Fallout: New Vegas challenges

Individual challenges are activities that can be completed by the player character in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics[]

These challenges can be located on the Pip-Boy under Data > Misc > Challenges. Upon completion of challenges, varying amounts of XP are granted to the player. There are also special perks such as Lord Death, that can only be unlocked by completing challenges.

ChallengePerk — The image of the perks you gain from challenges.

Challenges are listed below with a description next to it as seen in the Pip-Boy. Some challenges do not show up until progress has been made (e.g. A Little Critical only shows up after you've scored at least one critical hit with a one handed gun). Many challenges are not available until a prior one of the same general type has been completed. For example completing Energetic unlocks More Energetic, Set Lasers for Fun, Beam (Weapon) Me Up, and You'll Blind Somebody, and then completing More Energetic unlocks Critical Reaction, and Let's Get Critical.

Challenges may be completed once, three times for increasing levels of a special perk, or repeated an unlimited number of times. Upon completing a challenge, a sound is heard, the same when you level up in the original Fallout and Fallout 2.

Kill challenges[]

Name	Recurring	Prerequisite	Enemy To Kill	Amount To Kill	Weapon To Use	XP	Perk Given	Form ID
A Fistful of Hollars		-	Any	42	Unarmed weapons	50	-	0015EB18
Abominable	3 ranks	-	Abominations	50	Any	50	Abominable	0015EB23
Animal Control	3 ranks	-	Mutated Animals	50	Any	50	Animal Control	0015EB24
Bug Stomper	3 ranks	-	Mutated Insects	50	Any	50	Bug Stomper	0015EB20
Demise of the Machines	3 ranks	-	Robots	50	Any	50	Machine Head	0015EB22
Energetic		-	Any	64	Energy Weapons	64	-	0015EB02
For a Few Hollars More		A Fistful of Hollars	Any	75	Unarmed weapons	100	-	0015EB19
I Can Kill You With One Hand		-	Any	250	One-handed guns	75	-	0015EB3A
Just Point and Click		-	Any	250	Large two-handled weapon	75	-	0015EB38
Kaboom		-	Any	25	Explosives	50	-	0015EB09
Kaboom-boom-pow		Kaboom	Any	50	Explosives	75	-	0015EB0A
More Energetic		Energetic	Any	64	Energy Weapons	75	-	0015EB03
Not So Up Close		Up Close	Any	25	Thrown weapons	50	-	0015EAEE
Nuke it From Orbit		-	Any	250	Shoulder mounted weapons	75	-	0015EB39
Shoot Em Up		-	Any	75	Guns	75	-	0015EAFC
Shoot Em Up Again		Shoot Em Up	Any	75	Guns	75	-	0015EAFD
Super Mutant Massacre	3 ranks	-	Super mutants	50	Any	50	Mutant Massacrer	0015EB21
The Rifleman		-	Any	250	Rifle-Grip Guns	75	-	0015EB37
This is Hacking		Up Closer	Any	100	One Hand Melee	50	-	0015EB17
Up Close		-	Any	50	Melee Weapons	75	-	0015EB12
Up Closer		Up Close	Any	75	Melee Weapons	75	-	0015EB13

Damage challenges[]

