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'''Debt Collector''' is a [[Fallout: New Vegas quests#Side quests|side quest]] in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''.
 
   
 
'''Debt Collector''' is a [[Fallout: New Vegas quests#Side quests|side quest]] in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''.
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==Quick walkthrough==
 
==Quick walkthrough==
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==Detailed walkthrough==
 
==Detailed walkthrough==
Talk to [[Francine Garrett]] at the [[Atomic Wrangler]], and ask if she needs any work done. She will inform you there are three individuals in [[Freeside]] that owe the casino [[Bottle cap (Fallout: New Vegas)|caps]]. In total it will be 600 caps owed, and you will gain 150 caps if you return the caps to Francine (300 with a [[Speech]] check of 50). The three individuals are [[Grecks]], [[Santiago]], and [[Jane (Freeside)|Lady Jane]]. You can pay out of your own pocket if you wish.
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Talk to [[Francine Garret]] at the [[Atomic Wrangler casino|Atomic Wrangler]], and ask if she needs any work done. She will inform you there are three individuals in [[Freeside]] that owe the casino [[Bottle cap (Fallout: New Vegas)|caps]]. In total it will be 600 caps owed, and you will gain 150 caps if you return the caps to Francine (300 with a [[Speech]] check of 50). The three individuals are [[Grecks]], [[Santiago]], and [[Jane (Freeside)|Lady Jane]]. You can pay out of your own pocket if you wish.
 
* Grecks is located behind the [[Old Mormon Fort]]. He will give you the money with either a Speech check or a punch to the face (through dialogue). A second Speech check of 40 or higher will net you additional caps, and a third of 60 will cause him to give you the clothes off his back (negative Karma).
 
* Grecks is located behind the [[Old Mormon Fort]]. He will give you the money with either a Speech check or a punch to the face (through dialogue). A second Speech check of 40 or higher will net you additional caps, and a third of 60 will cause him to give you the clothes off his back (negative Karma).
 
* Santiago is located behind the collapsed building opposite [[Mick & Ralph's]]. He will try to talk his way out of it, but revealing that there's a bounty on his head or punch him in the face will get him to pay up. He will give you more caps with a Speech check. If you have the [[Wang Dang Atomic Tango]] quest also active at the same time, you can convince him to work off his debt at the Atomic Wrangler, also completing the suave talker portion of that quest. Doing this, you'll only have to return to Francine with the 388 caps from the other 2, but will still get your full reward for collecting the debts (150 or 300 caps, depending on the earlier barter check).
 
* Santiago is located behind the collapsed building opposite [[Mick & Ralph's]]. He will try to talk his way out of it, but revealing that there's a bounty on his head or punch him in the face will get him to pay up. He will give you more caps with a Speech check. If you have the [[Wang Dang Atomic Tango]] quest also active at the same time, you can convince him to work off his debt at the Atomic Wrangler, also completing the suave talker portion of that quest. Doing this, you'll only have to return to Francine with the 388 caps from the other 2, but will still get your full reward for collecting the debts (150 or 300 caps, depending on the earlier barter check).
* Lady Jane is located to the right of [[The Strip North Gate]]. You can either get the money through a Speech Check of 40, a Barter check of 40, or the Lady Killer perk. With a [[Perception]] of 7 or higher, your character will be able to tell she is lying and get the caps. You could also ask for other things to help pay off the debt. Doing this results in her giving you 156 caps and 94 caps worth of sensor modules and cartons of cigarettes (neither killing or pickpocketing her at this stage of the quest will work. Doing either would result in you having to collect caps from her caravan). Failing that, she'll direct you to the caravan she lost in the [[Broc Flower Cave]], good loot can be found if you venture further into the cave. You can also fail '''all checks''' and another option will show up for threatening her. She will ask you to tell the Garrets she's dead, to which you reply you don't like liars. Choosing this option will turn her hostile, allowing you to kill her and collect the 256 caps (she will have a ''bag of caps'' on her corpse).
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* Lady Jane is located to the right of [[The Strip North Gate]]. You can either get the money through a Speech Check of 40, a Barter check of 40, or the Lady Killer perk. With a [[Perception]] of 7 or higher, your character will be able to tell she is lying and get the caps. You could also ask for other things to help pay off the debt. Doing this results in her giving you 156 caps and 94 caps worth of sensor modules and cartons of cigarettes (neither killing or pickpocketing her at this stage of the quest will work. Doing either would result in you having to collect caps from her caravan). Failing that, she'll direct you to the caravan she lost in the [[Broc Flower Cave]], good loot can be found if you venture further into the cave. You can also fail '''all checks''' and another option will show up for threatening her. She will ask you to tell the Garrets she's dead, to which you reply you don't like liars. Choosing this option will turn her hostile, allowing you to kill her and collect the 256 caps (she will have a ''[[bag of bottle caps]]'' on her corpse).
 
