Collecting PlayStation trophies is one of my favourite video game hobbies. I enjoy recording my trophy journeys in the form of scrapbook articles on Strength in Sarcasm because why not! Here’s the details on the gathering of my Fallout: New Vegas DLC trophies.
SPOILER WARNING in case I need to say it. I’ll be talking about the game’s trophies, which includes plot ruining details if you haven’t played the game yet.
Gun Runners’ Arsenal
Trophy 1: Curios and Relics
Official Description: Caused 10,000 damage with unique Mojave Wasteland weapons.
Type: Bronze
Earned on: January 8th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1760
The Gun Runners DLC isn’t a standalone story module like the others. This one adds cool weapons and special challenges to the base game that’s already there.
I found a weapon called Pew Pew next to the dead guy from The Legend of the Star side mission and used it to fight my way out of the Brotherhood of Steel bunker. Unsurprisingly, they turned on me for setting their base on self-destruct mode. How quickly friends can turn to enemies. ☹️
Oh well! At least I got power armor training from them first.
Trophy 2: Up to the Challenge
Official Description: Completed any three Gun Runners’ Arsenal (GRA) one star (*) Challenges.
Type: Bronze
Earned on: February 20th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1796
The first challenge trophy required me to complete an 3 of the easy-ish tasks. I chose to kill 15 robots with the GRA 5.56 pistol, kill 15 Feral Ghouls with the Gehenna (a holy flaming blade), and finally kill Mr. House with a rusty 9 iron golf club. Yikes.
Trophy 3: Combat Veteran
Official Description: Completed any three Gun Runners’ Arsenal (GRA) two star (**) Challenges.
Type: Silver
Earned on: February 20th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1797
Time to up my GRA challenge game! The three I did for this one: kill 20 fiends with a .44 magnum revolver, kill 15 Super Mutants with a Ripper (chainsaw-like knife thingy (and sorry friendly Jacobstown Super Mutants… I was in a hurry)), and kill 10 Chairmen in the Gomorrah casino with a submachine gun. It felt good to tell their door guard to screw off for once!
Trophy 4: Master of the Arsenal
Official Description: Caused 10,000 damage with Gun Runners’ Arsenal (GRA) Weapons.
Type: Silver
Earned on: February 21st, 2022
Overall Earned: #1798
For reasons related to the next trophy, I was brutally murdering 15 named and ranked NCR members with a Ripper. The Ripper is a GRA weapon so the trophy for causing 10K damage with those showed up while I was doing that. Efficient… and terrible!
Trophy 5: Pros Only
Official Description: Completed any three Gun Runners’ Arsenal (GRA) three star (***) Challenges.
Type: Gold
Earned on: February 21st, 2022
Overall Earned: #1799
The final set of GRA challenges I did were:
- Killed 5 Deathclaws with a pitifully weak recharger rifle (I found a spot where a mob of Deathclaws couldn’t reach me, and then picked ’em off one by one over the course of an hour. I’ll take the yawn method over the constantly dying method, thanks)
- Killed 10 Sentry Bots with a lead pipe (my melee skillz were pretty high so this was super easy)
- And like I mentioned in the last trophy babbling, finally killed 15 named and ranked NCR members with a ripper (I stealth killed them so it was pretty easy, even though I felt super terrible about it. The hardest part was finding the correct NCR members to covertly maim)
Dead Money
Trophy 1: Assemble Your Crew
Official Description: Recruited Dean Domino, Christine and Dog.
Type: Bronze
Earned on: January 30th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1771
The Dead Money DLC put my poor Courier in the super awkward position of having a bomb collar strapped to her neck and being forced to partake in an ancient casino heist.
Step one was rounding up my fellow deadly collar mates for the job. First was Dog the Super Mutant with dissociative identity disorder. Second was Dean the smooth talking ghoul. Finally was Christine who was mutilated by an Auto-doc machine and couldn’t talk. Yikes.
Shoutout to the inside of Dean’s shades for ruining my screenshot!
Trophy 2: Sierra Souvenir Aficionado
Official Description: Collected 500 Sierra Madre Chips.
Type: Silver
Earned on: January 30th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1772
Sierra Madre Chips are the currency in Dead Money instead of the regular ol’ caps. I found my 500th one in a random cash register after convincing Dean he wasn’t going to die if I left him at a spot. These special caps are used in weird otherworldly vending machine thingys to buy stuffs.
Trophy 3: Having a Ball
Official Description: Completed the Sierra Madre Gala Event.
Type: Bronze
Earned on: January 30th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1773
With the help of my crew, I flipped the switch to open up the Sierra Madre casino. I had to fight my way through a lot of Ghost monsters to get to it, though. That part was much less spectacular.
Trophy 4: Safety Deposit Box
Official Description: Trapped Father Elijah in the Sierra Madre’s Vault.
Type: Gold
Earned on: January 30th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1776
Unsurprisingly, the dude who strapped a bomb collar on my Courier’s neck and forced her to do an ancient casino heist turned out to be an asshole who wants to destroy the wasteland. One way to deal with him is to sneak out of the vault before he confronts you, thus sealing him in while you flee to end the DLC.
Trophy 5: Cash Out
Official Description: Confronted Father Elijah in the Sierra Madre’s Vault.
Type: Silver
Earned on: January 30th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1777
Alternatively (thank you save scumming), you can just murder Father Elijah and escape the vault. Simple, yet effective!
Honest Hearts
Trophy 1: When We Remembered Zion
Official Description: Arrived at Zion.
