“"It's swell!" Kid tested. Mother approved.”— Motto
Cateye is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics[]
When consumed, the Courier's vision is enhanced with a blue tint in dark places.
Cateye is not as effective outdoors, especially during daytime. When used during the day, the player character will lose the ability to make out many colors until the effects wear off.
Locations[]
- Cateye can be purchased from Doctor Ada Straus in Novac.
- A jar can be found next to a skeletal corpse just inside Goodsprings cave.
- Large amounts of it can be bought in the Gomorrah casino.
- A jar can be found in the last room in the Prospector's Den.
- Two jars can be obtained from Atticus at Caesar's Legion safehouse twice a week.
- A jar can be found near the REPCONN test site, just near the manhole with some other chems (where the Courier exits after the end of the Come Fly With Me quest).
- A jar can be found inside a dresser in one of the southernmost rooms of the living quarters level in Vault 3.
- Two jars can be found in the Searchlight NCR storage basement, laying on one of the metallic shelves.
- A jar can be found next to Ratslayer in broc flower cave.
- A jar can be found next to a suitcase and a skeleton at Black Mountain, between some rocks near some highly irradiated puddles.
- Two jars can be found in Camp Golf's House Resort in the left storage room.
Notes[]
- The effects of Cateye are more potent than the Friend of the Night perk.
- The drug gives more color-contrast in dark areas but doesn't allow further sight distance into the darkness. When zooming with a high-powered scope, objects farther away still can not be seen.
- If a player character has the Old World Blues add-on, they can acquire the hazmat darklight cowl which gives them night vision even at long ranges, and can be used indefinitely.
- Consuming Nuka-Cola Quartz produces the same effect as Cateye.
Bugs[]
The Cateye-effect can rarely happen after dispatching an enemy, although no chem was taken. Resting will remove the effect again. [verified]- Sometimes "Cat-eye has worn off" will show up, while the effects are still there. Entering an interior, or sleeping should fix this. [verified]
- The Cat-eye effect can happen at random times, with no actual provocation. This happened more frequently in games with Wild Wasteland. [verified]
- While in Hidden Valley at night, the sandstorm effect counters the Cateye effect. Just be warned that this will sometimes happen and sometimes not. [verified]
Gallery[]
Normal vision outside
Cateye effect outside
Normal vision in cave
Cateye effect in cave
