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Combat Veteran

Combat Veteran

Completed any three Gun Runners' Arsenal (GRA) two star (**) Challenges.

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How to unlock the Combat Veteran achievement in Fallout: New Vegas - Definitive Guide

You need
-5.56mm pistol
-.44 mag
-Any SMG

I started by saving so I could go back, and still have good fame with the strip. Thats up to you.

1.) “Vault 13’s Revenge” - Kill 15 Super Mutants

I traveled to the Jacobstown and proceeded to kill all the Super Mutants with my 5.56mm pistol

2.)”White Line Nightmare” - Kill 20 Fiends

Travel to Vault 3 and kill all fiends with .44 mag. if you still need more you can go wait 5 days anywhere else on the map. Then travel back to Vault 3 and kill the Fiends again.

**NOTE you can repeat as needed

3.)”Nyah! See?” - Kill 10 Omertas

Travel to the strip. Go into the Gomorrah. You will be asked to hand over your weapons; tell him NO! Then, kill him and the rest of the Omertas on the Casino floor. There is a room in the back left corner of the casino with a few more if you need it.


Load your save if you want good Fame with the strip.
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Simple and quick, this deserves to be the top guide, thumps up. Thanks!
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By o0EviIToaster0o on 16 Oct 2011 15:58
You simplified the whole process - THANK YOU!!!!!!
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By Mo the Surfer on 03 Jan 2012 03:24
You can also use a GRA* Power Fist for the Revenge of Vault 13 @ Black mountan -
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By VampericMist on 04 May 2012 12:37
Just a awesome guide, thanks!
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By BLAZE VII on 19 Jun 2012 21:22
Great guide
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By buy me Doritos on 24 Jun 2012 04:29
Also, if you can't find 15 super mutants at Jacobstown there is an invincible super mutant who cannot die called 'Lily'. Each time you knock her unconscious it count's as a kill.

Think this could be mentioned?
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By Zeta Sigh on 11 Oct 2012 00:58
I wish the guides for the other two similar GRA achievements were this simple. +1 bro you deserve it.
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By guns vs kittens on 29 Mar 2013 06:29
If you are having trouble killing the super mutants with the 5.56 pistol, you can weaken them with another weapon. Just as long as the death blow is with the 5.56, it counts. Also, another good place to find enemies for ”White Line Nightmare” is in the south part of the map. Bradley's shack and Raided Farmstead have many vipers and jackals around them.
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By HyacinthHouse71 on 27 Mar 2014 19:47
This worked great. Thanks
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By l BlackBrian7 l on 07 May 2014 22:02
Awesome guide! +1
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By The Hot Glue on 27 Feb 2015 23:05
Kinda hoped about having the progress kept in-game as well, but it's the reputation.
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By Haarberger on 05 Aug 2015 17:54
This is a work of art. Kudos!
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By ChrisLemsPa on 10 Mar 2017 16:44
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The following are all the two star challenges added to the game

Dyin' Ain't Much of a Living

Kill members of NCR or Legion hit squads with weapons affected by the Cowboy perk. (Note: You do not need the Cowboy perk.

Even a God-King Can Bleed

Cripple Caesar's head with Throwing Spears.

Historical Propriety

Kill Caesar with a Knife or Combat Knife.

Nyah! See?

Kill Chairmen, White Gloves, or Omertas with any submachine gun, light machine gun, or minigun. (10 required)

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Kill President Kimball with any One-Handed Pistol.

Talk About Owned

Kill Benny with his own gun, Maria.

Vault 13's Revenge

Kill Super Mutants with 5.56mm Pistols, Plasma Defenders, Plasma Grenades, Power Fists, Rippers, or the Bozar. (15 required)

White Line Nightmare

Kill Fiends, Vipers, or Jackals with Tire Irons, Baseball Bats, Lead Pipes, Machetes, .44 Magnum Revolvers, or Sawed-Off Shotguns. (20 required)

Hit squads are enemies that appear once you upset either the Legion or NCR (not sure if both appear at the same time). They appear at certain locations and respawn after a few in game days. I'm not sure on the spawn locations for NCR but for Legion you can find them when you are near Cassidys Caravan Wreckage.

The following weapons are affected by the Cowboy perk. Weapons marked with HH are found in Honest Hearts and LR are found in Lonesome Road. Most of these can be found from weapons dealers like Gun Runners.

