Fallout: New Vegas Xbox 360 Cheats
How to use these cheats
Button names refer to the Xbox controller — A, B, X, Y, the LB/RB bumpers, LT/RT triggers and the D-pad. Unless told otherwise, enter codes from the pause or options menu, or while playing. Some cheats disable achievements for that save — keep a separate save before you start.
- Cheat codesNone
- Unlockables & collectibles96
- Tips & secrets28
Fallout: New Vegas has no traditional cheat codes on Xbox 360. Everything below is a glitch, exploit, unlockable or hidden item earned in game.
Unlimited caps: Find a merchant selling two copies of the same weapon or armour at different conditions. Buy the cheapest copy, sell it straight back and repeat. After a couple of cycles the copy in your inventory jumps to 100% condition while the merchant's stays low, so you can sell high and buy low until the merchant is cleaned out. Save first, as the game can crash mid-trade.
Easy experience (Bitter-Root): With 30 Speech and neutral or better NCR standing, talk to Sergeant Bitter-Root in the tents at Camp McCarran and ask about his name. You can repeat the Speech check over and over for XP each time.
Easy experience (HELIOS One): During That Lucky Old Sun, get Ignacio Rivas to reveal he is a Follower of the Apocalypse using Speech or Confirmed Bachelor, then finish the mission by routing power to Full Region Emergency Output. Afterwards tell him you overloaded the plant; that dialogue option never disappears and pays 350 XP, 3 Stimpaks and 2 Doctor's Bags every time you pick it.
Easy experience (Old Ben): With 50 Speech, persuade Old Ben, sitting by the fire near The King's headquarters in Freeside, to offer his services to the Atomic Wrangler for 61 XP. Follow him back to the bar, wait for him to sit down, and the same Speech challenge can be repeated as often as you like.
Easy experience (10 of Spades): With 20 Speech, ask 10 of Spades at Camp McCarran about Corporal Betsy. After passing the Speech check once, the greyed-out check can be reselected by alternating it with the unconscious option, and it still counts as a pass each time.
Casino XP: Playing roulette at any casino pays 100 experience points every spin, win or lose.
Easy stealing: Click the right stick on an owned item to pick it up without taking it, carry it out of sight, then crouch and press A while HIDDEN is shown to steal it with no reputation loss.
Karma-free kills: Drop a large movable object next to a standing NPC and run against it so it slides into them. The damage counts as environmental, so nobody turns hostile and you lose no karma.
Free repairs: With the Confirmed Bachelor perk, use the special dialogue option with Major Knight at the Mojave Outpost. He repairs items to your own Repair level free of charge, giving effectively unlimited free repairs.
Unlimited magazines: Bring medical supplies to Julie Farkas at the Old Mormon Fort. After donating once, open her supply list, buy the magazines, choose to donate again and pick Never mind to refresh the list. Repeat as often as you like.
Two 9mm SMGs in Goodsprings: With at least 25 Repair, pick up the broken 9mm SMG on the Sunset Sarsaparilla crate and repair it while repeatedly tapping the activate button; the glitch pays 20 XP and a second SMG.
Switching ammunition: With a weapon drawn, press Up to cycle between the ammunition types you are carrying for it.
Skip to the Strip: At Camp McCarran, crouch behind the wall by the vending machines and sneak up on the monorail door. Despite the warnings you can slip through and ride straight to the Strip, bypassing the credit check entirely.
Incendiary VATS trick: Load .50 MG incendiary rounds into the anti-materiel rifle and target an enemy in VATS; they burst into flames before the shot even lands.
All 37 gold bars in Dead Money: In the Sierra Madre vault, take every bar, read only the Vera entry on the desk terminal and convince Elijah to come down. Plant C4 at the far right stairway, press against the blue force field and detonate when he swaps places with you, then leave the way you came with bars worth around 390,000 caps.
Gun Runner farm: Pick the locked fence at the Gun Runners compound, wipe out the runners and loot thousands of caps worth of combat armour and rifles, then sell it all to the Vendortron. Wait three in-game days away from the area and the runners respawn for another harvest.
