Casino
New Vegas Strip
The walled heart of New Vegas, run by Mr. House and his Securitrons. The Lucky 38, the Tops and the other casinos wait past the gate.
- Region
- New Vegas
- Faction
- Mr. House
- Danger
- Safe
- Map position
- 10 × 5
The New Vegas Strip is the restored stretch of old Las Vegas that Mr. House shielded from the bombs and later rebuilt with three local tribes, who became the Omertas, the Chairmen and the White Glove Society. This marker is the Strip North Gate, reached by walking through Freeside, and the only other way in is the monorail from the NCR base at Camp McCarran. Securitrons and NCR military police patrol every section.
Getting through the gate takes some planning. The Securitrons run a credit check and admit anyone carrying at least 2,000 caps, without taking the money. Other options are hacking the greeter with 80 Science, showing a New Vegas passport, which Ralph at Mick & Ralph's can forge or the King can arrange after G.I. Blues, or riding the monorail if the NCR likes you. Fighting the gate Securitrons turns every Securitron on the Strip hostile.
Inside are the Lucky 38, Gomorrah, the Tops and the Ultra-Luxe, plus the Vault 21 hotel, the NCR Embassy and Michael Angelo's workshop. The main quest brings you here in Ring-a-Ding-Ding!, when you track Benny to the Tops, and this is where you meet Mr. House and start choosing who will rule the Mojave. The casino families have quests of their own, such as How Little We Know at Gomorrah and Beyond the Beef at the Ultra-Luxe.
How to get there
Walk through Freeside to its southern end and talk to the Securitron greeter at the Strip North Gate.
Related quests
- Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
- The House Always Wins
- Wild Card
- How Little We Know
- Beyond the Beef
- Bye Bye Love
- Pheeble Will
- The Moon Comes Over the Tower
Notable characters
- Mr. House
- Benny
- Victor
- Yes Man
- Big Sal
- Sarah Weintraub
- Mister Holdout
Tips
- Carry at least 2,000 caps to pass the credit check; you keep the money.
- Never shoot the gate Securitrons, or every Securitron on the Strip turns on you.
- If you enter once by the Camp McCarran monorail, the gate lets you through freely afterward.
Collectibles and items here
- Easter egg Crusoe Sucks as an InvestigatorDuring Beyond the Beef, the dead investigator found in an Ultra-Luxe hotel room is a red-haired man in sunglasses and a suit named Crusoe.
- Easter egg Biff Tann emailOn the computer in Sarah's room in Vault 21: an email from Charlene Tann that mentions her husband Biff Tann.
- Easter egg Hustle it like Minnesota Fats!On the Vault 21 guest terminal, an ad for pool sets in the gift shop.
- Weapon Plasma DefenderIn an Average-locked floor safe behind the bar in the cocktail lounge, opposite the elevator, together with a Stealth Boy.
- Weapon FlamerTwo flamers in separate footlockers in the locked weapons storage room off the lower lobby (Very Hard lock; Troike carries the key).
- Weapon Grenade rifleIn an Average-locked safe in the Tops presidential suite, along with a power fist. The suite key comes from Benny during Ring-a-Ding-Ding! or from a Chairman bodyguard.
- Weapon Sniper rifleTwo in separate footlockers in the locked weapons storage room off the lower lobby (Very Hard lock; Troike carries the key).
- Weapon Assault carbineIn one of the footlockers in the locked weapons storage room in the basement (Lockpick 100, or Troike's key).
- Weapon Power fistInside the safe in the Tops presidential suite, together with a grenade rifle.
- Holotape Ambassador Phillip Granger's final reportIn the room across the hall from Ambassador Dennis Crocker's office.
- Holotape Ambassador Susanna Edith's final reportInside Ambassador Dennis Crocker's office.
- Holotape Snuff tapesUpstairs in Clanden's suite on the Gomorrah suites level, in the hidden safe behind a dresser.
- Holotape Troike blackmail noteIn the safe inside Big Sal's office.
- Holotape Philippe's recipesCarried by Philippe in the Gourmand kitchen at the Ultra-Luxe. Pickpocket it, buy it for 100 caps, or get it free with a Medicine check.
