“Me... they called me the Flag-Bearer. Glory in my hand, in my staff that still bore the weight of the Old World just as the symbol on my back did.”— Ulysses
Old Glory is a unique weapon in the Fallout: New Vegas DLC Lonesome Road.
Gameplay[edit]
Old Glory is the weapon carried by Ulysses. It is a flag pole with an eagle affixed to the top. Ulysses wields a non-playable version of Old Glory. The weapon has higher damage, but lower critical damage and a critical multiplier of 1. It also has a 10% chance of knocking enemies down (unless they have Stonewall). The weapon scales to the player character's level, gaining extra damage and critical damage at levels 25, 35, and 45.
Special Attack[edit]
It has a special Grand Slam attack that does 200% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 13 more action points (requires a Melee skill of 50).
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| Normal | 0 | 90 | 22 | 4.09 |
| Grand Slam | 50 | 180 | 35 | 5.14 |
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- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute Grand Slam 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[edit]
Old Glory can successfully strike about 1245 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants[edit]
- Pool Cue - a common pocket billiards cue stick.
Comparison[edit]
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| Pool Cue | 15 | 22.5 | 1.5 | x0 | 15 | 27 | 1.1 | 245 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Throwing Spear | 50 | 30 | 0.6 | x1 | 50 | 24 | 4.2 | 4995 | 0.5 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 1 |
Old Glory  | 45 | 85.3 | 1.89 | x1.5 | 80 | 22 | 4.1 | 1245 | 8 | 2500 | 312.5 | 50 | 7 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations[edit]
- Old Glory can be found on the body of Ulysses, if one chooses to fight him.
- It appears in Ulysses' Footlocker upon the completion of Lonesome Road.
Notes[edit]
- Old Glory was originally meant to be a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas, then named the "Eagle Pole." It is unused in the base version of the game as a usable item.
- The 3 of Clubs in the Fallout: New Vegas Collector's Edition card deck depicts Ulysses holding the flag pole.
- It is possible to get two copies of the weapon; if the player character finishes The End with Ulysses still alive he will be sitting on a rock ledge, over looking the The Divide after one returns back from the Mojave Wasteland. Alternatively one can just kill Ulysses before completing The End/The Apocalypse, take it from Ulysses' corpse and another one will be in the footlocker.
Behind the Scenes[edit]
The name "Old Glory" is a nickname of the flag of the United States.
Gallery[edit]
Old Glory in an endings slide
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