Fallout New Vegas star bottle cap locations
Fixed Sunset Sarsaparilla star cap placements for The Legend of the Star, grouped by location.
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Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps are Sunset Sarsaparilla caps with a glowing blue star printed on the underside. They are quest items and cannot be sold. There are 102 fixed spots in the base game Mojave: 101 caps lying in the world plus one carried by a respawning wastelander at Scorpion Gulch. No star caps are placed in any DLC area. Shortly after you pick up your first star cap, Malcolm Holmes, a retired star cap collector, runs up to you on Highway 95 northwest of the Southern Nevada wind farm. He explains the legend of the pre-War treasure guarded by Festus and warns that collectors such as Allen Marks will kill for the caps. Holmes himself carries six star caps that can be pickpocketed or looted, then walks to the Mojave Outpost barracks and despawns. The quest starts by talking to Festus, the robotic kiosk inside the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters west-northwest of Camp McCarran, and choosing the Star Hunting option; caps collected beforehand still count. Deposit 50 star caps with Festus to finish The Legend of the Star (achievement) and start A Valuable Lesson, which leads to the prize vault: about 1,500 regular caps, 319 worthless Sunset Sarsaparilla deputy badges and the unique laser pistol Pew Pew. Beyond fixed placements, every bottle of Sunset Sarsaparilla you drink has a 5% chance (1 in 20) of giving a star cap instead of a normal cap, including homebrewed bottles; Festus' Lucky Horseshoes mini game can also award them, Sergeant Contreras at Camp McCarran occasionally sells them, Tomas and Jacklyn (fighting on the road between Nipton and the Nipton Road pit stop) carry up to nine between them, and Norton, leader of the mercenaries attacking Jacobstown, carries one. Once A Valuable Lesson is complete all star caps, including any already in your inventory, convert into ordinary bottle caps. Deactivating Festus with the Robotics Expert perk makes the quest impossible to complete.
188 Trading Post1
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188 Trading Post
188 Trading Post, on the wooden bar counter at the end of the Slop and Shop, next to the bottle and the lantern.
Aerotech Office Park1
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Aerotech suite 300
Aerotech Office Park, inside Aerotech suite 300. Follow the right hand hallway to the last door on the left; the cap sits on the kitchen sideboard counter near the plate of deviled eggs.
Allied Technologies Offices2
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Allied Technologies offices (1 of 2)
Allied Technologies offices, in the filing room with the cabinets to the right of the entrance. Two star caps sit together on the cubicle desk.
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Allied Technologies offices (2 of 2)
Allied Technologies offices, in the filing room with the cabinets to the right of the entrance. Two star caps sit together on the cubicle desk.
Big Horn Saloon1
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Big Horn Saloon
Boulder City, inside the Big Horn Saloon. On the large round table with the chessboard, ahead and to the left as you walk in.
Bison Steve Hotel1
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Bison Steve Hotel lobby
Primm, inside the Bison Steve Hotel. Enter the large lobby room with the rug from the front door; the cap is on the side table next to the sofa straight to your left.
Bitter Springs Recreation Area2
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Bitter Springs recreation office (1 of 2)
Bitter Springs Recreation Area
Bitter Springs recreation area, inside the office. Two star caps sit on the sideboard with the bottles, the first of the two sideboards near the ham radio and coffee maker, below the Poseidon Energy poster and right of the dead tree.
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Bitter Springs recreation office (2 of 2)
Bitter Springs Recreation Area
Bitter Springs recreation area, inside the office. Two star caps sit on the sideboard with the bottles, the first of the two sideboards near the ham radio and coffee maker, below the Poseidon Energy poster and right of the dead tree.
Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals2
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Blue Paradise middle bungalow
Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals
Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals, in the submerged middle rental bungalow. Floating among the bottles and loose caps near the open refrigerator.
Tips: Underwater. Grab it quickly or bring a rebreather.
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Blue Paradise north bungalow
Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals
Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals, in the submerged north bungalow. On the counter on the south side of the room, mixed in with other bottle caps.
Tips: Underwater. Grab it quickly or bring a rebreather.
Bonnie Springs2
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Bonnie Springs porch (1 of 2)
Bonnie Springs, on the porch of the second building directly southeast of the campfire. Two star caps lie in the open crates filled with empty bottles.
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Bonnie Springs porch (2 of 2)
Bonnie Springs, on the porch of the second building directly southeast of the campfire. Two star caps lie in the open crates filled with empty bottles.
