Laurifer Gladiator[1] is an unmarked quest in Fallout: New Vegas.
Quick walkthrough[]
| Unmarked Quest: Laurifer Gladiator | |||||||||||||
| Reach the Fort and speak with Otho near the Legion arena; Note: Only a male Courier can continue, a female Courier will be rebuked. | |||||||||||||
| Enter the arena to start the fight against each of the following: 2 slaves Sergeant Andrews Ranger Stella | |||||||||||||
| Reward: Legion fame (per fight) | |||||||||||||
Detailed walkthrough[]
To start the quest, one must first begin the faction quest Render Unto Caesar and receive the Mark of Caesar in order to gain access to the Fort. Once at the Legion's headquarters, just outside of Caesar's tent, one will find the Legion arena and its overseer, Otho standing outside the southern gate to the arena. He can be asked about the rules of the arena as well as being allowed to participate. Otho will only allow a male Courier to fight in the arena; a female Courier will be rebuked and not allowed to fight.
During combat in the arena, the only available equipment is a machete (one can switch to unarmed by unequipping/dropping the machete) and gladiator armor; all other equipment is removed from the inventory. Otho will provide a total of three rounds of combat to the player character, and after each one, he can immediately be spoken with to start the next one.
| Round | Opponent(s) | Special Traits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two male slaves | Armed with machetes. |
| 2 | NCR Sergeant Andrews | Moderately high HP Armed with a machete. |
| 3 | NCR Ranger Stella | Significantly high HP (+3 DT from first rank of Toughness) Fights unarmed (bonus damage from all ranks of Iron Fist and can use the Paralyzing Palm perk). |
After the Ranger, Stella is defeated as the final opponent, when talking with him again, Otho will comment that he has nothing left that would be a challenge for the Courier, and no further combat will take place in the arena. Winning each round will garner a small amount of Legion fame.
Notes[]
- Quest items, such as the rebreather and Motor-Runner's helmet, will not be removed from the player character's inventory during combat and can be equipped.
- After each fight, all of the player character's items are returned to their inventory all at once, but each item has its own on-screen pop-up message. These messages can take several minutes to clear. To avoid this, simply save the game after a fight and reload; this will cancel the pop-ups.
- After killing Stella and completing this quest, most legionnaires residing around the Fort will occasionally comment about the player character's victory, saying that "they had never seen someone killing an NCR Ranger in single combat."
- Items dropped inside the arena beforehand do not disappear or get removed into the footlocker, making for an easier fight if one preemptively drops any hold-out weapons, or a safety line with chems or consumables like stimpaks.
- During this quest, the check for the player character's sex in the game files occurs upon selecting the dialogue option with Otho to ask about fighting in the arena. Barring any other ill effects, it is possible for a female Courier to use the sex change console command and access these gladiatorial match dialogue options before switching back.
- It is possible for the Mysterious Stranger to appear and kill opponents in the arena, even though the Courier is supposed to kill all opponents themselves. Otho and other nearby NPCs will not acknowledge this, and nobody will turn hostile for inadvertently breaking the rules.
Behind the scenes[]
Laurifer gladiator loosely translates from Latin as "victorious gladiator."
Bugs[]
After fighting against the two slaves, you can put your holdout weapons into their inventory. If you immediately start another round in the arena (against Sergeant Andrews) before the slave's bodies disappear, you can get your weapons from the slave's inventory and fight him with your holdout weapons. This can also be done to fight against Ranger Stella. [verified]- As soon as a fight begins, you can quickly run backwards out of the arena before the gate closes. This allows you to grab your items from the footlocker. You have to jump back into the arena because the gate has already closed. This can be used to acquire a weightless armor and machete that cannot be removed from your inventory by anything other than killing the slaves. [verified]
References[]
- ↑ Quest name from Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
