“Of course, the Dead Horses have their wooden war clubs and even the Sorrows have their Yao Guai gauntlets.”— Joshua Graham
The war club is a weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts.
Background[]
The Dead Horses residing at Dead Horse Point (and, by 2281, Zion Canyon) wield these hand-carved wooden clubs as their tribe's signature weapon, in the same vein as the yao guai gauntlets of the Sorrows, the "storm drums" of the White Legs, and the .45 Auto pistols of the New Canaanites.[1]
Characteristics[]
A one-handed blunt melee weapon consisting of a wooden body with the carved head of a horse serving as the striking point of the weapon, along with chalk markings and feathers attached to the pommel. While dealing low-to-moderate damage per strike, it has the fastest attack speed of all blunt melee weapons as well as the lowest AP cost along with Nephi's golf driver and The Humble Cudgel. When fully modified, its attack speed is increased even further along with dealing higher damage. It is considered an improved holdout weapon.
Special attack[]
The war club has a special Lights Out attack that does 125% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 5 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 | 38 | 21 | 1.81 |
| Lights Out | 50 | 47.5 | 26 | 1.83 |
- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute Lights Out 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 war club can successfully strike about 995 times from full condition before breaking.
Modifications[]
- War club casings - Increases damage (+5)
- War club honors - Increases attack speed (+25%)
Variants[]
Follows-Chalk's war club - a unique non-playable weapon used by Follows-Chalk.
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 | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| War club | 19 | 57 | 3 | x1 | 19 | 21 | 1.8 | 995 | 3 | 75 | 25 | 25 | 2 |
| War club | 24 | 90 | 3.75 | x1 | 19 | 21 | 2.3 | 995 | 3 | 575 | 191.7 | 25 | 2 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations[]
- One can be found inside of the Dead Horses camp, outside Angel cave. It must be stolen.
- One in perfect condition is given as a bonus reward if no bighorners are killed during Bighorners of the Eastern Virgin.
- Can be bought at the Gun Runners and from merchants at the 188 Trading Post after completing Honest Hearts, provided the trading routes are reopened.[verification needed]
- Joshua Graham sometimes sells them.
Notes[]
- After fully modifying it, this weapon has a damage-per-second (DPS) almost as high as weapons that require a Melee Weapons skill of 100. This makes it a solid melee weapon even for characters that have a low-end Melee Weapons skill level.
- A war club that has been upgraded with honors makes the charge attack faster than running. In fact, simply holding down the melee button makes travel faster. The Slayer and Melee Hacker perks increase this speed, and when combined with rushing water, the player character will travel at a blinding speed.
- Both modifications for the war club can be purchased from the Gun Runners after completing Honest Hearts.
- The war club honors modification changes the weapon's icon.
Gallery[]
A war club with the honors modification
A war club with the casings modification
A war club with both modifications
War club in the achievement image for O Daughter of Babylon
References[]
- ↑ The Courier: "Nice guns."
Joshua Graham: "In the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau, all tribes are known for a specific weapon. White Legs are known for their big submachine guns, 'storm drums.' They broke into an armory near Spanish Fork and have been using them for years. Of course, the Dead Horses have their wooden war clubs and even the Sorrows have their Yao Guai gauntlets. This type of .45 Automatic pistol was designed by one of my tribe almost four hundred years ago. Learning its use is a New Canaanite rite of passage."
(Joshua Graham's dialogue)
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