** If you have entered this cave before receiving this quest the brahmin will not be in the cave.
 
** If you have entered this cave before receiving this quest the brahmin will not be in the cave.
 
** The brahmin will not spawn until you agree to retrieve the debt this way.
 
** The brahmin will not spawn until you agree to retrieve the debt this way.
   
 
Once those three are done, Francine will give you a fourth assignment. Her former collector, [[Caleb McCaffery]], skipped town with a large sum of caps, and she wants him dead. His hat needs to be taken as proof.
 
Once those three are done, Francine will give you a fourth assignment. Her former collector, [[Caleb McCaffery]], skipped town with a large sum of caps, and she wants him dead. His hat needs to be taken as proof.
* Caleb is in [[The Strip]], in the first section near the gate to the second. With a Speech check of 40, he'll give you his hat and the stolen caps. Otherwise, you'll need to kill him for it. Note that the entrance to the Strip will require that you have at least 2000 caps (not as payment, but merely checked against as a minimum necessary value), a passport, or pass a [[Science]] check of 80. Alternatively, you can simply use the Monorail if you are good with the NCR and have not let it be destroyed in [[I Put a Spell on You]].
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* Caleb is in [[New Vegas Strip|the Strip]], in the first section near the gate to the second. With a Speech check of 40, he'll give you his hat and the stolen caps. Otherwise, you'll need to kill him for it. Note that the entrance to the Strip will require that you have at least 2000 caps (not as payment, but merely checked against as a minimum necessary value), a passport, or pass a [[Science]] check of 80. Alternatively, you can simply use the [[monorail]] if you are good with the NCR and have not let it be destroyed in [[I Put a Spell on You]].
 
** On consoles, a major bug may render the game essentially unbeatable if you kill Caleb. See the Bugs section.
 
** On consoles, a major bug may render the game essentially unbeatable if you kill Caleb. See the Bugs section.
   
Bringing the hat back to Francine will finish the quest.
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Bringing the hat back to Francine will finish the quest, earning you caps, and [[Freeside]] Fame Reputation.
   
==Journal entries==
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==Quest stages==
 
{{Quest stage table
 
{{Quest stage table
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|stage1 =10
 
|desc1 =Collect 138 caps from Grecks in Freeside.
 
|desc1 =Collect 138 caps from Grecks in Freeside.
|stage2 =2
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|stage2 =20
 
|desc2 =Collect 212 caps from Santiago in Freeside.
 
|desc2 =Collect 212 caps from Santiago in Freeside.
|stage3 =3
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|stage3 =30
 
|desc3 =Collect 250 caps from Lady Jane.
 
|desc3 =Collect 250 caps from Lady Jane.
|stage4 =4
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|stage4 =40
 
|desc4 =(Optional) Find Lady Jane's caravan and collect caps from the remains.
 
|desc4 =(Optional) Find Lady Jane's caravan and collect caps from the remains.
|stage5 =5
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|stage5 =50
|desc5 =Kill Caleb McCaffery.
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|desc5 =Return 600 caps
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|stage6 =55
|desc6 =Return to Francine with McCaffery's hat.
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|desc6 =Return 388 caps
|status6 =finish
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|desc7 =Kill McCafferty
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|stage8 =80
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|desc8 =Return to Francine with McCaffery's hat.
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|stage9 =100
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|desc9 =get reward from Francine.
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==Bugs==
 
