10 Best Things to Do After Beating Fallout: New Vegas

Even after the credits roll in the massive post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout: New Vegas, you can still do plenty of things to extend your adventures in the Mojave Wasteland. Highly regarded as one of, if not the best, game in the Fallout series, you can go back and explore many replayable parts of this title. Even without much post-game content, there is plenty to do once the credits roll.

The expansive nature of Fallout: New Vegas' wild wasteland world gives it so much content you could easily miss in your first playthrough. The choices you make and the factions you side with change the landscape of the Mojave, changing what quests you can pursue and what happens in the story. The personalized experience heavily depends on your actions, which vary greatly from player to player.

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10 Go Back To A Point Of No Return

Complete Content Before The Game Ends

Points of No Return are areas of the story where, if you proceed, you will eventually reach the end of the game and can't go back to any areas in the world. While your first experience with the game's ending may have satisfied you, you may want to load an old save file before entering one of these Points. This allows you to go back and explore a bit more around the Mojave or interact with other characters before the game ends.

Doing this is also a good opportunity to get some last-minute items or gear you may want before finishing Fallout: New Vegas. Although you don't need the strongest items in the game to successfully beat it, having overpowered equipment can make the ending quite memorable. Go back and search for a suit of power armor and the biggest guns you can find to create an explosive finale to a long adventure.

9 Complete Every Side Quest

Pursue All Missions Available From Your Journey

There's a good chance you were not able to finish every one of the many side quests available in Fallout: New Vegas' large world. Many of the decisions you made could have locked you out of certain quest lines, preventing you from even pursuing other missions in the game. Before you venture past a Point of No Return, consider roaming around the Mojave and interacting with characters to find out what you've missed.

Remember not to kill every character you see as you roam across the Mojave Desert, as many of them could offer a side quest you could complete. Eliminating some NPCs will prevent you from ever being able to pursue their optional quest.

Some side quests are very simple, but others have interesting stories tied to them that could lead to many interesting twists and turns. Those looking to complete Fallout: New Vegas 100% will have to consider which quests are locked behind factions they've allied with. Some quests different groups ask you to do can conflict directly with other side quests offered by another organization, making it impossible to complete them all on one playthrough.

8 Experience Different DLC Expansions

Discover New Stories In The Mojave

There are six available DLC expansions officially made for Fallout: New Vegas that add a variety of new characters, quests, items, and more to the game. Some of the stories included in this content are among the most fascinating you'll experience in your adventure. Each one is worth tracking down and exploring fully before you reach a Point of No Return toward the end of the Courier's long journey.

New Vegas DLC Suggested Level Description Dead Money 20+ Work alongside other wastelanders after being captured to find the legendary treasure of the Sierra Madre Casino. Honest Hearts 10+ Travel through the unspoiled wilderness of Utah's Zion National Park and find yourself in a war between a New Canaanite missionary and a mysterious Burned Man to determine the fate of a new wasteland. Old World Blues 15+ Discover a human experiment responsible for the creation of the Night Stalkers and Cazadores of the Mojave. Decide whether these pursuits of science in the wasteland should be preserved, or destroyed. Lonesome Road 25+ Take one last journey through The Divide, a section of the Mojave destroyed by natural disasters, to meet with Courier Six, the person whose choices started your adventure in the first place. Courier's Stash N/A A bonus pack offered in Fallout: New Vegas that includes new items. Gun Runner's Arsenal N/A Increases the range of unique weapons, weapon mods, ammunition types, and recipes within the Mojave Wasteland.

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7 Finish Every Companion Quest

Help Your Allies Accomplish Their Goals

Companion characters in Fallout: New Vegas often have the most intricate and emotional stories of the game, even when compared to the events surrounding the main adventure. The personal conflicts expressed by your favorite NPCs are worth exploring to their conclusion in every playthrough you do. The rewards from these quests are usually very good, allowing you to become stronger by deepening your bonds with your friends.

Some characters may not become permanent companions until you recruit them first by completing quests tied to them. In your first playthrough, you may miss or be reluctant to pursue quests tied to characters you aren't as interested in. However, as you can see in the above video by YouTube creator SimplyVaulted, most companions have recruitment quests you have to do first before their personal quests are unlocked.

