Sunset Sarsaparilla

Sunset Sarsaparilla is a consumable soda in Fallout: New Vegas. Before the Great War it was advertised as "the most popular Beverage in the West!"

Background
The Sunset Sarsaparilla Company was founded in 1918, since becoming known across the former United States for its sarsaparilla flavored soft drink. By 2077, the soda's popularly had spread nationwide and into Canada, despite competition from Nuka-Cola Corporation's Nuka-Cola Wild, an attempt to replicate the soda's flavor and success.

Despite the widespread success of the drink, a study was conducted that claimed the soda was hazardous to consumers' health. Broadcast on television, the study showed that consuming large quantities of the product resulted in a wide range of harmful side effects, including kidney damage, nausea, digital numbness, anxiety, loss of visual acuity, dizziness, occasional nosebleeds, joint inflammation, tooth decay, sore throat, bronchitis, organ rupture, and halitosis.

After the war, Sunset Sarsaparilla can still be found in New Vegas and the surrounding region. With each bottle consumed, there is a 5% chance of obtaining a Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap.

Characteristics
Sunset Sarsaparilla is a beverage found around New Vegas. While playing in Hardcore mode, the beverage mildly dehydrates the Courier. Drinking Sunset Sarsaparilla will not give rads. The only exception to this rule is the irradiated Sunset Sarsaparilla bottles found in areas like Camp Searchlight and the Courier's Mile.

Crafting
With the Honest Hearts add-on installed, the Courier can obtain a recipe and make a home-brewed version of the drink. This is identical to the standard variety.

Variants

 * Irradiated Sunset Sarsaparilla

Locations

 * Found in Sunset Sarsaparilla vending machines throughout the Mojave Wasteland.
 * 19 in the Mojave Outpost barracks.
 * 13 in the Lucky 38's casino.
 * Nine in the Ultra-Luxe's Members Only area, six in its kitchen, six in the Gourmand, and five in the casino.
 * Seven in the King's School of Impersonation.
 * Seven in the Westside Co-op.
 * Six in The Tops restaurant.
 * Goodsprings - Sold by Trudy in the Prospector Saloon and found in multiple Sunset Sarsaparilla crates surrounding the Goodsprings General Store and the saloon. Most of these will lower one's Karma if taken. Out in front of the gas station in Goodsprings, there is a vending machine with three or four Sunset Sarsaparillas inside and taking these will not affect Karma.
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters - In numerous vending machines and Sunset Sarsaparilla crates throughout the entire building.
 * Boulder City - Sold by Ike in the Big Horn Saloon. Also, found in Sunset Sarsaparilla crates and on shelves near and behind the bar.

Behind the scenes
Sarsaparilla is a real world soft drink of the same name.