Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap

Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps are uncommon miscellaneous items in Fallout: New Vegas.
==Background==
A Sunset Sarsaparilla bottle cap with a luminous blue star on the bottom, bottles of Sunset Sarsaparilla were randomly capped with these as part of a promotion before the Great War, where participants needed to redeem 50 of them at the Sunset Sarsaparilla company's headquarters in Las Vegas to receive a prize. This prize has attained a legendary status following the War, becoming a highly sought after treasure in the Mojave Wasteland.
Sometime after the Courier finds at least one of these caps, a man named Malcolm Holmes, a retired collector of these prized caps, will approach the player character and warn that the caps are highly sought after by collectors who will kill for them. He says sometimes people can be so crazed that they will attack strangers if they simply believe they have any. He also warns to steer clear of a man named Allen Marks, who is said to have killed several people for the caps and is somewhat of a professional collector.
The caps are thought to be very valuable, and according to a legend they allow access to a secret treasure guarded by a man named Festus. When asked about Festus, Malcolm says he has been guarding the treasure since before the Great War, which he says "would make him pretty damn old." He states that he has met a few people who claim they have actually seen Festus and that these people "aren't the lying type." The treasure’s contents are unknown, although Malcolm hints that it could be money, technology, or other pre-War items whose actual value is unknown. The star bottle caps are still occasionally found, as the treasure's guardian still distributes them.
==Characteristics==
Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps are a rare variant of the Sunset Sarsaparilla bottle cap, featuring a blue star on the underside of the cap. The star glows blue, though dimly. These caps have a 1-in-20 (5%) chance of being found when drinking a bottle of Sunset Sarsaparilla, and otherwise can be found in various locations throughout the Mojave Wasteland. These caps are part of the quest The Legend of the Star, and thus cannot be sold. Once the quest is completed, picking up a Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap will simply add to the player's total bottle cap count.
===Associated prize===
After finding at least 50 Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps, the player character can approach Festus at the Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters, which will initiate the directly associated quests, The Legend of the Star and A Valuable Lesson. Completing these quests will lead the player character to the prize for collecting these rare caps, about 1500 regular bottle caps, 319 toy deputy badges (which have no monetary value), and Pew Pew, a unique laser pistol.
==Variants==
* Sunset Sarsaparilla - In terms of game items they are considered a separate item; however, picking up a Sunset Sarsaparilla cap simply adds to the player character's total bottle cap count.
* Bottle cap - Standard Nuka-Cola bottle caps featuring 21 crimps and ridges, used as the basic form of currency throughout the wasteland.
* Counterfeit bottle caps - Can be found inside the cap counterfeiting shack. These "fake caps" appear identical to standard Nuka-Cola bottle caps, but have no trade value and cannot be used for any monetary purpose.
==Locations==
The following is a list of 102 fixed locations where star bottle caps can be found throughout the Mojave Wasteland. Additional star caps can occasionally be acquired from non-player characters or by drinking Sunset Sarsaparilla.
===Fixed locations===
Location 	Location description
188 Trading Post 	On the wooden bar counter, by the bottle and lantern, at the end of the blue shack bar.
Aerotech Office Park 	Aerotech suite 300: On the kitchen sideboard counter near the deviled eggs, in the far-end kitchen room (last door on the left).
Allied Technologies offices 	Two on the cubicle desk, in the filing room with the cabinets, to the right of the entrance.
Bitter Springs recreation area 	Two in the office, on the sideboard with the bottles, the first of two near the ham radio and coffee maker, below the Poseidon Energy poster, right of the dead tree.
Black Mountain 	Inside Tabitha's storage building, on the bottom shelf, between the two bottle crates, just behind and left of the super mutant dummy.
Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals 	Two, one among the floating bottles and caps near the open fridge, in the submerged middle rental bungalow. The other on the counter south, with other caps, in the submerged north bungalow.
Bonnie Springs 	Two can be found in open crates with empty bottles on the porch of the second building directly southeast from the campfire.
Boulder City 	Big Horn Saloon: On the large, round table with the chessboard on it, in front of you and left as you walk in.
Bradley's shack 	Behind the sandbags, near the other scattered caps, by the ammunition box and mattress, under the wooden canopy.
Brewer's beer bootlegging 	On top of the small bookcase with other caps and a key, just left of the door to the cellar.
Brooks tumbleweed ranch 	Adjacent to the gas cylinder, on the floor at the bottom of the shelving, in the first floor corner storage room with the stove.
