All items in Fallout: New Vegas
Every item the guide lists, area by area, with where to find it.
| Item | Area | Where | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9mm Pistol | Goodsprings | Handed directly to you by Doc Mitchell during character creationExact spot: being checked | |
| Vault 21 Jumpsuit | Goodsprings | Given by Doc Mitchell before leaving his houseExact spot: being checked | |
| Varmint Rifle | Goodsprings | Given by Sunny Smiles behind the Prospector Saloon to start the shooting tutorial | |
| Laser Pistol | Goodsprings | In a locked hard-level gun case inside the Goodsprings CaveExact spot: being checked | |
| Snow Globe - Goodsprings | Goodsprings | Sitting on a small tombstone in the Goodsprings Cemetery near the open graveExact spot: being checked | |
| Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Cap | Goodsprings | Inside the abandoned ranch house east of town, on a table near an empty bottle | |
| Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Cap | Goodsprings | On the counter inside the Goodsprings general store near the cash registerExact spot: being checked | |
| Salesman Settler | Goodsprings | In a broken crate in the abandoned schoolhouseExact spot: being checked | |
| ED-E | Primm | Inside the Mojave Express building, resting on a counterExact spot: being checked | |
| Pugilism Illustrated | Primm | Inside the Bison Steve Hotel, on the floor of the ground-floor gift shop | |
| Dean's Prowess | Primm | Inside the Sheriff's house, on a bookshelf in the living roomExact spot: being checked | |
| Vance's 9mm SMG Missable | Primm | Inside the display case safe in the Vikki and Vance CasinoExact spot: being checked | |
| Duck and Dodge | Mojave Outpost | Inside the Mojave Outpost headquarters building, on the bottom shelf of a wooden bookcaseExact spot: being checked | |
| Big Book of Science | Nipton | Inside the Nipton Town Hall, lying on the mayor's desk on the top floor | |
| Pugilism Illustrated | Nipton | Inside the mayor's house on the desk in the bedroomExact spot: being checked | |
| Dean's Purity | Nipton | Inside the general store, on the store counter next to the cash register | |
| That Gun | Novac | From the Dino Bite gift shop, go to the locked room behind the counter to find it inside a display case | |
| Dinky the T-Rex Souvenir | Novac | From the Dino Bite gift shop, go into the locked room behind the counter | |
| Duck and Cover! | Novac | Inside the living quarters of Cliff Briscoe's bungalow on a tableExact spot: being checked | |
| Archimedes II rangefinder (Euclid's C-Finder power) Missable | Helios One | Activated at the terminal in the solar plant towerExact spot: being checked | |
| Big Book of Science | Helios One | Inside the plant's building, on a table in the room with the terminal operated by Ignacio RivasExact spot: being checked | |
| Boulder City memorial engraving | Boulder City | On the Boulder City Memorial monument in the center plazaExact spot: being checked | |
| Grognak the Barbarian | Boulder City | Inside the Big Horn Saloon, on the floor next to a mattress | |
| Cram Opener Missable | Camp McCarran | Carried by Little Buster, who rests near the outdoor shooting rangeExact spot: being checked | |
| Marksman Carbine | Camp McCarran | Found leaning against a rack of weights inside the armory in the terminal buildingExact spot: being checked | |
| NCR Engineer Jumpsuit | Camp McCarran | On a workbench inside the terminal maintenance area near Chief Technician BetsyExact spot: being checked | |
| Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor | Freeside | Sitting on the front counter inside the Silver RushExact spot: being checked | |
| Star Bottle Cap | Freeside | On a counter inside the Blue Paradise Palms apartment building in western FreesideExact spot: being checked | |
| Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual | Freeside | On a mattress inside an abandoned, ruined building near the Old Mormon Fort's entrance | |
