Cosmic knife super-heated

The cosmic knife super-heated is a weapon .
==Background==
The concept for super-heating a cosmic knife was accidentally discovered when a chef in the Sierra Madre Casino & Resort left one on a hot stove under a pot for five minutes. Subjected to 450oF heat for so long, the Saturnite alloy retained so much heat that the blade glowed red-hot and lasted as such for a while after being taken off the heating coil. While the handle was safe to hold, when the heated knife was later set down on a table, it melted through.Recipe: Super-Heated Knife!
==Characteristics==
Compared to the unclean "standard" cosmic knife, the cosmic knife super-heated has a higher critical multiplier than the other variants and inflicts slightly higher limb damage than an unheated knife, but much less than the clean variant. When landing a Critical Hit, it can inflict fire damage on the target and set them ablaze.
Visually, the weapon is almost identical to the unclean standard knife, save for the blade from tip to base radiates an orange glow from the heat retention.
===Special attack===
The cosmic knife super-heated has a special attack called Flambé Cut, which does 90% damage in V.A.T.S. and deals an extra 2 points of fire damage per second, for 5 seconds (requires a Melee skill of 50).
It is possible to execute Flambé Cut 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 cosmic knife super-heated can successfully strike about 745 times from full condition before breaking.
===Crafting===
The weapon cannot be found in the game, instead it must be crafted which requires finding the associated schematics on an Easy-locked terminal in the utility room in the center of the executive suites inside the Sierra Madre resort.
Creation requirements
==Variants==
* Cosmic knife - the standard variant found throughout the Sierra Madre.
* Cosmic knife clean - a rare variant that must be crafted at a workbench using a single unclean cosmic knife and two Abraxo cleaner.
===Comparison===
==Notes==
The weapon has a very high critical multiplier of x5, one of the highest of any weapon in Fallout: New Vegas, making it a very powerful weapon. A character with an active critical chance of 20 or higher would score a critical strike on every hit, which can be achieved in the early game by taking the Finesse perk, having 10 Luck and equipping the 1st Recon beret.
==Behind the scenes==
==Bugs==
* The cosmic knife super-heated is not affected by the Cowboy or Super Slam! perks. 
* Although capable of setting non-player characters on fire, this weapon is not affected by the Pyromaniac perk. 
* The glow layer texture for this weapon is referenced by the weapon's model but was not included in the resources for Dead Money. This indicates the weapon was intended to produce a glow from only certain parts of the knife but instead provides a glow over the entire weapon due to the missing texture. 
==References==
Category:Dead Money weapons
Category:Dead Money craftable weapons
Category:Fallout: New Vegas Melee Weapons skill weapons
Category:Fallout: New Vegas holdout weapons
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