Chance's knife

Chance's knife is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas, and a centerpiece of the graphic novel All Roads. It is a unique variant of the combat knife.

Background
This knife belonged to Chance, one of the Great Khans and a prominent character in the graphic novel, All Roads. The blade is still stained by the blood of the Fiends it last killed at the tribal village.

Characteristics
With melee weapons skill of 100 and all of the damage and attack speed boosting perks, its DPS becomes as prominent as Oh, Baby!, which is an outstanding feat considering it has 5% of the weight (2.5% with Pack Rat). The only downside is that the lower DAM makes it more vulnerable to high-DT enemies (offset somewhat by poisons). Also, because of the fact that it is near Goodsprings, someone who can survive the cazadores on the road leading to the grave can have this above average weapon at extremely early levels.

It has a special 'Back Slash' attack, which does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 14 action points (requires a Melee skill of 50).

The knife qualifies as an improved holdout weapon, meaning it can be concealed if the player has a Sneak skill of 50 or more.

Variants

 * Combat knife, the common variant.
 * Cass' combat knife, Rose of Sharon Cassidy carries a special "non-playable" version of the weapon, also otherwise identical to the standard version.
 * Legion assassin knife, the assassin sent to kill President Kimball carries a special version which is "non-playable". This prevents the weapon from normally being shown in inventory, e.g. when pickpocketing the assassin. The weapon is otherwise identical to the standard combat knife.

Location
It's located in Chance's grave, north of Goodsprings on a hill near Tribal Village along with Great Khan simple armor. A shovel is needed to access the loot.

Once at the Tribal village back track towards the main road while looking south. You should see a path leading up the hill and at the top is Chance's grave.

Behind the scenes

 * In All Roads, Chance used his knife to carve a map of the settlements in the Mojave Wasteland.