The Legend of the Star is a side quest and achievement/trophy in Fallout: New Vegas.
Quick walkthrough[]
| Side Quest: The Legend of the Star | |||||
| Reach the Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters and speak with Festus. | |||||
| Find 50 Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps. | |||||
| Return to Festus and deposit the star bottle caps. | |||||
| Reward: Achievement/trophy | |||||
| Leads to: A Valuable Lesson | |||||
Detailed walkthrough[]
The quest is triggered by entering the Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters, located west-northwest of Camp McCarran, through the front doors on the east side (within the tall Sarsaparilla bottle statue) and looking for the booth containing Festus against the left-side wall. Picking the 'Star Hunting' dialogue option starts the quest, which requires finding a total of 50 Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps around the Mojave Wasteland. A list of fixed locations for star bottle caps can be found on the relevant article, as well as there is a moderate chance to gain a star bottle cap when consuming a Sunset Sarsaparilla.
Once at least 50 star bottle caps have been added to the inventory, one must return to Festus in the HQ and deposit the caps into his booth. After congratulating their success, Festus delivers the fabled "treasure": an oral tale about the origin of the star on certain Sunset Sarsaparilla bottle caps. Because such a 'reward' was deemed unsatisfactory by pre-War customers, Festus directs the player character to head deeper into the HQ to find a more substantial prize, ending this quest and triggering A Valuable Lesson.
Quest stages[]
Notes[]
- While the quest is formally triggered by talking to Festus in the HQ, one can still collect star bottle caps towards the required 50 beforehand, even reaching/surpassing that amount by the time one gets to the HQ.
- Festus mentions in the "Legend of the Star" story that before Sunset Sarsaparilla was invented, the main choices people had for soft drinks were water or Nuka-Cola. This contradicts the information on the logo for the Sunset Sarsaparilla Company, which states that it was founded in 1918, 126 years before the foundation of the Nuka-Cola Corporation in 2044.
- Star bottle caps can still be collected after bringing the required 50 to Festus during the quest. However, any additional star bottle caps will automatically be added as regular bottle caps.
- Deactivating Festus with the Robotics Expert perk will render this quest permanently impossible to complete.
The achievement/trophy icon for this quest is similar to the icon for Sierra Madre Souvenir Aficionado in the Dead Money add-on. The differences include the Vault Boy holding red bottle caps rather than Sierra Madre chips and having blue star eyes instead of love hearts.
Behind the scenes[]
According to Joshua Sawyer, the quest was inspired by Tootsie Roll Pop wrappers and the urban legend associated with them,[1] including how that story is referred to as "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 - ↑ The Legend of the Shooting Star on Tootsie Rolls website
