Love and Hate

	For an overview of brass knuckles throughout the Fallout series, see brass knuckles.

	Fallout: New Vegas unique weapon Love and Hate
	Requirements Skill Unarmed 50 Strength Req. 3 Attack statistics Dmg/Attack 30 (41.7) DPS 75.6 (157.6) Crit Dmg 30 Crit % Mult x1 Attacks/Sec 2.5 (3.8) AP 19 Other Weight 1 Value 750 Item HP 300 Repair Brass knuckles JR Spiked knuckles Unarmed Editor ID ? Base ID 001568e6 Perk Effects Perks (dam.) Bloody Mess (+1.5) Heavy Handed (+6) Lord Death (+1.2) Thought You Died (+3) Perks (Att.) Ain't Like That Now (+0.5) Slayer (+0.8)

 

Love and Hate is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics

Love and Hate is a unique pair of knuckle-dusters, which deals more damage than the standard variants. It also has a faster, though negligible, rate of attack. The attached spiked plates have the words "LOVE" and "HATE" embossed on them, and are stained with blood.

Variants

• Brass knuckles, an un-spiked variant that deals less damage.
• Spiked knuckles, the common variant.

Comparison

Name	Dmg/att	DPS	Att/sec	Crit mult	Crit dmg	AP cost	Weight	Item HP	Value	Stat Req.
Brass knuckles	18	36	2	x1	18	18	1	200	120	Unarmed:25 Strength:2
Spiked knuckles	25	59	2.4	x1	25	19	1	300	500	Unarmed:50 Strength:3
Love and Hate	30	75.6	2.5	x1	30	19	1	300	750	Unarmed:50 Strength:3

Location

• Bonnie Springs - Found on a Viper Gang leader.

Behind the scenes

Love and Hate are an homage to two films: The Night of the Hunter and Do The Right Thing".

Bugs

• PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Love and Hate does not use a higher resolution texture when used by the player, despite one being available in the game's resources.
• PC Xbox 360 On rare occasions Love and Hate can be found in a filing cabinet on the second floor of the main building in Cottonwood Cove.
• Xbox 360 When dropped, Love and Hate may fall through the ground.

References

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