Baby Boomer
MeleePL · DLC required
Tool's recording-session outcome determines the bat reward.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Phantom Liberty required
- Available from
- Dogtown · Dazed and Confused
How to get it
During Dazed and Confused, bring Lina Malina to the Brainporium. Direct the scene using the sister or clone solution rather than curing Tool with the letter, then collect Baby Boomer from the front counter after Lina's session.
Can you miss it?
Save before choosing how to direct the scene; the letter solution gives a different outcome.
Baseball Bat x-MOD2
MeleePL · DLC required
A readily accessible melee x-MOD2 on the raised walkway.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Phantom Liberty required
- Available from
- Dogtown · walkway opposite Heavy Hearts
How to get it
Climb the raised crosswalk across from Heavy Hearts. Search the crate on the walkway, opposite the nearby Militech dataterm, and take Baseball Bat x-MOD2.
Can you miss it?
The bat is an open-world pickup on the elevated structure.
BFC 9000
MeleeBase game
A separate novelty-club encounter on the dam's cliffside.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Base game
- Available from
- Rancho Coronado · Petrochem Dam cliffs
How to get it
Find the crashed AV and Hugo Selvig on the ledge near the Petrochem Dam in Rancho Coronado. Approach along the cliff from the nearby parking area, defeat him and loot BFC 9000.
If the crashed AV in Rancho Coronado was missed, Patch 2.11 makes BFC 9000 obtainable.
Can you miss it?
Look for the crash and its occupant before attempting the descent.
Caretaker's Spade
MeleeBase game
The Arasaka garden has a melee pickup as well as a route onward.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Base game
- Available from
- Finale · Knockin' on Heaven's Door
How to get it
On Rogue's ending route, search the Arasaka Tower rainforest near the conference table in Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Step off the path into the foliage and take the spade leaning against a tree.
Can you miss it?
Search the garden during the finale; retain a pre-finale save.
Cottonmouth
MeleeBase game
A small detour inside Fingers' clinic for a blunt-weapon collection.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Base game
- Available from
- Act 2 · The Space in Between
How to get it
Visit Fingers' clinic on Jig-Jig Street during The Space in Between. Enter his adjoining bedroom and take Cottonmouth from the table.
Can you miss it?
Check the bedroom rather than only the surgical room.
Crowbar
MeleePL · DLC required
Search the entrance route before descending into Cynosure.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Phantom Liberty required
- Available from
- Phantom Liberty finale · Somewhat Damaged
How to get it
On Reed's story branch, begin Somewhat Damaged and search the shortcut room near the crashed MaxTac truck. Open the blocked route using its Body interaction and take the Iconic Crowbar from the box before descending.
Can you miss it?
This is the Iconic variant inside the mission; ordinary crowbars are separate items.
Gold-Plated Baseball Bat
MeleeBase game
Denny's pool-side argument leaves a weapon behind.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Base game
- Available from
- Act 3 · Second Conflict
How to get it
During Second Conflict, visit Denny's North Oak house. After the argument with Henry, take the gold-plated bat beside the cement-filled pool.
Can you miss it?
Collect it after Denny sets it down before leaving the house grounds.
Murphy's Law
MeleePL · DLC required
The stadium escape has a branch-specific blunt weapon.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Phantom Liberty required
- Available from
- Dogtown · Firestarter · Songbird route
How to get it
Choose to help Songbird escape in Firestarter. Fight through the stadium's vehicle-display area, defeat Albert Murphy and loot Murphy's Law from him.
Can you miss it?
Choosing Reed at Firestarter takes a different route and removes this encounter.
Sasquatch's Hammer
MeleeBase game
A boss-arena pickup to check even if you bypass Sasquatch.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Base game
- Available from
- Act 2 · I Walk the Line
How to get it
During I Walk the Line at the Grand Imperial Mall, pick up Sasquatch's Hammer in her arena. Take it from the ground during or after the encounter.
If that arena pickup is missed, Patch 2.02 adds Sasquatch's Hammer to the vendor stock at the stadium black market.
Can you miss it?
Collect it during the mall mission while the arena is accessible. Patch 2.02 also stocks it at the stadium black market if the arena pickup was missed.
Sir John Phallustiff
MeleeBase game
This novelty weapon depends on the earlier Militech outcome.

Quick answer: Sir John Phallustiff is in Meredith Stout's room at the No-Tell Motel in Kabuki, Watson, after the side job Venus in Furs. Venus in Furs only opens if you side with Meredith in The Pickup, take her deal and pay with her chip, then reply kindly to her later message. Phantom Liberty is not required.
- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Base game
- Available from
- Act 2 · Venus in Furs · Meredith route
- Quest
- Venus in Furs, after siding with Meredith in The Pickup
- Where
- No-Tell Motel, Kabuki, Watson
- Choice
- Use Meredith's chip in The Pickup and answer her text kindly
How to get it
Meet Meredith Stout before The Pickup and follow her plan so she survives the All Foods outcome. Answer her later message, meet her at the No-Tell Motel for Venus in Furs and take the weapon from the bed afterward.
Can you miss it?
Meredith must survive The Pickup and invite V to the motel. Save before the All Foods negotiation.
Upgrade it
Since Update 2.0, Iconic weapons are the only weapons you can upgrade. Open the Crafting menu, use the upgrade tab and spend Item Components to raise Sir John Phallustiff one tier at a time, up to Tier 5++. The steps past Tier 5 cost Tier 5 components.
Tinker Bell
MeleeBase game
Search the farmhouse while investigating Edgewood Farm with River.

- Type
- Melee
- Content
- Base game
- Available from
- Act 2 · The Hunt
How to get it
During The Hunt at Edgewood Farm, enter the farmhouse and open the hidden control room using the switch beneath the upstairs desk. Take Tinker Bell from inside.
Can you miss it?
Search the room during River's farm investigation before leaving.
Questions
Why didn't Meredith Stout text me?
Her message only comes if you followed her plan in The Pickup: take her deal, pay the Maelstrom with her chip and let her come out on top of Gilchrist. Any other outcome closes Venus in Furs.