Once that is completed, Festus will tell the Courier the legend of how Sunset Sarsaparilla came to be. When he is done, the game will report that the quest has failed, then the player character will be given the quest A Valuable Lesson. Complete the quest in order to receive the achievement/trophy "The Legend of the Star."
Quest stages[]
Stage
Status
Description
10
Find the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters and speak to Festus.
20
Return to Festus with enough Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Caps to earn a prize!
30
Head to the Sunset Sarsaparilla prize closet to receive your real prize.
Notes[]
A complete list of Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap locations can be found here.
Festus mentions that before Sunset Sarsaparilla was invented, the main choices people had for soft drinks were water or Nuka-Cola. However, the Sunset Sarsaparilla Company was founded in 1918, 126 years before the foundation of the Nuka-Cola Corporation in 2044.
The icon for this quest's trophy/achievement is similar to the icon for Sierra Madre Souvenir Aficionado. The differences include the Vault Boy holding red bottle caps rather than Sierra Madre chips and having blue star eyes instead of love hearts.
Star bottle caps can still be collected after handing 50 of them over to Festus. However, any additional star bottle caps will automatically turn into regular bottle caps.
Deactivating Festus with the Robotics Expert perk will render this quest unable to be completed.
Behind the scenes[]
According to Joshua Sawyer, the quest was inspired by Tootsie Roll Pop wrappers and the urban legend associated with them.[1] In addition, Tootsie Rolls calls the urban legend around Tootsie Pops "The Legend of the Shooting Star."[2]
References[]
↑Joshua Sawyer: "finally throwing out the tootsie roll pop wrappers that were the inspiration for The Legend of the Star in fallout: new vegas" Twitter - Archived
