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Occam's Razor is a unique combat knife in Fallout 3.
Characteristics[]
Commander Jabsco's personal weapon, Occam's Razor, is stronger than the basic combat knife in raw damage by a total of 3 points. It is aesthetically identical to the normal variant.
Durability[]
Occam's Razor can successfully strike about 1200 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants[]
- Combat knife - The standard variant.
- Stabhappy - Stabhappy shares all of its stats with Occam's Razor, except it deals an additional 50% damage to limbs.
- Trench knife
- The trench knife's stats are identical to the regular combat knife. The only difference is a unique "knuckle-duster" skin. - Sim version combat knife - A sim-only version of the combat knife which differs only in health (essentially non-degrading).
- Sim version trench knife - A sim-only version of the trench knife which differs only in health (essentially non-degrading).
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat knife | 7 | 21 | 3 | x3 | 13 | 17 | 0.8 | 1286 | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Occam's Razor | 10 | 30 | 3 | x3 | 13 | 17 | 1.2 | 1200 | 1 | 65 | 65 |
| Stabhappy | 10 | 30 | 3 | x4 | 15 | 17 | 1.2 | 1200 | 1 | 65 | 65 |
Trench knife  | 7 | 21 | 3 | x3 | 13 | 17 | 0.8 | 1286 | 1 | 50 | 50 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations[]
Found on Commander Jabsco at the Talon Company base in Fort Bannister.
Behind the scenes[]
The name of this weapon is a reference to the problem-solving principle of the same name.
Bugs[]
If the Lone Wanderer kills Jabsco without shooting him, such as by hacking the turrets or reverse-pickpocketing a grenade, Occam's Razor won't appear in his inventory. This can be fixed by shooting his corpse. [verified]