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A Light Shining in Darkness

Honest Hearts weapon

A Light Shining in Darkness

REQUIREMENTS

SKILL Guns 75

STRENGTH REQ. 3

ATTACK STATISTICS

DMG/ATTACK 33 (47.5)

DMG/PROJ. 33 (47.5)

DPS 144.4 (291.1)

DPS (RELOAD) 65.2 (127.9)

CRIT DMG CRIT % MULT

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Characteristics
6 1.7 (1.3)

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WEIGHT VALUE

1.2 4500

ITEM HP 250

REPAIR
A Light .45 Auto pistol
Shining in Darkness expanded
One-handed guns
A unique variant of the .45 Auto pistol with a
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shortened barrel, it features a custom skeletonized
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hammer and trigger; commander length slide and a
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snake-skin grip, along with
ueNPCthe etched Greek text "καὶ
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τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει (kaì tò phõs én tẽ skotía
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phaínei)" on the right side and "καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ
FORM ID (kaì é skotía aútò
κατέλαβεν oú katélaben)" on the left
xx009DBE
side, which translates asxx0108C7
"And the(npc)
light shineth in
xx010E1F (melee)
darkness and the darkness comprehended it not."[1] It
also has "trench" sights (a groove running along the
top of the pistol which the player character aims
down), rather thanPERK
havingEFFECTS
a rear notch and a front
post.
PERKS (DAM.) Grunt (+8.3)
Bloody Mess (+1.7)
Like most unique weapons, weapon modiJcations
Lord Death (+1.3)
cannot be added to thisThought
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Compared
Died to its
(+3.3)
standard counterpart, it has greater DPS, less spread,
PERKS (ATT.) Fastdamage,
Shot (+0.9)
greater critical chance and a greater rate of
Ain't Like That Now (+0.9)
Jre and greater durability, albeit having one less
round in(REL.)
PERKS the magazine. Unlike the .45 Auto pistol,
Rapid Reload (-0.4s)
when aiming down the trench sights, the weapon
zooms in more than a regular, un-scoped pistol,
making longer-range encounters much easier. As
with the .45 Auto pistol, it is considered an improved
holdout weapon, and can be concealed and taken
into weapon-free locations so long as the player
character's Sneak skill is 50 or greater.

Durability

A Light Shining in Darkness can Jre a total of about

1,245 rounds, the equivalent of 208 reloads, from full
condition before breaking.

Ammunition type Durability

Shots Reloads

Standard & HP 1245 208

+P 1037 173

Super 495 83

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Variants

.45 Auto pistol - the standard variant found

throughout Zion Canyon, and purchasable from
merchants in the Mojave Wasteland after the
completion of Honest Hearts.
A Light Shining in Darkness (non-player
character) - A unique playable variant used by
Joshua Graham. It diXers from the standard
variant by having 50 base and crit damage, 2x crit
chance and a min spread of 0.35. It also uses the
same Pip-Boy icon as the 9mm pistol.
Joshua's Pistol Whippin' .45 - a unique
unobtainable variant used by Joshua Graham. It
diXers from the standard variant by being used as
a melee weapon.
Follows-Chalk's .45 Auto pistol - a unique variant
used by Follows-Chalk, a Dead Horses tribal and
companion to the Courier. It only diXers from the
standard pistol in its use of companion
ammunition, and possession of the standard
iron-sights.
Comparison

Legend  [Expand]

.45 Auto 29 79.8 2.75 x1 29 17 1.7

pistol 

.45 Auto 29 79.8 2.75 x1 29 17 1.7

pistol 
 

A Light 33 144.4 4.38 x2 33 15 2.2

Shining
in
Darkness 

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Location

It is carried by Joshua Graham and can be retrieved

from his corpse if he is killed. Alternatively, it can be
found in a footlocker at the southern passage in Zion
Canyon after completion of the Honest Hearts main
questline.

Notes

Although it does not have luminescent sights like

the standard .45, the frame of the gun will glow,
even in complete darkness.
It is the lightest handgun in the game, and is one
of the four aXected by the Pack Rat perk, the
others being the .45 Auto pistol, the 9mm pistol,
and Maria.
Using the iron sights is di_cult, due to the point
of aim being the same as the standard .45 Auto
pistol, despite having trench sights.
It is the smallest pistol in the game.

Behind the scenes

The design is loosely based on various oEcer-

sized compact Colt M1911s. It is not a complete
copy, as it should have a reversed recoil plug.[2]
The Colt New Agent is the closest equivalent real-
world production model.[3]
The phrase engraved on the slide of the pistol is
from the Bible passage John 1:5 (some
translations say "Understood" in place of
overcome), "The light shines in the darkness, and
the darkness has not overcome it." The same
phrase is used repeatedly in the Doctrine &
Covenants, one of the Standard Works of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Bugs

If loading a saved game from the main

menu in which the A Light Shining in Darkness is
equipped and drawn, the reload animation takes
twice as long as normal. This can be solved by simply
switching to another gun and then back again. [veriJed]

Sounds

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Gallery

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References

d. ↑ John 1:5 Multilingual on Bible Hub

e. ↑ Is the Light in Darkness based on any real
version of the M1911?
g. ↑ When designing A Light Shining In Darkness,
what model was is based oX?

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