Holdout weapons

Holdout weapons is a term used to describe weapons which can be brought into certain "weapon-free" areas — primarily the three Strip casinos (Gomorrah, The Tops, and Ultra-Luxe)— without being taken from the player. What weapons are classified as "holdouts" depends on the player's Sneak skill, with one list for all players regardless of skill level, and another for players with a skill level of 50 or above. Internally these lists are referred to as "Holdout Weapons" and "Improved Holdout Weapons", respectively.

Overview

At certain points in the course of the game, the Courier may have their weapons confiscated from them. In some of these situations the player will be presented with an option to retain some of their weapons in the form of a dialogue option which usually ends with the text "<keep holdout weapons>". Selecting this option will allow the player to retain a small subset of their weapons; what weapons are retained depends on the player's Sneak skill.

The most common locations where the "holdout" option is offered are The Strip's three functioning casinos, but a number of other locations will offer the option when entered. The complete list of locations is:

• Gomorrah
• The Tops
• The Ultra-Luxe
• Fortification Hill
• Camp McCarran interrogation room (when interrogating Silus)

"Standard" Holdout Weapons

See also: Category:Fallout: New Vegas holdout weapons

These weapons are always able to be concealed and brought into "weapon-free" areas, regardless of the player's Sneak skill. Many of these weapons can be purchased from the merchant Mr. Holdout, who can be found near the entrance of the Gomorrah casino.

Name	Skill	Ammo	DAM	DPS	Weight	Silent
Brass knuckles	Unarmed		18	36	1	Yes
Cosmic knife	Melee Weapons		12	35	1	Yes
Cosmic knife clean	Melee Weapons		15	44	1	Yes
Cosmic knife super-heated	Melee Weapons		14	41	1	Yes
Figaro	Melee Weapons		11	51	1	Yes
Knife	Melee Weapons		8	23	1	Yes
Li'l Devil	Guns	12.7mm	45	146.3	2	No
Love and Hate	Unarmed		30	75.78	1	Yes
MFC grenade	Explosives		1 + 90	48	0.5	No
Nuka-grenade	Explosives		1 +350 AoE +2 for 5s	228	0.5	No
Police pistol	Guns	.357 magnum	30	80	3	No
Silenced .22 pistol	Guns	.22LR	9	31	3	Yes
Spiked knuckles	Unarmed		25	25	1	Yes
Straight razor	Melee Weapons		5	18	1	Yes
Switchblade	Melee Weapons		9	41	1	Yes
Throwing knife	Melee Weapons		15	192	0.5	Yes
Tin grenade	Explosives		1 + 100	65	0.5	No

Improved Holdout Weapons

See also: Category:Fallout: New Vegas improved holdout weapons

These weapons can be brought into "weapon-free" areas if the player has a Sneak skill of 50 or above. Bonuses from temporary effects, such as ¡La Fantoma! or Stealth Boys, are counted when determining the player's skill level.

Note that this list does not replace the "standard" list of holdout weapons; weapons from the "standard" holdout weapons list are always able to be brought into "weapon-free" areas, regardless of skill.