| Snow globe - Test site | Lucky 38 | On the counter near the cash registers in the Lucky 38 cocktail loungeExact spot: being checked | |
| The Big Book of Science | Lucky 38 | In the Lucky 38 cocktail lounge, found on a shelf behind the curved bar counter | |
| Lucky 38 VIP keycard | Lucky 38 | Inside the H&H Tools Factory, or found in the Lucky 38 executive suites on a deskExact spot: being checked | |
| Snow globe - Nellis AFB | Nellis Air Force Base | Inside the Nellis Boomer Museum, sitting on a wooden table to your right immediately upon entering | |
| Grognak the Barbarian | Nellis Air Force Base | Inside Loyal's cottage, resting on a small bedside table next to his bed | |
| Big Book of Science | Nellis Air Force Base | Inside the mess hall and munitions storage building, sitting on a table in the mess quarter areaExact spot: being checked | |
| Thump-Thump | Nellis Air Force Base | Inside the flooded Nellis Array building, resting on the floor near an overturned desk submerged in water | |
| Patriot's Cookbook | Nellis Air Force Base | Inside Pearl's barracks, placed on a table in the main roomExact spot: being checked | |
| Grognak the Barbarian | Red Rock Canyon | Inside Papa Khan's Longhouse, sitting on a wooden nightstand in the bedroom areaExact spot: being checked | |
| Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual | Red Rock Canyon | Inside the Great Khan Armory basement, resting on a wooden crate | |
| Tumblers Today | Red Rock Canyon | Inside the drug lab trailer located near the spring, resting on a tableExact spot: being checked | |
| Snow Globe - Mt. Charleston | Jacobstown | On the reception desk near the entrance inside the Jacobstown lodge | |
| Grognak the Barbarian | Jacobstown | Inside the right-side bungalow in the front row, lying on a table next to a bed | |
| Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual | Hoover Dam | Inside the Hoover Dam Visitor Center, resting on the reception deskExact spot: being checked | |
| Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap | Hoover Dam | Inside Hoover Dam Intake Tower 01, sitting on a counter near a terminalExact spot: being checked | |
| The Strip Snow Globe | The Strip (Post-House activation) | On a curved desk on the main floor of the Lucky 38 cocktail lounge | |
| Snow Globe - The Strip | Lucky 38 (Post-House activation) | On a curved counter to the left of the cash registers in the Cocktail Lounge | |
| AER14 prototype | Vault 22 | On Level 5 - Pest Control, next to a skeleton in the common area blocked behind locked doors | |
| Vault 22 cave keycard | Vault 22 | Level 4 - Common Areas, inside a room on a desk near the living quartersExact spot: being checked | |
| Annabelle Missable | Black Mountain | Carried by the Nightkin sniper atop the guard tower near the summitExact spot: being checked | |
| Big Book of Science | Black Mountain | Inside the broadcast building at the summit, on the computer terminal desk in the main roomExact spot: being checked | |
| Tabitha's Equipment Key | Black Mountain | Hidden under a rock behind Tabitha's broadcast building, or looted directly from Tabitha | |
| Raul's Terminal Password | Black Mountain | Found inside the prison building on Raul's computer desk or retrieved from the terminal itselfExact spot: being checked | |
| Speech Skill Book (Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor) | Vault 11 | In the living quarters, sitting on a bed inside an unflooded room in the lower levelsExact spot: being checked | |
| Vault 11 Jumpsuit | Vault 11 | On various skeletons and in dressers throughout the living quartersExact spot: being checked | |
| Grognak the Barbarian | Cottonwood Cove | Inside Aurelius of Phoenix's office, on the bottom shelf of the bookcase behind his desk | |
| Recompense of the Fallen | Cottonwood Cove | Inside Aurelius of Phoenix's office, locked inside his desk safeExact spot: being checked | |
| Star Cap | Cottonwood Cove | In the women's restroom, on the counter next to the sink | |
