The knife spear clean is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Dead Money.
Characteristics[]
Compared to the standard knife spear, the knife spear clean deals higher critical hit damage at a higher critical chance and also inflicts a higher amount of bonus damage to enemy limbs, being more likely to cripple them.
Visually, while similar in appearance to the standard knife spear, the long broom handle used to mount the knives is smoother and polished.
Special attack[]
The knife spear clean has a special attack called Mauler, which does normal damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of the normal 35 action points, but adds a chance to knock down opponents (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 | 50 | 35 | 1.43 | none |
| Mauler | 50 | 50 | 35 | 1.43 | Knockdown chance |
- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute the Mauler attack outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee skill of 50) by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.
Durability[]
The knife spear clean can successfully strike about 1995 times from full condition before breaking.
Crafting[]
The weapon cannot be found in the game world and must be crafted.
Creation requirements
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abraxo cleaner (3) Cosmic knife clean² (3) Duct tape (1) Knife spear (1) |  | Repair: 50 Dead Money add-on |  | Knife spear clean (1) |
¹ Craftable without a workbench via a dialogue option with Veronica, or with ED-E once the add-on Lonesome Road is installed.
² Note that the 3 cosmic knife cleans must themselves be crafted before using them to create this weapon.
Variants[]
- Knife spear
- the standard variant found throughout the Sierra Madre. - Throwing knife spear - a projectile variant.
- Throwing spear - a projectile 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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knife spear  | 20 | 37.9 | x1.5 limb  | 1.89 | x1 | 20 | 35 | 1.1 | 1995 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 25 | 2 |
| Knife spear clean | 25 | 47.4 | x3 limb | 1.89 | x1.2 | 25 | 35 | 1.4 | 1995 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 25 | 2 |
| Throwing knife spear | 42 | 20.2 | x2 limb | 0.48 | x1 | 42 | 28 | 3 | 4995 | 0.65 | 25 | 38.5 | 25 | 1 |
| Throwing spear | 50 | 30 | 0.6 | x1 | 50 | 24 | 4.2 | 4995 | 0.5 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 1 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Notes[]
- While the DPS is the same as a regular cosmic-knife clean, this weapon has a higher DAM per attack which makes it more effective against enemies with high DT.
- The weapon recipe in the workbench is listed as "cosmic knife spear," while the weapon itself will appear in the inventory as "knife spear clean."
Bugs[]
- Despite being referred to as a "clean" version of the knife spear, the cosmic knives mounted at the handle's end still retain the unclean residue-covered texture. This is caused by the special "clean" texture for the weapon only being applied to the handle portion and not the blade portion. [verified]
- The knife spear clean is marked as a "player only" weapon, meaning it cannot be given to companions for use. [verified]
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