Bradley's Shack1
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Bradley's shack
Bradley's shack, under the wooden canopy behind the sandbags. The cap lies with the other scattered caps beside the ammunition box and mattress.
Brewer's Beer Bootlegging1
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Brewer's beer bootlegging
Brewer's beer bootlegging, on top of the small bookcase just left of the cellar door, together with a few ordinary caps and a key.
Brooks Tumbleweed Ranch1
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Brooks Tumbleweed Ranch
Brooks Tumbleweed Ranch, in the first floor corner storage room with the stove. On the floor at the bottom of the shelving, next to the gas cylinder.
California Sunset Drive-in2
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California Sunset Drive-in (1 of 2)
California Sunset Drive-in, beside the ruined concrete hut on the north side. Two star caps sit on the concrete slab next to the fourth bottle from the left, to the right of the trash can.
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California Sunset Drive-in (2 of 2)
California Sunset Drive-in, beside the ruined concrete hut on the north side. Two star caps sit on the concrete slab next to the fourth bottle from the left, to the right of the trash can.
Camp Forlorn Hope mess hall1
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Camp Forlorn Hope mess hall
Camp Forlorn Hope, in the mess hall south of the stream. On the table with the coffee pot, next to the bottle and close to the metal shelves.
Camp McCarran supply shack1
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Camp McCarran supply shack
Camp McCarran, inside Sergeant Contreras' supply shack. In a small crate on the metal shelves, close to the footlocker where Contreras stands.
Tips: Contreras also sells star caps from time to time.
Cap Counterfeiting Shack3
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Cap counterfeiting shack (1 of 3)
Cap counterfeiting shack, on the table nearest the vending machines, right next to the lantern among the Nuka-Cola and Sarsaparilla caps and bottles. Three star caps are here.
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Cap counterfeiting shack (2 of 3)
Cap counterfeiting shack, on the table nearest the vending machines, right next to the lantern among the Nuka-Cola and Sarsaparilla caps and bottles. Three star caps are here.
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Cap counterfeiting shack (3 of 3)
Cap counterfeiting shack, on the table nearest the vending machines, right next to the lantern among the Nuka-Cola and Sarsaparilla caps and bottles. Three star caps are here.
Captain Dean Boat Rentals2
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Captain Dean Boat Rentals, display case
Callville Bay, inside Captain Dean Boat Rentals. In the far display case, under the packs of cigarettes next to the Sunset Sarsaparilla bottles.
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Captain Dean Boat Rentals, counter
Callville Bay, inside Captain Dean Boat Rentals. On the right hand counter behind the display case, near the cash register and the phone.
Cerulean Robotics1
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Cerulean Robotics (Freeside)
Cerulean Robotics on the west side of Freeside (no map marker; enter through the north gate, pass the Old Mormon Fort and slip through the gap in the concrete piles). Inside, go through the door on the southeast wall of the reception area; the cap is on the dining table next to the bottle, near the three open fridges.
Tips: The building is full of giant rats.
Cliffside Prospector Camp1
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Cliffside prospector camp
Cliffside prospector camp, on the chessboard with the bottle on it, on top of the damaged wooden crate.
Cottonwood Cove1
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Cottonwood Cove restroom
Cottonwood Cove, inside the ladies restroom building. On the lowest metal shelf, next to a bottle.
Coyote Mines1
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Coyote mines shack
Coyote mines, just inside the large miner's shack. On the middle table in the lower area to the right of the stairs.
Crimson Caravan main office1
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Crimson Caravan main office
Crimson Caravan Company, inside the main office. On top of the ham radio amplifier on the corner desk.
Dino Dee-lite Motel1
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Dino Dee-lite Motel, Daisy Whitman's room
Novac, Dino Dee-lite Motel, inside Daisy Whitman's room. On the table with the television set.
El Dorado Gas & Service1
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El Dorado Gas & Service
El Dorado Gas & Service, on the cash register counter inside the station.
El Dorado Substation1
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El Dorado substation
El Dorado substation, in the left corner on top of the trash can, next to the Eat'o'tronic 3000.
El Rey Motel1
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El Rey Motel upstairs room
El Rey Motel, in the upper floor rental room above the eastern exterior steps (the room with the fairy lights and a Very Easy locked door). On the long bookcase next to the hat and the fan.
Emergency Service Railyard2
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Emergency service railyard (1 of 2)
Emergency service railyard, on the mattress on the train platform, among other scattered caps. Two star caps are here.