| Displacer Glove | The Fort | Carried by Caesar's Praetorian Guards inside Caesar's tentExact spot: being checked | |
| Ballistic Fist | The Fort | Carried by Lucius inside Caesar's tentExact spot: being checked | |
| Marksman Carbine | The Fort | Found inside the armory tent within the campExact spot: being checked | |
| Platinum Chip | The Fort | In Caesar's possession until he hands it to the player to enter the Securitron bunkerExact spot: being checked | |
| Dean's Purity First | Sloan | Inside the mining office on the desk next to Chomps Lewis's terminal | |
| Duck and Cover! | Sloan | Inside the left-hand barrack building, tucked between the side of a bed and a footlocker | |
| Hunting Rifle | Searchlight Airport | Inside the terminal building, lying in the office spaceExact spot: being checked | |
| Terminal building keys | Searchlight Airport | Carried by the Radscorpion Queen wandering the airfieldExact spot: being checked | |
| Knock-Knock | Camp Searchlight | Held by a dead NCR trooper inside the Searchlight Fire Station restroomsExact spot: being checked | |
| Motor-Runner's Helmet Missable | Vault 3 | On Motor-Runner's corpse in the maintenance wingExact spot: being checked | |
| Reverse Pulse Cleaner | Vault 3 | Inside an average-locked storage room locker in the maintenance levelExact spot: being checked | |
| Fire Root | Vault 19 | growing in the sulfur caves beneath the vaultExact spot: being checked | |
| Vault 19 Jumpsuit | Vault 19 | inside various dressers and containers throughout the living quartersExact spot: being checked | |
| All-American | Vault 34 | On an overturned table on the floor inside the Vault 34 Armory cache | |
| Vault 34 Armory Key | Vault 34 | Found on the corpse of the Ghoul Overseer inside the Overseer's OfficeExact spot: being checked | |
| Pulse Gun | Vault 34 | Locked inside a Very Hard footlocker in the Vault 34 ArmoryExact spot: being checked | |
| Underwater Breather | Vault 34 | Worn by the player if obtained from Jack at Nellis Air Force Base prior to exploring | |
| T-51b Power Armor | Hidden Valley | Hidden Valley Bunker L1, inside the armory or worn by high-ranking PaladinsExact spot: being checked | |
| Power Armor Training Missable | Hidden Valley | Hidden Valley Bunker, taught by Elder McNamara or Paladin Hardin after completing chapter questlinesExact spot: being checked | |
| Tesla-Beaton Prototype | Hidden Valley | Just outside the perimeter fence to the east, near a crashed Vertibird guarded by hardened sentry bots and mr. gutsies | |
| Q-35 Matter Modulator | REPCONN Headquarters | Inside a locked display case in the locked shipping and receiving room on the ground floor; accessible through an Average lockpick door or by hacking a terminal on the third floor to unlock it | |
| Big Book of Science | REPCONN Headquarters | On a shelf in the gift shop storage room on the first floor | |
| Dean's Purity (Electronics skill book) | REPCONN Headquarters | In the third-floor office area, on a desk in the room with the terminal controlling the shipping room safe | |
| REPCONN office mobile security card | REPCONN Headquarters | On a desk in the main office area on the second floor | |
| REPCONN executive security card | REPCONN Headquarters | Inside an executive briefcase on the third-floor conference table | |
| Space Suit | REPCONN Test Site | Found on a shelf in a storage closet in the basement's upper test area | |
| Space Suit Helmet | REPCONN Test Site | Sitting alongside the Space Suit on a shelf in the basement storage closet | |
| Big Book of Science | REPCONN Test Site | Inside the basement, on a table in the room where Harland is pinned down by Nightkin | |
| Hunting Revolver Missable | REPCONN Test Site | Carried by Harland, or looted from his body if he diesExact spot: being checked | |
| Stealth Boy | REPCONN Test Site | Inside a footlocker near the jailer's desk in the basement area | |