==Bugs==
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} If you finished the first part of the quest and returned with the caps to Francine Garret, you may be able to get double the caps. When you get to Santiago, ask about the free vip and his discount with Ralph's brother. Later on you will find out it was a fake but will unable to bring up again to Santiago if you collected the caps. Before killing the twins old bounty hunter, do James Garret quest on more hookers. Once you go back to Santiago you have the option to tell him about his fake discount. Once you finish that part you can now chase after their old bounty hunter. Get his hat and return to Francine Garret. She will bring about the old quest you already finished and give you the reward again. {{verify|verified}}
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* {{Platforms|xbox360}} If you finished the first part of the quest and returned with the caps to Francine Garret, you may be able to get double the caps. When you get to Santiago, ask about the free vip and his discount with Ralph's brother. Later on you will find out it was a fake but will be unable to bring it up again to Santiago if you collected the caps. Before killing the twins' old bounty hunter, do James Garret's quest on more hookers. Once you go back to Santiago you have the option to tell him about his fake discount. Once you finish that part you can now chase after their old bounty hunter. Get his hat and return to Francine Garret. She will bring about the old quest you already finished and give you the reward again. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|ps3|pc|xbox360}} If you have already completed the quest [[Wang Dang Atomic Tango]] and hired Santiago as the suave talker, there is a possible bug that you will not be able to talk to Santiago to collect the chips. Its still possible to complete the quest by pickpocketing the bag of bottle caps off of him. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|ps3|pc|xbox360}} If you have already completed the quest [[Wang Dang Atomic Tango]] and hired Santiago as the suave talker, there is a possible bug that you will not be able to talk to Santiago to collect the chips. Its still possible to complete the quest by pickpocketing the bag of bottle caps off of him. {{verify|verified}}
* {{Platforms|ps3|xbox360}} Upon completing this quest and killing McCaffery, any attempts on re-entering the Strip will result in a black screen crash and the autosave corrupting (some users have reported The Strip door also requiring a key). To fix the black screen crash, wear the [[Old cowboy hat]] (or even [[Caleb McCaffery's hat]]) that you can find at Crimson Caravan's store (it's near a bunch of [[first aid boxes]]). Wearing it before entering The Strip from Freeside will stop the game from crashing. The key-requirement for The Strip gate can easily be solved by taking the NCR monorail in [[Camp McCarran]] to the Strip, and then opening the gate from the inside. If you cannot use the monorail, stealthily kill one of the Securitron guards near the gate and loot the key from its corpse. {{verify|verified}}
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* {{Platforms|ps3|xbox360}} Upon completing this quest and killing McCaffery, any attempts on re-entering the Strip will result in a black screen crash and the autosave corrupting (some users have reported The Strip door also requiring a key). To fix the black screen crash, wear the [[Old cowboy hat]] (or even [[Caleb McCaffery's hat]]) that you can find at Crimson Caravan's store (it's near a bunch of [[first aid box]]es). Wearing it before entering The Strip from Freeside will stop the game from crashing. The key-requirement for The Strip gate can easily be solved by taking the NCR monorail in [[Camp McCarran]] to the Strip, and then opening the gate from the inside. If you cannot use the monorail, stealthily kill one of the Securitron guards near the gate and loot the key from its corpse. {{verify|verified}}
 
** To avoid the black screen crash, try not to decapitate Caleb; if McCaffery's body is intact when you remove the hat and other items from it, the visual of the hat disappears from the corpse. It is unclear why this was occurring but when his head separated from the rest of the corpse, the image of the hat on McCaffery's head remained even when his corpse was looted, causing the bug above.
 
