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Love and Hate is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
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Characteristics
Love and Hate is a unique pair of knuckle-dusters that deal more damage than the standard variants. The attached spiked plates have the words "LOVE" and "HATE" embossed on them and are stained with blood. It is considered a holdout weapon, and can be carried concealed into weapons-free locations regardless of the Courier's Sneak skill.
V.A.T.S. Special Attacks
| 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 | 60 | 19 | 3.16 | |
| Stomp | 50 | 120 | 20 | 6 | Only on knocked down enemies |
| Uppercut | 50 | 69 | 20 | 3.45 | |
| Cross | 75 | 66 | 20 | 3.3 | 2.5x damage to limbs |
- Note: Unarmed weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
Durability
Love and Hate can successfully strike about 1,495 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants
- Spiked knuckles - a weaker variant.
- Brass knuckles - the weakest variant.
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brass knuckles | 18 | 36.9 | 2.05 | x1 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 995 | 1 | 120 | 120 | 25 | 2 |
| Love and Hate | 30 | 75.8 | 2.53 | x1 | 30 | 19 | 3.2 | 1495 | 1 | 750 | 750 | 50 | 3 |
| Spiked knuckles | 25 | 59.2 | 2.37 | x1 | 25 | 19 | 2.6 | 1495 | 1 | 500 | 500 | 50 | 3 |
- Note: Unarmed damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Location
Bonnie Springs - found on a Viper Gang leader.
Behind the scenes
Love and Hate are an homage to the Robert Mitchem character in the 1955 movie The Night of the Hunter, who has the words "LOVE" and "HATE" tattooed on the knuckles of his hands. A similar homage to the Mitchem character's tattoos appears in the Spike Lee movie Do the Right Thing.[1]
Bugs
Love and Hate does not use a higher resolution texture when used by the player, despite one being available in the game's resources. [verified]- On rare occasions Love and Hate can be found in a filing cabinet in Aurelius' office. [verified]
- When dropped, Love and Hate may fall through the ground. [verified]
- Sometimes after drawing Love and Hate, the player character's left thumb may get stuck sticking upright. Simply holstering and drawing the weapon again will fix this. [verified]
