 28 | 2.9 | 395 | 6 | 800 | 133.3 | 50 | 5 | |||
Power fist | 48 | 62.8 | 1.31 | x1 | 40 | 28 | 3.4 | 795 | 6 | 4900 | 816.7 | 50 | 5 | |||
Greased Lightning | 32 | 96 | 3 | x1 | 32 | 28 | 2.3 | 995 | 6 | 15000 | 2500 | 50 | 5 | |||
Industrial hand | 50 | 160 | Ignores DR/DT | 3.2 | x1 | 40 | 65 | 1.5 | 7995 | 10 | 2500 | 250 | 75 | 7 | ||
Salt-Upon-Wounds' power fist | 45 | 64.4 | +3/10s | 1.36 | x1 | 45 | 25 | 4.8 | 495 | 6 | 2500 | 416.7 | 50 | 6 | ||
Saturnite fist | 35 | 63 | 1.8 | x1 | 35 | 25 | 2.8 | 795 | 4 | 1600 | 400 | 45 | 4 | |||
Saturnite fist super-heated | 55 | 90.8 | 1.65 | x1 | 55 | +2/5s | 25 | 4.4 | 595 | 4 | 2400 | 600 | 55 | 5 |
- Note: Unarmed damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations[]
- Hidden Valley bunker - Sold by Torres (requires progressing Still in the Dark as far as agreeing to find the missing BOS patrols).
- Gun Runners - Sold by Vendortron if Torres is dead for any reason.
Notes[]
- Special unarmed attacks can be performed at extremely fast speeds with this weapon.
- Due to the weapon's high attack speed and low damage, its condition decays rapidly.
- Targets can fly into the air or skid across the ground when killed with the fist.
- If the Brotherhood of Steel is hostile towards the player, and the Hidden Valley bunker was not destroyed via the self-destruct system, Greased Lightning may be impossible to obtain. This is because Torres is set to respawn every three days (see Torres' bug section).
- Combining the weapon with the Super Slam! perk results in using faster attacks that have high chances of inflicting "knockback" effects on enemies.
- Sometimes, if it wasn't bought from Torres and she is killed for any reason, Vendortron won't have it for sale either. This can be fixed by uninstalling, then reinstalling Gun Runners' Arsenal.
Behind the scenes[]
"Faster than greased lightning" is an American idiom that was popular in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly in the greaser subculture.
Sounds[]
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