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How To Make Lots of Caps in New Vegas: A Detailed Explanation self. You need to be VERY CAREFUL when using it because, if you're not paying attention, you could consume an awesome unique weapon to repair something not as awesome and potentially generic.

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In the spirit of this being a helpful subreddit, I'm here to share with y'all some tips for getting a LOT of caps, in hopes that this will aid some newbies in playing New Vegas. High Barter Skill - The higher you get your Barter skill, the happier your wallet is going to be. At Barter , you'll be ensured of getting the best deals when buying from and selling to vendors sans any boosts from armor, magazines, etc.

With the amount of time required to pull these cap making operations off, it almost feels pointless to do all the work and NOT get the most money for your salvage, so get your captain of industry hat on and jack up your Barter skill! High Repair Skill - One of the three methods described required Repair 50 and the other two require Repair 90, but all three become increasingly more efficient the higher you get your Repair skill, so why not pump it to ?

Time - Good things come to those who Wait, and you're going to be Waiting a lot to pull this off, on account of needing certain vendors to reset their stock levels 3 days of Wait will cause vendors to restock. Level 14 Optional - There are three ways to make a lot of caps described in this guide and two of them require you to be level Jury-Rigging Optional - As with level 14, this is required for two of the three methods, and level 14 and Repair 90 are pre-requisites for taking Jury-Rigging as a perk.

It's also one of the most useful perks in the whole game, so you should consider taking it anyway. This method involves collecting high-value weapons in less than perfect condition and restoring them to perfect condition at the lowest opportunity cost possible, prior to level 14 I'll get to that in a minute.

You can buy Weapon Repair Kits I'll be calling them WRKs from now on from The Boomers munitions manager once you've earned a positive reputation with them or you can collect the components from all over the Mojave and make your own at a workbench. I opt for the latter of the two. Wrenches, Wonderglue, and Scrap Metal are the three most easily acquired components, as they pop up in pretty much every industrial location in the game, most notably at the REPCONN Test Site.

Scrap Electronics are a little harder to find, but there are several vendors that sell them Chet in Goodsprings is a good source and the garage in Novac has some in addition to all the other components as well if you don't have any qualms about stealing. Duct Tape is easily the hardest component to find, but there are vendors who carry it some more regularly than others and in varying quantities like Vendortron at the Gun Runners, Old Lady Gibson at the Gibson Scrap Yard who sells all the components needed for one or two WRKs , and Chet in Goodsprings.

There is a bunch of Duct Tape that can be acquired at the Helios One site but these can't be accessed until later in the quest to restore the facility to working order. If you have Old World Blues, you can upgrade the Book Chute with Mulching to convert books into Duct Tape and Scrap Metal, which is VERY useful since Duct Tape is the hardest component to acquire and Scrap Metal is the only double quantity component required.

Once you have your components, go to a workbench and make yourself as many WRKs as you can. To make the most efficient use of your WRKs, don't perform ridiculous "overkill" repairs with them.

For example, if you have a To figure out what the condition of your item is, you need to find its base value from the Fallout wikia site, then follow this formula: Get your high-value weapon up to as perfect condition as you can get without going serious overkill on it, then take it to the Gun Runners and sell it to Vendortron, your friendly neighborhood high-cap merchant!

So, you've reached Level 14 having already gotten Repair 90? TAKE JURY-RIGGING AS YOUR NEXT PERK. Jury-Rigging will save you caps, make you caps, and save your ass. It is the best way to keep your stuff in tip-top shape and, if you know what you're doing, it will allow you to earn some serious caps.

If you're hated by The Legion and the Migraine Menace Caesar himself is sending his goon squads after you as you roam the Mojave, you've got a wonderful opportunity to turn Caesar's folly into mountains of caps. You'll notice that most Legion kill squads have at least one member hefting a Super Sledge, which has the second-highest base value in the two-handed melee weapon repair class the highest base value if you don't have any DLCs and is the best example for showing how to make lots of caps with Jury-Rigging.

Find yourself a Legion kill squad while you've got enough inventory space on either you or your companion to carry all their stuff, kill em, and loot em.

Did you get a Super Sledge? If not, keep decimating Caesar's goons until you do. Once you have a Super Sledge, head to Vault 3. In the Vault 3 room with the prisoner cage, there's a terminal that, when properly hacked, will open the supply closet door I think it can be picked open too if you're better at Lockpick than Science.

Inside that supply closet is a ridiculous supply of Pool Cues, which happen to have the lowest base value in the same repair class as the Super Sledge. Use as many Pool Cues as you need to get that Super Sledge up to full condition, then head off to the Gun Runners to sell it.

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By the time you reach level 14, Vendortron's cap pool should have upgraded from 4, to 8, so you won't get screwed by him not having enough caps to cover the purchase of your full condition Super Sledge.

This is the easiest and most cost efficient way to use the Jury-Rigging perk to earn caps, but it can be done with any weapon class. Check our the Jury-Rigging perk page on the Fallout wikia site to find the weapon repair classes as well as all the base values. This is a great resource for figuring out which low-value weapons are best for Jury-Rigging the high-value weapons up to full condition.

