Ruin
Puesta del Sol
The Villa's west town, 'Sunset', split into North and South. Christine and Dean take their Gala Event positions here.
- Map
- Sierra Madre
- Faction
- None
- Danger
- High
- Map position
- 7 × 10
Puesta del Sol, Spanish for sunset, is the western town of the Villa, whose construction crews fought constantly with the casino builders and fell behind schedule. It is split into Puesta del Sol North and South, with at least two levels in most places, so rooftops, awnings and balconies are the safest way around the thick Cloud in the streets and the radios that set off your collar. At least eight Ghost People wait in the north half and six in the south when you first arrive. Scrawled arrows and graffiti such as 'Gala is the only way in!' point the way.
Two of the Gala Event quests happen here. In Mixed Signals you escort Christine to the Puesta del Sol Switching Station, repair its fuse box with Repair 60 or three electric box fuses found nearby, and get past several speakers to the room by the maintenance elevator. There you either unlock the remote maintenance terminal so she can reroute the Villa's power from it, or send her down the elevator alone. The station's ventilation console also clears most of the Cloud in the north half. In Strike Up the Band, Dean Domino has to reach a rooftop in Puesta del Sol South to complete a circuit, and he agrees to stay once you switch on two security holograms that guard the courtyard below him, or if you threaten him.
Terminals in both halves can switch on friendly security holograms that fight the Ghost People for you. Look for the Foreman's key to the Service Route at the far west of the north half, a hologram vendor reached through a bathroom in the northeast, and the Ruined Cafe and Ruined Store, which work as rooftop shortcuts in the south. Vending machine codes here unlock the Demolition Charge, Buffout, the Automatic Rifle's upgraded internals (next to Dean's wires) and the Holorifle's advanced calibration, which lies on the tallest rooftop with plenty of Holorifle ammunition.
How to get there
From the Villa fountain go west past the Medical District entrance; the Puesta del Sol gate is on the left at the next courtyard.
Notable loot
- Vending Machine Code - "Hologram rifle - advanced calibration" (tallest rooftop in the south half)
- Vending Machine Code - "Automatic rifle - upgraded internals" (beside Dean's wires)
- Vending Machine Codes: Demolition Charge, Buffout (south half)
- Foreman's key to the Service Route (far west of the north half)
- 4 of Diamonds and Jack of Spades - Sierra Madre (room near the Ruined Store)
Related quests
- Mixed Signals
- Strike Up the Band
Notable characters
- Christine
- Dean Domino
Tips
- Turn on the ventilation at the switching station first, then loot the north half once the Cloud has cleared.
- Christine's Signal Interference perk buys extra time near the station's speakers during Mixed Signals.
- Use the Ruined Cafe rooftops to reach Dean's position without walking through the Cloud.
Collectibles and items here
- Holotape Vending machine code - "Weapon repair kit"On a terminal in the service route (nearest marker Puesta del Sol North).
- Holotape Vending machine code - "Demolition charge"On a terminal in the service route (nearest marker Puesta del Sol North).
- Holotape Vending machine code - "Demolition charge"Southwestern corner of Puesta del Sol South, on an end table on the second floor in the pool table room, upstairs from a Very Hard locked terminal. The room opens onto a patio with a fountain.
- Holotape Vending machine code - "Automatic rifle - upgraded internals"In Puesta del Sol South, on the roof where you leave Dean Domino before starting the event.
- Holotape Vending machine code - "Buffout"Western part of Puesta del Sol South. Facing south at the ruined cafe, follow the wall on your left to a hole in the wall; the code is on a counter next to a cash register.
- Holotape Vending machine code - "Hologram rifle - advanced calibration"Puesta del Sol South, on top of the central building among drained microfusion cells. Leave the ruined cafe by the south exit on the top floor and follow the rooftops to a makeshift scaffold.
- Holotape Vending machine code - "Hologram rifle - reinforced components"Near the elevator and the remote maintenance terminal.
- Key Ennis's keyOn a desk at the southeast end of the big eastern room of the switching station, east of where Christine stands during the gala event.
- Key Remote maintenance terminal passwordInside Ennis's locked locker in the small room at the center north of the switching station.
- Key Foreman's keyOn a desk at the top of the stairs at the far west of Puesta del Sol North, just southwest of the switching station entrance. Reaching it means crossing a little Cloud even with the ventilation on.
- Note JournalIn the ruined store in Puesta del Sol, next to the TV on a small bookshelf in the bedroom with a queen-size bed. It looks like a small destroyed book.
- Note See you in hell assholeIn the Puesta del Sol switching station, on a corpse in a Dead Money jumpsuit behind a fallen walkway in the Cloud on the lower level.
- Note Stained noteOn a desk in a second-floor room in the far northeast corner of Puesta del Sol North, reached over the rooftops through a hole in the wall above a Cloud-filled courtyard. Watch for two bear traps on the last roof.
- Note Toxic samplesIn the Puesta del Sol switching station, inside the locker to the right of Ennis's locker.
- Quest item Electric box fuseIn a toolbox near the computers, to the right of the locked door inside the Puesta del Sol switching station.
- Quest item Electric box fuseIn a toolbox on the floor in the Cloud, immediately to the right as you leave the switching station's main entrance.
- Quest item Electric box fuseIn a toolbox on a top-floor balcony: from the station exit go left down the wide stairs, left under the archway, keep left until you can turn right, then climb the lit building to the top.
- Vending machine Sierra Madre vending machinePuesta del Sol North. Turn right (north) right after entering from the Villa.
- Vending machine Sierra Madre vending machinePuesta del Sol South, near the south end of the U-shaped main street just before the narrow archway. Go through the hole in the north wall into the small shop with several cash registers.
- Playing card Sierra Madre 4 of DiamondsPuesta del Sol South. Enter from the ruined store and turn left into a second floor room; the card is on the top shelf of the bookshelf on the east wall, next to a small burnt book.
- Playing card Sierra Madre Jack of SpadesPuesta del Sol South, in the same second floor room as the 4 of Diamonds (enter from the ruined store and turn left). The card is behind the couch in the west corner.
- Skill book Dean's Electronics (Repair)Upper level in the southern part of the station, on the ground next to the corpse at the terminal that cuts power to the protected speakers.
- Skill book Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual (Sneak)In the easternmost room of the station, which has a huge machine on its south side. The book is on the catwalk around that machine, on the one section you have to jump to.
- Skill magazine Fixin' Things (Repair)Puesta del Sol North, in the ruined room above a store in the northeast corner of the area.
- Skill magazine Fixin' Things (Repair)Puesta del Sol North, on top of a desk where you come out of the switching station by elevator.
- Skill magazine Fixin' Things (Repair)Puesta del Sol North, on the ground in the room above the two working terminals (contracts and visits).
- Skill magazine Fixin' Things (Repair)Puesta del Sol North, on the second floor of a ruined building in the southeast corner of the area, next to a bed with no mattress.
- Skill magazine Programmer's Digest (Science)On a console on the right, just before you go down the stairs.
- Skill magazine ¡La Fantoma! (Sneak)On top of a locker near Ennis's locker.