1st Recon Beret

"The last thing they never see."

- 1st Recon motto

The  is a piece of headwear in Fallout: New Vegas. It is used primarily by NCR soldiers.

Characteristics
A red beret with the insignia and motto of 1st Recon pinned on it. It doesn't provide any Damage Threshold but gives a +1 bonus to Perception and +5 critical chance (equivalent of +5 Luck in combat) when worn.

Locations

 * Provided as a quest reward by Craig Boone in Novac, for successfully completing the quest One for My Baby.
 * If Craig Boone is your active follower, you can take it from his inventory. He will want it back, but if you have a Beret, you can give that to him and keep the more useful 1st recon beret.
 * You can also get it by killing Boone or his daytime partner Manny Vargas or reverse pickpocketing any piece of headgear with a DT of 1 or greater.
 * Except for Corporal Sterling, all members of 1st Recon have one in their inventory.

Appearances
The appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Like the binoculars, 1st Recon Berets will stack and appear as one entity in player character inventories.
 * Sometimes the berets texture will mess up and look like a red mess to fix this simply re-equip it and it will turn back to normal.
 * When having this item as a hot key it may freeze your game when selected.
 * The back of the beret clips through the player's head, as well as Boone's.
 * You can make the 1st recon beret black by equipping a Dapper gambler hat then putting the beret on (only tested on Boone)
 * If you receive Boone's Beret during the quest One for My Baby and then kill Boone before finishing it the beret remains in your inventory indefinitely, but this is sort of a plus because it only weighs .1 pounds and it's special, but if you don't kill him, he removes it and you can't receive the beret ever again besides using console commands, but unlike the normal 1st recon beret it has no crit. chance helper so it may just be a waste of space.