No roulette cooldown: Load a saved game while actively playing roulette and you can spin again immediately, useful for minimising lost chips.
| Unique Weapon | Location |
|---|---|
| Lucky (.357 Magnum) | In the floor safe of the cashier's office at the Vikki and Vance Casino, Primm. |
| Mysterious Magnum (.44 Magnum) | Carried by the Lonesome Drifter near the Sunset Sarsaparilla billboard by El Dorado Dry Lake. |
| Nephi's Golf Driver (9 iron) | Carried by Driver Nephi at the Fiend stronghold. |
| Maria (9mm pistol) | On Benny when you kill him. |
| Vance's Submachine Gun (9mm SMG) | In the safe inside Wins Hideout. |
| Abilene Kid LE BB Gun | On a shelf inside the Fiend's Shack. |
| Alien Blaster | Carried by the alien captain at the Hovering Anomaly, north of Horowitz Farmstead; requires the Wild Wasteland trait. |
| Cram Opener (bladed gauntlet) | Carried by Little Buster at Camp McCarran. |
| Golden Gloves (boxing gloves) | On the VIP bar above the cashier cage in the Lucky 38. |
| Blade of the East (bumper sword) | Carried by Legate Lanius. |
| Chopper (cleaver) | On the stove at Wolfhorn Ranch. |
| Chance's Knife (combat knife) | In Chance's grave. |
| La Longue Carabine (cowboy repeater) | Carried by Corporal Sterling at Camp McCarran. |
| Pushy (displacer glove) | On a Jackal gang member inside Ruby Hill Mine. |
| Recompense of the Fallen (dog tag fist) | In Aurelius' desk on the upper floor at Cottonwood Cove. |
| Euclid's C-Finder | Carried by Max around Mick and Ralph's in Freeside; buy it for 1,000 caps, or 20 caps with Barter 45, and power it through ARCHIMEDES II during That Lucky Old Sun. |
| Fat Man | Quarry Junction, near the skeleton by the southern silt pool. |
| Knock-Knock (fire axe) | In the restrooms of the Camp Searchlight fire station. |
| Holy Frag Grenades | In the basement of the east church at Camp Searchlight; requires Wild Wasteland. |
| YCS/186 (Gauss rifle) | At the mercenary camp; only appears when Wild Wasteland is not taken. |
| Mercy (grenade machinegun) | On the floor of Dead Wind Cavern beside a dead Brotherhood paladin near the Legendary Deathclaw. |
| Thump-Thump (grenade rifle) | On the floor of the Nellis array by the ant mound. |
| Dinner Bell (hunting shotgun) | Inside the shack at the Old Nuclear Test Site. |
| Pew Pew (laser pistol) | On Allen Marks' body after completing The Legend of the Star. |
| AER14 Prototype (laser rifle) | Vault 22 common area, up the blocked stairwell reached from Food Production. |
| The Humble Cudgel (lead pipe) | In the sealed sewers near a prospector corpse. |
| Liberator (machete) | Carried by Dead Sea at Nelson. |
| CZ57 Avenger (minigun) | At the back of the container truck in Devil's Throat, beside the dead prospector. |
| Annabelle (missile launcher) | Carried by the nightkin sniper on Black Rock Summit. |
| All-American (marksman carbine) | In the Vault 34 armoury, on an upturned table. |
| Oh, Baby! (super sledge) | In the deepest part of Charleston Cave, beside a chewed stealth boy. |
| Q-35 Matter Modulator (plasma rifle) | In the locked shipping room of REPCONN HQ, inside a pod casement. |
| Pulse Gun | In the Vault 34 armoury cache. |
| Big Boomer (sawed-off shotgun) | Carried by Old Lady Gibson at Gibson Scrap Yard. |
| Gobi Campaign Scout Rifle (sniper rifle) | In the footlocker at the sniper's nest overlooking Cottonwood Cove. |
| Love and Hate (spiked knuckles) | On the Viper gang leader at Bonnie Springs. |
| Figaro (straight razor) | On Sergio in the back of the King's School of Impersonation. |
| Tesla-Beaton Prototype (Tesla cannon) | On the ground at the crashed vertibird site in the south of the map. |
| That Gun | On a shelf in the locked storage room of Novac's Dino Bite gift shop. |
| This Machine | A reward from the Dealing with Contreras quest for not turning him in. |
| Ratslayer (varmint rifle) | Propped on a desk in the upper room of Broc Flower Cave. |
| Paladin Toaster (zap glove) | In Black Rock Cave, near the dead prospector. |
