Recompense of the Fallen is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics[]
Compared to the standard dog tag fist, Recompense of the Fallen deals higher damage per strike at a faster attack speed and has higher durability. It requires no Unarmed skill level and just 1 Strength to use effectively.
Visually, the weapon is the same as the standard variant, consisting of three NCR Army dogtags clenched between the fingers on each hand, with the chains wrapped around the knuckles, proximal to the palm.
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 | 50 | 35 | 1.43 | |
| Stomp | 50 | 100 | 20 | 5 | Only on knocked down enemies |
| Uppercut | 50 | 57.5 | 20 | 2.88 | |
| Cross | 75 | 55 | 20 | 2.75 | 2.5x damage to limbs |
- Note: Unarmed weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
Durability[]
Recompense of the Fallen can successfully strike about 745 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants[]
- Dog tag fist - the standard variant.
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dog tag fist | 20 | 31.6 | 1.58 | x1 | 20 | 35 | 1.1 | 495 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Recompense of the Fallen | 25 | 47.4 | 1.89 | x1 | 25 | 35 | 1.4 | 745 | 3 | 250 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 |
- Note: Unarmed damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Location[]
The weapon is located at Cottonwood Cove, east of Camp Searchlight, found in the desk in the office of Aurelius of Phoenix on the second floor of the Cottonwood Cove HQ.
Notes[]
Equipping the weapon will always remove the Courier's right glove, but not the left one, which has the Pip-Boy attached to it. This is true for all armors that use gloves.
Bugs[]
The item cannot be grabbed and moved around. [verified]- When wearing the Recompense of the Fallen and then going in to interrogate Silus during the quest Silus Treatment they are removed, but on exit and transfer of the Recompense of the Fallen to a companion your character still appears to be wearing Recompense of the Fallen, both when nothing is equipped and when you have other weapons equipped (e.g. Machete gladius or 12.7mm pistol). This glitch may occur with other hand-to-hand weapons such as the Golden Gloves. [verified]
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