The Nuka Breaker is a unique weapon added with the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.
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Characteristics
It is a Nuka-Cola sign, now re-purposed as a devastating melee weapon. It consists of a partially functioning Nuka-Cola neon sign which is mounted on a pole with an electric cord wrapped around the top, and tape at the bottom. The weapon uses a self-contained power supply. It does bonus electrical damage when a Critical Hit occurs.
Special attack
It 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 weaker and heavier common variant found in 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
- Mick & Ralph's, sold by Mick.
- Gun Runners, sold by Vendortron if Mick is dead.
Notes
The critical electrical damage may come from the electrical wiring around the pole leading to the semi-functioning neon sign which keeps it self-sufficient.
Behind the scenes
- The Nuka Breaker was created as a nod to the 2011 fan-made short film and webseries Fallout: Nuka Break. The Fallout: Nuka Break team put the Nuka Breaker in episode 3 after seeing it in a pre-release screenshot of Gun Runners' Arsenal before they knew that Obsidian was referencing their series.[2][3]
- The Nuka Breaker was also featured briefly in the 5th and 6th 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".
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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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