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Gold bars & Trapping Father Elijah

Requires Dead Money

It is possible to escape the Sierra Madre Casino Vault with all 37 gold bars and trap Elijah in the vault for the Safety Deposit Box achievement. It's recommended to make a separate save before entering the vault itself, before accessing the Vault Control Terminal, immediately after finishing the dialog with Elijah, and while escaping through the subterranean structure across from the vault door. If Elijah detects the player at any point in time he will sound the alarms. Elijah appears to only trigger the alarms when he has line of sight to the player, as stealth seems to have a minimal affect. Disabling the vault security and generator inside the vault doesn't appear to affect the turrets, as they power back up once Elijah enters the vault. They also appear to be immune to damage until the vault door is opened.

Collect all the bars (36 on the table, 1 in front of the Vault Control Terminal on the floor) and drop them (all at once as a single item), immediately in front of the vault door, lined up with a runs to the door. Use any stims/books/apparel before you read the message from Sinclair to Vera on the terminal (as the dialog with Elijah will occur immediately after you exit the terminal).

1. Finish the conversation on the Vault Control Terminal ending with a dialog option having Elijah enter the vault.
2. Immediately turn and run toward the vault door, picking up the gold bars as you approach.
3. Open the vault door and continue "running" towards the stair case directly in front of the door. Use a Stealth Boy if you have one, it makes this part significantly easier.
4. At the top of the staircase, turn right, and head into the center opening in the subterranean structure (Elijah should have been seen through the solid window, coming out of the passage from the elevator by now).
5. Crouch into stealth, and make note of Elijah's tick marker on your compass.
6. Place the solid part of the wall (to the right of the center opening) between the player and Elijah (breaking line of sight).
7. This is the tricky part with timing (may want to save here), as Elijah approaches the exterior terminal, hug the interior wall of the subterranean structure, and begin to move towards the elevator through the corridor. Head all the way to the rear opening of the subterranean structure that connects to the left entrance of the elevator passage (facing the elevator from the vault).
8. Once far enough away from the center opening, the player can stand back up and "run".
9. Leaving the subterranean structure and enter the elevator passage. When Elijah begins speaking, the force-fields/alarms will activate, and the player must make a hastened exit to the elevator before the collar explodes.
10. Once in the elevator, the player will be transported to the fountain (with your 37 gold bars), and will earn the achievement.

If unable to get into the elevator passage before the force-field, try reloading the save right after the terminal dialog with Elijah and attempt to move into the subterranean structure quicker. Wait to start moving towards the rear of the structure until Elijah is walking to the vault door (he'll detect you through the open window).

• Status:  confirmed, 25 Jun 2013   confirmed, 29 Dec 2012   confirmed, 27 Dec 2010  

With the right perks you can just walk the damn gold out AFTER killing Papa E with no need for exploits. It requires 7-9 doses of Implant GRX turbo, Chemist, the perk for Day Tripper, and ideally the perk for Fast Times. Thats what I did. Not a wiki editor so I guess I dont have a way to sign this properly or anything.

Can confirm this works (though Fast Times doesn't affect Implant GRX) - hardest part is getting up the broken stairs without falling (in that case I don't think there's a way back up without jumping), stay close to the railing on the broken platform and the corner, the hardest part of this, is just a matter of getting the angle right - aim for the longest extending part, the second "segment" of the platform's model from the edge, plenty of time for a few shots. 168.1.6.15 18:37, September 1, 2015 (UTC)

Usage of Implant GRX

Yes, having Implant GRX can allow one to get all of the gold and still survive. There is another video but I have found a more efficient method.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCpyANBCyCY

TheNeXusCore (talk) 18:55, September 1, 2015 (UTC)

Another way to smuggle the gold out of the vault if you can't sneak it out or don't have the right perks is to kill Elijah within the force field closest to the escape elevator. You want to kill him so part of his body falls on to the elevator side of the force field. Once he's dead, loot his corpse and place all the gold on his corpse. You'll have to run the long way around to get to the elevator but since his body is within the force field, you'll be able to loot his body on the other side, take all the gold, and quickly escape.

Stealth Boy

Simply leave the vault, turn left and wait for Elijah to approach. The trick is to crouch using the structures for cover. It may take a few quick loads, however as you approach the stairs you can exit the crouch mode and make it in time beyond the forcefield treshold. Forcefields kick in, you head to the elevator with all the gold leaving Elijah trapped. Upon entering the elevator you are transported to the gate connecting the Sierra Madre to the Wasteland. There is a trashbin on the left (when facing the gate) which can be used to store all the goodies gathered prior entering the casino.

TGM

Well, that's all there is to it.

Oh, and TCL, for the barriers. TDetect would also do the trick. --User:SaiyanElite (talk) 00:38, March 21, 2016 (UTC)

bars

Everything siad has been made redundant fallout fucked over its fans and made the gold impossible to steal. If you go near the force fields they now instantly activate no matter if detected or not. They have made the forcefield deflect gold bars so they get thrown over the edge if you try that method and they have made it so the body of father eli cannot go through the forcefield making it entirely impossible to get the gold now.

Never playing another fallout game until my guy gets out of the vault with the gold. That entire download was a complete waste of time and effort without the gold its not like the big empty because you get literally nothing from Sierra Madre there is not one reason at al to get this download and i recommend not getting it. It will only drive you crazy trying to get the gold before giving up on that profile and the entire game entirely —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.211.235.233 (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

• LOL. New Vegas hasn't been patched since 2011. It's quite possible to get out with the gold still, I did it in 2017. Read the whole article and watch linked videos. It's actually easier to do it without abusing a glitch. In fact I figured it out on my own without this page. --129.7.0.81 08:34, July 8, 2020 (UTC)

• Getting there, That's not the hard part... It's letting go.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.124.8.96 (talk • contribs) 05:45, April 3, 2021. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!