Name	Prerequisite	Organ To Damage	Type Of Damage	Amount Of Damage Type	Weapon To Use	Perk Given	XP	Form ID
...And Boy are My Arms Tired	-	Any	Damage	100000	Unarmed Weapons	-	75	0015EB1B
A Little Critical	-	Any	Critical-Hits	100	One-Handed Pistols	-	50	0015EB05
A Matter of Heart	-	Torso	Cripple	100	Any	-	75	0015EAEC
A Matter of Perception	-	Head	Cripple	100	Any	-	75	0015EAEB
Aiming is Optional	Kaboom-boom-pow	Any	Damage	10000	Explosive Launchers	-	50	0015EB10
Beam (Weapon) Me Up	-	Any	Damage	25000	Rifle-Grip Energy Weapons	Set Lasers for Fun	0	0015EAF7
Blaster Master	-	Any	Damage	10000	Energy Weapons	-	50	001690E4
Click	Shoot Em Up Again	Any	Damage	20000	Any submachine gun, light machine gun or minigun	-	75	0015EB08
Condition Critical	Shoot Em Up Again	Any	Critical-Hits	100	Rifle-grip Guns	-	50	0015EB04
Critical Reaction	More Energetic	Any	Critical-Hits	128	Two Handed Energy Weapons	-	75	0015EAFA
Destroy Something Not So Beautiful	A Fistful of Hollars	Any	Damage	10000	Unarmed Weapons	Beautiful Beatdown	100	0015EB1A
Full of Stars	Lethal Weapons	Head	Cripple	100	Unarmed Weapons	-	50	0015EB1F
Go For the Eyes	A Fistful of Hollars	Head	Damage	6000	Unarmed Weapons	-	75	0015EB1C
Gotta Hand Grenade It to You	Kaboom-boom-pow	Any	Damage	10000	Mines and thrown grenades	-	100	0015EB0F
Gut Checker	Lethal Weapons	Torso	Cripple	100	Unarmed Weapons	-	50	0015EB1E
I Am Not Left Handed	-	Enemies' Right Arms (Or Equivalent)	Cripple	100	Any	-	100	0015EAED
I Can Do It One Handed	Up Closer	Any	Damage	10000	One-handed Weapons	Melee Hacker	50	0015EB15
I've Got Shotgun	Shoot Em Up	Any	Damage	20000	Shotguns	-	75	0015EB06
Knocked Up	-	Knock down enemies.	Knock Down	100	Any	-	75	0015EAEF
Lead Dealer	-	Any	Damage	10000	Guns	-	50	001690E5
Let's Get Critical	More Energetic	Any	Critical-Hits	64	One Handed Energy Weapons	-	75	0015EAFB
Lethal Weapons	A Fistful of Hollars	Any	Critical-Hits	100	Unarmed Weapons	-	50	0015EB1D
Limber Jack	-	Limbs	Cripple	100	Any	-	50	0015EAE9
Love the Bomb	-	Any	Damage	10000	Explosive Weapons	-	50	001690E3
New Vegas Samurai	-	Any	Damage	10000	Melee Weapons	-	50	001690E2
Old-Tyme Brawler	-	Any	Damage	10000	Unarmed Weapons	-	50	001690E8
Set Lasers for Fun	-	Any	Damage	16000	One-handed Energy Weapons	Set Lasers for Fun	0	0015EB0E
The Big Squeezy	Shoot Em Up Again	Any	Damage	18000	Rifle-Grip Guns	-	75	0015EB07
Two Hands are Better than One	Up Closer	Any	Damage	10000	Two-handed Weapons	Melee Hacker	50	0015EB14
Were You Using That?	Up Closer	Limbs	Cripple	200	Two-handed melee weapons	-	50	0015EB0B
You'll Blind Somebody	-	Head	Damage	4096	Energy Weapons	-	100	0015EB0D

Other challenges[]