Name	Skill	Ammo	DAM	DPS	Weight	Silent
.357 magnum revolver	Guns	.357 magnum	28	45	2	No
.44 magnum revolver	Guns	.44 magnum	36	67	3.5	No
.45 Auto pistol	Guns	.45 Auto	29	79	1.5	Modded
5.56mm pistol	Guns	5.56mm round	28	77	5	No
9mm pistol	Guns	9mm	16	49	1.5	No
10mm pistol	Guns	10mm	22	60	3	Modded
A Light Shining in Darkness	Guns	.45 Auto	33	144	1.2	No
Bowie knife	Melee Weapons		23	79	1	Yes
Blood-Nap	Melee Weapons		30	110	1	Yes
C-4 plastic explosive	Explosives		152	152	0.5	Yes
Chance's knife	Melee Weapons		22	91	1	Yes
Chopper	Melee Weapons		14	56	2	Yes
Cleaver	Melee Weapons		7	17	2	Yes
Combat knife	Melee Weapons		15	48	1	Yes
Compliance Regulator	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	8	29	3	No
Corrosive glove	Unarmed		21	22	4	No
Detonator	Explosives	C-4 plastic explosive			0.5	Yes
Dr. Klein's glove	Unarmed		34	46	4	No
Dr. Mobius' glove	Unarmed		28	38	3	No
Dynamite	Explosives		50	32.61	0.3	Yes
Fat mine	Explosives		5 +450 AoE	1400	3.25	No
Fire bomb	Explosives		1 + 8	8	0.5	Yes
Flare gun	Energy Weapons	Flamer fuel	10	19	2	No
Flash bang	Explosives		15	15	0.5	Yes
Follows-Chalk's .45 Auto pistol	Guns	Companion	29	79	1.5	No
Frag grenade	Explosives		50	48	0.5	Yes
Gas grenade	Explosives		0	0	0.5	Yes
Greased Lightning	Unarmed		32	96	6	Yes
Hatchet	Melee Weapons		16	40	2	Yes
Industrial hand	Unarmed		50	160	10	No
Laser pistol	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	12	44	3	No
Laser pistol (GRA)	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	12	45	3	No
Lead pipe	Melee Weapons		13	32	3	Yes
Long-fuse dynamite	Explosives		1 +75 AoE	30	0.5	No
Loyal's detonator	Explosives		0	0	0.5	Yes
Lucky	Guns	.357 magnum	30	82	2.5	No
Maria	Guns	9mm	20	74	1.5	No
MF Hyperbreeder Alpha	Energy Weapons	Microfusion breeder	25	175	7	No
MFC cluster	Explosives		1 + 75x6	600	0.5	No
Mysterious Magnum	Guns	.44 magnum	42	102	4	No
Pew Pew	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	75	149	3	No
Plasma grenade	Explosives		95		0.5	Yes
Plasma pistol	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	22	38.5	3	No
Plasma pistol (GRA)	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	22	38.5	3	No
Police baton	Melee Weapons		10	10	2	Yes
Power fist	Unarmed		43	28	6	Yes
Power fist (GRA)	Unarmed		43	28	6	Yes
Pulse grenade	Explosives		280		0.5	Yes
Ripper	Melee Weapons		30	28	6	Yes
Ripper (GRA)	Melee Weapons		30	28	6	Yes
Salt-Upon-Wounds' power fist	Unarmed		45	61	6	Yes
Saturnite fist	Unarmed		35	63	4	No
Saturnite fist super-heated	Unarmed		55	90	4	No
Sawed-off shotgun	Guns	12 gauge	126	50	4	No
Scientist glove	Unarmed		21	28	2	No
She's Embrace	Unarmed		25	44	10	Yes
Sleepytyme	Guns	10mm	22	226.8	5	Yes
Sonic emitter - Gabriel's bark	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	55	56	2	No
Sonic emitter - opera singer	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	55	56	2	No
Sonic emitter - revelation	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	31	42	2	No
Sonic emitter - robo-scorpion	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	65	67	2	No
Sonic emitter - tarantula	Energy Weapons	Energy cell	60	62	2	No
Sterilizer glove	Unarmed		21	28	3	No
The Humble Cudgel	Melee Weapons		26	52	3	Yes
Time bomb, high yield	Explosives		1 +400 AoE	1536	0.5	No
Tire iron	Melee Weapons		15	34	3	Yes
Two-Step Goodbye	Unarmed		70	67.2	6	Yes
Waking Cloud's yao guai gauntlet	Unarmed		20	32	10	Yes
War club	Melee Weapons		19	56	3	Yes
Yao guai gauntlet	Unarmed		20	32	10	Yes

Notes

• If choosing the holdout dialogue option, weapons carried by companions will be confiscated based on the player's Sneak skill, not that of their companion(s).
• There are only two holdout weapons which companion Lily Bowen is capable of using: frag grenades and plasma grenades. This is due to a restriction placed on Lily which limits what weapons she can use, primarily limiting her to heavy weapons such as the minigun.
• When you are disarmed when entering "weapon-free" areas, all confiscated weapons are stripped of their associated keybinding(s). As a result, you must re-keybind your weapons when you retrieve them.
• Players can bring their own weapons without being confiscated into the casinos, after following the correct path of their quest.
  • Tops- Convince Swank to let you deal with Benny in Ring-a-Ding-Ding!.
  • Gomorrah- Follow Cachino's path to deal with the bosses during How Little We Know.
  • Ultra-Luxe- Find a sponsor to let you join White Glove Society during Beyond the Beef.

Being seen with a weapon drawn in the casinos without completing the appropriate quest or task will make the families hostile and affect the reputation with White Glove Society if you are in Ultra-Luxe, but you can draw any weapon when confronting Silus or in The Fort.

• Weapons which are also Quest Items (such as the missing laser pistol) cannot be confiscated regardless of sneak skill.

Bugs

• Playstation 3 The companion-specific versions of some improved holdout weapons are not included in these lists, and will be confiscated when these companions enter casinos. This includes melee weapons such as Cass's combat knife and Raul's lead pipe, which differ from the normal versions only in that they cannot be taken by the player.
• Playstation 3 ED-E's integrated weapons can be brought into weapons-free areas as holdout weapons, but only if the player's Sneak skill is below 50. This is caused by ED-E's weapons being included on the holdout weapons list but not the improved holdout weapons list.
• Playstation 3 Rex's Bite "weapon" is not classified as a holdout weapon and will be confiscated.