Katana (GRA)

The katana is a melee weapon added with the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.

Characteristics
The single-edged, razor-sharp blade is extremely effective against most enemies not only because it has a high attack speed of around three hits per second but it also has a special V.A.T.S. attack called "Unlabored Flawlessness", where an attack is launched in reverse grip. This V.A.T.S maneuver costs 40 AP and does 2.5 times the base DMG.

Modifications

 * Katana authentic blade, increases damage by 5, removes the exhausted blade for a polished blade and the worn blue grip for a black grip.
 * Katana protective sheath, increases condition by 50%, adds a traditional brown saya (Japanese scabbard) attached to the belt on the left.
 * Katana balanced grip, increases attack speed by 20%, removes the worn blue or black grip for a good condition red grip.

Locations

 * Mick & Ralph's, sold by Mick.
 * Novac, sold by Cliff Briscoe.
 * Silver Rush, sold by Gloria Van Graff.
 * Gun Runners, sold by Vendortron if Mick, Cliff Briscoe, and Gloria Van Graff are dead.

Behind the scenes

 * The name of the special attack is a reference to Ninja Gaiden, where the Unlabored Flawlessness is the strongest weapon in the game.

Bugs

 * If modded with the protective sheath, when changing weapons or un-equipping the katana, the sheath will still be on the players hip. When dropped, sometimes the sheath is not dropped. Occasionally, this bug may also result in two sheaths overlapping each other.
 * Equipping a different weapon that is holstered the same way will remove it, but sometimes changing weapons may not remove the sheath and the player has to save the game, return to the main menu, and reload the save to fix the problem.
 * An alternate way of removing the sheaths is to repeatedly equip and un-equip another weapon using the hotkeys until the sheath disappears.