Vault
Vault 21
A real Vault-Tec vault under the Strip, now Sarah Weintraub's hotel and gift shop. Rent a room and find the Strip snow globe.
- Region
- New Vegas
- Faction
- None
- Danger
- Safe
- Map marker
- None, unmarked location
Part of New Vegas Strip
Vault 21 was a working Vault-Tec vault built on the Las Vegas Strip, and its experiment was that every dispute had to be settled by gambling. In 2274 the residents decided Mr. House's offer to reopen with a marathon game of blackjack, and the side that wanted out won. House stripped the vault and poured concrete into most of it, but Sarah Weintraub and her brother, now known as Michael Angelo, persuaded him to leave part of the upper levels open. Doc Mitchell of Goodsprings is one of the former residents who moved away.
The entrance is a gift shop under a neon Vault 21 sign on the west side of the Strip's southern section, across from the NCR Embassy. Sarah greets visitors, sells souvenirs and offers a tour of her old home. A bulkhead behind the shop leads down to an atrium with two blackjack tables, a diner and living quarters, including a guest room you can rent and then keep using as a player home.
Sarah's room, behind an Average lock in the northeast corner, holds the Strip snow globe, and the Hard-locked dresser there has 270 caps and clothing. Sarah's Suits You, Sarah asks you to bring her authentic vault jumpsuits. Vulpes Inculta's The Finger of Suspicion sends you here to deal with Omerta thugs bothering Martina Groesbeck, and Carlitos, who lives here, is part of Bye Bye Love. A sealed maintenance level below can only be reached through the basement of the Tops.
How to get there
Cross the Strip to its southernmost section; the Vault 21 gift shop is on the west side just after the gate, opposite the NCR Embassy.
Notable loot
- Snow globe - The Strip (Sarah's room, Average-locked door)
- 270 caps and clothing (Hard-locked dresser in Sarah's room)
- Strip letters 1, 2 and 3 (guest rooms)
- Vault lab uniform (sometimes sold by Sarah)
Related quests
- Suits You, Sarah
- Tourist Traipse
- The Finger of Suspicion
- Bye Bye Love
Notable characters
- Sarah Weintraub
- Carlitos Wayne
- Martina Groesbeck
Tips
- Take Sarah's tour for the story of how the vault was opened.
- Do not leave gear in the rented room's locker if you might drop to Wild Child reputation on the Strip; the room becomes unrentable and the items cannot be retrieved.
Collectibles and items here
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Merchant Sarah WeintraubVault 21 on the Strip, in the hotel's gift shop.