The tomahawk is a thrown melee weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts.
Characteristics[]
A throwing weapon, consisting of two railway spikes secured to a pipe with electrical cable and a bungee cord with feathers, paint, and beads added for decoration.
It deals the third-lowest damage per strike of all thrown melee weapons, above the throwing knife and throwing hatchet, at the third-slowest attack speed, above the throwing knife spear 
and the throwing spear. It has the third-highest critical hit damage and AP cost, below the throwing knife spear and throwing spear. It shares the spears' weight of a half pound, the lowest in the game.
Variants[]
- Hatchet - the standard non-projectile variant.
- Throwing hatchet - the standard projectile 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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatchet | 16 | 40.6 | x1.5 limb  | 2.54 | x1 | 16 | 22 | 1.5 | 1495 | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 25 | 2 |
| Throwing hatchet | 20 | 17.6 | x1.5 limb | 0.88 | x1 | 20 | 22 | 1.8 | 4995 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 25 | 1 |
| Tomahawk | 30 | 19.8 | x1.5 limb | 0.66 | x1 | 30 | 23 | 2.6 | 4995 | 0.5 | 75 | 150 | 50 | 3 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations[]
- Tomahawks can be found on the corpses of White Legs.
- Joshua Graham sells these before the ending of Honest Hearts.
- South of Bighorn Bluff, embedded in a skeleton.
- East of Ranger Substation Osprey, on a ledge near the river is a skeleton with one in its back and binoculars nearby.
- Two northwest of Three Marys, on a ledge.
- On the roof of the Zion Ranger station, there is a skeleton with a tomahawk embedded in its skull.
- Sometimes sold by Chet in Goodsprings.
- Sold by Alexander beneath the overpass at the 188 Trading Post.
- Sold occasionally by Michelle Kerr at the 188 Trading Post.
- Sold at the Gun Runners upon completing Departing Paradise.
Notes[]
- Similar to the throwing spear, this weapon will stick in the ground, walls, etc., but cannot be retrieved after being thrown.
- If the player is hit by a tomahawk, it is visibly sticking out of them in third-person. However, after approximately five seconds, it will disappear.
- The tomahawk has very high item health relative to most other melee weapons, and as such would degrade very slowly, even though you can only attack once with it as it becomes irretrievable once thrown.
- Similarly to other melee throwing weapons, the tomahawk can be targeted in V.A.T.S. after an enemy has thrown it.
- The pair of spikes used as the weapon's striking point is visually similar to the railway spikes ammunition type used for the railway rifle in Fallout 3.
Bugs[]
When holding more than 30 tomahawks, it will show that you only have a small amount. However, if you drop the small amount, it will then say you have 30, much like the throwing spear.[verified]- In first person, you will not have a tomahawk visible in your hand, but if you throw one, you will still have the same amount, effectively creating an infinite number of tomahawks.[verified]
Sounds[]
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