California Sunset Drive-in 	Two can be found next to the fourth bottle (looking left to right), on the slab of concrete, by the ruined north concrete hut, right of the trash can.
Callville Bay 	Captain Dean Boat Rentals: Far display case under packs of cigarettes near sunset bottles.
Callville Bay 	Captain Dean Boat Rentals: On the right counter behind the display case near the cash register and phone.
Camp Forlorn Hope 	Mess hall (south of stream): By the bottle on the table with the coffee pot, close to the metal shelves.
Camp Golf 	House Resort: Three, upper right corridor bedroom #1, on the two dressers.
Camp McCarran 	In a small crate on one of the many metal shelves, close to a footlocker where Sergeant Contreras stands, in his supply shack. May also be bought from Contreras himself.
Camp Searchlight 	Searchlight fire station: Upper floor, on a dining table with two bottles, in the kitchen area.
Cap counterfeiting shack 	Three, on the table nearest the vending machines, right next to the lantern, near the Nuka-Cola and Sarsaparilla caps and bottles.
Cerulean Robotics 	As one enters, go through the door on the southeast wall of the reception area. On the dining table next to the bottle, close to three open fridges.
Cliffside prospector camp 	On the chessboard with the bottle on it, on top of the damaged wooden crate.
Cottonwood Cove 	Inside the ladies restrooms building, on the lowest metal shelf with a bottle.
Coyote mines 	On the middle table, lower area right of the stairs, just inside the large miner's shack.
Crimson Caravan Company 	Crimson Caravan main office: On top of the ham radio amplifier, on the corner desk.
El Dorado Gas & Service 	On the cash register counter.
El Dorado substation 	On the trash can, next to the Eat'o'tronic 3000, left corner.
El Rey Motel 	On the long bookcase next to the hat and fan, upper floor rental room (with fairy lights, and Very Easy locked door) above the eastern exterior steps.
Emergency service railyard 	On the mattress on the train platform, with other scattered caps. There are two here.
Fields' shack 	In the doorless refrigerator next to some empty Sunset Sarsaparilla bottles.
Fisherman's Pride shack 	With other scattered caps on the table with the toaster and Salisbury Steak, left of the fridge.
Gibson scrap yard 	Corner of the low metal shelf with the tires and vehicle rims, in the main garage.
Goodsprings 	Goodsprings home, west of Goodsprings General Store, on the game table with the chessboard and bottles, in the master bedroom,
Goodsprings 	Goodsprings home east of the schoolhouse: on the kitchen sideboard bar, near the two bottles and toaster, right next to an exit door.
Grub n' Gulp rest stop 	On the plate, on the table adjacent to the shack.
Guardian Peak 	On the upturned crate, near the plate and empty whiskey bottle, by the radio, close to the cave mouth.
Gun Runners 	At the bottom of a small bottle crate on the floor by the metal table with the coffee machine on it, opposite the reception desk.
Gypsum train yard 	Inside the office building: a single cap on the corner desk with the burned-out terminal, back room with egg clutches.
Harper's shack 	On the small table with the fan on it, near the small crate of bottles and a pressure cooker, across from the bunk bed, in the left room.
Hell's Motel 	On the table next to the bottle in the kitchen.
Highway 95 Viper's encampment 	Next to the two other caps on one of the two makeshift bedding rolls, northwestern lean-to.
Horowitz farmstead 	On the left wooden crate, near the sack and two ammunition boxes, on the ground, inside the skeletal barn, middle building cluster.
Hostetler home 	Directly northwest of Durable Dunn's sacked caravan, inside the Hostetler house on the small table, between the two couches, with the bottle in the living room.
Hunter's farm 	Two, among the cluster of caps, on the kitchen work surface with the crates and bottles.
Jacobstown bungalow 	Northern bungalow (adjacent to perimeter stakes), on the gaming table with the cards and empty whiskey bottles.
Jean Sky Diving 	Inside the shack, on the desk next to the ham radio, by the bottle and burned-out terminal.
Junction 15 railway station 	On the corner of the green bench, left of the boarded-up door, on the platform.
Lone Wolf Radio 	With the other scattered caps, near the footlocker and mattress, inside the trailer.
Matthews Animal Husbandry Farm 	In the northwest barn, up the stairs, on top of a crate.
Mesquite Mountains camp site 	On top of the metal box, inside the northwest tent near the sleeping mattress.
Mesquite Mountains lean-to 	Inside the tipped wooden Sunset crate, between the mattress and half-buried metal box.