** To avoid the black screen crash, try not to decapitate Caleb; if McCaffery's body is intact when you remove the hat and other items from it, the visual of the hat disappears from the corpse. It is unclear why this was occurring but when his head separated from the rest of the corpse, the image of the hat on McCaffery's head remained even when his corpse was looted, causing the bug above.
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} When asked to kill McCaffery, there's a possible bug where you will be unable to select any dialogue options. (Pressing start when this happens will fix it) {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} When asked to kill McCaffery, there's a possible bug where you will be unable to select any dialogue options. (Pressing start when this happens will fix it) {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|ps3|xbox360}} Following closure of the dialog when asked to kill McCaffery, he may be involved in a firefight inside the Atomic Wrangler. He will appear friendly in V.A.T.S. and be fighting with Wrangler staff. You can kill him here and get the reward before entering the Strip. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|ps3|xbox360}} Following closure of the dialog when asked to kill McCaffery, he may be involved in a firefight inside the Atomic Wrangler. He will appear friendly in V.A.T.S. and be fighting with Wrangler staff. You can kill him here and get the reward before entering the Strip. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} If Caleb McCaffrey is the first bounty you get and complete by passing a speech check, returning to Francine Garret will complete the mission without having to find Grecks and Lady Jane. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} If Caleb McCaffrey is the first bounty you get and complete by passing a speech check, returning to Francine Garret will complete the mission without having to find Grecks and Lady Jane. {{verify|verified}}
** {{Platforms|pc}} If you go after Caleb McCaffery before Lady Jane, you complete the quest. However, his room doesn't not become yours, despite Francine awarding it to you, all items in it are still 'owned' by someone else and you cannot sleep in the bed.
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** {{Platforms|pc}} If you go after Caleb McCaffery before Lady Jane, you complete the quest. However, his room does not become yours, despite Francine awarding it to you; all items in it are still 'owned' by someone else and you cannot sleep in the bed. {{Verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} In some cases, there is a bug that if you kill Caleb McCaffrey before you start this quest, you will not be able to complete it or if you pick up McCaffrey's hat, you won't be able to drop it, as it will still be marked as a [[quest item]]. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360}} In some cases, there is a bug that if you kill Caleb McCaffrey before you start this quest, you will not be able to complete it or if you pick up McCaffrey's hat, you won't be able to drop it, as it will still be marked as a [[quest item]]. {{verify|verified}}
* {{Platforms|ps3|xbox360}}. The player may be unable to ever open dialogue with Lady Jane. (Attempting to simply triggered a passive statement about ED-E) Repeated attempts caused her to repeat the statement. This can be very problematic and render the quest unable to be completed without killing or pickpocketing her. No known fix as of yet, reloading a save or re-entering the cell does not work. {{verify|verified}}
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* {{Platforms|pc|ps3|xbox360}}. The player may be unable to ever open dialogue with Lady Jane. (Attempting to simply triggered a passive statement about ED-E) Repeated attempts caused her to repeat the statement. This can be very problematic and render the quest unable to be completed without killing or pickpocketing her. No known fix as of yet, reloading a save or re-entering the cell does not work. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360|pc}}. It's possible to turn in the quest with Francine before it's finished and thereby adding Caleb McCaffrey to the existing questline but at the same time making it impossible to talk to Lady Jane. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360|pc}}. It's possible to turn in the quest with Francine before it's finished and thereby adding Caleb McCaffrey to the existing questline but at the same time making it impossible to talk to Lady Jane. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|pc}}. You should not do this quest and [[Wang Dang Atomic Tango]] at the same time. Otherwise, you can only return 388 caps to Franchine, it's 250 from Jane and 138 from Grecks. The game will assume that you didn't collect money from Santiago. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|pc}}. You should not do this quest and [[Wang Dang Atomic Tango]] at the same time. Otherwise, you can only return 388 caps to Franchine, it's 250 from Jane and 138 from Grecks. The game will assume that you didn't collect money from Santiago. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|pc|xbox360}}. Even if you finished the quest, the items in the room still owned by another person. You can only sleep in the bed for free. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|pc|xbox360}}. Even if you finished the quest, the items in the room still owned by another person. You can only sleep in the bed for free. {{verify|verified}}
 
*{{Platforms|ps3}} [[Santiago]] sometimes will disappear and is nowhere to be found, or he will be found dead and his bottle caps won't be on his body. {{verify|verified}}
 
*{{Platforms|ps3}} [[Santiago]] sometimes will disappear and is nowhere to be found, or he will be found dead and his bottle caps won't be on his body. {{verify|verified}}
* {{Platforms|pc}}. If you get the caps from Lady Jane with Lady Killer perk after you talked about her caravan, finding Jane's caravan will be still an optional quest. However sometimes the brahmin sometimes will not spawn thus leaving you without the extra caps. The side-quest can be still completed without the optional side-quest. {{verify|verified}}
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* {{Platforms|pc}}. If you get the caps from Lady Jane with Lady Killer perk after you talked about her caravan, finding Jane's caravan will be still an optional quest. However sometimes the brahmin will not spawn, thus leaving you without the extra caps. The side-quest can be still completed without the optional side-quest. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360|ps3|pc}} If you kill Santiago after receiving his debt, the journal entry 'Collect 212 caps from Santiago' will uncheck, and a quest marker will appear on his body. You can, however, still complete the quest normally by turning in 600 caps to Francine and dealing with McCaffrey afterwards. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|xbox360|ps3|pc}} If you kill Santiago after receiving his debt, the journal entry 'Collect 212 caps from Santiago' will uncheck, and a quest marker will appear on his body. You can, however, still complete the quest normally by turning in 600 caps to Francine and dealing with McCaffrey afterwards. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|pc}} Sometimes Jane's brahmin does not spawn. To fix this with the console type player.placeatme 00116af4 1, this will spawn the brahmin alive, kill it loot it and you're done. I only tried spawning the brahmin in the cave about where it should be but I think it will work anywhere. {{verify|verified}}
 
