“We've got stuff we're not even allowed to sell, people! Only at Mick and Ralph's!”— Mick & Ralph's crier, Fallout: New Vegas
Mick & Ralph's is an unmarked location within Freeside in the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background[]
Providing some of the finest quality trinkets to discerning customers, while serving the riff-raff the usual low-grade armaments, the owners maintain a thriving business even on the seedier side of Freeside with Mick selling weapons and Ralph selling consumables and special services.
Layout[]
Situated just inside of Freeside's east gate, the area out front of the shop typically has Rotface seated against an adjacent building to the right, and Max and Stacey running around in front during the day.
When coming into the building, Ralph will be sitting on the right behind his desk. There are shelves on the wall to the right of where Mick is standing, and a central "shelf" made of washing machines in the middle of the room. To the right of Mick is a staircase that leads to a room upstairs that comprises Mick and Ralph's bedrooms and a few other items such as washing machines and desks. A few skill magazines can be found on the second floor, including Tæles of Chivalrie, Fixin' Things, and Programmer's Digest.
Mick's special weapons hideout
Both Mick and Ralph sell special items if the right circumstances are met. With at least 50 Speech or higher, both Mick and Ralph can be convinced to permit the use of these special services:
- Mick's "special inventory" contains uncommon as well as a few rare ballistic weapons. He also sells the unique naughty nightwear.
- Ralph will sell a fake passport allowing for entry to the Strip (if the 2000 caps credit check cannot be met nor does one have 80 Science to hack the greeter). It will cost 500 caps to purchase or 375 with 50 Barter, or it can be obtained for free if the favor from The King is used to request getting a passport (requires completing G.I. Blues).
Notable loot[]
- Pimp-Boy 3 Billion - Given by Mick by completing How Little We Know in a certain way (see the quest's page for details).
- 150 rocket souvenirs - In the Nuka-Cola vending machine on the second floor.
- Strange meat - Inside the fridges.
- Container of chlorine - Purchased from Ralph. Relevant as a quest item during a certain part of How Little We Know.
- Naughty nightwear - Sold by Mick after passing the Speech check to access his "special inventory."
- Embrace of the Mantis King!
- Sold by Mick. - Nuka-Breaker - Sold by Mick.
- Li'l Devil - Sold by Mick.
Notes[]
- If the Mick & Ralph's crier near the central gate is shot by the player character or a companion, they will no longer be able to buy anything from either Mick or Ralph. They will say how they do not like the way they treat their friends and tell them to leave.
- The hidden room housing Mick's "special inventory" features, along with a tri-beam laser rifle, three weapons from Fallout 3: a railway rifle, two Infiltrators, and a Chinese pistol on the high right. None of these weapons are sold by Mick, and the displayed items themselves are not actual weapons but non-interactive decorations.
- A small number of items inside Mick's "special inventory" room are actual items: cowboy hats, naughty nightwear, and the lone duffle bag in the room, which is empty. All of these items are close enough that they can be picked up by viewing the room with the third-person camera.
- When confronting him during Debt Collector for Francine Garret, Santiago will claim using the code word "extravaganza" gets a discount from Ralph. However, asking Ralph about it reveals this is a lie, one that Santiago frequently uses.
- The sign outside the building appears to have originally only said "Ralph's," indicating the "Mick &" part was added post-War.
- At the front desk where Ralph usually sits, hanging over it on the right side, are some dolls that the swampfolk of Point Lookout hung on trees to mark their territory.
- Several Vault 3 jumpsuits can be found in the upstairs section of the shop. They are also sold by Mick, though both sources have them in poor condition.
- Similar to Rockopolis in Fallout 3, the hidden area of the shop uses pennants to mark the location.
- There are two posters for the Museum of Technology which advertise the Virgo II Lunar Lander, which is seen on display in the museum in Fallout 3.
- When entering Mick and Ralph's, directly to the left, there are ads for the Super-Duper Mart from Fallout 3.
- Dixon will look through the windows of the shop even though they cannot be seen through.
- Talking to Ralph while Wang Dang Atomic Tango is active will have him speak unique dialogue such as "Pimpin' ain't easy, huh? Maybe I'd stop by if that place got some talent."
- If the player uses any means of continuing the game after the ending slideshow, Ralph will comment on the outcome of the Second Battle of Hoover Dam.
- Mick and Ralph sleep in the same bed.
Appearances[]
Mick & Ralph's appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Bugs[]
After convincing Mick to show you his "special" items they will be available for the rest of the game as part of his "normal" sales items, but will not change. Further requests to browse his "special" inventory serve no purpose, other than to open the hidden door in the shop. [verified]- Occasionally, when you ask to see what either Mick or Ralph has in stock or for sale, no trade menu comes up and the conversation will end. The fix is if you have not yet completed the quest "Wang Dang Atomic Tango" given by James Garret in the Atomic Wrangler, complete this quest and sometimes this will allow you to be able to trade with Mick and Ralph again. [verified]
- This appears to be caused by a malfunction tied to the discount that Mick and Ralph supposedly offer the player when at mixed reputation with Freeside, and changing the player's reputation so that it's either positive or negative (by paying James Garret, completing quests, killing random people, or using the console on PC {for example "ResetAI"}) will immediately fix the bug.
- Ralph's Speech challenge for "special services" may not appear if you have completed all of The King's quests. [verified]
- The "special weapons" area will not show up (obtained with Speech). You ask to see them and he waits but nothing happens (normal buy screen should appear but doesn't). It still works for normal guns, just not special weapons. [verified]
- Having a high enough Freeside reputation causes a non-player character to praise you and give you various free items/caps occasionally. If one of these non-player characters approaches you while you're in Ralph's special item cell room Ralph may exit which can cause the room to seal with you in it. There appears to be no way out and you must reload from a saved game, or use the console to teleport yourself somewhere else. [verified]
- Sometimes neither Mick nor Ralph will be present in the shop. No known fix. [verified]
- Sometimes after being approached by a non-player character who gives you a discount at Mick & Ralph's, attempting to browse either of their stocks will simply send you back to the dialogue menu without displaying the items. After some testing, it appears to be caused by raising your Freeside fame to trigger the event, but also gaining Freeside infamy to the point of having a Mixed reputation before the non-player character has a chance to speak to you. You can avoid this bug via the use of console commands or simply by avoiding the non-player character running up to you in Freeside. Killing the non-player character will turn Mick & Ralph hostile the next time you enter their store, even if you were hidden. [verified]
Gallery[]
View at the store
Upstairs, 150 caps in the vending machine to the left
Mick & Ralph's as seen during daylight
Mick's special store
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