High Times is a side quest in Fallout: New Vegas.
Quick walkthrough[]
| Side Quest: High Times | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Go to the Old Mormon Fort in Freeside and find a doctor named Julie Farkas. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Julie asks you find two men, Jacob Hoff and Bill Ronte, and save them from their addictions so they may once again help Freeside. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| After talking to them, you find both Bill and Jacob are addicted to Dixon's chems. Remove the addiction problem somehow. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Eliminate the problem at its source, Dixon. This can be done through a Speech check of 35, a bribe of 100 caps, or through shotgun diplomacy. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Talk to Jacob again and help solve his problem. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bring him 10 doses of Fixer to help him clean up. | Pass a Science check of 50 to lower his request to a combination of Fixer, Psycho, and Buffout. | Passing a Speech check of 50 will convince Jacob to clean up on his own. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Speak to Bill again. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill will ask for 2 doses of Fixer, one bottle of whiskey and a RadAway. | A successful Science (50) check means you only need 2 Fixers and the whiskey. | Passing a Speech check of 50 will convince Bill to clean up on his own. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Return to Julie. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reward: 500 XP and Followers fame | |||||||||||||||||||||
Detailed walkthrough[]
While speaking to Julie Farkas, leader of the Followers of the Apocalypse at the Old Mormon Fort in North Freeside, she mentions that addictions are a common problem the Followers face in Freeside and it's impacted important members of the community that she feels can help improve things. Asking further gets her to reveal that she knows of two men who suffer from chem addiction: Bill Ronte and Jacob Hoff. She asks the Courier to find them and help them kick their habits so they can return to helping the lives of Freeside's people.
- Bill Ronte is located in the southern half of Freeside, in an abandoned house located across the street from the Silver Rush. He will tell you about how only Dixon's alcohol will calm his addiction, and that the withdrawal symptoms are too strong to quit.
- Jacob Hoff is found in the crumbled building across from Mick & Ralph's. He is sitting on the ground directly forward as you enter the building. He will say he feels young and strong when he takes Dixon's chems, and that it's too hard to quit.
After speaking to at least one of the addicts, they reveal that the supplier giving them their chems is a man named Dixon and they won't speak any further until one goes to talk to him. He is typically found outside of Mick and Ralph's store, near where Jacob is found. A Speech check of 35 convinces Dixon to leave the addicts alone. One can also bribe Dixon with 300 caps or simply kill him. A Speech option to attack him makes him aggressive, so killing him will not affect Karma.
With their supplier dead and their chems cut off, talking to the two addicts gets them to reveal what they need to get clean again:
- Jacob will ask for ten doses of Fixer to help him clean up. Passing a Science check of 50 allows one to suggest a combination of Fixer, Psycho, and Buffout instead. Alternatively, passing a Speech check of 50 will result in Jacob cleaning up on his own.
- Bill can be convinced to head to the Old Mormon Fort with a Speech check of 50. However, if the player character tells him "You won't be seeing Dixon anymore," a dialogue option involving detoxing with two doses of Fixer, Whiskey, and RadAway will appear. Passing a Science check of 50 will bypass needing the RadAway. The 50 Speech option to go to the Fort can then be used to gain experience from both skill checks.
If the player character can't pass the Science and Speech checks, they will have to find the requested ingredients. Most importantly, Fixer can sometimes be purchased from Dixon or from the bartender in Brimstone, the bar/strip club located in Gomorrah. Ada Straus in Novac also sometimes sell two doses of Fixer.
Also, take note that several Freeside thugs may spawn after sending each addict to the Mormon Fort; letting the addicts die may negatively impact the rewards of the quest.
Successfully curing one or both men's addictions will earn an amount of Freeside fame. After speaking with both men, return to Julie Farkas at the Old Mormon Fort. She will thank the Courier for helping the men and offer them a discount on her services. They will also be able to get one free stimpak, Fixer, or RadAway every 24 game hours from Julie. After this, the quest will complete.
Quest stages[]
Notes[]
Finishing this quest is one of the possible ways to convince Arcade Gannon to join the player character as a companion.
Bugs[]
Dixon may become stuck behind the junk wall that leads into Freeside. This can be fixed by throwing grenades over the wall in the direction of his Pip-Boy marker, or by spawning him with console commands.[verification overdue]
Behind the scenes[]
- The quest name is a play on the term "getting high," which is slang for drug use, particularly for the types with psychedelic effects.
- The quest name also doubles as a reference to the counterculture magazine High Times, which advocates for marijuana legalization and other counterculture ideas. It has been published since 1974.