Type: Bronze
Earned on: January 30th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1778
The Honest Hearts DLC places you in Zion after travelling with a caravan. Sadly, all my companions got brutally murdered right off the bat. Then I met Joshua Graham, the legendary Burned Man who Caesar tried to murder for failing to hold Hoover Dam.
Turns out a tribe of jerks called the White Legs are killing off all the other Zion tribes to gain favour with super asshole Caesar. Joshua sends me off to get supplies to give to his friend Daniel who is watching over another tribe.
Trophy 2: Restore Our Fortunes
Official Description: Resupplied Daniel and the Sorrows.
Type: Silver
Earned on: February 5th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1779
Daniel was happy when I brought him the supplies. The tribes have superstitions about entering old world buildings so they refused to gather them.
Trophy 3: In a Foreign Land
Official Description: Scouted the Zion Valley for signs of the White Legs.
Type: Bronze
Earned on: February 5th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1781
The last thing I needed to do for Daniel is bring him a map of the Grand Staircase for his escape plan. I found this in a random taboo cave.
Trophy 4: May my Hand Forget its Skill
Official Description: Evacuated Zion.
Type: Gold
Earned on: February 6th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1782
There are two ways to end this DLC. The first one I did was the evacuation option, siding with Daniel and helping the Sorrows escape Zion.
Trophy 5: O Daughter of Babylon
Official Description: Defeated the baroness (“Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening” expansion)
Type: Silver
Earned on: February 6th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1783
Option 2 was to murder the White Legs tribe so the other tribes could live peacefully in Zion. This is Josh’s preferred plan. At the end, I convinced Josh to spare the White Legs leader and he seemed to self-reflect on his anger and whatnot. Cool guy!
Old World Blues
Trophy 1: Making Friends
Official Description: Reactivated all of the Sink’s robotic assistants.
Type: Silver
Earned on: February 13th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1785
Off into the super insane Old World Blues DLC! This one is creepy, man. My Courier had her brain, heart, and spine removed by a Think Tank of robo-brains. The Think Tank sent me off to gather schematics to help them thwart the evil robo-brain Dr. Mobius. That’s the gist of it anyway.
There are AI holotypes hidden all around Big Mountain that you need to find to activate various assistants back at base. The last one I unlocked was the evil Toaster. He burns with rage much like he probably burns toast.
Trophy 2: Cardiac Arrest!
Official Description: Recovered X-13 cardiac regulator sneaky suit!
Type: Bronze
Earned on: February 13th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1786
The first tech I recovered was the fancy stealth suit. This required me to complete a sneaky training course. I suck at stealth but thankfully had a Stealth Boy to help.
Trophy 3: Spinal-Tapped!
Official Description: Recovered X-8 vertebrae-pulse-de-sensitizer frequency!
Type: Bronze
Earned on: February 13th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1787
Getting this tech required me to go through a high school simulation and face off with a nuclear cyber-dog named Gabriel. He massively exploded when I killed him, and I uncovered the frequency he buried.
Trophy 4: Make up your Mind
Official Description: Made up your mind… about your brain.
Type: Bronze
Earned on: February 19th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1788
After crashing into Dr. Mobius’ lair and defeating his giant robotic scorpion, I was reunited with my brain. It took some convincing, but it decided to rejoin me to take out the Think Tank. Can’t say no to those sweet, sweet endorphin rushes, eh?
Trophy 5: Outsmarted
Official Description: Completed Old World Blues.
Type: Gold
Earned on: February 19th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1789
I reunited my Courier with all her body parts and then proceeded to murder the Think Tank. Their pacification field doesn’t work on people with brains so ha! They went down really easily with Gabriel’s bark equipped on my sonic emitter thingy. Now all of Big Mountain is mine!
Lonesome Road
Trophy 1: Condemned to repeat it
Official Description: Decided the fate of all the Divide dwellers.
Type: Bronze
Earned on: February 19th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1790
The Lonesome Road DLC is all about a rival courier, ED-E’s origins, and an apparent disaster my Courier accidentally caused. Blowing a path through the Divide unlocked this trophy.
Trophy 2: Rocket’s Red Glare
Official Description: Acquired all upgrades for the Divide’s signature weapon.
Type: Silver
Earned on: February 19th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1792
The Red Glare is a massive missile launcher exclusive to the Divide. It’s even got stars and stripes painted on it to be extra patriotic. It also cost a ton of caps to fully upgrade this bad boy by buying its parts from the vendor units.
Trophy 3: ED-Ecated
Official Description: Found all of ED-E’s upgrades in the Divide.
Type: Bronze
Earned on: February 20th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1793
All of ED-E’s upgrades can be found on Destroyed Eyebots hidden in the Divide.
Trophy 4: Warhead Hunter
Official Description: Detonated all of the warheads in the Divide.
Type: Silver
Earned on: February 20th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1794
You get a laser detonator at the start of the DLC. This can be used to trigger the 30 warheads hidden around the Divide. I remember two in particular where hidden in a cave with a powerful Deathclaw adorably named Rawr (Please note: he was anything but adorable).
Trophy 5: Hometown Hero
Official Description: Completed Lonesome Road.
Type: Gold
Earned on: February 20th, 2022
Overall Earned: #1795
To finish off the DLC, I murdered the jerk rival Courier guy (not gonna lie, most of the story in this DLC went over my head). ED-E bravely sacrificed itself to stop the nuclear missile launch, preventing yet another barrage of nukes from hitting this poor world.
Sources: All images in this post are screenshots we took with the PlayStation 3 from the video game Fallout: New Vegas created by Obsidian Entertainment and Bethesda Softworks