* {{Platforms|pc}} Sometimes Jane's brahmin does not spawn. To fix this with the console type player.placeatme 00116af4 1, this will spawn the brahmin alive, kill it loot it and you're done. I only tried spawning the brahmin in the cave about where it should be but I think it will work anywhere. {{verify|verified}}
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* {{Platforms|xbox360|pc}} There might be a chance of finishing this quest twice and getting the reward twice by returning the 388 caps (250 from Jane and 138 from grecks) and then returning 600 caps to Francine by getting all caps plus going to Lady Jane's caravan and getting the caps from there, the player will first give the 300 caps and get the reward then give the 600 caps and get the reward once more, after giving the caps the first time the option to say you completed the debt collecting will still be available and will give you the opportunity to return the next pack of caps.{{verify|verified}}
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JanesCaravanLincoln.jpg|Jane's caravan, complete with Lincoln's head, in Broc flower cave .
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I'd prefer you not to kill anyone with a debt. It's a bit difficult to collect on a corpse.Francine Garret

Debt Collector is a side quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthrough

Side Quest: Debt Collector 
Talk to Francine Garret
Collect Grecks debt. 
Collect Santiago's debt. 
Coerce Lady Jane in to giving you her debt through a Speech, Barter, Perception check or from Lady Killer
Find Lady Jane's caravan and collect the caps she owes from the remains. 
Return to Francine. 
Kill Caleb McCaffery, taking his hat and caps from his corpse. 
Convince Caleb McCaffery to give you his stolen caps and hat through a speech check. 
Return to Francine. 
Reward: 600 XP
300 caps
Player housing at the Atomic Wrangler casino 
Leads to: Hat's Entertainment 

Detailed walkthrough

Talk to Francine Garret at the Atomic Wrangler, and ask if she needs any work done. She will inform you there are three individuals in Freeside that owe the casino caps. In total it will be 600 caps owed, and you will gain 150 caps if you return the caps to Francine (300 with a Speech check of 50). The three individuals are Grecks, Santiago, and Lady Jane. You can pay out of your own pocket if you wish.

  • Grecks is located behind the Old Mormon Fort. He will give you the money with either a Speech check or a punch to the face (through dialogue). A second Speech check of 40 or higher will net you additional caps, and a third of 60 will cause him to give you the clothes off his back (negative Karma).
  • Santiago is located behind the collapsed building opposite Mick & Ralph's. He will try to talk his way out of it, but revealing that there's a bounty on his head or punch him in the face will get him to pay up. He will give you more caps with a Speech check. If you have the Wang Dang Atomic Tango quest also active at the same time, you can convince him to work off his debt at the Atomic Wrangler, also completing the suave talker portion of that quest. Doing this, you'll only have to return to Francine with the 388 caps from the other 2, but will still get your full reward for collecting the debts (150 or 300 caps, depending on the earlier barter check).
  • Lady Jane is located to the right of The Strip North Gate. You can either get the money through a Speech Check of 40, a Barter check of 40, or the Lady Killer perk. With a Perception of 7 or higher, your character will be able to tell she is lying and get the caps. You could also ask for other things to help pay off the debt. Doing this results in her giving you 156 caps and 94 caps worth of sensor modules and cartons of cigarettes (neither killing or pickpocketing her at this stage of the quest will work. Doing either would result in you having to collect caps from her caravan). Failing that, she'll direct you to the caravan she lost in the Broc Flower Cave, good loot can be found if you venture further into the cave. You can also fail all checks and another option will show up for threatening her. She will ask you to tell the Garrets she's dead, to which you reply you don't like liars. Choosing this option will turn her hostile, allowing you to kill her and collect the 256 caps (she will have a bag of bottle caps on her corpse).
    • If you have entered this cave before receiving this quest the brahmin will not be in the cave.
    • The brahmin will not spawn until you agree to retrieve the debt this way.

