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For an overview of Nuka-Cola variants, see List of Nuka-Cola variants. |
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Nuka-Cola Quartz is a consumable drink in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background[]
Nuka-Cola Quartz is a flavor of Nuka-Cola that enjoyed a limited release in the American Southwest.[Non-game 1] It remains a rare find in the post-apocalypse.[1] It has a classy look, thanks to the lack of added food colorings but a distinctive white tint and glow.[2] It was developed under the code name "Angry Beaver," during development the beverageers added non-soluble sugar flakes to simulate a quartz-like appearance and to counteract the cavitation issues from previous attempts.[3] The Nuka-Cola Corporation had a trademark battle with Vim! Pop Incorporated over the "Quartz" trademark as Vim was also selling a drink known as Vim Quartz, and Nuka-Cola was successful.[4]
Characteristics[]
Nuka-Cola Quartz bottles glow bright white with a hint of green. It provides low-light vision similar to Cateye, gives more health than a regular Nuka-Cola, and temporarily increases Damage Threshold. However, it contains much higher radiation than its regular counterpart and is much harder to find. In Hardcore mode, this drink also hurts hydration level but helps sleep level.
Survival skill effect[]
| Skill | Effect | Hardcore effect |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | +3 HP/sec for 20s, +2 DT for 2m | +12 H2O , -18 SLP |
| 20 | +4 HP/sec for 20s, +2 DT for 2m | +14 H2O , -21 SLP |
| 30 | +4 HP/sec for 20s, +3 DT for 2m | +16 H2O , -24 SLP |
| 40 | +5 HP/sec for 20s, +3 DT for 2m | +18 H2O , -27 SLP |
| 50 | +6 HP/sec for 20s, +4 DT for 2m | +20 H2O , -30 SLP |
| 60 | +6 HP/sec for 20s, +4 DT for 2m | +22 H2O , -33 SLP |
| 70 | +7 HP/sec for 20s, +4 DT for 2m | +24 H2O , -36 SLP |
| 80 | +7 HP/sec for 20s, +5 DT for 2m | +26 H2O , -39 SLP |
| 90 | +8 HP/sec for 20s, +5 DT for 2m | +28 H2O , -42 SLP |
| 100 | +9 HP/sec for 20s, +6 DT for 2m | +30 H2O , -45 SLP |
- Note: Radiation is not affected by Survival skill level.
- Note: Low-Light Vision is not affected by Survival skill level.
Crafting[]
This item can be crafted by the player character, with the Nuka Chemist perk. It is craftable without a workbench via a dialogue option with Veronica, or with ED-E once the add-on Lonesome Road is installed.
Creation requirements
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
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Nuka-Cola (3) |  | Science: 90 Nuka Chemist perk |  | Nuka-Cola Quartz (1) |
Variants[]
Locations[]
There are 22 Nuka-Cola Quartz in the Mojave, 3 in Old World Blues, and 3 in Lonesome Road.
| Closest map marker | Quantity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boulder City | 3 | Big Horn Saloon - In the storage shelves behind the counter. May be bought or stolen. |
| Camp Golf | 5 | House Resort - Upon entering, take a right, then a left into the kitchen. They will be on a shelf. They must be stolen. |
| Mojave Outpost | 3 | Barracks - on a shelf behind Lacey. They must be stolen. |
| Poseidon Gas Station | 1 | Violet and Violetta trailer compound - South of the gas station. It is in a crate on a shelf on top of the fort. |
| REPCONN headquarters | 2 | Gift shop - From REPCONN entry through the doors to left, shop on left, in the hard locked backroom next to two Nuka-Cola Victory. |
| South Vegas ruins south entrance | 2 | Zapp's Neon Signs - Upstairs on a shelf to the right of the entrance to the foreman's office. |
| The Tops | 5 | The Tops restaurant - Through an average locked door, in the kitchen on a bottom shelf. Lockpick skill of 50 required. |
| Vault 3 | 1 | Recreation area - In a storeroom inside the billiard room, on the right. Lockpick skill of 25 required. |
Higgs Village 
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1 | House #103 - In a rocket playset behind the house. |
| X-7b "Boom Town" target zone
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1 | Demolished house - Just north of the Target Zone, along with a Nuka-Cola Victory. |
| X-13 research facility
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1 | First floor - Underneath a chemistry set, along with a Nuka-Cola Victory. |
Hopeville missile silo bunker 
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2 | One next to the Maintenance Bot Control terminal. Another in the reactor room, in a crate behind the northernmost desk. |
| The Courier's Mile
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1 | Ruined building wall - Tucked behind a wall along the northern barrier, beneath a slab of concrete to the right of a metal box and a desk with a destroyed computer terminal directly to the west of the camp where the Marked Men are located. |
Notes[]
- When the player character consumes a Nuka-Cola Quartz, the sound is that of crunching instead of drinking. The player character will not get a bottle cap unlike from the regular Nuka-Cola and Sunset Sarsaparilla bottles. The same happens with Nuka-Cola Victory. When picking up a Nuka-Cola Quartz, it makes a generic take/drop sound, unlike the regular Nuka-Cola which sounds like a bottle.
- Nuka-Cola Quartz is one of the only five consumables in the game which temporarily increase Damage Threshold, the others being whiskey or wasteland tequila when Cass is your companion (providing the Whiskey Rose perk), large wasteland tequila, and datura hide from the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts.
- Nuka-Cola Quartz is a required component of the Nuka-Grenade added with the add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.
- Giving the drink to companions or leaving it where they can access it may result in their consumption of it, subsequently causing the low-light vision effect for the Courier.
Bugs[]
If a nearby non-player character consumes a Nuka-Cola Quartz, the player may receive the light blue overlay as if the player consumed the Nuka-Cola. [verified]- If a nearby non-player character consumes a Nuka-Cola Quartz, and the player receives the light blue overlay, indoors and the player leaves the building, rather than a light blue overlay, the world will be in black and white, but the HUD will remain its normal color. [verified]
- If put into the vending machine or another container at the Lucky 38, followers left at the Presidential Suite will go to it and will drink the Quartz from it. The light blue overlay will appear when a follower drinks a Quartz. This will sometimes happen when the player is away from Presidential Suite, but mostly it occurs when the player is in the Presidential Suite for a certain length of time. Note: Moving Quartz to another container will not stop them from drinking it. It must be moved outside the Presidential suite or be on the player at all times. [verified]
Gallery[]
References[]
From the Fallout 4 add-on Nuka World
- ↑ Nuka-World loading screens: "Nuka-Cola Victory and Nuka-Cola Quartz are two examples of regional brands. These flavors, in particular, were only distributed in the southwestern area of the United States."
- ↑ World of Refreshment tour: "Out west, they enjoy regional favorites such as the classy Nuka-Cola Quartz and refreshingly patriotic Nuka-Cola Victory. Or, for those that prefer a timeless root-based beverage, they pick up a delicious Nuka-Cola Wild!"
(World of Refreshment announcer's dialogue) - ↑ Kanawha Nuka-Cola plant terminal entries; Current Project Status, Angry Beaver
- ↑ Vim! Pop factory terminal entries; CEO's terminal, Meeting with investors
Non-game
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