The Screams of Brahmin (quest)

The Screams of BrahminQuest name from Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide is an unmarked quest .
==Quick walkthrough==
==Detailed walkthrough==
During conversations with certain Novac townsfolk, such as Jeannie May Crawford and No-bark Noonan, the Courier can learn of mysterious attacks at the nearby brahmin ranch. These conversations give more information but are not required for the quest. The only way to initiate the quest is to speak to the ranch owner, Dusty McBride.
The ranch is located in Novac, west of the Dino Dee-lite Motel, on the left of the road which leads into the hills behind the town. Dusty McBride can be found inside the adjacent McBride house. He explains the situation, and advises the Courier to wait near the brahmin pen at midnight for the attacker, which is also mentioned in the note that he provides.
The attacker will appear as soon as the Courier exits the house. The assailant is a nightkin, who waits near the large boulder behind the house, hidden with a Stealth Boy. Targeting the area with V.A.T.S. will reveal his location. He will ignore the Courier, and at midnight will move to the pen and begin killing brahmin. There is no need to wait for this event; he can be attacked at any time. 
The nightkin will remain hidden most of the time. He will only reveal himself while he is about to shoot at the brahmin. The nightkin must be killed in order to advance. He is non-hostile to the player until attacked, but attacking and killing him has no effect on Karma. A holotape entitled The Screams of Brahmin can be found in his inventory, which goes some way to explain the attacks. After killing the nightkin, return to Dusty and speak to him again to complete the quest.
Upon completion, Dusty will give the Courier 75 caps and access to his freezer, which contains 9 or 10 brahmin steaks. Additionally, the Courier will gain Novac fame sufficient for Accepted status without any prior contact, and positive Karma.
==Notes==
* Waiting and killing the nightkin after all the brahmin are dead will decrease the reward to 50 caps and nothing else.
* At higher player character levels, a nightkin master may appear in place of the nightkin.
* If Dusty McBride is killed before completing the quest, the nightkin can still be killed, but no cap or karma reward can be obtained.
* The nightkin may be either prescient or well-traveled; if the Courier waits while sneaking and undetected behind him, they can learn some interesting things. The nightkin's comments also vary depending on which companions are currently active.
** "Horns will help the bull. Voices say they knew that would happen." (Great Khans and Caesar's Legion)
** "Bears in pain. Head voices not surprised." (NCR)
** "Ha ha. Funny robot make blinky sounds." (ED-E)
** "Head voices say smart man also metal man. Don't like metal men." (Arcade Gannon)
** "Book girl has hard decision to make." (Veronica Santangelo)
** "Head voices say quiet man knows more than he says about horns." (Craig Boone)
** "Head voices say they knew flower girl's father." (Rose of Sharon Cassidy)
** "Head voices know smelly ghoul. He old and good with guns." (Raul Tejada)
** "Head voices speak of doggy with squishy brain." (Rex)
** "Head voices say someone close. Someone like us." (Lily Bowen)
* In order to get the reward, the Courier must be near the cattle pen in order to say they saw the nightkin, regardless of whether they saw it or not.
==Behind the scenes==
No-bark describes the nightkin as an "invisible chupacabra." A chupacabra is a cryptid whose legend is most commonly known in Central America.
==Bugs==
==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas unmarked quests
Category:Novac quests
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