6 Start Over In A New Game

Rebuild Your Character From Scratch

When the credits have rolled, the fates of many characters are revealed, and the game takes you back to the title screen, you may want to simply start a new adventure. Despite the loss of your powerful items from your first playthrough, having to build yourself back up again can be a fun challenge. With hindsight, you can approach situations differently, avoid danger more often, and have new ideas on how to succeed.

The S.P.E.C.I.A.L system that determines your character's stats at the beginning of the game can also be adjusted to make a new build on a fresh playthrough. For example, those who maxed out their Strength may want to try a high Intelligence build this time around. Some of the best builds can completely change your playstyle, forming some archetypes like those seen in the above video by YouTube creator FudgeMuppet.

Some of the most hilarious builds change your dialogue options in Fallout: New Vegas, the most famous coming from the extremely low Intelligence lines famous throughout the series.

5 Make Different Choices

See What Changes You Can Make

When you start a new game, you can make new choices in another adventure that are wildly different than the decisions you made before. Choosing to spare someone instead of killing them can cause a rippling effect that could even be seen when you finish the game again. The Mojave Wasteland is defined by the outcomes of your actions, so taking different routes could lead to very large changes.

4 Side With A Different Faction

Shape The Mojave Through Someone Else's Help

The multiple factions of Fallout: New Vegas are rich in story, each with its important characters whose motivations sculpt a majority of the game's story. From Mr. House to the NCR, everyone wants something and needs the Courier to make it happen. During your first playthrough, you may have sided with one of these groups, but another run may change drastically if you side with another organization.

Most of the endings of the game are determined by which faction you choose to ally yourself with, except Yes Man. It may take multiple playthroughs of you siding with everyone to see each conclusion of Fallout: New Vegas​​​​​​.

3 Unlock All Endings

Discover Every Possible Conclusion

The endings of Fallout: New Vegas are divided into multiple parts, explaining the fates of everyone in the Mojave Wasteland as a result of your actions. The faction you help take control of the desert will have a narration dedicated to them, as will many others you've interacted with. Multiple playthroughs will help you discover everything that could happen to everyone, whether it's good or bad.

There are no "good" or "bad" endings to Fallout: New Vegas necessarily, but some outcomes are more favorable than others. During your first run, you may have failed to help a character reach their best conclusion or someone suffered indirectly due to your choices. Try to pursue new endings by loading old save files and changing your decisions to see if you can reach the "best" finale you can imagine for everyone.

2 Install Various Mods

Change Aspects Of The Game

Mods are alterations to the base game you can download and apply to change your experience in many different ways. For example, a mod called Fallout - New California adds an entirely new, fully voiced prequel campaign before the events of the main game. Many mods range from small changes to massive overhauls of existing game systems and even additions to limited elements of Fallout: New Vegas.

Some of the most notable mods to get are:

New Vegas Mod Description FNV 4GB Patcher Makes the game 4GB aware. More Perks Adds more than 120 new Perks to the game for more personalized character creation. A World of Pain Introduces nearly 170 new locations across the Mojave Wasteland with difficult enemies, quests, and loot to explore.

A majority of the most reliable mods for Fallout: New Vegas comes from NexusMods, an external site you can use to download alterations to the game. Most mods come with instructions on how to activate them, so pay attention to what you may need to change in your game's files. Feel free to explore different sources for the best mods available, like many of those seen in the above video by YouTube creator happygosunday.

1 Move On To Another Fallout Title

Try Out Other Games In The Series

Once you finish Fallout: New Vegas completely, it may be time to move on to another game in the series. If this game was your introduction to the many Wastelands of the franchise, you could easily go back to Fallout 3 or the original ARPGs Fallout or Fallout 2. The first two games play extremely differently but are a testament to titles that left an incredible impact on gaming and other RPGs as a whole.

Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 may not have been made by Obsidian Entertainment like New Vegas, but Bethesda still crafted two games that can provide similar yet different experiences. The open world of Fallout 4 and the massively multiplayer online element of Fallout 76 can be worth experiencing once your adventures in the Mojave end. Each game gives you plenty to do, especially after you beat Fallout: New Vegas.

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