Settlement
Primm
A small casino town on I-15 seized by escaped convicts. Rescue Deputy Beagle, find a new sheriff and repair ED-E at the Mojave Express.
- Region
- Western Mojave
- Faction
- Escaped convicts (until My Kind of Town)
- Danger
- Medium
- Map position
- 8 × 15
Primm is a pre-War resort town on Interstate 15 that once sold travelers from California a cheap taste of Las Vegas, with the Vikki and Vance Casino and the Bison Steve Hotel under the rickety El Diablo rollercoaster. After the breakout at the NCR Correctional Facility, a gang of escaped convicts stormed the town, killed the sheriff and his wife, and took Deputy Beagle hostage in the Bison Steve. The surviving residents are holed up in the Vikki and Vance Casino.
The main quest brings you here in They Went That-a-Way while you track the men who shot you. Johnson Nash, who runs the Mojave Express, fills you in on the courier job, and the one person who might know where your attackers went is Beagle. Rescuing him opens My Kind of Town, where you find Primm a new sheriff: the NCR under Lieutenant Hayes, whose small camp sits at the edge of town, the robot Primm Slim, or the convict Meyers.
Search the Bison Steve once it is safe. A Hard-locked floor safe behind the gift shop counter holds Lucky, a unique .357 Magnum revolver, with Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor on top of it. The sheriff's office has a cowboy repeater, a sheriff's hat and the unique sheriff's duster, but they vanish once My Kind of Town ends. ED-E, a broken eyebot, sits on a table in the Nash residence waiting to be repaired.
How to get there
Head south from Goodsprings until you reach Interstate 15; the rollercoaster over the Bison Steve Hotel marks the town.
Notable loot
- Lucky unique .357 Magnum revolver (Hard-locked safe, Bison Steve gift shop)
- Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor (on top of that safe)
- Sheriff's duster, sheriff's hat and cowboy repeater (sheriff's office, before My Kind of Town ends)
- Two Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps (southeast house and Bison Steve lobby)
Related quests
- They Went That-a-Way
- My Kind of Town
- ED-E My Love
- I Fought the Law
- Don't Make a Beggar of Me
Notable characters
- Johnson Nash
- Ruby Nash
- Deputy Beagle
- Primm Slim
- Lieutenant Hayes
- ED-E
Tips
- Grab the sheriff's duster before you finish My Kind of Town, or it disappears.
- Watch for frag mines on the boards across the overpass into town.
- Repair ED-E in the Nash residence early; the eyebot is a useful early companion.
Collectibles and items here
- Hollow rock Hollowed-out rockDirectly north of Lieutenant Hayes' tent. Climb the concrete wall built against the cliff near the entrance to the NCR side; the rock is attached to a large boulder near some scattered chems.
- Holotape Ransom noteOn the 2nd floor of the Bison Steve Hotel, on a desk in a room in the southwest of the local map.
- Holotape Deputy Beagle's journalCarried by Deputy Beagle of Primm. Pickpocket or kill him, or take it from his inventory after the dialogue option to give him a weapon.
- Key Bison Steve maintenance keyOn the table in the Hard-locked storage room immediately to the right of the hotel entrance (the door can also be opened with an Easy terminal hack).
- Key Worn keyOn the body of one of the escaped convicts on the upper floors of the hotel.
- Note Mojave Express delivery order (4 of 6)On the corpse of Daniel Wyand (Courier Four), lying outside the Nash residence and Mojave Express building in Primm.
- Character Daniel WyandDead outside the Mojave Express building (Nash residence) in Primm.
- Character Deputy BeagleHeld hostage by escaped convicts inside the Bison Steve Hotel in Primm.
- Character LaylaHiding out in the Vikki and Vance Casino in Primm.
- Character Mrs. McBainDead in the Primm sheriff's office.
- Character Primm SlimIn the Vikki and Vance Casino in Primm. If made sheriff he patrols Primm once, then stands near the Bison Steve Hotel.
- Character Ruby NashIn the Nash residence in Primm.
- Character Sheriff McBainDead in the Primm sheriff's office.
- Character Escaped convict leaderInside the Bison Steve Hotel in Primm.
- Character Vikki and Vance cashierIn the Vikki and Vance Casino in Primm.
- Character Vikki and Vance floor managerOn the casino floor of the Vikki and Vance Casino in Primm.
- Companion quest ED-E My LoveAsk Johnson Nash in the Nash residence (the Mojave Express building) in Primm about the broken eyebot on the counter. Until My Kind of Town is done, Nash is in the Vikki and Vance Casino.
- Side quest My Kind of TownRescue Deputy Beagle from the convicts in the Bison Steve Hotel, then talk to him once you are both outside. If Beagle is dead, Johnson Nash in the Vikki and Vance Casino gives the quest.
- Unmarked quest A Pair of Dead Desperados, IStarts when you examine the smashed, empty display case meant for Vance's 9mm submachine gun beside the old getaway car in the Vikki and Vance Casino in Primm.
- Unmarked quest A Team of Moronic MercenariesAfter finishing My Kind of Town, stay away from Primm for at least 73 in-game hours; when you come back and enter the Vikki and Vance Casino, Layla and her gang of NCR deserters confront you.
- Unmarked quest Big Winner, Vikki & VanceStarts when you gamble at the Vikki and Vance Casino in Primm, which only reopens a few days after My Kind of Town and A Team of Moronic Mercenaries; the house limit is 2,500 chips.
- Unmarked quest Gland for Some Home CookingAsk Ruby Nash at the Nash residence in Primm about her life and react well to her radscorpion casserole; trades only work after My Kind of Town, before which she stays in the Vikki and Vance Casino.
- Skill book Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor (Barter)Primm, inside the Bison Steve Hotel. Go into the gift shop and look on the floor behind the counter.
- Skill magazine Salesman Weekly (Barter)On a table in the room at the west end of the casino.
- Skill magazine Milsurp Review (Guns)On the upper level of the ruined building next to the Nash residence, on a bed frame beside two ammunition boxes.
- Skill magazine Fixin' Things (Repair)Nash residence in Primm, on a bedside table with a Programmer's Digest.
- Skill magazine Fixin' Things (Repair)Vikki and Vance Casino, on a side table in the lounge at the back.
- Skill magazine Programmer's Digest (Science)On the table next to the bed, along with a Fixin' Things.
- Star bottle cap Bison Steve Hotel lobbyPrimm, 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.
- Star bottle cap Primm house by the south gatePrimm, in the first house on the left from the town's south gate. On the short bookcase in the living room.
- Unique armor Sheriff's dusterPrimm sheriff's office, on the floor at the foot of the bed
- Unique armor Sheriff's hatPrimm sheriff's office, next to the duster
- Unique weapon LuckyBison Steve Hotel gift shop, floor safe
- Companion ED-EPrimm, lying broken on the counter inside the Nash residence (the Mojave Express office).
- Merchant Johnson NashNash residence in Primm, which doubles as the Mojave Express office.