Name	Prerequisite	Requirement	Amount to do	Perk Given	XP	Form ID
...And Know Disintegrations	-	Disintegrate enemies with laser weapons	32	-	75	0015EB01
...And Not a drop to Drink	-	Drink water items	100	Camel of the Mojave	100	0015EAF8
...Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?	-	Explode enemy pants	25	-	50	0015EB0C
All Things in Modder Nation	-	Apply mods to weapons	20	-	50	0015EAF5
Apocalypse Ain't Got Nothin' On Me	Lord Death of Murder Mountain	Kill anything (and pretty much everything)	1000	Lord Death (+4% DAM)	50	0015EB29
Artful Pocketer	-	Pick Pockets	50	-	50	001690E7
At a Loss for Words	-	Achieve Speech failures	100	-	75	0015EB31
Know When to Hold 'Em	Know When To Hold 'Em	Win at Caravan	27	-	50	0016BA4E
Crafty	-	Craft items at a workbench, campfire, reloading bench, or elsewhere	20	-	0	0015EAF3
Crafty Veteran	Crafty	Craft more items at a workbench, campfire, reloading bench, or elsewhere	100	-	75	0015EAF4
Day Tripper	-	Use addictive chems	25	Day Tripper	50	0015EB2A
Desert Survivalist	-	Heal with food	10000	-	100	00165773
Devourer of Nations	Dine and Dash	Eat more corpses	200	-	100	0015EB26
Dine and Dash	-	Eat corpses	25	Dine and Dash		0015EAE1
Disarming Personality	-	Disable mines	25	-	50	0015EB11
Double Down	-	Play Blackjack	10	-	100	00165775
Dr. Wasteland, M.D.	-	Use doctor's bags	25	-	75	005EAEE5
Fast Times	-	Use turbo	20	Fast Times	0	0015EAF0
Find Vault 3	-	Find Vault 3	1	-	0	0015EBC3
Find Vault 11	-	Find Vault 11	1	-	0	0015EB34
Find Vault 19	-	Find Vault 19	1	-	0	0015EB35
Find Vault 22	-	Find Vault 22	1	-	0	0015EB3B
Find Vault 34	-	Find Vault 34	1	-	0	0015EB3D
Fixin' Things	-	Repair items in your inventory yourself	30	-	50	0015EAF9
Free Radical	-	Use RadAway	20	Free Radical	0	0015EAF2
H4x Supr3m3	Healthy Glow	Hack more computer terminals	25	-	50	0015EB2D
He Moves in Mysterious Ways	-	Mysterious Stranger appearances	15	Friendly Help	0	0015EAE8
Healthy Glow	-	Hack computer terminals	25	-	50	0015EB2C
I Can Stop Any Time I Want	Day Tripper	Take more chems.	25	-	75	0015EB2B
I Dismember You	-	Dismember limbs	1000	-	50	0015EAF6
Know When to Fold 'Em	-	Lose at Caravan	5	-	50	00165778
Know When to Hold 'Em	-	Win at Caravan	3	-	100	00165777
Little Wheel	-	Play Roulette	10	-	100	00165776
Lord Death	-	Kill anything	200	Lord Death (+1% DAM)	100	0015EB27
Lord Death of Murder Mountain	Lord Death	Kill anything (just more of it)	700	Lord Death (+2% DAM)	100	0015EB28
Low Tech Hacking	-	Pick locks	25	-	50	0015EB2F
Master of the Mojave	Walker of the Mojave	Discover more locations	75	-	0	001690E6
Maybe That's a Lie	-	Become addicted (over and over)	10	-	25	0015EB32
Miss Fortunate Son (or Daughter)	-	Miss Fortune appearances	15	Friendly Help	0	0015EAE7
One Armed Bandit	-	Play Slots	10	-	100	00165774
Questin' Mark	-	Complete Quests	5	-	100	0015EAE6
Radical	-	Use Rad-X	20	-	75	0015EAF1
Sir Talks-a-lot	-	Achieve Speech successes	50	-	50	0015EB30
Stim-ply Amazing	-	Heal damage with stimpaks	10000	-	100	00165772
Stimpaddict	-	Use stimpaks	100	-	50	0015EB3E
Tough Guy	-	Have your own limbs become crippled	50	Tough Guy	0	0015EAEA
Up to the Challenge	-	Complete challenges	50	-	100	0015EB36
Walker of the Mojave	-	Discover locations	50	-	0	0015EB33
You Run Barter Town	-	Sell items through Barter	10000	-	100	00165771

Add-on challenges[]

Dead Money challenges[]

Name	Requirement	Amount to do	Perk Given	XP	Form ID
All For One	Save all companions	1	-	100	xx011F34
Assemble Your Crew	Recruit Dean Domino, Christine, Dog... and what's inside Dog.	3	-	100	xx011F2D
Authority Issues	Alerted Sierra Madre holograms.	20	-	50	xx011F2B
Big Winner	Use Sierra Madre Vending Machines.	50	-	75	xx0103B2
Cash Out	Confronted Father Elijah in the Sierra Madre's Vault.	1	-	200	xx011F30
Dean's Secret Stash	Found Dean's secret suitcases.	15	-	100	xx011B27
Dead Man's Hand	Collect Sierra Madre Cards of the Dead Man's Hand.	5	-	100	xx0134FB
Ghost Eater - Harvesters	Kill Harvesters.	10	-	100	xx0103B4
Ghost Eater - Seekers	Kill Seekers.	10	-	100	xx0103B5
Ghost Eater - Trappers	Kill Trappers.	10	-	100	xx0103B6
Having a Ball	Completed the Sierra Madre Gala Event.	1	-	100	xx011F2F
History's Sake	Hear the entire history of the Sierra Madre.	8	-	100	xx012FB3
Kiss of Death	Use Poisons	10	-	100	xx010EB2
Loose Ends	Destroy All Companions.	3	-	100	xx011F35
Safety Deposit Box	Sealed Father Elijah in the Sierra Madre's Vault.	1	-	200	xx011F31
Sierra Madre Souvenir Aficionado	Collect a lot of Sierra Madre Chips.	500	-	150	xx0103B0
The Whole Sad Story	Listen to Companions' and Elijah's stories.	4	-	100	xx012FB1
Things to Come!	Discover what the future holds in Dead Money.	5	-	75	xx012FB2