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Emergency service railyard (2 of 2)
Emergency service railyard, on the mattress on the train platform, among other scattered caps. Two star caps are here.
Fields' Shack1
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Fields' shack
Fields' shack, inside the doorless refrigerator, next to some empty Sunset Sarsaparilla bottles.
Fisherman's Pride Shack1
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Fisherman's Pride shack
Fisherman's Pride shack, on the table with the toaster and the Salisbury Steak, left of the fridge, with other scattered caps.
Gibson Scrap Yard1
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Gibson scrap yard garage
Gibson scrap yard, in the main garage. On the corner of the low metal shelf holding the tires and vehicle rims.
Goodsprings homes2
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Goodsprings home west of the general store
Goodsprings, inside the house west of the Goodsprings General Store. In the master bedroom, on the game table with the chessboard and bottles.
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Goodsprings home east of the schoolhouse
Goodsprings, inside the house east of the schoolhouse. On the kitchen sideboard bar near the two bottles and the toaster, right next to an exit door.
Grub n' Gulp Rest Stop1
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Grub n' Gulp rest stop
Grub n' Gulp rest stop, on the plate on the table next to the shack.
Guardian Peak1
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Guardian Peak
Guardian Peak, close to the cave mouth. On the upturned crate by the radio, near the plate and the empty whiskey bottle.
Gun Runners1
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Gun Runners
Gun Runners, inside the main building opposite the reception desk. At the bottom of a small bottle crate on the floor beside the metal table with the coffee machine.
Gypsum quarry office1
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Gypsum train yard office
Gypsum train yard, inside the office building. In the back room with the egg clutches, on the corner desk with the burned out terminal.
Tips: Easy to miss and sometimes clipped under the desk. As a last resort a frag grenade under the table can dislodge it.
Harper's Shack1
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Harper's shack
Harper's shack, in the left room across from the bunk bed. On the small table with the fan, near the small crate of bottles and a pressure cooker.
Hell's Motel1
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Hell's Motel
Hell's Motel, the two story shack on the western edge of the Mesquite Mountains crater, west southwest of Primm (no map marker). In the kitchen on the first floor, on the table next to the bottle.
Tips: Feral ghoul reavers and heavy radiation outside; the interior is radiation free.
Highway 95 Viper's Encampment1
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Highway 95 Viper's encampment
Highway 95 Viper's encampment, in the northwestern lean-to. On one of the two makeshift bedding rolls, next to two ordinary caps.
Horowitz Farmstead1
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Horowitz farmstead barn
Horowitz farmstead, inside the skeletal barn in the middle cluster of buildings. On the ground on the left wooden crate, near the sack and two ammunition boxes.
Hostetler home1
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Hostetler home (East Vegas)
Hostetler home in East Vegas, directly northwest of Durable Dunn's sacked caravan and just east of the Gun Runners kiosk (no map marker). In the living room, on the small table between the two couches, next to the bottle.
Tips: The house is owned by the Hostetler family, so taking it counts as stealing.
House Resort3
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House Resort bedroom (1 of 3)
Camp Golf, inside the House Resort. Take the upper right corridor into the first bedroom; three star caps are spread across the two dressers.
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House Resort bedroom (2 of 3)
Camp Golf, inside the House Resort. Take the upper right corridor into the first bedroom; three star caps are spread across the two dressers.
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House Resort bedroom (3 of 3)
Camp Golf, inside the House Resort. Take the upper right corridor into the first bedroom; three star caps are spread across the two dressers.
Hunter's Farm2
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Hunter's farm kitchen (1 of 2)
Hunter's farm, on the kitchen work surface with the crates and bottles, inside a cluster of loose caps. Two star caps are here.
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Hunter's farm kitchen (2 of 2)
Hunter's farm, on the kitchen work surface with the crates and bottles, inside a cluster of loose caps. Two star caps are here.
Jacobstown bungalows1
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Jacobstown northern bungalow
Jacobstown, in the northern bungalow beside the perimeter stakes. On the gaming table with the cards and the empty whiskey bottles.
Jean Sky Diving1
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Jean Sky Diving
Jean Sky Diving, inside the shack. On the desk next to the ham radio, by the bottle and the burned out terminal.
Junction 15 Railway Station1
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Junction 15 railway station
Junction 15 railway station, on the platform. On the corner of the green bench to the left of the boarded up door.