- Key Benny's suite keyCarried by Benny, head of the Chairmen, at the Tops casino. Swank can also hand one over during Ring-a-Ding-Ding!.
- Key The Tops presidential suite keyCarried by Benny at the Tops. You receive it during Ring-a-Ding-Ding! or take it from his body.
- Key Clanden's room keyCarried by Clanden, the Omertas' hired bomb maker who lives in a suite at Gomorrah.
- Key Clanden's room keyIn the safe in Clanden's bedroom on the Gomorrah suites level.
- Key Zoara Club keyCarried by Clanden at Gomorrah; pickpocket it. Cachino also gives one after you sell his journal back to him.
- Key Gomorrah office keyCarried by Big Sal, the Omertas lieutenant who lives on the Gomorrah suites level.
- Key Gomorrah office keyCarried by Nero, leader of the Omertas, at Gomorrah.
- Key Big Sal's passwordCarried by Big Sal at Gomorrah.
- Key Gomorrah utility room keyCarried by Troike, the smuggler staying at Gomorrah.
- Key Martina's room passcardCarried by Martina Groesbeck, a resident of Vault 21.
- Key Sarah's dresser keyCarried by Sarah Weintraub, manager of the Vault 21 hotel and shop.
- Key Sarah's room passcardCarried by Sarah Weintraub in Vault 21.
- Key NCR embassy cell keyIn Marie Pappas's Average-locked desk in the NCR Military Police HQ.
- Key NCR Military Police HQ storage room keyCarried by Captain Marie Pappas, head of the NCR military police, who serves at the NCR Embassy on the Strip. It can be pickpocketed.
- Key Ultra-Luxe freezer keyCarried by Mortimer, the Ultra-Luxe maitre d'.
- Key Ultra-Luxe freezer keyCarried by Philippe, head chef of the Gourmand, in the Ultra-Luxe kitchen.
- Key Ultra-Luxe kitchen keyCarried by Mortimer, the Ultra-Luxe maitre d'.
- Key Ultra-Luxe penthouse keyHeld only by Mortimer, the Ultra-Luxe maitre d'. Kill him or pickpocket it; on some paths of Beyond the Beef he gives it to you.
- Key White Glove Society members keyCarried by Marjorie, leader of the White Glove Society at the Ultra-Luxe.
- Note Cachino's journalPickpocket it from Cachino, or take it from the desk in his suite in Gomorrah.
- Note Fine diningOutside on the Strip, on the sidewalk in front of the Las Vegas Boulevard Station near the Ultra-Luxe's main sign.
- Note MatchbookOn the body of Jay Barnes, the dead investigator in an Ultra-Luxe hotel room. With Wild Wasteland, Crusoe carries it instead.
- Note Note from White to DazzleCarried by Dazzle, a prostitute in the Gomorrah courtyard. Pickpocket it or take it from her body.
- Note Strip letterLetter 1. In a guest room at the east end of Vault 21, to the right from the east door of the recreation room.
- Note Strip letterLetter 2. In a guest room at the southeast end of Vault 21.
- Note Strip letterLetter 3. In the Vault 21 guest room just west of the inaccessible door to the south.
- Note Strip letterLetter 4. Inside the Las Vegas Boulevard Station, on the ground left of the Mojave Express dropbox, next to letter 5.
- Note Strip letterLetter 5. Inside the Las Vegas Boulevard Station, next to letter 4 by the Mojave Express dropbox.
- Note Strip letterLetter 6. On the 13th floor of the Tops, in the first room you see after leaving the elevator.
- Note Strip letterLetter 8. On a desk just inside the Las Vegas Boulevard Station.
- Note Strip letterLetter 9. On a mess hall table in the NCR Embassy.
- Note Strip letterLetter 10. In the jail room of the NCR Military Police HQ.
- Note Strip letterLetter 11. On a table in the northeast corner of the NCR Embassy barracks.
- Character Mister HoldoutAlways stands on the Strip just outside the Gomorrah casino and hails the Courier the first time they walk past.