| Guns and Bullets | Camp Golf | Inside the House Resort on the upper floor, sitting on a table in the hallway | |
| Ranger Sequoia | Camp Golf | Carried by Chief Hanlon on the resort's outdoor balconyExact spot: being checked | |
| Dean's Prowess | Bitter Springs | Inside the office tent on a desk near Captain GillesExact spot: being checked | |
| Big Book of Science | Gibson Scrap Yard | Inside the main office, on the table next to the bed | |
| Rey's Brain Missable | Gibson Scrap Yard | Carried by Old Lady Gibson's dog Rey; obtained via Barter or by killing the dogExact spot: being checked | |
| Thrust Control Modules | Gibson Scrap Yard | Sold by Old Lady Gibson or looted from her bodyExact spot: being checked | |
| Pew Pew | Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters | Next to the body of Allen Marks in the prize room unlocked after turning in 50 blue star caps | |
| Sunset Sarsaparilla Deputy Badge | Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters | In the prize room unlocked after turning in 50 blue star capsExact spot: being checked | |
| Star Caps (approx. 3) | Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters | Scattered loose throughout the offices and factory floor, including on desks and near bottling equipment | |
| Remnants power helmet | Silver Peak Mine | Next to a skeleton near a rusted gate inside the upper walkway area of the deep cavern | |
| Legion audio tapes (2) | Ranger Station Charlie | In the main building: one under the desk beside the stacked metal boxes, the other on top of the three stacked metal boxes | |
| Big Book of Science | Ranger Station Delta | In the lower tent on a small tableExact spot: being checked | |
| Big Book of Science | Camp Forlorn Hope | Inside the command center tent on a table in Major Polatli's quartersExact spot: being checked | |
| Grognak the Barbarian | Camp Forlorn Hope | Inside the camp's jail tent, sitting on top of a bunk bedExact spot: being checked | |
| Dead Sea's Liberator Missable | Nelson | Carried by Dead Sea in the Nelson barracksExact spot: being checked | |
| NCR Dogtags | Nelson | Found on the NCR hostages tied to the crosses along the main streetExact spot: being checked | |
| Hunting shotgun (Dinner Bell) | The Thorn | Rewarded by Red Lucy upon completing her quest "Bleed Me Dry"Exact spot: being checked | |
| Boxing Times | The Thorn | On a wooden table inside Red Lucy's personal roomExact spot: being checked | |
| Boxing Times | Westside | Inside the Casa Madrid Apartments, on a nightstand in Jimmy's roomExact spot: being checked | |
| Grognak the Barbarian | Westside | Inside the Casa Madrid Apartments, on a desk in Ma Mayberry's officeExact spot: being checked | |
| Big Book of Science | Westside | Inside the Westside Co-op, on a shelf behind the sales counter | |
| Holorifle | Sierra Madre | Added to your inventory automatically upon waking up at the Sierra Madre fountainExact spot: being checked | |
| Dean's Electronics Missable | Sierra Madre | Inside Dean Domino's hideout on a deskExact spot: being checked | |
| Automatic Rifle | Sierra Madre | Found inside the Villa police station armoryExact spot: being checked | |
| Bear Trap Fist | Sierra Madre | Scattered throughout the Villa streets and carried by Ghost TrappersExact spot: being checked | |
| Sierra Madre Snow Globe Missable | Sierra Madre | On the upper ledge of the Villa fountain plaza above the clinicExact spot: being checked | |
| Sierra Madre snow globe Missable | Sierra Madre Casino | resting on the curved counter of the cashier's booth in the main casino floor | |
| Automatic rifle | Sierra Madre Casino | found in various maintenance areas and security rooms across the casino interiorExact spot: being checked | |
| Dean's Electronics Missable | Sierra Madre Villa | Inside the Villa Clinic on a desk in the basement office | |
| Assassin Suit Missable | Sierra Madre Villa | Inside the Villa Clinic in the medical basement area | |