Mojave Outpost barracks 	On the long section of the bar counter as one walks in, by a bottle.
Mountain Shadows campground 	On the red picnic table with the bottle and plates, next to the campfire.
NCR Correctional Facility 	Next to the bottle on the curved desk, in the visitors center.
NCR sharecropper farms 	Northeast barracks, by the fertilizer silos, on the desk with the bottle across from the bunk beds.
Nellis hangars 	Two, in the mess hall hangar, on the easternmost table, with the other caps and a bottle.
Nevada Highway Patrol station 	By the body near the green cot in the cell room with the mantis nymphs.
New Vegas Steel 	In front of the terminal on the desk located across from the vending machine, near a Patriot's Cookbook magazine, in the office next to the smelting chamber.
Nipton Road reststop 	On the cash register counter, with three other caps.
Nipton 	Ranch house south of the "Trading Post" General Store: On top of the ruined bookcase near the chessboard and bottle, in the master bedroom.
North Vegas Square 	The Gray second floor, third room on the right as one exits the stairs, can be stolen from the table with a bottle.
Novac, Dino Dee-lite Motel 	Daisy Whitman's room, on the table with the television set.
Novac 	On the small round table in the corner of the galley kitchen, in the Novac house next to No-bark's shack, northwest part of town.
Old nuclear test site 	Inside the shack, on the table with the science experiment and two bottles on it.
Primm 	Bison Steve Hotel: On a side table next to a sofa straight to one's left when entering the large lobby room with the rug from the front door.
Primm house 	First building to the left from city's south gate: On the short bookcase, in the living room. (Must be stolen)
Raided farmstead 	In the open fridge with the cap and bottles, near the ammunition box, in the long trailer.
REPCONN headquarters 	Second floor: In a square-shaped room with four desks (almost in the middle of the local map), on the desk across from the one with the red keycard on it.
REPCONN headquarters 	First floor: On the desk with the inactive terminal, next to two bottles, in the robot recharge and security office.
REPCONN headquarters 	First floor: On the long cash register counter with the three bottles in the gift shop.
REPCONN headquarters 	Office top floor: Leonard Steeple's office: on the large wooden executive desk near two bottles and a terminal.
REPCONN headquarters 	Office top floor: Piers Isley's office: on the floor at the foot of the corner bookcase with the other scattered caps and bottles.
Scavenger platform 	On a metal shelf near another cap, adjacent to the overturned ammunition box, above the radio, in the northeastern most floating shack.
Scorpion gulch 	A wastelander fighting scorpions or dead already. Check his inventory and there will be a star bottle cap.
Searchlight North gold mine 	On the wooden crate, by the metal shelving, across from the mine cart, halfway down the right tunnel.
Silver Peak mine 	Between two bottles on the table in front and right of the entrance, inside the mine shack.
Sloan 	On the round table with the lantern and bottle, near the vending machine, in Jas Wilkins' mess hall.
Smith Mesa prospector camp 	On the concrete block, at the back of the rock alcove, behind the lean-to.
Sniper's nest 	On the long plank of wood next to the mattress, next to the .308 ammunition box, inside the lean-to.
Snyder prospector camp 	On top of the two ruined books, next to the bedding and sandbags.
Southern Nevada wind farm 	In the maintenance shack, on the metal worktable with other caps, near the copy of Dean's Electronics.
Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck	Near a submerged truck in the northwest part of Lake Mead, west of the scavenger platform. There are three caps at the back end of the truck. Be mindful of the debris.
Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters	At the south end of the upstairs hallway in the office immediately preceding entrance to the prize vault, inside the wall safe directly above the large hole in the floor.
The Devil's Gullet 	Bottom of the gullet, in the small wooden crate with two bottles, next to the skull and rusty ammunition box.
The Prospector's Den 	As one first enters the building inside the cave, turn right into the first door, then look right. The cap is sitting on top of a chessboard on the counter.
Vault 3 	On a desk next to a bottle of Sarsaparilla in a south room of the living quarters, one floor up from the flooded area. It's across the hall from the terminal that says "Hello Billy boy!" when opened.
Vault 19 	Living quarters (not the first floor,) blue sector: Inside the second dorm on the desk with the terminal and chessboard.
Viper Gang ambush 	On the half-buried crate spilling out of the back of the container, east of Nipton.
Wrecked Highwayman 	Among the debris and footlocker, in the open trunk of the crashed car.
