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The mantis gauntlet is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics[]
An unarmed weapon consisting of the severed right foreleg of a giant mantis, fitted over the wielder's forearm and reinforced with metal bars and leather straps. The wearer slots their hand into a leather glove, and grips a handle on the blade for control and stability when striking.
It deals a moderate amount of damage per strike at a high-end attack speed. It also deals a moderate amount of critical hit damage with a 3x critical chance multiplier, the second-highest of all unarmed weapons (below the 4x of Two-Step Goodbye 
). It has a low-end AP cost and a moderate caps value, but also has the lowest durability of all unarmed weapons along with the scientist glove 
as well as the second-highest weight along with several others. It requires a 75 Unarmed skill level and 4 Strength attribute level to use effectively.
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 | 22 | 2.73 | |
| 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[]
The mantis gauntlet can successfully strike about 245 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants[]
- Embrace of the Mantis King!
- a unique variant sold by Mick at Mick & Ralph's in Freeside.
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mantis gauntlet | 30 | 60.7 | 2.02 | x3 | 30 | 22 | 2.7 | 245 | 10 | 750 | 75 | 75 | 4 |
| Embrace of the Mantis King! | 42 | 65.7 | 1.57 | x3 | 64 | 25 | 3.4 | 395 | 12 | 8500 | 708.3 | 75 | 4 |
- Note: Unarmed damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations[]
- Commonly used by White Legs bone-breakers starting at Level 25+ to Level 30+ in Zion Canyon.
- Outside of Honest Hearts, some merchants in the Mojave Wasteland have a rare chance to sell it starting at Level 12 or above:
- Quartermaster Bardon in the offices at Hoover Dam.
- The Great Khan armorer at the Great Khan armory near Spring Mt. Ranch State Park. (requires an Accepted reputation with the Great Khans)
- Mick at Mick & Ralph's in Freeside.
- Miguel at Miguel's Pawn Shop in Westside.
- Blake at the Crimson Caravan Company.
Notes[]
 | The following is based on Fallout: New Vegas cut content. |
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- The weapon was intended to be a crafted weapon, similar to the deathclaw gauntlet from Fallout 3. Several resources, including an item called schematics - mantis scythe point to this, though the inconsistency of the remaining resources as well as their incomplete implementation make the specifics unclear.
| End of information based on Fallout: New Vegas cut content |
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- The mantis gauntlet originally ignored a target's DR and DT until it was adjusted in a patch.
