Dean's Secret Stash

“Hey, those are my emergency supplies! Uh... I-I mean... I know we're in a bad spot here... just, uh, leave me something, all right?”— Dean Domino, when the Courier finds one of his stashes.

Dean's Secret Stash is a challenge and world object in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Dead Money.

Challenge requirements[]

The Courier must find all 15 of Dean's secret suitcases.

Effects[]

Grants 100 XP upon completion.

Locations[]

The Villa[]

One of the stashes can be found northeast of the Villa. As the Courier faces Vera's hologram where they first encounter Elijah, head east and one will come up to a fountain on the wall, to the right of which will be graffiti saying "MADRE'S MINE, MINE, MINE!". Take a left upon facing the fountain and one will come into a courtyard; in front of the player character on the right will be a sign to the gift shop, which must be entered. Taking the stairs up to the next floor, there will be a door to the left. Outside, through the thick red cloud, one will faintly see Dean's handprint past the tree in the distance—it is up on the second level so do not jump down; instead, stay on the awnings along the left. The corner in which the stash can be found is free of the toxic cloud, so it is safe to linger there. In this stash, one will find an automatic rifle in good condition, along with a number of health items.
One can be found on the way to the police station. Head West from Vera's hologram, past the first vending machine. Go left, up the first set of stairs. The player character should see a set of stairs and a fountain ahead to the right. DO NOT TURN, but go straight ahead toward the columns ahead. The player character will know they are in the right spot if they see a firehose box on the wall ahead. The stash is directly ahead under the columns, to the left of that firehose box.
One may be found in the Ladies bathroom in the northeast corner of the Villa police station, where Dog/God are found.
One is located in the southeastern-most corner of the Villa, just south of the entrance to Salida del Sol South. It is lying behind a shelf in a small shop, which is through a closed door.

Residential District[]

From the entrance of the Residential District, walk directly toward the fountain to the left of the staircase ahead and turn left. Unlock the gate and turn left at the next doorway. Through the gate, follow the path to a courtyard filled with Cloud, and go up the stairs directly in front. At the top of the stairs, go left into the room and jump behind the couch for the stash and an ammunition box.
From the entrance to the Residential District, head up the stairs directly in front (watch for a pressure plate just inside the doorway at the top of the stairs; there is also a double-rigged shotgun aimed at the entrance of the room along with a tripwire at the exit of the room). Proceed to the next area with the Cloud. Hug the wall to the left under the columns to avoid the Cloud, and turn left into a small atrium; the stash is located in the southeast corner.

Medical District[]

One stash can be found in the Villa clinic, in the southeast corner of the waiting room, on the ground floor.
One can be found leaving the Villa clinic through the back door. After leaving the clinic, cross the courtyard and enter the gift shop. Go up the stairs and out onto a large balcony area. The stash is in the northeast corner of this area.

Salida del Sol South[]

Deans SS Salida del Sol — Secret stash locations in Salida del Sol North and South

One is located near the switching station where the player character leaves Dog/God at the conclusion of Fires in the Sky. Face away switches, walk East across the open area, about 100 feet, enter the hallway and look for a small dead-end passage on the left (north).
Upon entering Salida del Sol South from the Villa, there is a hole in the wall just ahead to the right. Go upstairs and out onto the awnings. Turn right and follow the awnings past an upstairs balcony with a doorway on your right and past a small bridge leading to a hole in the wall on the left. At the very end of the awnings turn right into a hole in the wall. The stash is opposite the hole.
Jump down from the awning after getting the above stash and head due east. In a Cloud-filled shop on the east side of the map. There is a cosmic knife ad outside and a ladder next to a speaker nearby. The suitcase is behind the counter.

Salida del Sol North[]

Upon entering the "Salida del Sol House" entrance, the player character will be inside a room. Go down the stairs on the left, and out the hole. Outside, head right under the columns. At the end, the player character should see a stairway to the right, go up, but turn LEFT, and jump over the rail onto the awning. Following the awning until seeing another awning crossing, go across and head right until one can see a hole in the wall on your left. The hole leads to a room filled with desks, (filled with chips and random ammunition). Above the stash is a vent that contains a random chem (stimpak, rebound, jet, etc.), and the Sierra Madre snow globe can be found either: on top of a crate in the opposite corner; or inside the room to the right of the hole in the wall, one enters the room through, on top of a pile of debris (the Sierra Madre snow globe is opposite the stash).
Across from the stairs used for the previous stash, there is another set of stairs to a single room. There is a radio hidden behind the counter under the handprint. The stash is on the top shelf next to the radio.
(As soon as the player character leaves number one) one will see a gate shrouded in the Cloud. Go through the gate and through the hole in the wall to the left, up the stairs, and out onto the balcony. One should be above a courtyard filled with the Cloud. The stash is in the northwest corner of the courtyard. A key will be needed (located next to the corpse holding a toolbox to the left when facing the exit gate) to escape this courtyard back to Salida del Sol South.
When heading to the bell tower at the far north end of the map, one will come through a ruined store into a courtyard. The north side of the courtyard has stairs up to Campanas Del Sol. The south side of the courtyard has stairs leading down covered in the cloud. (It is easy to miss heading up since the player character exits with the stairs behind them.) Run down the stairs and find the case in the far southwest corner of the room at the bottom. Note one can also go around to the east from the courtyard, avoiding the Cloud and getting to the stash that way. The ruined apartment one goes through this way also contains a terminal with an entry related to the challenge History's Sake.

Rewards[]

Stashes typically consist of a main stash container (usually a suitcase), as well as a number of items nearby. These nearby items are specific and will not change. The contents of each stash container are varied, but are composed of the following:

Three stimpaks
Five bobby pins
One 9mm pistol, cosmic knife, automatic rifle, caravan shotgun or police pistol
A varying amount (max 12) of one ammunition type, which can be any of the following:
A second amount of ammunition (still max 12), consisting of:
A 75% chance of one of the following food items:
A 75% chance of one of the following drink items:
A 50% chance of one of the following healing items:
A 1% chance of the following aid item:
- Stealth Boy

Notes[]

If the player character has Dean Domino as a companion when they open one of his stashes, he will often comment on it, saying it's for emergencies or asking the Courier to "at least leave [him] something!", however, this is purely for flavor, and he will never stop them, nor will the stashes have any effect on the player character's interactions with Dean in the Sierra Madre later. If asked about the stashes, Dean comments that he left them about due to his need to routinely scrounge for supplies, and he left the stashes out in case he was attacked by ghost people and needed emergency assistance.