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Love and Hate is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics[]
Compared to the brass knuckles and spiked knuckles, Love and Hate deals the most damage per strike at the fastest attack speed of all three, though the DAM value is low-to-moderate to all unarmed weapons while the attack speed is the third-highest of all unarmed weapons. It deals the highest critical hit damage of all its variants at a 1x critical chance multiplier. It has the third-lowest AP cost of all unarmed weapons along with the spiked knuckles as well as a similar durability, albeit the highest caps value of the three. It is considered a holdout weapon. It requires a 50 Unarmed skill level and 3 Strength attribute level, like the spiked knuckles, to use effectively.
Visually, the weapon is close in appearance to the spiked knuckles, with the addition of plates in-between the spikes and fingerholes that have the words "LOVE" and "HATE" embossed on them, as well as being stained with blood.
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 rare variant.
- Brass knuckles - the standard 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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[]
The weapon is located at Bonnie Springs, south-southeast of Red Rock Canyon and north of Goodsprings Cemetery, found on a Viper Gang leader wearing combat armor.
Behind the scenes[]
The weapon's name and design serve as an homage to the character played by Robert Mitchem 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 Mitchem's 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]