Once those three are done, Francine will give you a fourth assignment. Her former collector, Caleb McCaffery, skipped town with a large sum of caps, and she wants him dead. His hat needs to be taken as proof.

  • Caleb is in the Strip, in the first section near the gate to the second. With a Speech check of 40, he'll give you his hat and the stolen caps. Otherwise, you'll need to kill him for it. Note that the entrance to the Strip will require that you have at least 2000 caps (not as payment, but merely checked against as a minimum necessary value), a passport, or pass a Science check of 80. Alternatively, you can simply use the monorail if you are good with the NCR and have not let it be destroyed in I Put a Spell on You.
    • On consoles, a major bug may render the game essentially unbeatable if you kill Caleb. See the Bugs section.

Bringing the hat back to Francine will finish the quest, earning you caps, and Freeside Fame Reputation.

Quest stages

StageStatusDescription
10 Collect 138 caps from Grecks in Freeside.
20 Collect 212 caps from Santiago in Freeside.
30 Collect 250 caps from Lady Jane.
40 (Optional) Find Lady Jane's caravan and collect caps from the remains.
50 Return 600 caps
55 Return 388 caps
60 Kill McCafferty
80 Return to Francine with McCaffery's hat.
100 get reward from Francine.

Bugs

  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 If you finished the first part of the quest and returned with the caps to Francine Garret, you may be able to get double the caps. When you get to Santiago, ask about the free vip and his discount with Ralph's brother. Later on you will find out it was a fake but will be unable to bring it up again to Santiago if you collected the caps. Before killing the twins' old bounty hunter, do James Garret's quest on more hookers. Once you go back to Santiago you have the option to tell him about his fake discount. Once you finish that part you can now chase after their old bounty hunter. Get his hat and return to Francine Garret. She will bring about the old quest you already finished and give you the reward again. [verified]
  • Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 If you have already completed the quest Wang Dang Atomic Tango and hired Santiago as the suave talker, there is a possible bug that you will not be able to talk to Santiago to collect the chips. Its still possible to complete the quest by pickpocketing the bag of bottle caps off of him. [verified]
  • Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Upon completing this quest and killing McCaffery, any attempts on re-entering the Strip will result in a black screen crash and the autosave corrupting (some users have reported The Strip door also requiring a key). To fix the black screen crash, wear the Old cowboy hat (or even Caleb McCaffery's hat) that you can find at Crimson Caravan's store (it's near a bunch of first aid boxes). Wearing it before entering The Strip from Freeside will stop the game from crashing. The key-requirement for The Strip gate can easily be solved by taking the NCR monorail in Camp McCarran to the Strip, and then opening the gate from the inside. If you cannot use the monorail, stealthily kill one of the Securitron guards near the gate and loot the key from its corpse. [verified]
    • To avoid the black screen crash, try not to decapitate Caleb; if McCaffery's body is intact when you remove the hat and other items from it, the visual of the hat disappears from the corpse. It is unclear why this was occurring but when his head separated from the rest of the corpse, the image of the hat on McCaffery's head remained even when his corpse was looted, causing the bug above.
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 When asked to kill McCaffery, there's a possible bug where you will be unable to select any dialogue options. (Pressing start when this happens will fix it) [verified]
  • Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Following closure of the dialog when asked to kill McCaffery, he may be involved in a firefight inside the Atomic Wrangler. He will appear friendly in V.A.T.S. and be fighting with Wrangler staff. You can kill him here and get the reward before entering the Strip. [verified]
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 If Caleb McCaffrey is the first bounty you get and complete by passing a speech check, returning to Francine Garret will complete the mission without having to find Grecks and Lady Jane. [verified]
    • PCPC If you go after Caleb McCaffery before Lady Jane, you complete the quest. However, his room does not become yours, despite Francine awarding it to you; all items in it are still 'owned' by someone else and you cannot sleep in the bed. [verified]
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 In some cases, there is a bug that if you kill Caleb McCaffrey before you start this quest, you will not be able to complete it or if you pick up McCaffrey's hat, you won't be able to drop it, as it will still be marked as a quest item. [verified]
  • PCPC. The player may be unable to ever open dialogue with Lady Jane. (Attempting to simply triggered a passive statement about ED-E) Repeated attempts caused her to repeat the statement. This can be very problematic and render the quest unable to be completed without killing or pickpocketing her. No known fix as of yet, reloading a save or re-entering the cell does not work. [verified]
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360. It's possible to turn in the quest with Francine before it's finished and thereby adding Caleb McCaffrey to the existing questline but at the same time making it impossible to talk to Lady Jane. [verified]
  • PCPC. You should not do this quest and Wang Dang Atomic Tango at the same time. Otherwise, you can only return 388 caps to Franchine, it's 250 from Jane and 138 from Grecks. The game will assume that you didn't collect money from Santiago. [verified]
  • PCPC. Even if you finished the quest, the items in the room still owned by another person. You can only sleep in the bed for free. [verified]
  • Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Santiago sometimes will disappear and is nowhere to be found, or he will be found dead and his bottle caps won't be on his body. [verified]
  • PCPC. If you get the caps from Lady Jane with Lady Killer perk after you talked about her caravan, finding Jane's caravan will be still an optional quest. However sometimes the brahmin will not spawn, thus leaving you without the extra caps. The side-quest can be still completed without the optional side-quest. [verified]
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 If you kill Santiago after receiving his debt, the journal entry 'Collect 212 caps from Santiago' will uncheck, and a quest marker will appear on his body. You can, however, still complete the quest normally by turning in 600 caps to Francine and dealing with McCaffrey afterwards. [verified]
  • PCPC Sometimes Jane's brahmin does not spawn. To fix this with the console type player.placeatme 00116af4 1, this will spawn the brahmin alive, kill it loot it and you're done. I only tried spawning the brahmin in the cave about where it should be but I think it will work anywhere. [verified]
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 There might be a chance of finishing this quest twice and getting the reward twice by returning the 388 caps (250 from Jane and 138 from grecks) and then returning 600 caps to Francine by getting all caps plus going to Lady Jane's caravan and getting the caps from there, the player will first give the 300 caps and get the reward then give the 600 caps and get the reward once more, after giving the caps the first time the option to say you completed the debt collecting will still be available and will give you the opportunity to return the next pack of caps.[verified]

