Hacking (Fallout: New Vegas)

Hacking is a gameplay mechanic used to gain access to terminals in Fallout: New Vegas.
==Characteristics==
A list of words will be presented, all of the same character lengths, interposed with random characters. The length of the words is determined by the difficulty of the terminal. The number of words is determined by how high one's Science skill is. One of the words is the correct password, and the goal is to guess it by clicking on it.
If incorrect, the terminal will display "x/y correct" where x is the number of correct letters, and y is the word length. There will be four attempts to select the correct password, at which point the player character will be permanently locked out. With the Computer Whiz perk, an additional try is available. 
===Symbols===
Aside from the words on the screen, the player will also be presented with several symbols. If the player can find groups of symbols in between sets of brackets, such as []. {}. (). and <>, selecting them will remove duds, or incorrect passwords, and replenish the number of attempts the player has before being locked out. The number of usable symbols is randomized with each hacking attempt. While some attempts may provide enough usable brackets to reduce the word count to 1, others may not provide any usable bracket strings. 
When selecting a bracketed text string when there is only one selectable word left it will have no effect and say "Entry Denied." Previous choices are displayed on the right-hand side of the terminal. To get to the hacking mini-game quickly, click the startup screen on the terminal to skip to the next screen. Click once more to load the hack screen instantly. If one backs out after the first hack attempt prior to "locking" the terminal, the wait for the initial key in prior to the mini-game is longer.
 
==Requirements==
Terminal level	Science skillrequirement	Password length	XP reward
Very Easy 	15 	4-5 	20
Easy 	25 	6-8 	30
Average 	50 	9-10 	40
Hard 	75 	11-12 	50
Very Hard 	100 	13-15 	60
==Locations==
Place (or closest map marker) 	Location in place 	Skill level 	Purpose 	How Many	Bad Karma?
Ashton silo control station 	L1 	Average/Hard 	Disengage lock 	2 	No
Black Mountain 	Prison building 	Very Hard 	PasswordDisengage Lock 	1 	No
Black Mountain 	Broadcast building 1st floor 	Easy 	Background info 	2 	No
Boulder City 	Train station 	Average 	Disengage lock 	1 	No
Camp Golf 	House Resort 	Easy-Hard 	Ranger info 	2 	Easy-No Hard-Yes
Camp McCarran 	Inside a tent in front of Camp McCarran terminal building entrance	Very Easy 	NCR Ranger mail 	1 	No
Camp McCarran 	Camp McCarran supply shack 	Average 	Download weapons manifest used in Dealing with Contreras quest 	1 	Yes
Camp Searchlight 	Around the turrets 	Very Easy-Very Hard	Turret control 	5 	No
Camp Searchlight 	NCR storage area (inside derelict church) 	Average 	Access safeInventory 	1 	No
Forbidden Zone 	X-42 Robo-Warfare Facility 	Very Hard 	Emergency shutdown of the X-42 giant robo-scorpion 	1 	No
The Fort 	Weather monitoring station 	Average-Hard 	Quest-related 	2 	No
Gomorrah 	Big Sal's office 	Average 	Disengage lock 	1 	No
Goodsprings 	Goodsprings schoolhouse 	Easy 	Disengage lock 	1 	No
Goodsprings 	Prospector Saloon 	Easy 	Disengage lock 	1 	Yes
H&H Tools factory 	2nd floor 	Average 	Background info 	1 	No
Hidden Valley bunker 	L1 	Very Easy-Hard 	Journal entriesTurret access 	4 	Yes
HELIOS One 	Mirror yard terminals 	Hard 	Reset mainframe connections 	2 	No
HELIOS One 	Solar collection tower 	Easy 	Turret control 	1 	No
Hidden Valley bunker 	L2 	Very Hard 	Self-destruction 	1 	Yes
Hopeville silo bunker entrance 	L1, L2, and L3 	Easy-Hard 	Disengage lockDisable security 	3 	No
Lucky 38 	Casino 	Hard 	Quest-related 	1 	No
Lucky 38 	Penthouse 	Hard 	 	1 	No
NCR Embassy 	 	Easy-Average 	Information 	2 	Yes
Primm 	Bison Steve Hotel 	Easy 	Disengage lock 	1 	No
Puesta del Sol switching station	 	Very Easy-Hard 	Turn off radioTurret control 	3 	No
REPCONN headquarters 	3 FL1, 3 FL2, 2 FL3 	Very Easy-Very Hard	Disengage lockBackground infoBypass security 	8 	No
Salida del Sol 	On a desk in the south 	Average 	Turn speakers off 	1 	No
Sierra Madre Casino & Resort 	Executive suites 	Easy-Normal 	Turn speakers offDownload Recipe: Super-Heated Knife!Unlock security closet	2 	No
Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters	Factory floor 	Very Easy-Average 	Background infoActivate Mr. Janitor 	3 	No
Third Street Municipal Building 	Outside the entrance on a desk 	Easy 	Background info 	1 	No
Two Skies cave 	In front of the electric door 	Average 	Disengage lock 	1 	No
Ulysses' Temple 	Maintenance and storage 	Hard 	Disengage lock 	1 	No
Vault 3 	Maintenance wing 	Average 	Disengage lock 	2 	No
Vault 3 	Living quarters 	Average-Hard 	Disengage lock 	3 	No
Vault 3 	Left of vault entrance 	Very Easy 	Close access panel 	1 	No
Vault 21 	Gift shop 	Very Hard 	Background info 	1 	Yes
Vault 21 	Sarah Weintraub's room 	Easy 	Sarah Weintraub's mail 	1 	Yes
Vault 11 	 	Hard 	Disengage lock 	1 	No
Villa clinic 	2nd floor 	Easy 	Background info 	1 	No
Villa police station 	On a desk next to the front entrance 	Hard 	Disengage lock 	1 	No
X-8 research center 	X-8 institutional test facility, 1st floor 	Average 	Turret control 	2 	No
X-8 research center 	X-8 institutional test facility, 2nd floor 	Easy 	Turret control 	2 	No
X-13 research facility 	X-13 stealth testing lab, directly across the elevator 	Hard 	No function 	1 	No
==Notes==
For the Hack the Mojave achievement/trophy, 25 terminals must be hacked.
Category:Fallout: New Vegas gameplay