| Unique Armour | Location |
|---|---|
| Gannon Family Tesla Armour | Gifted by Arcade Gannon during his personal quest if you convince him to stay in Freeside for the battle (needs around 80 Speech) and requires power armour training. |
| Chinese Stealth Armour | In a crate in the radioactive goo room of the Hoover Dam offices; two sets spawn. |
| T-51b Power Armour | On two dead Brotherhood paladins at the bottom of the irradiated crater past the centaurs in Scorpion Gulch, west of HELIOS One. |
| T-51b Power Armour (non-faction) | On the dead prospectors at Deathclaw Promontory across the river east of Ranger Station Echo. |
| Remnants Power Armour | Earned through the For Auld Lang Syne quest. |
| Companion | Location |
|---|---|
| Arcade Gannon | Old Mormon Fort in Freeside; grants the Better Healing perk. |
| Cass | Mojave Outpost barracks bar; needs progress in Heartache by the Number. |
| Craig Boone | In the dinosaur's mouth at Novac after 9pm; complete One for My Baby. |
| ED-E | In the Nash residence in Primm; needs Repair 65 or replacement parts. |
| Lily | In Jacobstown lodge. |
| Raul | Locked in the prison building on Black Mountain. |
| Rex | At the King's School of Impersonation in Freeside; needs a new brain quest. |
| Veronica | At the 188 Trading Post. |
| Snow Globe | Location |
|---|---|
| Goodsprings | Goodsprings Cemetery, at the foot of the small rectangular gravestone near the water tower. |
| Mormon Fort | Old Mormon Fort, on top of the wooden bookcase in the same tower as Julie Farkas' office. |
| Test Site | Lucky 38 cocktail lounge, on the curved sideboard behind the till. |
| The Strip | Vault 21, between the beds in Sarah's locked bedroom. |
| Nellis AFB | Pete's museum, on the corner table by the mural. |
| Hoover Dam | On a desk in the visitor's centre, by a terminal. |
| Mount Charleston | Jacobstown lodge, on the large curved reception desk. |
| Skill Book | Locations |
|---|---|
| Barter (Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor) | Allied Technologies Offices; Cap Counterfeiting Shack cellar; Bison Steve Casino gift shop floor in Primm; Vault 22 lab table. |
| Energy Weapons (Nikola Tesla and You) | Hidden Valley bunker L1; Old Nuclear Test Site shack; REPCONN HQ locked shipping room safe; REPCONN HQ second-floor server room. |
| Explosives (Duck and Cover!) | Mojave Outpost barracks; Mother Pearl's barracks at Nellis AFB; barracks shack in Sloan; Ranger Station Foxtrot office. |
| Guns (Guns and Bullets) | Gomorrah Zoara Club bookshelf; Nevada Highway Patrol Station; Raul's Shack; Vault 34 armoury common room. |
| Unarmed (Pugilism Illustrated) | Fisherman's Pride Shack; Lester's store at Nipton Road reststop; The Tops presidential suite; Vault 11 female dorm. |
| Lockpick (Tumblers Today) | Bitter Springs recreation office; Silver Peak Mine shack; Prospector's Den barracks; Wolfhorn Ranch farmhouse fridge. |
| Medicine (DC Journal of Internal Medicine) | Followers Safehouse; HELIOS One top floor; Hell's Motel at Mesquite Mountains crater; Ranger Andy's bungalow in Novac. |
| Melee Weapons (Grognak the Barbarian) | Cannibal Johnson's cave; Cottonwood Cave HQ; Hidden Supply Cave; Jacobstown east bungalow. |
| Repair (Dean's Electronics) | Abandoned Brotherhood bunker; Loyal's workshop at Nellis; Sloan barracks; Southern Nevada Wind Farm shack. |
| Science (Big Book of Science) | Brewer's beer bootlegging basement; Major Polati's tent at Camp Forlorn Hope; Nipton town hall mayor's desk; REPCONN HQ gift shop storeroom. |
| Sneak (Chinese Army Special Ops Training Manual) | Camp Searchlight east chapel basement; Goodsprings ranch house bookcase; NCR sharecropper ranch house; Vault 3 executive dorm. |
| Speech (Lying, Congressional Style) | Brooks Tumbleweed Ranch upstairs; Cerulean Robotics office floor; Lucky Jim Mine shack; NCR Correctional Facility admin building. |
| Survival (Wasteland Survival Guide) | Lone Wolf Radio trailer; Matthews Animal Husbandry barn balcony; Mesquite Mountains campsite west tent; Scavenger Platform north platform. |