Gallery

Main quests
Act 1Ain't That a Kick in the Head · Back in the Saddle · By a Campfire on the Trail · They Went That-a-Way · Ring-a-Ding-Ding!
Act 2Wild Card (Wild Card: Ace in the Hole, Change in Management, You and What Army?, Side Bets, Finishing Touches) · The House Always Wins (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII) · Render Unto Caesar · Et Tumor, Brute? · Things That Go Boom · Kings' Gambit · For the Republic, Part 2 · You'll Know It When It Happens/Arizona Killer
Act 3No Gods, No Masters · All or Nothing · Veni, Vidi, Vici · Eureka!
Side quests
New California RepublicAnywhere I Wander · Back in Your Own Backyard · Bitter Springs Infirmary Blues · Boulder City Showdown · Can You Find it in Your Heart? · Climb Ev'ry Mountain · Don't Tread on the Bear! · Emergency Radio · Eye for an Eye · Flags of Our Foul-Ups · Hard Luck Blues · I Don't Hurt Anymore · I Put a Spell on You · Keep Your Eyes on the Prize · Medical Mystery · No, Not Much · Pressing Matters · Restoring Hope · Return to Sender · That Lucky Old Sun · The White Wash · There Stands the Grass · Three-Card Bounty · We Will All Go Together · You Can Depend on Me
Caesar's LegionBeware the Wrath of Caesar! · Caesar's Favor · Caesar's Foe · Caesar's Hire · Cold, Cold Heart · I Hear You Knocking · The Finger of Suspicion · We Are Legion
The StripBeyond the Beef · Bye Bye Love · Classic Inspiration · How Little We Know · Pheeble Will · Talent Pool · The House Has Gone Bust! · The Moon Comes Over the Tower
Freeside & Outer VegasBirds of a Feather · Bleed Me Dry · Debt Collector · G.I. Blues · High Times · Someone to Watch Over Me · The Coyotes · Wang Dang Atomic Tango
BoomersAnt Misbehavin' · Sunshine Boogie · Volare! · Young Hearts
Great KhansAba Daba Honeymoon · Cry Me a River · Don't Make a Beggar of Me · Oh My Papa
Powder GangBooted · I Fought the Law · Run Goodsprings Run · Why Can't We Be Friends?
Brotherhood of SteelEyesight to the Blind · Still in the Dark · Tend to Your Business
OtherCome Fly With Me · Crazy, Crazy, Crazy · Ghost Town Gunfight · Guess Who I Saw Today · Left My Heart · My Kind of Town · The Legend of the Star and A Valuable Lesson · Unfriendly Persuasion · Wheel of Fortune
Companion questsED-E My Love · For Auld Lang Syne · Heartache by the Number · I Could Make You Care · I Forgot to Remember to Forget · Nothin' But a Hound Dog · One for My Baby
Unmarked questsA Bit of Slap and Tickle · A Final Plan for Esteban · Access Powers · All Fired Up! · An Ear to the Ground · Andy and Charlie · Arachnophobia · Arizona Scavenger · Barton the Fink · Bear Necessities · Big Winner (Atomic Wrangler, The Gomorrah, The Tops, Ultra-Luxe, Vikki & Vance) · Bounty Killer (I, II) · Brotherhood Bond (I, II) · Caching in at the Cove · Cajoling a Cudgel · Claws Mended · Claws Out · Dealing with Contreras · Defacing the Humble Stone · Democracy Inaction · Don't Poke at the Bear! · Eddie's Emissary · Exhumin' Nature · Fight Night · Flogging a Dead Corpse · Friend of the Followers · Gland for Some Home Cooking · Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger · Hat's Entertainment · Help for Halford · Hidden Valley computer virus · Highway to the Danger Zone (I, II) · Honorary Rocketeer · I Love Bananas · Iron and Stealing · Keith's Caravan Charade · Laurifer Gladiator · Lenk's Bad Debts · Lily and Leo · Long-Term Care · Malleable Mini Boomer Minds · Maud's Muggers · Meeting an Equal · Missing a Few Missiles · Most Wanted · Not Worth a Hill of Corn and Beans · Old School Ghoul · A Pair of Dead Desperados (I, II) · Papers, Please · Pistol Packing · Playing on the Old Joana · Powder to the People · Power to the People · Razzle Dazzle! · Reach for the Sky, Mister! · Rest and Resupply · Ringo's Caravan Rules · Rotface's Loose Lips · Saving (or Savaging) Sergeant Teddy · The Screams of Brahmin · Silus Treatment · Short-Term Treatment · Smooth-Talking Criminal · The Star Showdown · Strategic Nuclear Moose · Straus Calls · Strip Search · Suits You, Sarah · Tags of Our Fallen · A Team of Moronic Mercenaries · Thought for the Day · Tourist Traipse · Trudy's Radio Repair · A Trusted Aide · Useless Baubles or Fancy Trinkets? · We Must Stop Beating Like This · We Must Stop Meeting Like This · Wind-Brahmin Wrangler · You Gotta Break Out a Few Eggs · You Make Me Feel Like a Woman
Add-on quests
Dead MoneySierra Madre Grand Opening! · Find Collars (8: "Dog", 12: Christine, 14: Dean Domino) · Fires in the Sky · Strike Up the Band · Mixed Signals · Trigger the Gala Event · Put the Beast Down · Last Luxuries · Curtain Call at the Tampico · Heist of the Centuries · Big Winner, Sierra Madre
Honest HeartsA Family Affair · Arrival at Zion · Bighorners of the Eastern Virgin · Chaos in Zion · Civilized Man's Burden · Crush the White Legs · Deliverer of Sorrows  · Departing Paradise · Flight from Zion · Gathering Storms · Gone Fishin' · Happy Trails Expedition · Prisoners of War · Retake the Bridge · River Monsters · Rite of Passage · Roadside Attraction · Sanctity of the Dead · The Advance Scouts  · The Treacherous Road · The Grand Staircase · Tourist Trap
Old World BluesAll My Friends Have Off Switches · A Brain's Best Friend · Coming Out of Her Shell · Field Research · He Came... And Went · Influencing People · Midnight Science Fiction Feature! · Old World Blues · On the Same Wavelength · Picking Your Brains · Project X-13 · Sonic Emitter Upgrade · Welcome to the Big Empty · What's in a Name? · When Visitors Attack! · X-2: Strange Transmissions! · X-8 Data Retrieval Test · X-8: High School Horror! · X-13: Attack of the Infiltrator!
Lonesome RoadThe Reunion · The Silo · The Job · The Launch · The Tunnelers · The Divide · The Courier · The End · The Apocalypse