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Limited Edition Mojave Landmark snow globes are collectible items in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics[]

Globe Trotter
These rare, pre-War artifacts are widely considered to be useless baubles, but rumor has it that some collectors will pay dearly for them.

The snow globes found in the world can be sold to Jane for 2,000 caps each, which will also add them to the snow globe display stand in the Lucky 38 presidential suite.

Snow globes found in add-ons are displayed on a shelf located directly above the snow globe stand. As soon as one is picked up, 2,000 caps will automatically be given (with the exception of the Sierra Madre snow globe, which will instead give 2,000 Sierra Madre chips) and the snow globe will appear on the shelf.

They are a promotional item from Vault-Tec Industries, much like the promotional bobbleheads from the East coast that appeared in Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76. The Vault Boy appears in every one of the snow globes.

Locations[]

There are a total of seven to find in the Mojave Wasteland, and an additional four from the locations visited in the add-ons: one each from Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road.

Image Name Location Form ID
SnowglobeGoodsprings Goodsprings In Goodsprings Cemetery. On the second grave to the west of the Courier's (open) grave, at the northern edge of the cemetery (near the water tower). The grave is the only one in the area with rubble on top; the snow globe can be found among it, in front of the marker. 0015DB3A
SnowglobeHooverDam Hoover Dam In the Hoover Dam visitor center, sitting on the welcome desk. 0015DB39
SnowglobeMormonFort Mormon Fort In the Old Mormon Fort. Upon entering the fort, go to the western corner and enter the door to the tower. The snow globe is located upstairs on a shelf. 0015DB37
SnowglobeMtCharleston Mt. Charleston In Jacobstown lodge. The snow globe is sitting on the reception desk. 0015DB38
SnowglobeNellisAFB Nellis AFB Nellis Air Force Base, Nellis Boomer Museum. The snow globe is located on the table to the right, immediately after entering the building. 0015DB3C
SnowglobeTestSite Test Site In the cocktail lounge of the Lucky 38 Casino. The snow globe is on the counter behind the middle cash register with a green lamp and some bar taps next to it (Mr. House must first be spoken to in order to gain access to this area). 0015DB3B
SnowglobeStrip The Strip In the Vault 21 Hotel, on the nightstand in Sarah's Average-locked room in the northeast corner of Vault 21, next to the room for purchase. Sarah can be pickpocketed for the keys if necessary. 0015DB3D
SnowglobeSierraMadreCasino Sierra Madre Dead Money Located near Dean's Secret Stash in the upper levels of Salida del Sol North. From the southern-most entrance to Salida del Sol South (inside a house in Salida del Sol North), proceed down the stairway and out to the street, then turn 180 degrees for the entrance hole in the wall above. This area can be reached by going up the stairs located around the corner to the southeast and following the rooftops back toward the hole. xx00FE80
SnowglobeDLC02 Zion National Park Honest Hearts Found in the general store in the northwestern part of Zion, on the bottom shelf of a broken cabinet behind the counter. xx00EDF5
Snow globe Big MT Big MT Old World Blues (add-on) Found in the X-17 Meteorological Station, in the room on the catwalk next to the model houses. xx00CDC6
SnowglobeLonesomeRoad Lonesome Road Lonesome Road (add-on) Found at the Junction 7 rest stop just past the High Road. When leaving the High Road, take a right, the shop is at the bottom of the hill. The snow globe is upstairs, inside a fallen bookshelf. xx004687

Related quests[]

Notes[]

  • Snow globes are marked as quest items and cannot be removed from the Courier's inventory (unless sold to Jane).
  • Due to being marked quest items, snow globes have no net weight, despite being marked as having a weight of 1 lb. (Fixed in patch 1.3.0.452)
  • If Mr. House dies, Jane will disappear, and it will no longer be possible to remove the snow globes from the inventory. However, PC users can use the console command player.placeatme 00116a50 to spawn Jane to their location to continue adding snow globes to the stand. Should Jane still be aggressive after spawning, use console command stopcombat after having talked at her to stop all combat.
  • To receive the Globe Trotter achievement, only the seven snow globes in the base game need to be found; selling them to Jane is not necessary to get the achievement. The four snow globes found in the add-ons do not contribute to this achievement.
  • After they end up on the display shelf, the snow globes cannot be interacted with in any way.
  • Picking up the snow globes in the add-ons will add them to the shelf automatically and do not require Mr. House to be alive.
  • The Toaster in The Sink will shout out that it has a "super-rare Mojave snow globe," and all the Courier has to do to get it is reach down into his bread slot. Due to the murderous nature of the Toaster, this is more of an attempt to kill the Courier via electrocution.
  • Three of the four snow globes found in the add-ons do not have snowing animations, except for the Zion National Park snow globe: the Sierra Madre snow globe contains Cloud gas, and the Big MT snow globe simply doesn't have any snow, while the Lonesome Road snow globe is the only globe that is damaged; a large hole can be seen on the dome and the Vault Boy inside has fallen over.

Behind the scenes[]

It's for the Citizen Kane reference, partially because it's especially fitting for Mr. House. He has no interest in physically interacting with the world but wants absolute control over New Vegas. Snow globes are perfect static worlds in miniature that can't be directly touched but can be (literally) turned up side down any time the owner desires.— Joshua Sawyer[1]

Joshua Sawyer stated that he likely came up with the snow globes, because they represent a "little perfectly controlled world," in the vein of Citizen Kane.[2]

Bugs[]

Xbox 360Xbox 360 Sometimes you can only sell snow globes to Jane one at a time, regardless of the number you've found. [verified]

Gallery[]

Base game snow globes[]

Add-on snow globes[]

Base game texture files[]

Add-on texture files[]

References[]

  1. Joshua Sawyer on Something Awful forums
  2. Fallout: New Vegas 10th Anniversary Charity Stream (reference starts at 3:37:22)
    Joshua Sawyer: "'Who came up with the snow globes?' Umm... I did, I think. I'm pretty sure it was me. I'm gonna get an e-mail from John Gonzalez saying 'no, actually, it was me.' I think it was me because Mr. House is very, uh... he's very 'Citizen-Kaney.' He has that vibe. And snow globes felt like a little perfectly controlled world. Seemed appealing to him."
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