“Hungry? Thirsty? Horny? The Atomic Wrangler has you covered!”— Atomic Wrangler crier
The Atomic Wrangler Bar & Casino, typically shortened to just Atomic Wrangler, is an unmarked location within Freeside in the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background[]
“It's not much to look at, but if you can't afford to get into The Strip, the Atomic Wrangler's the best place to gamble in Freeside.”— Fallout: New Vegas loading screen
Once a pre-War establishment, by 2281, the Atomic Wrangler serves as the only active casino in the slums of Freeside[1] while doubling as a flophouse, brothel, and prominent source of the chems craze in the area. Owned and run by the Garret twins, James and Francine, they keep a staff of armed thugs for protection, and provide service even to members of the Van Graffs in the nearby Silver Rush and the Kings from the down-the-street King's School of Impersonation. Many caravaneers and poor (but not impoverished) NCR folks can also be found here when they lack deep enough pockets to make it to the Strip.[2]
Layout[]
Situated in the south end of Freeside, the Wrangler can be seen past the patched-together "Freeside" sign on the west side with itself featuring a neon sign of a futuristic cowboy riding a stylized atom.[3]
Bottom level[]
The main room has a vaulted ceiling, a stage, and a bar. The room directly opposite the entrance features the casino's cashier and casino games. The cashier's room contains some pre-War money and chems in the safes. To the right are the bathrooms and a staircase to the second story balconies.
Behind the bar is a kitchen and storeroom, accessible via a door around the corner near the bathroom with a Very Hard lock. Both of the Garrets have the key to the room, but it will eventually become unlocked as soon as one of the Garrets head upstairs to their room, as they neglect to relock it.
The storage room/kitchen area behind the bar contains a significant amount of common items of moderate value, such as various alcoholic beverages. The Courier can also find a large number of fresh apples, pears, and carrots (at least a half-dozen each), as well as a weapons locker and medicine locker, both containing many useful items.
Second level[]
This level has a balcony that oversees the stage and bar. Off of the balcony are four rooms. A rentable room is located in the eastern corner of the second floor. Stairways lead back down or up to the third level.
Corner room[]
Main article: Atomic Wrangler corner room
On the second level, there is a door that leads to the corner room, which can be gained as player housing after completing Debt Collector for Francine.
Third level[]
This level is where the employees, including the Garret twins, live. In the employee living area, four guards can be found either milling around or sleeping. The door to this level is secured with an Average lock or opened with the key held by the Garrets. Guards here will not be hostile initially, instead following the Courier around, repeating a warning to leave. Rooms include a large bedroom the Garret twins take turns sleeping in, two general sleeping areas for employees (one containing 8 beds and one with 6 beds), two bathrooms and a storage room. Guard sleeping areas have footlockers with minor loot. The two bathrooms contain first aid boxes. The storage room, located to the right of the sleeping area, is filled with file cabinets, metal crates, and a gun cabinet.
Gambling[]
The gambling tables
- Games
- The Atomic Wrangler offers Blackjack, Roulette, and Slots.
- The Atomic Wrangler pays 6:5 on blackjack, and the dealer must draw to 16.
- Rewards and Ban
As the player earns chips, the casino offers increasingly valuable gifts:
- 1,250+ chips: beer
- 2,500+ chips: whiskey and dapper gambler hat
- 3,750+ chips: absinthe, Rum & Nuka & dapper gambler suit
After the player character earns 5,000+ chips, they will be banned from playing games in the Atomic Wrangler Casino. They can still use its other functions, such as the bar and services of the prostitutes (if Wang Dang Atomic Tango has been completed), but they cannot win any more money, permanently. If the player character breaks the house limit before getting any comp gifts (by getting a large win) they will not receive any comps they have missed. There is no floor manager at this casino, so the comp gifts are awarded directly to the player character upon reaching each winning milestone. Play is still interrupted by the player character being forced out of whichever game they were playing to receive the message rewarding their earned comps.
Inhabitants[]
- Atomic Wrangler cashier
- Atomic Wrangler guard
- Caleb McCaffery (before completing Debt Collector)
- Francine Garret
- Hadrian (before completing Talent Pool)
- Henry Jamison
- James Garret
- Beatrix Russell (after completing Wang Dang Atomic Tango)
- Fisto (after completing Wang Dang Atomic Tango)
- Santiago or Old Ben (after completing Wang Dang Atomic Tango)
Notable loot[]
- Nuka-Cola Victory - On the third level in the Garrets' room, on a shelf.
Related quests[]
Notes[]
- The casino's crier can be found outside on the street corner below the "Freeside" sign, advertising the casino to the public.
- Despite the Wrangler's reputation as a free-swinging brothel, dialogue options with Francine Garret that would suggest the same and sex-noises coming through the walls of most rooms, there seem to be no prostitutes in the casino beyond ones the player character recruits during Wang Dang Atomic Tango. After finishing the quest, one can then have sex with either ghoul cowgirl/dominatrix Beatrix Russell, Santiago/Old Ben (depending on decisions during the quest), or the sex-bot Fisto.
- Like all other casinos in the game, the amount of money kept in the cashier's office is small. Robbing the cashier nets at random a few dozen bundles of pre-War money and approximately 100 caps. The key is carried by both Garret twins.
- Exiting from dialogue with Fisto will give 10 caps, which can be repeated ad infinitum.
- Being banned from the casino by gambling does not affect the progress of completing the The Courier Who Broke the Bank achievement/trophy.
Behind the scenes[]
- The in-game Atomic Wrangler Casino is based on the real-world Atomic Liquors store, located on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas.
- The logo of the Atomic Wrangler is a reference to a scene in the film Dr. Strangelove in which Major T. J. "King" Kong rides a falling nuclear bomb like a rodeo cowboy.
Bugs[]
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Gallery[]
Ground floor overview
Corner room, upstairs
Loading screen with the Atomic Wrangler billboard
Atomic Wrangler playing card
Atomic Wrangler poker chip replica from the Collector's Edition
In game inventory icon for Atomic Wrangler poker chips
Atomic Wrangler billboard
Billboard near Westside
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