| Hollow Rock | Location |
|---|---|
| Northern Passage | Eastern rock wall, by the grave and The Sun Is Killing Me graffiti. |
| Ruby Hill Mine | In the rock wall just right of the door. |
| Charleston Cave | In the rock wall just right of the door, by the heart graffiti. |
| Silver Peak Mine | In the wall just right of the entrance shack. |
| Vault 22 | North bank across from the Keep Out sign by the entrance. |
| Jacobstown | Outside the perimeter to the right of the main entrance where the super mutants stand guard. |
| Remnants Bunker | In the rock wall about 10 feet north of the entrance. |
| Chance's Map | Beside the dirt map with the The Sun Is Killing Me graffiti. |
| Bloodborne Cave | Just right of the cave entrance. |
| Cannibal Johnson's Cave | Just right of the cave entrance. |
| Fisherman's Pride Shack | By the campfire north-west of the shack. |
| Camp Guardian | By the Camp Guardian population sign at the base of the path up to Guardian Peak. |
| Follower's Outpost | Built into the steps of the signal box structure. |
| Boulder Beach Campground | Beside the road north-west of the jetties. |
| Cazador Nest | In the rock wall on the east side of the nest alcove. |
| Tribal Village | At the start of the Ravine Path near the corpses and tents. |
| Makeshift Great Khan Camp | On the west side of camp near the desert plants. |
| Yangtze Memorial | At the base of the south steps with the peace symbol graffiti. |
| Goodsprings Cave | Just right of the cave entrance. |
| Primm | On a large rock near the scattered chems above the concrete support wall. |
| Jack Rabbit Springs | South of the radiation pools on the dry lake shore. |
Caravan partners: Cards and games can be found with Chet in Goodsprings (he also gives you your first deck), Ringo and Johnson Nash in Primm, Cliff Briscoe and No-bark Noonan in Novac, Blake at the Crimson Caravan, Isaac at the Gun Runners, Little Buster and Keith at Camp McCarran and Aerotech, Lacey at the Mojave Outpost, Jules in North Vegas, Old Lady Gibson at her scrap yard, Quartermaster Mayes at Camp Forlorn Hope, Poindexter at Camp Golf, Dale Barton at The Fort and Ambassador Crocker at the NCR Embassy, plus several prospector corpses.
Winning at Caravan: Build a 30-card deck with 6s through 10s, Kings, Jacks, Aces and two Jokers. Lay high or low cards to start the caravan base, use Kings to double a pile, and spend Jacks, Aces and Jokers to wreck your opponent's caravans. Aim for 22 to 26 on each track and never end a hand on 21 or 27.
Indiana Jones easter egg: About 100 yards south of Goodsprings a refrigerator sits at the base of a hill with a fedora-wearing skeleton inside, a nod to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Star Wars easter egg: To the right of Nipton's town hall entrance, two burned corpses lie in front of a burned-out building, echoing Luke finding Beru and Owen.
Monty Python easter egg: With the Wild Wasteland trait, a box of Holy Frag Grenades sits beneath a church in Camp Searchlight, a reference to the Holy Hand Grenade. Bring Rad-X, the town is irradiated.
Blade Runner easter egg: That Gun, sold in Novac's Dino Bite gift shop, is modelled on Deckard's pistol from Blade Runner.
Fisto caps trick: After completing Wang Dang Atomic Tango, find Fisto at the Silver Rush and refuse his services; he pays you 10 caps each time you say no, as often as you can be bothered.
Grease easter egg: With Wild Wasteland, three women in pink dresses calling themselves the Pink Ladies appear outside Cerulean Robotics after the Fisto quest.
Gold Pip-Boy: With Wild Wasteland, deal with the Omerta leaders for the NCR and tell Mick at Mick and Ralph's; he rewards you with a gold Pip-Boy.
Old World Blues easter eggs: Tell the Book Chute that destroying pre-war books is destroying culture for a nod to Orwell's 1984, and the quest that removes your brain, spine and heart mirrors the Wizard of Oz.