Honest Hearts challenges[]

Name	Requirement	Amount to do	Perk Given	XP	Form ID
In a Foreign Land	Scouted the Zion Valley for signs of the White Legs.	1	-	100	xx00B2FC
May my Hand Forget its Skill	Evacuated Zion.	1	-	100	xx00B2FE
O Daughter of Babylon	Crushed the White Legs.	1	-	100	xx00B2FD
Restore Our Fortunes	Resupplied Daniel and the Sorrows.	1	-	100	xx00B2FB
Survivalist's Bounty	Discover all six of the Survival caches	6	-	100	xx00B2F9
When We Remembered Zion	Arrive at Zion	1	-	100	xx00B2FA
Yao Guai Hunter	Kill yao guai in Zion Valley	10	-	100	xx00B390

Old World Blues challenges[]

Name	Recurring	Requirement	Amount to do	Perk Given	XP	Form ID
Automaton		Built a robot bent on destruction.	1	-	100	xx015B04
Mad Scientist		Had an experiment go horribly awry.	1	-	100	xx015B02
Evil Genius		Created an abomination.	1	-	100	xx015B03
Make up Your Mind		Made up your mind... about your brain.	1	-	500	xx009DE2
Making Friends		Reactivated all of the Sink's robotic assistants.	10	-	500	xx011956
Cardiac Arrest!		Recovered X-13 cardiac regulator sneaky suit!	1	-	500	xx009DE4
Caza-Death Dealer	3 ranks	Killed cazadores in the Big MT.	2/5/10	DNAvenger		xx00DA29 xx00DA2A xx00DA2B
Dog Run I/II/III	3 ranks	Completed the X-8 Basic/Advanced Testing Program/...with night stalkers!	4 runs	DNAgent		xx00A446 xx00A447 xx00A448
MT Space		Visited every location in the Big MT.	35	-	100	xx00A44C
Klein Destine		Dressed in a complete set of Dr. Klein Clothes. (Dr. Klein's glove, Dr. Klein's glasses, Dr. Klein's scrubs)	1	-	100	xx009DE1
Mobius Strip		Dressed in a complete set of Dr. Mobius Clothes. (Dr. Mobius' glove, Dr. Mobius' scrubs, Dr. Mobius' glasses)	1	-	100	xx009DE7
Outer Space		Dared to venture beyond the Big MT's perimeter...more than once!	2	-	100	xx00A44D
Outsmarted		Completed Old World Blues	1	-	500	xx009DE5
Spinal-Tapped		Recovered X-8 vertebrae-pulse-de-sensitizer frequency!	1	-	500	xx009DE3
VR the Champions I/II/III	3 ranks	Completed the X-13 Basic/Advanced Infiltration and Robot Compliance tests	3 runs	-	100	xx00A449 xx00A44A xx00A44B

Lonesome Road challenges[]

