The Nuka-Breaker is a unique weapon added with the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.
Characteristics[]
A two-handed blunt melee weapon consisting of a partially functioning Nuka-Cola neon sign mounted on a pole with an electric cord wrapped around the top, and tape at the bottom, still partially functional owing to a self-contained power supply. It deals significant damage per strike, deals the second-highest amount of critical hit damage (along with the cattle prod) at the second-highest critical chance multiplier of all blunt melee weapons, but also has the third-highest AP cost. It also has the highest caps value of all blunt melee weapons.
Special attack[]
The Nuka-Breaker has a special Nuka-Break attack that does regular damage in V.A.T.S., but at the cost of 7 more action points (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 | 100 | 35 | 2.86 |
| Nuka-Break | 50 | 100 | 42 | 2.38 |
- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute Nuka-Break outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee skill of 50 to perform the move) by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.
Durability[]
The Nuka-Breaker can successfully strike about 995 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants[]
- Rebar club - the standard variant found throughout the Mojave Wasteland.[1]
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebar club | 42 | 50.4 | 1.2 | x0.5 | 24 | 40 | 2.1 | 1245 | 9 | 500 | 55.6 | 50 | 9 |
Nuka-Breaker  | 50 | 75.8 | 1.52 | x2 | 50 | 35 | 2.9 | 995 | 8 | 7800 | 975 | 50 | 9 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations[]
- Freeside - Sold by Mick at Mick & Ralph's.
- Gun Runners - Sold by Vendortron if Mick is dead.
Behind the scenes[]
- The Nuka-Breaker was created as a nod to the 2011 fan-made short film and webseries Fallout: Nuka Break created by Zack Finfrock. The Fallout: Nuka Break team put a Nuka-Breaker prop in the third episode of the series after seeing it in a pre-release screenshot of Gun Runners' Arsenal, before they were aware that Obsidian was referencing their series.[2][3]
- The Nuka-Breaker was also featured briefly in the fifth and sixth episode of the second season of Nuka Break.
- The overall design of the Nuka-Breaker sign is similar to traditional neon Coca-Cola signs. The use of a stylized cursive for the word 'Nuka' and the bottle tilted next to it. The slogan itself "Take a Nuka Break!" is similar to an old Coca-Cola slogan "Pause...Drink Coca-Cola".
Gallery[]
A pre-release shot of the Nuka-Breaker
The Nuka-Breaker as seen in Season 1, Episode 3 of Fallout: Nuka Break
The Nuka-Breaker show prop as of 2024, held by Zack Finrock
References[]
- ↑ J.E.Sawyer on Formspring
- ↑ Zack Finfrock, lead actor of the fan-made short film and webseries Fallout: Nuka Break:
"In a recent trip to Obsidian, we were luck enough to find out the sign was a nod to us. But we put it in the episode as a nod to them, before we knew that. It's all a big circle of nodding."
- ↑ Confirmed by J.E. Sawyer on Formspring
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