- Character Dennis CrockerInside the NCR Embassy on the Strip. During the day he is in his office at the end of the hall, to the left of the reception desk.
- Character Liza O'MalleyAt the reception desk of the NCR Embassy on the Strip.
- Character Jake ErwinInside the NCR Embassy on the Strip.
- Character Marie PappasIn her office in the NCR Embassy, among the rooms to the receptionist's left.
- Character Walter PhebusOn the Strip outside the Las Vegas Boulevard Station, with his wife Ethel.
- Character Ethel PhebusOn the Strip in front of the Las Vegas Boulevard Station, next to her husband Walter.
- Character Michael AngeloInside his sign workshop on the Strip. He sleeps and works in the back room of the bottom floor.
- Character KateIn Michael Angelo's workshop on the Strip; she tends to stay near the front of the building.
- Character AlerioOn the New Vegas Strip, where he watches for Caesar. He approaches the Courier only if Vulpes Inculta died before they reached the Strip.
- Character Emily OrtalOn the Strip outside the Lucky 38, where she approaches the Courier.
- Character Billy KnightOn the Strip outside the Tops casino, next to the gate that divides the Strip.
- Character Street vendorOn the New Vegas Strip.
- Character JoanaIn Gomorrah's inner courtyard; she also has her own room there.
- Character Big SalIn Gomorrah: his private office is in the Zoara Club, and he can also be found in the hallway behind it. His personal suite is on the suites level.
- Character NeroIn Gomorrah: his private office is in the Zoara Club and he also uses the hallway behind it. His suite is in the north corner of the suites level behind a Hard lock.
- Character CachinoOn Gomorrah's Brimstone main level during business hours; at night he goes back to his room on the suites level.
- Character ClandenIn his unlocked suite in the south corner of Gomorrah's suites level.
- Character TroikeStaying inside Gomorrah.
- Character DazzleIn Gomorrah's courtyard, where she has her own quarters.
- Character Gomorrah receptionistBehind the desk just inside Gomorrah's entrance.
- Character Gomorrah floor managerOn Gomorrah's main casino level.
- Character Gomorrah cashierAt the cashier on Gomorrah's ground floor.
- Character Gomorrah cash room guardStanding next to the door of Gomorrah's bank.
- Character Gomorrah entrance guardIn Gomorrah's entrance hall.
- Character BennyInside the Tops casino; his suite is in the middle of the 13th floor hallway.
- Character SwankUsually at the circular desk in the Tops lobby, just inside the door.
- Character Tommy ToriniIn the Aces Theater, next to the cashier on the Tops' second level. He sometimes joins the Rad Pack on stage and cannot be talked to while dancing; the revue runs daily from 8 PM to midnight.
- Character Yes ManIn Benny's secret workshop on the Tops 13th floor, reached through a hole in the wall of Benny's suite.
- Character Chairman greeterJust inside the entrance of the Tops, in the lobby.
- Character The Tops floor managerOn the Tops casino floor.
- Character The Tops cashierOn the second level of the Tops, up the main staircase on the left, right next to the Aces Theater entrance.
- Character The Tops bartenderAt the bar in the Aces Theater inside the Tops.
- Character Robert HouseSpeaks through the large terminal screen in the Lucky 38 penthouse; his real body is sealed in the life support chamber in the control room above it.
- Character JaneIn the Lucky 38 penthouse.
- Character MortimerAt the Ultra-Luxe hotel reception desk.
- Character Heck GundersonSitting at the bar in the Ultra-Luxe casino with one of his hired hands. He is staying in the Ultra-Luxe penthouse suite.
- Character Ted GundersonHeld captive in the locked freezer in the Ultra-Luxe basement kitchen area.
- Character MarjorieIn the Gourmand restaurant inside the Ultra-Luxe.
- Character ChaunceyInside the Ultra-Luxe. During Beyond the Beef he waits for the Courier in the bathhouse steam room at 4 PM.
- Character PhilippeIn his kitchen in the Ultra-Luxe basement, below the Gourmand.
- Character Jay BarnesDead in one of the Ultra-Luxe hotel rooms.
