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Ah, Bison Steve, you old shithole.Cass

The Bison Steve Hotel is a building located in Primm in 2281.

Background[]

The Bison Steve was one of the many casinos that could be found in Primm before the War. The owners of the nearby Vikki and Vance Casino didn't care for the competition, and began spreading rumors about the establishment. Primm Slim was programmed to direct any inquirers away from the hotel, and claim that the dealers cheat and that the rollercoaster wasn't built to code.[1]

After the War the Bison Steve took up residents once again. A member of Primm named Old Laurie took over the building and began renting rooms. She fled a few months before the start of Fallout: New Vegas, leaving the building empty once again.[2] Once the escaped convicts took over town, they holed up in the hotel, keeping Deputy Beagle hostage there with them.

Layout[]

Exterior[]

The broken El Diablo rollercoaster track wraps around the building. Up to three escaped convicts have taken positions along these tracks, and will often try to shoot the player character from this location. Two additional Powder Gangers are located between the hotel and the Vikki and Vance Casino. The front door of the casino leads to the main floor. The second floor can be accessed from a door exiting to the rollercoaster track. The sign above the main entrance advertises attractions such as 21, keno, a restaurant, shows, and slots.

Main floor[]

Six convicts and an escaped convict leader inhabit the main floor. One or two of them will usually be found near the entrance, with most of the rest remaining near the large dining room in the back of the building. In this back room, the convicts have attempted to fortify themselves with upturned tables. A direct assault can be circumvented by using the Bison Steve maintenance key or a 25 Lockpick skill to sneak around the back through the kitchen.

Behind the reception desk at the entrance, a locked storage room can be accessed with 75 Lockpick skill or 25 hacking skill, in addition to an Average locked safe which contains Med-X. Beyond the main entrance area, a gift shop contains the unique .357 Magnum pistol Lucky in a Hard locked safe next to a copy of Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor. A stairwell leads to the second floor. Alternatively, the elevator can be repaired with a Repair skill of 35, though this provides no experience reward. Once repaired, it leads to the second floor from the first, and vice versa.

Upper floors[]

The upper floors are inhabited by six convicts. One of them holds the key to the Average locked gun cabinet on the third floor. A ransom note also can be found here. Two doors down there is a room with two skeletons, Psycho, a couple of doses of Med-X, a switchblade, and a suitcase, There is an inaccessible area northwest on the third floor that is blocked by a broken door on one side and a tilted desk in the hallway on the other. Jumping beside the desk in that hallway still results in being blocked, as do attempts in the adjacent hall, where a collapse blocks a portal through which one can glimpse the inaccessible area. There is no way from the roof or outside ledge into the blocked area.

Notable loot[]

Bison Steve Hotel map
  • Bison Steve maintenance key - On the table in the Hard locked (or Easy hacked) storage room immediately to the right when entering.
  • Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor - In the northeast room on the first floor (there is a sign beside it that reads "Gift Shop"), lying on the ground against a Hard locked floor safe behind the cash registers.
  • Lucky - A unique revolver in the same gift shop, inside the Hard locked floor safe behind the cash registers.
  • A Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap - On an end table next to a bottle (opposite the elevator).
  • Incinerator - Carried by the escaped convict leader in the main room on the first floor.
  • Ransom note - On a desk in the southeastern-most room of the second floor.
  • A worn key - On one of the convicts' bodies. It opens a gun cabinet at the top of one of the two ramps leading up to the third floor.

Related quests[]

Notes[]

  • It is possible to get to the highest point of the roller coaster by following the track from behind the hotel or using the door on the second floor of the hotel. However, no items can be found there.
  • It is possible to get on the roof of the hotel but there is nothing there other than the sign and a roller coaster car on the lower roof.
  • At 8 PM, room lights can be seen turning on from the exterior, but there's no corresponding event taking place on the interior of the building.
  • When the Courier completes My Kind of Town with any choice of a sheriff, any remaining convicts inside the Bison Steve will be killed and the Courier can safely enter the building and loot their corpses. Convicts outside, such as those on the roller coaster, are not affected.
    • If the NCR is placed in charge of the town, the Courier may also be met by an NCR trooper walking down one of the corridors and out of the hotel. This trooper is not named and will only give a general dialogue response.
  • There is a framed newspaper on the wall of the Vikki and Vance containing an article about a resident found "splattered" on the Bison Steve roller coaster.[3]
  • When approaching the location, Cass will comment, "Ah, Bison Steve, you old shithole."[4]

Appearances[]

The Bison Steve Hotel appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes[]

Bugs[]

PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 It is possible that the convict that is guarding Deputy Beagle will not attempt to harm the Courier, companions or Beagle when he is freed, even though the compass indicates that the convict is hostile. The convict may also be in a seated position in mid-air to one side of the stool that's he's supposed to be sitting on. [verified]

Gallery[]

Promotional items

References[]

  1. Courier: "What about the Bison Steve hotel, across the street?"
    Primm Slim: "The Bison Steve is one of Primm's less-impressive casino hotels. I'd steer clear of that place, pardner, if I were you. Rumor is the dealers over there cheat, and that rickety roller-coaster's liable to fall down any day 'cause it wasn't built to code."
    (Primm Slim's dialogue)
  2. The Courier: "What's the Bison Steve?"
    Johnson Nash: "It's an old hotel and casino here in town. Old Laurie used to rent out rooms there, but she took off months ago."
    (Johnson Nash dialogue)
  3. Newspaper mentioning hotel
  4. Cass: "Ah, Bison Steve, you old shithole."
    (Cass' dialogue)
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