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Coyote tobacco chew is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background[]

Harvested from wild and domestic coyote tobacco plants common in the Mojave Desert,[1] coyote tobacco chew is a reinvigorating plant that can be consumed raw to reduce sleepiness.[2][3]

Characteristics[]

Consuming this item gives a +1 boost to Perception and Agility, and a -30 to Sleep in Hardcore mode. It is possible to become addicted to this item, the effects of which are a -1 to Perception and Charisma.

Crafting[]

This item is used as part of the recipe for black coffee if Honest Hearts is installed.

Creation requirements

Materials:Requirements:Produces:
Coyote tobacco chew (1)
Range
Honest Hearts add-on
Level
Black coffee (1)
¹ The coffee pot will remain in the crafter's inventory afterward, and can be reused.

Locations[]

Loose chew
Plants

Notes[]

  • Although consuming coyote tobacco chew itself is addictive, consuming black coffee, which includes it in its creation, is not.
  • In one of Boone's endings, he communicates his thoughts to Legate Lanius by spitting tobacco chew into his eyes, in front of the Legion armies.[3]

Behind the scenes[]

Coyote tobacco chew was named by Joshua Sawyer after an entry in the book Growing Food In the High Desert Country about coyote tobacco, or Nicotiana attenuata.[4]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. The Courier: "What kind of crops do you grow?"
    Trent Bascom: "Everything I can. Farmers out here don't have the luxury of being picky. I get by mostly on maize and tobacco."
    (Trent Bascom's dialogue)
  2. -30 Sleep in Hardcore mode
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fallout: New Vegas endings; Slide 22: Craig Boone
  4. Fallout: New Vegas 10th Anniversary Charity Stream Part 3 (reference starts at 23:15)
    Joshua Sawyer: "Because I believe it's wild... if I recall correctly. I got a book called, it's like "FarmingIn-game spelling, punctuation and/or grammar in the High Desert Country" and it talked about coyote tobacco specifically. And so rather than make people think it was like, convential tobacco... it's coyote tobacco. Grows wild."
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