For an overview of Sugar Bombs, see Sugar Bombs. |
Sugar Bombs are a consumable item and crafting component in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background[]
Marketed across the United States as having "explosive great taste," the Sugar Bombs contain no explosives, but an overabundance of sugar frosting on each of the uniquely shaped wheat cereals, resembling the Fat Man, or perhaps more relevantly, a mini nuke. Served with milk, it made for a breakfast full of carbohydrates and little else. It was marketed at children, with added promotions to increase sales, such as Captain Cosmos decoder rings.[1]
Interestingly, the ingredients used in the bombs make them an ingredient for manufacturing high-end drugs[2] and a tool for sabotage, as they can cause violent explosions when introduced to rocket fuel mixes.[3]
Characteristics[]
Within Fallout: New Vegas, Sugar Bombs are now individually distinct from most other "basic" food items. The most obvious difference from Fallout 3 is that they now provide a limited boost to maximum Action Points, similar to chems such as Jet or Rocket. Comparatively, this boost is small, but stacks with other similar effects while not carrying any risk of addiction.
Survival skill effect[]
Skill | Effect | Hardcore effect |
---|---|---|
10 | +1 Hit Point for 7s, +6 Action points for 30s | -36 Starvation |
20 | +1 Hit Point for 7s, +7 Action points for 30s | -42 Starvation |
30 | +1 Hit Point for 7s, +8 Action points for 30s | -48 Starvation |
40 | +1 Hit Point for 7s, +9 Action points for 30s | -54 Starvation |
50 | +2 Hit Point for 7s, +10 Action points for 30s | -60 Starvation |
60 | +2 Hit Point for 7s, +11 Action points for 30s | -66 Starvation |
70 | +2 Hit Point for 7s, +12 Action points for 30s | -72 Starvation |
80 | +2 Hit Point for 7s, +13 Action points for 30s | -78 Starvation |
90 | +2 Hit Point for 7s, +14 Action points for 30s | -84 Starvation |
100 | +3 Hit Point for 7s, +15 Action points for 30s | -90 Starvation |
- Note: Radiation is not affected by Survival skill level.
Crafting[]
Sugar Bombs are used as ingredients in several crafting recipes:
Variants[]
Locations[]
Apart from appearing randomly in refrigerators and similar containers, there are numerous fixed locations where Sugar Bombs are certain to appear:
Location | Description |
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Mountain Shadows campground | One box can be found on a picnic table at the north-west most camping area. |
Freeside | Two boxes can be stolen off the shelf at Mick and Ralph's store. |
General store | Six can be found at the end of the shelf on the right-hand side when first walking in. |
188 Trading Post | Four boxes found next to the Forecaster directly underneath the bridge. |
Goodsprings | One box on a shelf in Doc Mitchell's house. |
Novac | One box on a bench in rentable motel room. |
Goodsprings gas station | One box on a shelf. |
East pump station | Two "owned" boxes on the shelf to the left when first walking inside. |
Nipton | One box near Boxcars in the Nipton General Store. |
Tribal village | Two boxes on shelves in the southern-most tent. |
Brooks tumbleweed ranch | Two boxes inside the ranch's kitchen area on the shelves to the right. |
Westside | Four boxes can be stolen off the shelf at Westside Co-op. |
Westside | Two boxes can be stolen off the shelf at Klamath Bob's liquor store. |
Z-9 Crotalus DNA preservation lab | Three boxes to the right of entrance in a box in a cabinet. |
Camp McCarran | Four boxes can be found on shelves on the second floor of the terminal building. |
Coyote Mines | Two boxes can be found on shelves in the Coyote Mine house. |
Gibson Scrap Yard | One box can sometimes be pickpocketed from Old Lady Gibson. |
Purchasing[]
- Cliff Briscoe of the Dino Bite gift shop in Novac.
- Sierra Madre vending machine - Many locations in the Sierra Madre and in the Abandoned Brotherhood of Steel bunker - Can be bought in infinite quantities, as far as the Courier's Sierra Madre chip supply allows.
Related quests[]
Come Fly With Me - The Courier can persuade Chris Haversam to sabotage the rockets at REPCONN test site. He will request three boxes of Sugar Bombs along with a thrust control module and Isotope-239 igniting agent, in order to sabotage the Bright Brotherhood's journey to the Far Beyond.
References[]
- ↑ Box appearance and advertisements in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.
- ↑ Murphy's Bombing Run
- ↑ The Courier: "Come to think of it, sabotage is a great idea."
Chris Haversam: "Then bring me Sugar Bombs. Three boxes should do the trick. Add those to the fuel mixture and 'Boom!' I'll show those rotten ghouls! And they'll know exactly who did them in!"
(Chris Haversam's dialogue)