- Character CrusoeDead in the same Ultra-Luxe hotel room as Jay Barnes, only with the Wild Wasteland trait.
- Character AssassinInside the Ultra-Luxe. He walks into the bathhouse steam room right after the Courier's 4 PM meeting with Chauncey.
- Character Head waiterIn the Ultra-Luxe, carrying food and drinks from the kitchen to the guests.
- Character Ultra-Luxe cashierAt the cashier of the Ultra-Luxe casino.
- Character Ultra-Luxe floor managerOn the Ultra-Luxe casino floor.
- Character Gourmand food supplierAt a counter in the Gourmand, the Ultra-Luxe restaurant.
- Character White Glove greeterMoving around the Ultra-Luxe and greeting everyone who enters.
- Character White Glove bouncerJust inside the entrance of the White Glove members-only section of the Ultra-Luxe.
- Character Carlitos WayneHiding in Vault 21, usually at a back table in the diner, or in a back room away from the guests.
- Character Martina GroesbeckHiding in her hotel room in Vault 21.
- Character Caleb McCafferyOn the Strip, standing just outside Gomorrah.
- Quest item Container of chlorineIn the storage room behind Mortimer's reception desk in the Ultra-Luxe. Ralph at Mick & Ralph's and Blake at the Crimson Caravan Company sell the other two copies.
- Main quest Wild Card: Ace in the HoleIn Benny's suite on the 13th floor of the Tops (Swank can give you the key), open the closet in the bedroom to reach Benny's hidden workshop. Ask Yes Man whether you can take over Benny's plan yourself.
- Main quest Wild Card: Change in ManagementGiven by Yes Man in Benny's suite at the Tops as a follow-up to Ace in the Hole. It can be worked on at any time after that first talk.
- Main quest Wild Card: You and What Army?Given by Yes Man at the Tops as one of the follow-ups to Ace in the Hole. The work itself is in the Securitron vault under the weather monitoring station at the Fort.
- Main quest Wild Card: Side BetsYes Man explains it when you talk to him in Benny's suite on the 13th floor of the Tops.
- Main quest Wild Card: Finishing TouchesYes Man gives it at the Lucky 38 once every earlier Wild Card quest is complete. The first objective is the El Dorado substation.
- Main quest No Gods, No MastersAfter Finishing Touches, talk to Yes Man in the Lucky 38 and agree to go to Hoover Dam once he says the Legion is attacking.
- Main quest The House Always Wins IWhen you first reach the Strip, Victor meets you and sends you to the Lucky 38. Take the elevator to the penthouse and speak to Mr. House on the big screen.
- Main quest The House Always Wins IIGiven by Mr. House in the Lucky 38 penthouse as the next step of his plan. It leads to the Securitron vault under the Fort, reached by barge from Cottonwood Cove.
- Main quest The House Always Wins IIIGiven by Mr. House in the Lucky 38 penthouse after the Securitron army is upgraded.
- Main quest The House Always Wins IVGiven by Mr. House in the Lucky 38 penthouse. He sends you to the receptionist at Gomorrah, across the street.
- Main quest The House Always Wins VGiven by Mr. House in the Lucky 38 penthouse after the Gomorrah job.
- Main quest The House Always Wins VIGiven by Mr. House in the Lucky 38 penthouse ahead of the battle for Hoover Dam.
- Main quest The House Always Wins VIIGiven by Mr. House in the Lucky 38 penthouse after Kimball's visit to the dam.
- Main quest The House Always Wins VIIIGiven by Mr. House in the Lucky 38 penthouse after part VII if you do not go to Hoover Dam right away. It stays open until you tell him you are ready.
- Main quest All or NothingTell Mr. House in the Lucky 38 penthouse that you are ready; you are moved to outside the Hoover Dam visitor center.
- Main quest Things That Go BoomAfter you leave the Lucky 38 or the Tops, an NCR trooper hands you a note from Ambassador Crocker. At the NCR Embassy ask Liza O'Malley at the front desk; Crocker's office is through the left door at the end of the hall (his bedroom after 8pm).