Lone Wolf Radio1
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Lone Wolf Radio trailer
Lone Wolf Radio, inside the trailer. Among the other scattered caps near the footlocker and the mattress.
Matthews Animal Husbandry Farm1
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Matthews Animal Husbandry Farm barn
Matthews Animal Husbandry Farm
Matthews Animal Husbandry Farm, in the northwest barn. Go up the stairs; the cap is on top of a crate.
Mesquite Mountains Camp Site1
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Mesquite Mountains camp site
Mesquite Mountains camp site, inside the northwest tent near the sleeping mattress. On top of the metal box.
Mesquite Mountains lean-to1
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Mesquite Mountains lean-to
Mesquite Mountains lean-to, the sheet metal shelter with an antenna due east of the Mesquite Mountains crater and west southwest of the California Sunset Drive-in (no map marker). Inside the tipped over wooden Sunset Sarsaparilla crate between the mattress and the half buried metal box.
Tips: A frag mine is hidden under the traffic cone next to the motorcycle.
Mojave Outpost1
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Mojave Outpost barracks
Mojave Outpost, inside the barracks. On the long section of the bar counter as you walk in, next to a bottle.
Mountain Shadows Campground1
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Mountain Shadows campground
Mountain Shadows campground, on the red picnic table next to the campfire, with the bottle and plates.
NCR Correctional Facility1
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NCRCF visitors center
NCR Correctional Facility, inside the visitors center. On the curved desk, next to the bottle.
NCR Sharecropper Farms1
Nellis Hangars2
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Nellis mess hall hangar (1 of 2)
Nellis Air Force Base, inside the mess hall and munitions storage hangar. On the easternmost table with the other caps and a bottle; two star caps are here.
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Nellis mess hall hangar (2 of 2)
Nellis Air Force Base, inside the mess hall and munitions storage hangar. On the easternmost table with the other caps and a bottle; two star caps are here.
Nevada Highway Patrol Station1
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Nevada Highway Patrol station
Nevada Highway Patrol station, in the cell room with the mantis nymphs. Beside the body next to the green cot.
New Vegas Steel1
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New Vegas Steel office
New Vegas Steel, in the office next to the smelting chamber. On the desk across from the vending machine, in front of the terminal and near a Patriot's Cookbook magazine.
Nipton1
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Nipton ranch house
Nipton, inside the ranch house south of the Trading Post general store. In the master bedroom, on top of the ruined bookcase near the chessboard and the bottle.
Nipton Road Reststop1
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Nipton Road reststop
Nipton Road reststop, on the cash register counter, together with three ordinary caps.
Novac1
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Novac house next to No-bark's shack
Novac, inside the house next to No-bark's shack in the northwest part of town. On the small round table in the corner of the galley kitchen.
Nuclear test shack1
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Nuclear test shack
Old nuclear test site, inside the shack. On the table with the science experiment and two bottles.
Primm1
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Primm house by the south gate
Primm, in the first house on the left from the town's south gate. On the short bookcase in the living room.
Tips: Owned item, so taking it counts as stealing.
REPCONN Headquarters5
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REPCONN HQ gift shop
REPCONN headquarters, first floor gift shop. On the long cash register counter with the three bottles.
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REPCONN HQ security office
REPCONN headquarters, first floor, in the robot recharge and security office. On the desk with the inactive terminal, next to two bottles.
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REPCONN HQ second floor
REPCONN headquarters, second floor. In the square room with four desks near the middle of the local map, on the desk across from the one holding the red keycard.
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REPCONN HQ, Leonard Steeple's office
REPCONN headquarters, top floor, inside Leonard Steeple's office. On the large wooden executive desk near two bottles and a terminal.
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REPCONN HQ, Piers Isley's office
REPCONN headquarters, top floor, inside Piers Isley's office. On the floor at the foot of the corner bookcase, with other scattered caps and bottles.
Raided Farmstead1
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Raided farmstead trailer
Raided farmstead, in the long trailer. Inside the open fridge with the cap and bottles, near the ammunition box.
Scavenger Platform1
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Scavenger platform shack
Scavenger platform, in the northeastern most floating shack. On a metal shelf above the radio, next to another cap and the overturned ammunition box.
Scorpion Gulch1
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Scorpion gulch wastelander
Scorpion gulch, carried by the wastelander who is fighting (or has already been killed by) the radscorpions near the gulch. Loot his body for the star cap.
Tips: Not a world placement: the cap is in the wastelander's inventory. He respawns after three days with another one.