Dynamite
Time bomb
Long-fuse dynamite
Fire bomb (HH)

Bowie knife (LR)
Blood-Nap (LR)
Combat knife
Chance's knife
Hatchet
Knife
Throwing hatchet
Throwing knife
Tomahawk (HH)
War club (HH)

.357 magnum revolver
Lucky
.44 magnum revolver
Mysterious Magnum
BB gun
Abilene Kid LE BB gun
Brush gun
Cowboy repeater
La Longue Carabine
Hunting revolver
Ranger Sequoia
Lever-action shotgun
That Gun
Trail carbine

If you decide to cripple Caesar's head be sure to save prior if you are not interested in the ensuing fight. Throwing spears can be obtained with the Tribal pack of you have the pre-order or purchased the Courier's Stash DLC. Otherwise Mick & Ralphs occasionally sell them along with other merchants.

Killing Caesar with a knife might prove troublesome since a big fight will occur once you put your hands on Caesar. Unless you plan on killing everyone with the knife you might kill Caesar with another weapon. You can find a knife in Doc Mitchell's house or Combat knifes in the Vikki and Vance casino. If you plan on doing both Caesar challenges I suggest doing one before and these two afterwords so if you decide to reload the save you can complete the challenge and achievement.

For Nyeh! See? buy a trail carbine or Sleepytyme from Gun Runners and go to the Strip and kill all necessary enemies. If you don't want to kill the Chairmen, White Gloves or Omertas then save prior and complete it. Be warned it will need to be the final challenge or it won't count if you reload.

I don't recommend trying to kill Kimball with a pistol since it's late game quest and obviously a hellstorm of enemies will try to kill you as a result.

If you want to kill Benny with Maria then when you confront Benny shoot the weapon off his hand and pick it up before you he does. I suggest bring companions to even out this fight.

An easy supply of Super Mutants are the group in Jacobstown but unless you don't want them dead either save this for last and reload when done or kill the Nightkin for the quest Come Fly with Me or go to Black Mountain.

Enough Fiends for the challenge can be found near Vault 3. Several of the weapons needed for the kills can be easily found when attacked in Freeside. The guns can be found at Gun Runners as well.
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29 Sep 2011 23:10

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Pretty certain that Medicine Stick (GRA) needs to be added to that list of Cowboy weapons, which is convenient since it can also complete several other challenges,
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By Ashen Seraph on 02 Oct 2011 00:25
The cowboyperk weapons don't work for me (I don't have the perk).
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By schematics on 02 Oct 2011 02:56
Are you using a weapon from Honest Hearts or Lonesome Road? I wrote that the perk is not needed because I don't the have the perk myself and I completed the challenge. I haven't been able to confirm if weapons from those add-ons count.

Also are you sure you're attacking the hit squads? Killing regular Legion or NCR members won't count.
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By TaurosPuff on 02 Oct 2011 03:01
Specifically for the Legion raids, you have to kill the NPC's with 'Legion Assassin' for it to count.
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By Infomouse on 10 Oct 2011 15:05
For Cowboy Perk weapons, add the unique hunting rifle Paciencia (GRA).
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By LoneSt4r1836 on 02 Oct 2012 18:50
Four Supermutants re-spawn next to the atomic bomb near Devil's Throat, and one sometimes spawns at the bottom of Devil's Throat.
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By olde fortran 77 on 16 Jan 2015 13:44
The Supermutants are a pain in the butt to find if you already finished Black Mountain etc. and don't want to wipe out Jacobstown.
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By Lockie on 27 Jan 2016 02:15
I can confirm that you won't need Cowboy to get that challenge working, I got 1 kill and I do not have the perk. Great guide, works wonderfully. For those of you not aware, the Fiends Phoenix is referring to are near Vault 3, which is in the South Vegas Ruins (south-southwest of the New Vegas North Gate.). Thumbs up!
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By Smeds on 06 Oct 2011 02:45
Great guide, one thing you might want to add is that it takes five kills of a hit squad team member (Legion or NCR) for the challenge to be completed. It might take more than one hit squad, I had four people come on the first hit squad at Cassidy Caravans, so i waited five in game days and went back for the fifth kill. Also, I didnt have the Cowboy perk, just confirming that.
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By Xanothus on 23 Jan 2012 10:34
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You must complete three two star GRA challenges. The easiest (in my opinion) is to make a Cowboy perk guns based character and get the following challenges:

Talk About Owned: Kill Benny with his own gun. To do so, go through the main quest as usual. When you go to meet Benny, bring a 9mm pistol in good condition and some ammo and get him to meet you alone. Use the hostile dialogue choices and start a fight. Use VATS to shoot Maria, his unique pistol out of his hand, quickly pick it up, repair it with your own 9mm pistol, equip it, then VATS his head until head is gone.