===Random locations===
* Up to nine star caps can be found between Nipton and the Nipton Road pit stop, where the player character will find Tomas and Jacklyn embroiled in a gunfight. If Tomas dies, the player character can talk to Jacklyn and confront her about the star bottle caps, at which point she will attack. Killing her will enable looting two star bottle caps from her body, and then up to seven more from Tomas' body. If Tomas kills Jacklyn, he will not attack the player character, and acquisition of all nine caps will involve pickpocketing, killing, or convincing Tomas to give up his caps with a Speech skill of 50 or by the Terrifying Presence perk. In either scenario, the victor in the scuffle may loot the star caps off their fallen opponent, enabling the player character to gather all nine caps from one person.
* Six star caps can be found on Malcolm Holmes.
* Norton, the leader of the mercenaries attacking Jacobstown, has one star cap.
* The player character can initiate the mini-game encountered within the dialogue with Festus, which will randomly award star caps. The mini-game can be played ad infinitum, enabling the player character to rack up a star cap every 5–10 minutes.
* A wastelander may appear fighting some scorpions when the player character is traveling to scorpion gulch. He will be carrying a Sunset Sarsaparilla star cap on his body should he die during the confrontation. The wastelander will respawn after three days, at which point another star cap can be acquired from him.
* Sergeant Daniel Contreras at Camp McCarran occasionally sells some.
* A great amount of Sunset Sarsaparilla can be found in the Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters which can be consumed, giving a 5% chance of getting a star cap.
==Notes==
* The star cap in Gypsum train yard may not be easily visible. It is located inside the office building, in the back room with egg clutches, on the corner desk with the burned-out terminal. A well-placed frag grenade under the table may help dislodge it. This might also be helpful in other locations, where the caps aren't visible or drop down to inaccessible areas when picking up other items. It should, however, be considered as a last resort if nothing else helps, as it could move the cap into even more inaccessible places.
* It is possible to earn star caps by brewing homemade Sunset Sarsaparilla at a campfire.
* After the quest A Valuable Lesson has been completed, star bottle caps can still be collected, but they will automatically be converted into normal bottle caps, along with all the star caps previously in the player character's inventory.
* Star caps awarded from drinking Sunset Sarsaparilla within the Pip-Boy Inventory's "Aid" screen will not immediately be accounted for in the parenthesized Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap quantity shown in the "Misc" screen. Lowering and raising the Pip-Boy again will show the correct number.
* While no star bottle caps can be found in add-on locations, any Sunset Sarsaparilla found will still have the 5% of giving a star cap instead of a regular bottle cap.
==Gallery==
SS star bottle cap 188 Trading Post.jpg|188 Trading Post
Star bottle cap suite 300.jpg|One in Aerotech Office Park
SS star bottle cap ATO.jpg|Allied Technologies offices
SS star bottle cap BH Saloon.jpg|Big Horn Saloon
SS star bottle cap BS Hotel.jpg|Bison Steve Hotel
SS star bottle cap BS recr office.jpg|Bitter Springs recreation area
SSSBBlueparadise1.jpg|Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals
SSSBBlueparadise2.jpg|Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals
SS star bottle cap Bonnie Springs.jpg|Bonnie Springs
SS star bottle cap Bradleys shack.jpg|Bradley's shack
SS star bottle cap CS Drivein.jpg|California Sunset Drive-in
SS star bottle cap CFH mess hall.jpg|Camp Forlorn Hope mess hall
SS star bottle cap supply shack.jpg|Camp McCarran supply shack
SS star bottle cap CC shack.jpg|Cap counterfeiting shack
SS star bottle cap1 CDBR.jpg|Captain Dean Boat Rentals
SS star bottle cap2 CDBR.jpg|Captain Dean Boat Rentals
SS star bottle cap Cerulean Robotics.jpg|Cerulean Robotics
SS star bottle cap Cliffside pc.jpg|Cliffside prospector camp