- Main quest Kings' GambitAfter Things That Go Boom, wait a day and talk to Ambassador Crocker at the NCR Embassy again.
- Side quest Beyond the BeefHeck Gunderson sits at the bar of the Ultra-Luxe casino, grieving over his missing son Ted. Mortimer can also start it, and the Legion and Yes Man quest lines send you here.
- Side quest Bye Bye LovePass a Medicine check with Joana in the Gomorrah courtyard (through Brimstone) and follow her to her room. It can also start with a Speech check on Carlitos Wayne in the Vault 21 mess hall.
- Side quest Classic InspirationTalk to Michael Angelo in his workshop at the south end of the Strip, across from the NCR Embassy. He is in his room on the ground floor or up on the catwalks.
- Side quest How Little We KnowUsually given by the main quest (Liza O'Malley's Omerta report in For the Republic, Part 2, Mr. House in The House Always Wins IV, or Yes Man in Wild Card: Side Bets). It also starts from Joana's tip about Cachino after Bye Bye Love; the investigation is inside Gomorrah.
- Side quest Pheeble WillWalter and Ethel Phebus sit on benches at the foot of the stairs by the Las Vegas Boulevard Station on the Strip. A Perception check gets Walter to say why they came.
- Side quest The Moon Comes Over the TowerEmily Ortal of the Followers approaches you on the Strip near the Lucky 38 entrance, once you have been inside the Lucky 38 and dealt with Benny at the Tops.
- Side quest Talent PoolSwank at the Tops reception desk sends you to Tommy Torini in the Aces theater, up the stairs behind the desk.
- Side quest The House Has Gone Bust!Begins automatically once you kill Mr. House or disconnect him in the Lucky 38 control room, on your own or for the NCR, Legion or Yes Man.
- Unmarked quest Big Winner, The GomorrahStarts on its own when you gamble at Gomorrah on the Strip; the house limit is 9,000 chips.
- Unmarked quest Big Winner, The TopsStarts on its own when you gamble at The Tops on the Strip; the house limit is 10,000 chips.
- Unmarked quest Big Winner, Ultra-LuxeStarts on its own when you gamble at the Ultra-Luxe on the Strip (blackjack and roulette only, no slots); the house limit is 15,000 chips.
- Unmarked quest Playing on the Old JoanaIn the Gomorrah courtyard, talk to Joana and pass 50 and 75 Speech checks so she offers herself for free, then follow her upstairs to her room.
- Unmarked quest Razzle Dazzle!Talk to Dazzle on the left side of the pool in the Gomorrah courtyard and ask about her services (100 caps, less with skill checks).
- Unmarked quest Strip SearchAt the Strip's north gate, reached through Freeside, the Securitron gatekeeper demands a credit check of 2,000 caps before you may enter.
- Unmarked quest Suits You, SarahAsk Sarah Weintraub in the Vault 21 gift shop, at the south end of the Strip, about her stock; she has sold out of Vault jumpsuits.
- Unmarked quest Tourist TraipseAsk Sarah Weintraub in the Vault 21 gift shop about the Vault's history and accept her tour.
- Unmarked quest Useless Baubles or Fancy Trinkets?Ask Jane, the Securitron with a woman on her screen just outside the elevator in the Lucky 38 penthouse, about snow globes.
- Schematic Schematics - billboardInside Michael Angelo's workshop, lying on the table next to the bank sign at the west end of the building.
- Schematic Recipes - Brahmin WellingtonIn the kitchen of The Gourmand inside the Ultra-Luxe, at the end of the counter by the intercom near the kitchen door, close to Philippe's workstation.
- Skill book Guns and Bullets (Guns)Gomorrah on the Strip, in Big Sal's office upstairs from the main Brimstone level, behind a Hard locked door. The book is on the first low bookshelf on the left.
- Skill book Pugilism Illustrated (Unarmed)The Tops casino on the Strip, inside the presidential suite. Go into the pool room; the book is on the tiny table in the corner.
- Skill magazine Salesman Weekly (Barter)Gomorrah suites, in Nero's suite (north side of the local map): on top of the corner bookcase on the mezzanine.
