The Legend of the Star

 is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthrough
Collect 50 Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps and deposit them in the machine in Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters.

Once you collect enough, another collector will come to assassinate you. You can kill him and take his 8 star caps.

Detailed walkthrough
In order to complete this quest you need to find 50 Sunset Sarsaparilla Blue-star Caps and return them to Festus. Festus is located inside the Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters, which is south of The Thorn and east of Jacobstown. Upon completing or failing this quest it unlocks another quest.

Once you give Festus 50 Sunset Sarsaparilla Blue-Star Caps, he will tell you the story about the drink. After he is done it will say quest failed, don't worry because it gives you another quest called A Valuable Lesson.

Blue Star bottle cap locations:

1 - Brook's Tumbleweed Ranch - Next to the fire extinguisher on the first floor corner storage room with the stove

2 - Horowitz Farmstead - On left wooden crate near the sack and two ammo boxes inside broken barn

3 - Silver Peak Mine - Inside mine shack, on the table in front of/right of the entrance

4 - Jacobstown - Northern Exterior Chalet, on table with cards and whiskey bottle

5 - Brewer's Beer Bootlegging - Top of small bookcase, left of door to cellar

6 & 7 - Bonnie Springs - In small wooden crate on earth mound, south portch of the corner of the second builing away from the Campfire

8 - Vault 19 - Living Quarters, Blue Sector, inside second dorm on the desk.

9 - Crimson Caravan Company - Main Office, on the corner desk on top of Ham Radio amplifier

10 - Gun Runners - Opposite the reception desk, on a small crate on the floor by the metal table

11 - El Rey Motel - Upper floor rental room above eastern steps

12 - Camp McCarran - By Sergeant Contreras in his supply shack near him

13 - NCR Sharecroper Farms - Northeast Barracks by silos on table across from the bunk beds

14 - Aerotech Office Parks - Aerotech Suite 300, in the far end kitchen room

15 - Vault 3 - Recreation Area, South Dorm #2

16 - New Vegas Steel - On desk across the Vending Machine in the office overlooking the smelting chamber

17 & 18 - Allied Technologies Offices - On concrete cubicle desk with other caps in the filing room to the right of the entrance

19 - Grab n' Gulp Rest Stop - On picnic table by the shack, on top of a plate

20 - Hunter's Farm - Kitchen work surface in pile of other caps

21 - Hunter's Farm - Around where #20 is, but on the edge of the pile of caps

22 - REPCONN Headquarters - Ground Floor, in the gift shop on the long cash register counter

23 - REPCONN Headquarters - Ground Floor, Robot Recharge and Security Office on the desk with terminal by the filing cabinets

24 - REPCONN Headquarters - Repconn 2nd Floor Office, East Office, across from the desk with the Red Key Card

25 - REPCONN Headquarters - Repconn Office Top Floor, Piers Isley's Office on the scattered caps pile

26 - REPCONN Headquarters - Repconn Office Top Floor, Leonard Steeple's Office, on large executive desk near terminal

27 - Hostetler House - West of the Caravan, inside the house on a small table between two sofas

28 - The Gray - Upper Floor, 9 o'clock room on small table with bottle on it

29 - Cerulean Robotics - On the dining table close to three open fridges

30 & 31 - Nellis Hangars - Mess Hall Hangar, on the two closest tables to the kitchen, a cap on each table by other caps.

32 - Fields' Shack - Next to two bottles in the open fridge on the right as you walk in

33 - Gypsum Train Yard - Inside the office building, back room, corner desk with burned out terminal

34, 35, 36 - Cap Counterfitting Shack - Table near vending machines near the caps and bottles

37 & 38 - Bitter Springs Recreation Area - Right of the dead tree, on sideboard with the bottles

39 - Fisherman's Pride Shack - On table left of fridge with other caps

40 & 41 - Callville Bay - Captain Dean's Boat and Bait Shack - One is on smashed counter, fifth from the left wall; another on the far right corner on desk by first aid box on the wall

42, 43, 44 - Camp Golf - House Resort, (Upper) Right Corridor Bedroom #1, on the dresser with other caps

45 - Guardian Peak - Close to the cave mouth, on upturned crate by the radio

46 - Mountain SHadows Campground - Main Camp next to campfire on red picnic table

47 - Scavenger Platform - Northeast floating shack, on meal shelf adjacent to the ammo box

48 - Boulder City - Big Horn Saloon, on large round table near entrance

49, 50, 51 - Sunken Sarsaparilla Supplies - Across Lake Mead on the southwest side, underwater on the back end of the container

52 - Goodsprings - Ranch House northeast of Doc Mitchell's on a table in the master bedroom

53 - Goodsprings - Ranch House east of Schoolhouse, on kitchen sideboard bar right next to an exit door

54 - Sloan - Jas Wilkin's Mess Hall, on round table with lanterns and bottles

55 - The Devil's Gullet - Bottom of the Gullet, in the small wooden crate next to rusy ammo box