CC restroom female SS Bottlecap location.jpg|Cottonwood Cove restroom
SS star bottle cap coyote mine house.jpg|Coyote mine house
SS star bottle cap CC main office.jpg|Crimson Caravan main office
FNV Novac Daisy table area.png|Daisy Whitman's room in Novac
Devil's Gullet SS star bottlecap.png|The Devil's Gullet
SS star bottle cap El Dorado GS.jpg|El Dorado Gas & Service
SS star bottle cap El Dorado ss.jpg|El Dorado substation
SS star bottle cap El Rey Motel.jpg|El Rey Motel room 3
Emergencyservicerailyard6.jpg|Two at the emergency service railyard
SS star bottle cap Fields shack.jpg|Fields' shack
SS star bottle cap FP shack.jpg|Fisherman's Pride shack
SS star bottle cap Gibson scrap yard.jpg|Gibson scrap yard
SS star bottle cap Goodsprings home.jpg|Goodsprings home
SS star bottle cap GS home east of school.jpg|Goodsprings home
SS star bottle cap The Gray.jpg|The Gray
FNV star cap Grub n Gulp.png|A few at the Grub n' Gulp rest stop
SS star bottle cap Gun Runners.jpg|Gun Runners
FNV Guardian Peak SSSBC.jpg|One on a crate at Guardian Peak
Gypsum quarry office desk.jpg|Gypsum quarry office
SS star bottle cap Harpers shack.jpg|Harper's shack
FNV Hells Motel 2.jpg|On the kitchen table of Hell's Motel
SS star bottle cap Vipers camp.jpg|Highway 95 Viper's encampment
SS star bottle cap Horowitz farmstead.jpg|Horowitz farmstead
SS star bottle cap Hostetler home.jpg|Hostetler home
SS star bottle cap Hunters farm.jpg|Hunter's farm
FNV star cap Jacobstown.jpg|In the Jacobstown bungalow, near the skeleton of a cheater
JSD SS bottle cap and locker key.jpg|Jean Sky Diving
SS star bottle cap Junction 15 rs.jpg|Junction 15 railway station
SS star bottle cap LW radio.jpg|Lone Wolf Radio
SS star bottle cap MAH farm.jpg|Matthews Animal Husbandry Farm
FNV Sunset Sarsaparilla cap tribal camp.jpg|Mesquite Mountains camp site
SS star bottle cap MM lean-to.jpg|Mesquite Mountains lean-to
SS star bottle cap mess hall.jpg|Mess hall
SS star bottle cap Nellis mess hall.jpg|Mess hall & munitions storage
SS star bottle cap MO barracks.jpg|Mojave Outpost barracks
SS star bottle cap MS campground.jpg|Mountain Shadows campground
SS star bottle cap NHP station.jpg|Nevada Highway Patrol station
Patriots Cookbook NV Steel.jpg|New Vegas Steel
SS star bottle cap Nipton house.jpg|Nipton house
Steyns journal2.jpg|Nipton Road reststop
SS star bottle cap Novac house.jpg|Novac house
Nikola nuclear test site.jpg|Nuclear test shack
Primm house interior.jpg|Primm house
SS star bottle cap Prospectors Den.jpg|The Prospector's Den
Raided farmstead interior.jpg|Raided farmstead
SS star bottle cap1 RepConn main floor.jpg|REPCONN headquarters, main floor
SS star bottle cap2 RepConn main floor.jpg|REPCONN headquarters, main floor
REPCONN 2nd floor security card.jpg|REPCONN headquarters, second floor
SS star bottle cap1 RepConn top floor.jpg|REPCONN headquarters, top floor
SS star bottle cap2 RepConn top floor.jpg|REPCONN headquarters, top floor
SS star bottle cap scavenger platform.jpg|Scavenger platform
SS star bottle cap CS fire station.jpg|Searchlight fire station
SS star bottle cap SN gold mine.jpg|Searchlight North gold mine
SS star bottle cap wastelander.jpg|Scorpion gulch
SS star bottle cap Sharecroppers.jpg|Sharecropper barracks
SS star bottle cap Silver Peak mine.jpg|Silver Peak Mine
SS star bottle cap SM prospector camp.jpg|Smith Mesa prospector camp
SS star bottle cap snipers nest.jpg|Sniper's nest
Southern Nevada Wind Farm Deans.jpg|Southern Nevada wind farm
FNV Snyder star bottlecap.jpg|Snyder prospector camp
SS star bottle cap storage building.jpg|Storage building
SS star bottle cap1 SS truck.jpg|Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck
SS star bottle cap2 SS truck.jpg|Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck
SS star bottle cap SSHQ factory floor.jpg|Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters
SS star bottle cap Vault 3 lq.jpg|Vault 3, living quarters
SS star bottle cap Vault 19 lq.jpg|Vault 19, living quarters
SS star bottle cap VG ambush.jpg|Viper Gang ambush
SS star bottle cap NCRCF visitors center.jpg|Visitors center
Wrecked highwayman.jpg|Wrecked Highwayman
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