- Skill magazine Salesman Weekly (Barter)On the 13th floor in room 1301 (the first door on the right), on the dresser beside the bed.
- Skill magazine Salesman Weekly (Barter)On the 13th floor in Benny's room, on top of the low bookcase to the right of his bed.
- Skill magazine Future Weapons Today (Energy Weapons)On a table in the cocktail lounge.
- Skill magazine Future Weapons Today (Energy Weapons)In the presidential suite.
- Skill magazine Patriot's Cookbook (Explosives)Gomorrah suites, on a table in Sal's room, the outer room in the northwest.
- Skill magazine Milsurp Review (Guns)Gomorrah suites, in Cachino's room (east side of the local map), on the nightstand in his bedroom.
- Skill magazine Locksmith's Reader (Lockpick)The Tops, in Benny's workshop on the 13th floor.
- Skill magazine Today's Physician (Medicine)Lucky 38 presidential suite, on a table in the master bedroom.
- Skill magazine Today's Physician (Medicine)Lucky 38 presidential suite, on a desk in the northwest room with the bathtubs.
- Skill magazine Today's Physician (Medicine)Given by Emily Ortal, who waits outside the Lucky 38 on the Strip, during The Moon Comes Over the Tower.
- Skill magazine Today's Physician (Medicine)Given by Emily Ortal, who waits outside the Lucky 38 on the Strip, during The Moon Comes Over the Tower.
- Skill magazine Tæles of Chivalrie (Melee Weapons)The Tops main casino, on a small table on the upper level above the entrance to the Tops restaurant.
- Skill magazine Tæles of Chivalrie (Melee Weapons)The Tops presidential suite, on the kitchen counter.
- Skill magazine Programmer's Digest (Science)13th floor, on a desk in the southern middle room, behind a door with an Average lock.
- Skill magazine ¡La Fantoma! (Sneak)In the cocktail lounge, inside a briefcase on a table in the western part of the outer ring.
- Skill magazine Meeting People (Speech)In the Gomorrah suites, in the kitchen of Nero's suite.
- Skill magazine Meeting People (Speech)In the presidential suite, on the coffee table next to the green two-seat sofa.
- Skill magazine Boxing Times (Unarmed)Casino floor, in the VIP lounge up the small staircase to the left of the entrance, at the bar next to the Golden Gloves.
- Skill magazine Boxing Times (Unarmed)Cocktail lounge, on a table on the south side, next to a Future Weapons Today.
- Skill magazine Lad's Life (Survival)13th floor, on top of the fireplace in Benny's suite.
- Skill magazine Lad's Life (Survival)13th floor, on the chimney in the High Roller suite (last door on the right).
- Skill magazine True Police Stories (Critical chance)Gomorrah suites, in Clanden's suite: upper floor, south side, on the small table by one of the round beds.
- Skill magazine True Police Stories (Critical chance)Cocktail lounge, on one of the small tables in the middle tiered section.
- Skill magazine True Police Stories (Critical chance)Presidential suite, on the small bedside table in the bedroom.
- Snow globe Test SiteLucky 38 casino cocktail lounge on the Strip. The globe sits on the counter behind the middle cash register, next to a green lamp and the bar taps. You must speak to Mr. House first to unlock this area.
- Snow globe The StripVault 21 hotel on the Strip, in Sarah Weintraub's Average locked bedroom in the northeast corner of the vault, next to the rentable room. The globe is on the nightstand; pickpocket Sarah for the key if needed.
- Unique armor Ambassador Crocker's suitWorn by Ambassador Dennis Crocker in the left-hand building of the NCR Embassy at the south end of the Strip.
- Unique armor Tuxedo hatWorn by Mortimer, the hotel maitre d' of the Ultra-Luxe casino on the Strip.
- Unique armor Benny's suitWorn by Benny at The Tops
- Unique weapon MariaThe Tops casino, Benny's suite
- Unique weapon Golden GlovesVIP lounge of the Lucky 38 casino floor, on a bookshelf behind the bar
- Merchant Sarah WeintraubVault 21 on the Strip, in the hotel's gift shop.