Nuka-Cola (Fallout: New Vegas)

Nuka-Cola is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
Nuka-Cola entered the beverage market in 2044, with the invention of the soft drink by John-Caleb Bradberton after two years of experimentation. It contained 120% of the recommended daily allowance of sugar, and took the United States market by storm, and within a year could be purchased nationwide.

Gameplay
While playing Hardcore mode, Nuka-Cola will give the player character energy to fend off sleep deprivation, at the cost of dehydrating them. The drink will still heal as well. When not playing Hardcore mode, Nuka-Cola provides +2 (25s) HP, +3 Rads, & 1 bottle cap.

Crafting
With the Honest Hearts add-on installed, the Courier has access to a recipe which enables the creation of a home-brewed version of the drink. Nuka-Cola is also used when crafting super stimpaks.

Creation requirements

It is created using the workbench, the only ingredient being Nuka-Cola, provided the player character has chosen the Nuka Chemist perk. It restores a total of 80 HP in 20 seconds (4 HP per second), decreases Sleep by 60 and increases Dehydration by 10 (in hardcore mode). It also adds 2 rads.
 * Ice cold

Variants

 * Ice Cold Nuka-Cola
 * Nuka-Cola Quartz
 * Nuka-Cola Victory
 * Rum & Nuka
 * Nuka-Cola Quantum

This item can be crafted by the player character. This item is also craftable via a dialogue option with Veronica, or with ED-E (with at least 1 rank of the Camarader-E perk).
 * Ice cold

Creation requirements

Locations

 * Five Nuka-Colas can be found on tables in the Lucky 38 presidential suite.
 * 14 can be found in the Lucky 38 Casino, found on shelves in the two bars as well as one in the cashier's office.
 * Michelle Kerr at the 188 Trading Post often has up to 10 Nuka-Colas in stock at any given time.
 * Various vending machines around the Mojave dispense Nuka-Cola.
 * Up to five at a time may be sold by the street vendor outside of the Las Vegas Boulevard Station on The Strip.
 * Five can be found in the Zion General Store.
 * Klamath Bob at Klamath Bob's liquor store in Westside.
 * Lacey in the Mojave Outpost barracks at the Mojave Outpost.
 * Boomer chefs in the Mess Hall & Munitions Storage (by Nellis hangars) at Nellis Air Force Base.
 * James Garret & Francine Garret at the Atomic Wrangler Casino in Freeside.
 * Calamity at the Jacobstown lodge in Jacobstown.


 * Ice cold
 * Three can be found at the bar in the Mojave Outpost barracks.
 * Two can be found in the Camp McCarran terminal building, on the second floor in a chest freezer near the jail cells.
 * With the Nuka Chemist perk, for every three bottles of Nuka-Cola, two bottles of ice cold Nuka-Cola can be made.
 * One can be found on the floor of the kitchen of house #102, in Higgs Village.
 * Some can be found in the kitchen of the Ultra-Luxe in a freezer surrounded by empty bottles.