Searchlight North Gold Mine1
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Searchlight North gold mine
Searchlight North gold mine, halfway down the right tunnel. On the wooden crate by the metal shelving, across from the mine cart.
Searchlight fire station1
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Searchlight fire station
Camp Searchlight, inside the Searchlight fire station. Upper floor, in the kitchen area on the dining table with two bottles.
Tips: The whole town is heavily irradiated. Bring Rad-X and RadAway.
Silver Peak Mine1
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Silver Peak mine shack
Silver Peak mine, inside the mine shack. On the table in front and to the right of the entrance, between two bottles.
Sloan1
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Sloan mess hall
Sloan, inside Jas Wilkins' mess hall. On the round table with the lantern and bottle, near the vending machine.
Smith Mesa Prospector Camp1
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Smith Mesa prospector camp
Smith Mesa prospector camp, at the back of the rock alcove behind the lean-to. On the concrete block.
Sniper's Nest1
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Sniper's nest
Sniper's nest, inside the lean-to. On the long wooden plank next to the mattress, beside the .308 ammunition box.
Snyder Prospector Camp1
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Snyder prospector camp
Snyder prospector camp, on top of the two ruined books next to the bedding and the sandbags.
Southern Nevada Wind Farm1
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Southern Nevada wind farm shack
Southern Nevada wind farm, in the maintenance shack. On the metal worktable with other caps, near the copy of Dean's Electronics.
Storage building1
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Black Mountain storage building
Black Mountain, inside Tabitha's storage building. On the bottom shelf between the two bottle crates, just behind and to the left of the super mutant dummy.
Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck3
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Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck (1 of 3)
Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck
Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck, underwater in the northwest part of Lake Mead, west of the scavenger platform and south of Fisherman's Pride shack (no map marker). Three star caps lie at the very back of the truck's cargo trailer.
Tips: Deep water; you will start drowning soon after reaching the bottom. The rebreather from Nellis (Volare!) makes this safe.
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Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck (2 of 3)
Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck
Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck, underwater in the northwest part of Lake Mead, west of the scavenger platform and south of Fisherman's Pride shack (no map marker). Three star caps lie at the very back of the truck's cargo trailer.
Tips: Deep water; you will start drowning soon after reaching the bottom. The rebreather from Nellis (Volare!) makes this safe.
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Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck (3 of 3)
Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck
Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck, underwater in the northwest part of Lake Mead, west of the scavenger platform and south of Fisherman's Pride shack (no map marker). Three star caps lie at the very back of the truck's cargo trailer.
Tips: Deep water; you will start drowning soon after reaching the bottom. The rebreather from Nellis (Volare!) makes this safe.
Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters1
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Sunset Sarsaparilla HQ wall safe
Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters
Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters, upstairs. At the south end of the hallway, in the office just before the entrance to the prize vault; the cap is inside the wall safe directly above the large hole in the floor.
The Devil's Gullet1
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The Devil's Gullet
The Devil's Gullet, at the bottom of the gullet. In the small wooden crate with two bottles, next to the skull and the rusty ammunition box.
The Gray1
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The Gray
North Vegas Square, inside The Gray. On the second floor, third room on the right after leaving the stairs; the cap is on the table with a bottle.
Tips: Owned item, so taking it counts as stealing.
The Prospector's Den1
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The Prospector's Den
The Prospector's Den, inside the building within the cave. Take the first door on the right as you enter, then look right; the cap sits on the chessboard on the counter.
Vault 191
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Vault 19 blue sector dorm
Vault 19, living quarters in the blue sector (not the first floor). Inside the second dorm, on the desk with the terminal and the chessboard.
Vault 31
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Vault 3 living quarters
Vault 3, living quarters, one floor up from the flooded area. In a south room, on a desk next to a bottle of Sarsaparilla, across the hall from the terminal that greets you with 'Hello Billy boy!'.
Viper Gang ambush1
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Viper Gang ambush
Viper Gang ambush, the wrecked convoy east of Nipton along Nevada State Route 164 (no map marker). In the first wreck you reach coming from Nipton, on the half buried Sunset Sarsaparilla crate spilling out of the back of the tilted truck.
Tips: Vipers attack from the cliffs and frag mines are hidden under brush and traffic cones.
Wrecked Highwayman1
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Wrecked Highwayman
Wrecked Highwayman, in the open trunk of the crashed car, among the debris and the footlocker.