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The sledgehammer is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics[]

A two-handed blunt melee weapon that consists of a long wooden shaft and a metal hammer head. Once a tool used in construction work, like most things in the post-War wasteland, it's been repurposed as a weapon. It deals decent damage per strike, but has the second-highest AP cost (same as the super sledge and below the rebar club) and the third-highest weight of all blunt melee weapons (below the X-2 antenna Old World Blues (add-on), the super sledge, and its unique variant Oh, Baby!).

Special attack[]

The sledgehammer has a special Mauler attack that does 50% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 10 more Action Points, but also has a chance to knock down enemies (requires a Melee skill of 50).

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Type of attack- Type of attackSkill required- Skill required
Damage per attack in V.A.T.S.- Damage per attack in V.A.T.S.Action point cost- Action point cost
Damage per action point- Damage per action pointAdditional effects- Additional effects
Type of attackSkill requiredDamage per attack in V.A.T.S.Action point costDamage per action pointAdditional effects
Normal048381.26none
Mauler5024480.5Knockdown chance
Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.

It is possible to execute Mauler 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 sledgehammer can successfully strike about 745 times from full condition before breaking.

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