Side Quest & Activity Achievements Overview
This section focuses on achievements and trophies earned by completing side quests and engaging in various activities outside the main storyline. Fallout: New Vegas offers numerous optional missions, and this guide provides details on how to successfully complete them, including specific steps, locations, and potential rewards.
Fallout: New Vegas features four basic categories of quests: Main Quests, Side Quests, Unmarked Quests, and Repeatable Quests. Side Quests are explicitly noted in your Pip-Boy. This guide provides details on how to complete these optional missions and earn associated achievements, often involving specific skill checks or item acquisitions.
Notable Side Quests and Activities:
- Heartache by the Number:
- To meet Cass, find her at the Mojave Outpost. Afterward, travel to the Crimson Caravan Company outside Eastside New Vegas.
- Complete a couple of quests for Alice McLafferty.
- Convince Alice to sell Cass's caravan rights through a Speech, Barter check, or a drinking contest.
- A hard-locked safe in the backroom of the Crimson Caravan Company, just before the stairs, contains a quest item relevant to a part of this quest.
- Debt Collector (Atomic Wrangler):
- Francine Garret at the Atomic Wrangler will ask you to collect debts from three Freeside locals.
- Resolve each case using Speech, Barter, perks, or force.
- Return the caps to Francine.
- Later, you will be hired to hunt Caleb McCaffery, which triggers an unmarked quest.
- Euclid’s C-Finder Acquisition:
- To get Euclid’s C-Finder for Veronica’s quest, find Max near Mick & Ralph’s in Freeside.
- You can buy it, or pass a Barter 45 or Speech 60 check for a discount or to get it for free.
- Alternatively, pickpocket it after convincing him to sleep.
- Rotface's Tips:
- Near Mick & Ralph’s in Freeside, Rotface sells local tips for 1 cap each.
- Buying tips reveals lore, rumors, and quest hints.
- After purchasing enough tips, he will equip Eulogy’s hat, which can be stolen or looted.
- Wang Dang Atomic Tango:
- A quest item, used to reprogram Fisto for James Garret, can be found inside a tool cabinet.
- Survival Cache Map (Morning Glory Cave):
- After delivering supplies, travel to Morning Glory cave to find a survival cache map.
- Inside, you will face spore creatures and traps.
- Retrieve the map, with or without Waking Cloud, to complete the quest and potentially trigger "Gathering Storms."