Name	Requirement	Amount to do	Perk Given	XP	Form ID
Condemned to Repeat It	Launched the nuclear missile from the Ashton silo.	1	-	500	xx00A5FD
ED-Ecated	Find all of ED-E's upgrades in the Divide.	5	Camarader-E	500	xx00A5FC
Hometown Hero	Completed Lonesome Road.	1	-	500	xx00A5FE
Rocket's Red Glare	Acquired all upgrades for the Divide's signature weapon.	3	-	500	xx00A601
Warhead Hunter	Detonated all of the warheads in the Divide.	30	-	500	xx00A604
Ends of the Earth	Discovered all the locations in the Divide.	25	-	100	xx00A5FF
Most Likely To...	Uncovered all 6 references to the past of Courier 6... your past.	6	-	100	xx00A5F9
Nostalgia	Found all journal entries in the Divide.	10	-	100	xx00A5F8
Feel Like a Kid Again	Find all of the RALPHIE the Robot posters in the Divide.	20	-	100	xx00CA7A
The Courier's Mile	Dared to venture into the Courier's Mile.	1	-	100	xx00A600
Ulysses' Odyssey	Discovered all about Ulysses' past.	6	-	100	xx00A5FA

Gun Runners' Arsenal challenges[]

Name	Level	Requirement	Amount to do	Perk Given	XP	Form ID
Against All Tyrants	★★★	Kill any named Legion members with Hunting Revolvers, Ranger Sequoias, Brush Guns, Service Rifles, Hunting Rifles, or Cowboy Repeaters.	10	-	1000	xx000A54
Armed For Bear	★★★	Kill any named NCR Ranger or commissioned officer (Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, General) with Machetes, Rippers, Chainsaws, Throwing Spears, or Ballistic Fists.	15	-	1000	xx000A58
A Slave Obeys	★	Kill Mr. House with a 9 iron or Nephi's golf driver.	1	-	250	xx000A5A
Benefit Or a Hazard	★	Kill Robots with 5.56mm pistol (GRA).	15	-	250	xx000A67
Crackerjack Timing	★★★	Kill Mojave Wasteland Cazadores with Tin grenades, long-fuse dynamite, and time bombs.	10	-	1000	xx000A60
Curios and Relics	-	Cause damage with unique Mojave Wasteland weapons.	10000	-	500	xx000A53
Deathclaw Pro Hunter	★★★	Kill adult Mojave Wasteland Deathclaws with .22 Pistols, Switchblades, Boxing Tape, Recharger Rifles, or Dynamite.	5	-	1000	xx000A4B
Dyin' Ain't Much of a Living	★★	Kill members of NCR or Legion hit squads with weapons affected by the Cowboy perk.	5	-	500	xx000A6C
Even a God-King Can Bleed	★★	Cripple Caesar's head with Throwing Spears.	1	-	500	xx000A6A
Historical Propriety	★★	Kill Caesar with a Knife or Combat Knife.	1	-	500	xx000A4A
Man-Machine Interface	★★★	Kill Mojave Wasteland Mr. Gutsies and Sentry Bots with Brass Knuckles, Spiked Knuckles, Tire Irons, and Lead Pipes.	10	-	1000	xx000A63
Master of the Arsenal	-	Do damage with Gun Runners' Arsenal (GRA) Weapons.	10000	-	500	xx000948
Ne Ne Ne Ne...	★	Cripple Right Arms with Shotguns.	5	-	250	xx000A51
Nyah! See?	★★	Kill Chairmen, White Gloves, or Omertas with any submachine gun, light machine gun, or minigun.	10	-	500	xx000A49
Overkill	★	Kill Animals with any Fat Man or Fat mines.	20	-	250	xx000A4E
Sic Semper Tyrannis	★★	Kill President Kimball with any One-Handed Pistol.	1	-	500	xx000A68
Talk About Owned	★★	Kill Benny with his own gun, Maria.	1	-	500	xx000A4C
The Same Could Be Said of All Religious Weapons	★	Kill Feral Ghouls with Maria, Gehenna, or Holy Frag Grenades.	15	-	250	xx000A5D
Vault 13's Revenge	★★	Kill Super Mutants with 5.56mm Pistols, Plasma Defenders, Plasma Grenades, Power Fists, Rippers, or the Bozar.	15	-	500	xx000A65
White Line Nightmare	★★	Kill Fiends, Vipers, or Jackals with Tire Irons, Baseball Bats, Lead Pipes, Machetes, .44 Magnum Revolvers, or Sawed-Off Shotguns.	20	-	500	xx000A4D
You Don't Belong In This World!	★	Kill Abominations with Katanas, Dynamite, Machetes, Throwing Spears, Throwing Knives, and Throwing hatchets.	10	-	250	xx000A50