56 - Jean Sky Diving - Inside shack, on the desk

57. Lone Wolf Radio - With the other scattered caps, near the footlocker and mattres, in the trailer

58. Primm - Southeast ranch house on the street south of Mojve express. On top of the bookcase with the radio on it, in the living room of the shack

59. Primm - Bison street hotel: on the side table with the bottle by the sofa, in the large lobby room with the rug

60. California sunset drive in - on the slab of concrete, by the ruinined north concrete hut, right of the trash can between to bottles

61. California Sunset Drive in - Next to the forth bottle from left to right, on the slab of concrete, by the ruinined north concrete hut, next to the trash can

62. Mesquite Mountains Crater - On the formica table next to the bottle, in the kitchen inside Hells Motel

63. The Prospectors Den - In the den buildng, first room to the right, on the chessboard, resting on the sideboardbar with the radio on it, near the bed

64. Mesquite Mountains Camp site - On top of the metal box, inside the northeast tent near the sleeping mattress

65. Nipton Road Reststop - On the cash register counter, with three other caps

66. Nevada Highway Patrol Station - By the body near the green cat in the cell room with the mantis nymphs

67. Mojave Outpost - Barracks: on the long section of the bar counter as you walk in, by a bottle

68. Nipton - Ranch house opposite the Trading Post general store: on top the ruined book case near the chessboard and a bottle, in the laster bedroom

69. Mesquite Mountains Lean to - Inside the tipped wooden sunset crate, between the mattress and half buried metal box

70. Junction 15 railway station - On the corner of the green bench, left of the boarder up door, on the platform

71. 188 Trading Post - On the wooden bar shelf, by the bottle and lantern, at the end of the blue shack bar

72. El Dorado Substation - On the trash can next to the eat o matic 3000. left corner as you enter

73. Black Mountain - Inside Tabathas store shack, on the bottom shelf, between the two bottle crates, just behind and left of the super mutant dummy

74. Gibsom Scrap Yard - Corner of the low metal shelf with the tires and vehicle rims, in the main garage

75. NCR Correctional Facility - Next to the bottle on the curved desk, in the visitor center

76. Novac - On the small round table in the corner of the galley kitchen, in the ranch house, one building south of the No Bark Noonans Shack, northwest part of town

77. Novac - Daisy Whitmans Dino Dee Lite rental room, top floor above the far steps. On the table with the noodles and broken tv

78, 79. Emergency Service Railyard - On the mattress on the train platform, with the other scattered caps

80. Harpers Shack - On the small table with the fan on it, near the small crate of bottles and a pressure cooker, across from the bunk bed, left room

81. Highway 95 Vipers Encampment - Next to two other caps on one of the two makeshift bedding rolls, northeastern lean-to

82. Wrecked Highwayman - Among the debris and footlocker, in the open trunk of the crashed car

83. Snyder Prospector Camp - On the top of the two ruined books, next to the bedding and sandbags under the lean-to

84. Viper Gang Ambush - On the half buried crate spilling out of the back corner of the container, east of Nipton

85. El Dorado Gas & Service - On the cash register counter with two other caps

86. Camp Forlorn Hope - Mess hall south of stream: by the bottle the table with the coffee pot, close to the metal shelves, in front of the entrance

87. Southern Nevada Wind Farm - On the metal work table with other caps, near the copy of Deans Electronics

88. Cliffside Prospect Camp - On the chessboard with the bottle on it, on top of the damage crate

89. Searchlight North Gold Mine - On the wooden crate by the metal shelfing, across from the mine cart, in the rock alcove, halfway down the right tunnel.

90. Coyote Mines - On the middle table, lower area right of the stairs, just inside the large miners shack

91. Raided Farmsted - In the open fridge with the caps and bottles, near the ammo box, inside the long trailer

92. Camp Searchlight - Fire Station, upper floor, on a dining table with two bottles, in the kitchen area, far end of the corridor

93. Snipers Nest - On the long plank of wood next to the mattress, next to the .308 ammo box, inside the lean-to

94. Cottonwood Cove - Inside the ladies restroom building on the lowest shelf with a bottle, right corner

95. Bradleys shack - Behind the sandbags, near the other caps, by the ammo box and mattress, under the wooden canopy

96. Old Nuclear Test Site - Inside the shack on the table with the science experiment and two bottles on it

97. Matthews Animal Husbandry Farm - On a wooden crate with two bottles and a cap, on the top balcony, in the western of the two ruined barns

98. Smith Messa Prospector Camp - On the concrete block, at the back of the rock alcove, behind the lean-to

99. Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals - Floating above the sideboard near the mattress, with a teddy bear, bottles and other caps. in the submerged north bungalow

100. Blue Paradise Vacation Rentals - Among the floating bottles and caps near the open fridge, in the submerged middle rental bungalow