For this method, we're going to combine the forces of Methods 1 and 2 in order to get the most caps at the lowest opportunity cost.

If the high-value weapon you want to repair does not have weapon in its repair class that is both cheaper at full value than the equivalent repair capacity of the WRKs needed to get the high-value weapon to full condtion AND easily acquired, use WRKs. If the high-value weapon you want to repair has easily acquired, low-value weapons in its repair class that are cheaper than the equivalent number of WRKs needed to repair the high-value weapon, use Jury-Rigging.

My example of using Pool Cues for the Super Sledge is one such instance. You should NEVER use WRKs to repair a Super Sledge or any other two-handed melee weapon for sale. So, there you have it!

Three easy methods for making LOTS of caps in Fallout: New Vegas without needing DLCs like Dead Money for its gold bars. I am happy to answer any questions that people might have. Also, please feel free to leave a comment with some other methods for making lots of caps that might not be obvious to people.

These three are the ones I primarily use for grinding caps when I'm after very expensive items, like the Bozar from Gun Runners' Arsenal, but there are certainly other methods out there which might work better for play styles that differ from mine significantly I go for Barter, Guns, Repair, Science, and Speech.

Stumbled across Jury Rigging on my first play-through. Looking at the vault-boy, I couldnt help but laugh as he was duct taping a gun to another gun. TAKE YOUR TIME WITH JURY RIGGING, LEST YOU LOSE YOUR [Fill in your awesome unique item here]. That is probably the worst feeling in any Fallout or Elder Scrolls game: I've gotten very good about manually saving often now, so I've learned a bit, but it took many devastating save rollbacks to beat it into my head that I need to keep my saves up to date.

Yeah I know, almost repaired some armor from LR Not unique, Marked Scout or something like that with my Desert Ranger armor. It really is an incredibly useful perk, especially if you have a play style which incorporates a lot of nice equipment, particularly unique weapons and armor.

My usual run is i travel to Chances Map turn around and wait for a member of the Legion Kill squad to come over the ridge, they always send one to tell you they are there to kill you, they are not hostile until he talks to you or you attack. If you use Armor Piercing Rounds and an Anti-Material Rifle you can usually kill him in one shot if you sneak is high enough you can then wait it out or slowly walk up the ridge and his 3 other companions will eventually turn Non-hostile and you can kill another with a well-placed AP shot from the AMR.

The other two will turn hostile after this but a few good shots will end things quickly. After that i head to Gun Runners and sell the rest. At level 50 the Kill squads with have a Super Sledge, Assault Rifle, Marksman Carbine, Those have a total valued at well over 10, caps depending on condition. Also quick way to get Weapon Repair Kits is to use the Vending Machine from Dead Money that's in the Abandoned BOS Safehouse.

If you maxed out Gambling at the Sierra Madre you will get a voucher for chips every few days in the safe. Also you can turn in Cigarettes and pre war clothes for additional chips.

And Old World Blues makes getting scrap metal, scrap electronics, duck tape, and wonder glue really easy clipboards, appliances, mugs so the only limiting factor anymore is wrenches. The Certified Tech perk along with the respawing roboscorpions in OWB can provide you with scrap metal and fusion batteries so you can make Madre Chip Slugs as well.

Playing this way can ruin some of the fun but i cant help it i have to Min Max every time i play. I just wish there were more things to buy. I abuse the Sneak Criticals all the time Red Rock Canyon is all but empty but the Armorer loves me!

This is a great guide for making money if you're well-invested with Sneak already. Thanks for the contribution! The Khans don't respawn. I killed all non named ones using the above method and they haven't came back, that was like 80 hours playtime ago. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and that you have read our Privacy Policy and Content Policy.

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You won't be able to vote or comment. Time - Good things come to those who Wait, and you're going to be Waiting a lot to pull this off, on account of needing certain vendors to reset their stock levels 3 days of Wait will cause vendors to restock Level 14 Optional - There are three ways to make a lot of caps described in this guide and two of them require you to be level Weapon Repair Kits This method involves collecting high-value weapons in less than perfect condition and restoring them to perfect condition at the lowest opportunity cost possible, prior to level 14 I'll get to that in a minute.

To craft a WRK, you're going to need the following components The Best of Both Worlds For this method, we're going to combine the forces of Methods 1 and 2 in order to get the most caps at the lowest opportunity cost.

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When should I use WRKs? When should I use Jury-Rigging? In this method, the Jury-Rigging page on the Fallout wikia site should be your best friend. Later, I realized I just accidentally took one of the best perks in the freaking game. I've had that happen several times and it hurts every time. You get weapons and ammo every day in game. Love that perk 2 Having a luck of 8 or more , and abusing quick save a tiny bit, you can clean out a casino get the maximum amount of caps before they ban you, which is around 10k in a extremely short amount of time.

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