White Line Nightmare: Kill 20 Fiends, Vipers, or Jackals using tire irons, baseball bats, lead pipes, machetes, .44 magnum revolvers, or sawed-shotguns. To do so, grab yourself a .44 magnum revolver (or the Mysterious Magnum), plenty of ammo, and visit Vault 3 with the .44 magnum revolver of your choice in hand. You should have plenty of fiends to shoot.

Dyin' Aint Much of a Living: Kill 5 members of NCR or Legion hit squads using weapons affected by the Cowboy perk. As you progress through the main quest, you should be getting hit squads from one or more faction. If not, kill members of the NCR and/or Legion to get their attention. If you are doing as previously instructed and playing a Cowboy perk based character, the challenge should be completed naturally as you defend yourself from the hit squads while doing other achievements.
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For this trophy you must complete three of the following two star GRA challenges:

Dyin' Ain't Much of a Living
Requirement - Kill 5 members of NCR or Legion hit squads with weapons affected by the Cowboy perk.

For this challenge you must use weapons affected by the cowboy perk. A hit squad is a group of enemies from an opposing faction, the NCR will send Rangers, and the Legion will send Legionary Assassins. You must kill five of either group with these weapons. To know if a faction will send these squads after you they normally will send a "warning" squad to tell you to change your reputation. This squad also counts.

Note: Hit squads seem to show up at certain locations, until you reach The Strip, at that point it seems random. They seem to occasionally appear on the road a bit east from the Gibson scrap yard, on the strip of road between Nipton and Novac, and another road (may or may not be the same one) to Freeside near the Grab n' Gulp rest stop. (Credit to Anomanderuselnu)

Historical Propriety
Requirement - Kill Caesar with a Knife or Combat Knife.

Obtain a combat knife(Most NCR have one). Then Travel to Cottonwood Cove, and use the barge to get to the fort, then progress through the fort to Caesar's Tent and cut him up.

Nyah! See?
Requirement - Kill 10 Chairmen, White Gloves, or Omertas with any submachine gun, light machine gun, or minigun.

Obtain any submachine gun(9mm, 10mm, 45 Auto etc) then go to the strip, and kill various guards inside The Gommorah (Omertas, The Tops (Chairmen), or The Ultra Luxe (White Glove Scociety).

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Requirement - Kill President Kimball with any One-Handed Pistol.
This challenge is only available if you have NOT reached the part of the game where President Kimball give his speech at the Hoover Dam. You can complete this challenge during the Arizona Killer(Caesar), You'll know when it happens(NCR), The House always wins VI, or Wild Card finishing touches quests. During any of those quests simply kill President Kimball with a one-handed pistol.

Talk About Owned
Requirement - Kill Benny with his own gun, Maria.

You'll Want a stealthboy here!!! Go to The Tops, and find Benny, usually he's near the elevator past the gambling area of the casino, save your game just in case, use your stealthboy and pickpocket Benny's gun Maria reload if you're unsuccessful, once you've obtained Maria, kill him with it.

Vault 13's Revenge
Requirement - Kill 15 Super Mutants with 5.56mm Pistols, Plasma Defenders, Plasma Grenades, Power Fists, Rippers, or the Bozar.

Obtain a 5.56 (GRA) pistol from the Gun Runners store, then travel to either Jacobtown or Neil's Shack near Black Mountain, and kill any super mutants or nightkin you find.

White Line Nightmare
Requirement - Kill 20 Fiends, Vipers, or Jackals with Tire Irons, Baseball Bats, Lead Pipes, Machetes, .44 Magnum Revolvers, or Sawed-Off Shotguns.