| Automatic Rifle | Sierra Madre Villa | Found in various police station lockers and rooftops throughout the Villa districtsExact spot: being checked | |
| Bear Trap Fist | Sierra Madre Villa | Carried by Ghost Scavengers throughout the Villa streetsExact spot: being checked | |
| Sierra Madre Snow Globe Missable | Sierra Madre Villa | On the upper indoor balcony level of the Villa ruins overlooking the fountain courtyard, near Salida del Sol entrance | |
| Dean's Electronics Missable | Salida del Sol | On a rooftop patio near the entrance to Salida del Sol South | |
| Sierra Madre Snow Globe Missable | Salida del Sol | On a wooden crate on a balcony catwalk near the southern district entrance | |
| Automatic Rifle Missable | Salida del Sol | Found in a ruined shop interior on a counter behind a cash register | |
| Dean's Electronics Missable | Puesta del Sol | Inside a ruined cafe counter on the ground levelExact spot: being checked | |
| Sierra Madre Snow Globe Missable | Puesta del Sol | On the rooftop scaffolding near the access stairs leading toward Puesta del Sol North | |
| Gold bar (37 total) Missable | Sierra Madre Vault | On and around the table immediately next to the primary terminal inside the central vault chamber | |
| Vera's dress Missable | Sierra Madre Vault | In the duffle bag on the floor inside the central vault chamber | |
| Assassin suit Missable | Sierra Madre Vault | In the medical clinic section just outside the main vault doorExact spot: being checked | |
| Snow globe - Sierra Madre Missable | Sierra Madre Vault | In the executive suite area before entering the elevator to the vaultExact spot: being checked | |
| Joshua Graham's Armor | Zion Canyon | Found inside the reward footlocker at the Southern Passage exit after finishing the Honest Hearts storylineExact spot: being checked | |
| Survivalist's Rifle | Zion Canyon | Located inside an open duffle bag next to the skeleton at the Red Gate overlook | |
| Desert Ranger Combat Armor | Zion Canyon | Found inside Stone Bones Cave, lying on the floor in the deepest section | |
| A Light Shining in Darkness | Angel Cave | Carried by Joshua Graham, automatically rewarded at the conclusion of Honest HeartsExact spot: being checked | |
| Scripture (Honest Hearts) | Angel Cave | Located on a table near Joshua Graham's work area inside the caveExact spot: being checked | |
| Dead Horse stalker armor | Angel Cave | Placed in open containers and sleeping areas around the Dead Horses' living quartersExact spot: being checked | |
| Survivalist's Rifle | Sorrows Camp | Inside a duffle bag next to the remains of the Survivalist (Clark) at the Red Gate overlook, just past the north path leading out of the camp | |
| Green River Dagger | Sorrows Camp | Carried by White Bird, a Sorrows shaman in the campExact spot: being checked | |
| Sonic Emitter | Big MT | Given by Doctor Klein in the Think Tank during the opening dialogueExact spot: being checked | |
| K9000 Cyberdog Gun | Big MT | Found on a console in the X-8 Research Center or given during main quests | |
| Stealth Suit Mk II | Big MT | Located inside the X-13 Testing Facility | |
| Christine's CoS Silencer Rifle | Big MT | Leaning against the wall inside Little Yangtze's ruined sniper building near the northern exitExact spot: being checked | |
| Elijah's Advanced LAER | Big MT | Found on the roof of the Signal Hills TransmitterExact spot: being checked | |
| Transportalponder | Big MT | Awarded upon completing the Old World Blues main questlineExact spot: being checked | |
| Sonic Emitter | The Sink | Given directly by Doctor Klein during the initial dialogue sequence in the Think Tank, accessible right outside The Sink balcony | |
| The Sink Central Intelligence Unit personality holotape | The Sink | Found directly on the floor inside the Sink right next to the central unit pedestal | |
| Transportalponder! | The Sink | Awarded automatically to the player's inventory upon completing the final quest of Old World BluesExact spot: being checked | |
