Freeside

Freeside is the main slum of New Vegas in 2281. Controlled by the Kings and the Van Graffs, the streets are dangerous and lack the luster of The New Vegas Strip.

Layout
Freeside is divided into two sections:
 * The first section is C shaped and comprised of the western, northern, and eastern parts of the city. This section is the first you can enter from the Mojave as it has both of Freeside's external doors.  Several rough bodyguards stand near the northern and eastern gates, offering their "services" on the mean streets for a paltry sum of caps.  Points of interest in this section include:
 * The Old Mormon Fort (base of operations for the Followers of the Apocalypse), which is just inside Freeside's North Gate
 * Mick & Ralph's, which is just inside Freeside's East Gate
 * Ralph sells a fake passport to the strip if The King gives permission, or if you have 50 Speech. The price is 500 caps, but you can Barter for a lesser price of 375 caps.
 * Outside the store, a pair of children can sometimes be seen running around the streets, a boy and girl. The boy is named Max and if he is spoken to, the player can pay 1000 caps (or 20 caps with 45 Barter) for his "toy gun" ( Euclid's C-Finder ) which is a unique energy weapon that is powered by the ARCHIMEDES II satellite. Alternately, you can wait until he goes to sleep and steal it from him.
 * Cerulean Robotics, which can be found in the western part of this section
 * A Ruined Store which holds an NCR food distribution center, also found in the western part of this section
 * The second section covers the central and southern parts of the city. This section is reached from the north by passing through a wrecked-vehicle roadblock that divides the two parts of Freeside, or from the northwest through a zone door at the back of a ruin building between the Silver Rush and the Atomic Wrangler Casino, or from the south (from The Strip) via the The Strip North Gate.  Points of interest in this section include:
 * The King's School of Impersonation (home of the Kings)
 * If you complete all the quests for The King he asks if you want a favor, if you choose the passport option go to Mick and Ralph's speak to Ralph and he will give you the passport for free. (Or you might want to save your favor for later on.)
 * The Atomic Wrangler Casino, run by the Garret siblings
 * The Silver Rush (base of operations for the Van Graffs)

Campfires can be found up by the north gate to the New Vegas Strip (where you do the credit check to get in). As you face the gate, the fenced off area guarded by Securitrons is flanked by empty lots. In each of these lots is at least one campfire.

Related Quests

 * Birds of a Feather from Gloria Van Graff.
 * Debt Collector from Francine Garret.
 * G.I. Blues from The King.
 * Wang Dang Atomic Tango from James Garret.
 * Nothin' But a Hound Dog from The King.

Bugs

 * In Freeside you will notice a boy and a girl chasing a giant rat, talk to them as they run and the girl has a regular voice actor as well as the boy. After killing the rat, the girl or the boy (whichever is closest) will eat the rat. When you talk to them now they share a voice actor. So the boy now sounds like a girl, or the girl a boy.

rat-eating animation.
 * Sometimes after you kill the giant rat, the first boy chasing the rat will fall to his knees to take a bite but will continue to move forward at running speed despite being in a crouched position and going through the


 * When acting in Freeside for an extended amount of time the time in which the screens load will increase until it takes about 15 minutes. An easy fix is to restart your console.


 * If you are outside of the Vegas Strip when you update the game, but have gained access to it at another point, you can be permanently locked out.


 * Sometimes outside the Old Mormon Fort the super mutant Tabitha can spawn and become hostile; killing her results in the completion of the quest "Crazy, Crazy, Crazy" (if you have not started the quest it will add the quest to your pip-boy and just say the final bullet point).


 * If you achieve a certain level of reputation in Freeside, a Kings Gang Member will encourage you to keep up the good work and give a little present. However, sometimes those messengers keep coming in quick succession: as soon as one leaves the location, another one appears. This doesn't seem to fix over time.


 * There is a bug where you can buy the Euclid's C-Finder gun from Max multiple times.

Appearances
only appears in Fallout: New Vegas.