Fiends can be found outside the strip, jackals can be found South of Primm and West of Nipton, Vipers can be found near Horrowitz Farmstead and the Highway 95 Viper Encampment. Simply kill members of the following gangs with these weapons to complete this challenge.

Even a God-King Can Bleed
Requirement - Cripple Caesar's head with Throwing Spears.

Travel to Cottonwood Cove, then use the barge to get to the fort, kill any legion members you see to obtain some throwing spears, then progress through the fort to Caesar's tent and save, use vats and throw the spears at his head, if he dies before you cripple him, reload and try again.

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The trophy is not difficult.

1. Buy/find/steal a 5.56mm pistol, kill 15 super mutants with it, if there are problems, set the difficulty to easy. The largest gathering of mutants is the black mountain.

2. Take any .44 magnum and shoot from it at the fiends that are found southwest of the strip. 20 corpses and the second challenge.

3. Sign up. We take a submachine gun or a minigun, go to Tops, Gamorra or Uluthra Lux, and arrange a bloody massacre for the guards. Ten corpses, third challenge, trophy, let's load up.

The method does not include a plot beast like Caesar, it is suitable for a Persian with any build-up, and a character with pumped-up Guns will do it one-two-three.
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1. Sic Semper Tyrannis / Such is the fate of tyrants - Kill President Kimball during his visit to the Hoover Dam with any one-handed pistol.
  • The name of the challenge is a reference to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a phrase shouted by his assassin John Booth.
2. Nyah! See? / Sure sure. Like this... - Kill 10 Chairmen, White Gloves, or Omerta members using submachine guns (9mm, 10mm, 12, 7mm, etc.), light machine guns, or miniguns.
  • The name of the challenge is a reference to American actor Edward G. Robinson, who became famous for playing various bandits. When portraying them, Robinson often inserted into his speech the interjections “Yes!” and “See?”
3. White Line Nightmare / Mayhem on the Roads - Kill 20 Devils, Vipers or Jackals with crowbars, baseball bats, lead pipes, machetes, Magnum shots. 44 and sawn-off shotgun.
  • The original name of the challenge is an excerpt from the narrator's monologue at the beginning of the film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981).
4. Historical Propriety / Historical Humor - Kill Caesar with a knife or combat knife.
  • The name of the challenge is a reference to the murder of Julius Caesar, who was stabbed to death.
5. Vault 13's Revenge - Kill 15 super mutants with 5.56 mm pistols, plasma defenders, plasma grenades, rippers, power brass knuckles or bozar.
  • The name of the challenge is a reference to Fallout and Fallout 2, and the Vault Dweller, who was forced to take up arms to defend his home, Vault 13, from an army of super mutants.
6. Talk About Owned - Kill Benny with his own Maria pistol.
  • The English name of the challenge (Talk About Owned) is a play on words and a reference to Internet/gaming slang. “Owned” in slang means an easy victory over an opponent, in a derogatory manner (I fucked you).
7. Dyin' Ain't Much of a Living / Does a dead man have life? - Kill 5 members of an NKR or Legion assault force using a weapon affected by the Cowboy ability.
  • The title of the challenge, "Dyin' Ain't Much of a Living," is a quote from the movie Josie Wales Outlaw (1976), starring Clint Eastwood.
8. Even a God-King Can Bleed - Cripple Caesar's head with a throwing spear.
  • The name of the challenge is a quote from the movie 300 (2006). King Leonidas tells Xerxes at their first meeting: “...and before the battle is over, even the god-king will bleed.”
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By Chronicle on 06 Oct 2015 09:07
Optimal:

1. Kill 15 super mutants from the “Plasma Defender” (GRA) (different from the usual one, the possibility of modification).

2. Shoot 20 Devils, Vipers or Jackals. Mysterious Magnum is best suited. You can beg for it (“Barter” 50) from Lonesome Drifter during the quest “Talents, respond!” (eng. Talent Pool). If you load cal. 44 Magnum, expansive, then things will go more vigorously (take from Gunsmiths).

3. I tried to steal his “Maria” pistol from the captive Benny, to no avail. Therefore, we take a “Light machine gun” from the Gunsmiths we know and go to take out members of the “White Glove” society or members of “Omerta”. Here, whoever likes what more.
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By Stayer on 18 Mar 2017 14:17