| Sonic Emitter | The Think Tank | Given directly by Doctor Klein during the initial Think Tank dialogueExact spot: being checked | |
| Big Mountain Transportalponder! | The Think Tank | Given directly by Doctor Klein during the initial Think Tank dialogueExact spot: being checked | |
| Patient Gown | The Think Tank | Automatically worn by the player upon waking up in the Think TankExact spot: being checked | |
| Sonic Emitter audio log: Gabriel's Bark | X-8 Research Center | Terminal in the central observation room of the residential test facilityExact spot: being checked | |
| K9000 Cyberdog Gun upgrade: Mentat Chow recipe | X-8 Research Center | On a desk in the testing facility's observation areaExact spot: being checked | |
| Stealth Suit Mk II | X-13 Research Facility | Located on the testing floor inside the main testing area | |
| Stealth Suit Mk II Helmet | X-13 Research Facility | Sitting on a console in the testing observation control roomExact spot: being checked | |
| K9000 FIDO Upgrade Recipe | X-13 Research Facility | Found on a terminal in the facility's officesExact spot: being checked | |
| Sink Project: Autodoc Holotape | Higgs Village | On the second floor patio table of House #101 | |
| Sink Project: Sink Holotape | Higgs Village | Found in the master bedroom of House #00Exact spot: being checked | |
| Sink Project: Jukebox Holotape | Higgs Village | Inside House #108 on the upstairs desk | |
| Sink Project: Book Chute Holotape | Higgs Village | Inside House #101 on an upstairs nightstand | |
| Dr. Klein's Scrubs and Glasses | Higgs Village | In the master bedroom upstairs in House #00 | |
| Dr. Mobius' Scrubs and Glasses | Higgs Village | Inside House #102 on the second floor | |
| ED-E's Upgraded Arc Welder | The Divide | Inside the Hopeville Missile Base silo, found on a work bench near where you first reactivate the local ED-E unitExact spot: being checked | |
| Laser Detonator | The Divide | Found on a console inside the Hopeville Missile Base siloExact spot: being checked | |
| Riot Gear | The Divide | Inside the Hopeville Men's Barracks armory closet, or purchased from Commissary terminalsExact spot: being checked | |
| Advanced Riot Gear | The Divide | Located on a dead NCR trooper on the upper floor of the Crow's Nest sniper overlook | |
| Elite Riot Gear | The Divide | Found on a corpse on the top level of the Third Street Municipal BuildingExact spot: being checked | |
| Red Glare | The Divide | In Marked Men camp armories, high-tier loot containers, or purchased from Commissary terminalsExact spot: being checked | |
| Industrial Hand | The Divide | Found inside a footlocker in the Marked Men camp near the High Road, or purchased from Commissary terminalsExact spot: being checked | |
| Scribe Blameless journal entry Missable | The Divide | Inside an Eyebot pod near the collapsed overpass in the Hopeville areaExact spot: being checked | |
| ED-E's Hopeville upgrade | Hopeville | inside Hopeville Missile Base HQ on an inactive eyebotExact spot: being checked | |
| Laser Detonator | Hopeville | inside the marked Hopeville silo bunker control roomExact spot: being checked | |
| US Army combat armor | Hopeville | in a footlocker inside the Hopeville armoryExact spot: being checked | |
| H&H Tools nail gun | Hopeville | inside a wooden crate in the Hopeville Women's BarracksExact spot: being checked | |
| Ashton control station key | Ashton Silo | Found on the terminal console at the bottom level of the missile siloExact spot: being checked | |
| Rawr's Talon Missable | Ashton Silo | Looted from the unique Deathclaw Rawr inside the nearby Bloodlicker Cave connected off the silo pathExact spot: being checked | |
| Blood-Nap | Courier's Mile | Stuck in a lamppost near the central collapsed streetExact spot: being checked | |
| Rawr's Talon Missable | Courier's Mile | Looted from the unique Deathclaw RawrExact spot: being checked |
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