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The sonic emitter is a quest item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics[]

Device, with the appearance of an explosive charge, emitting sonic waves.

Location[]

This item is received during the quest Ant Misbehavin' if the Courier speaks to Loyal and subsequently passes a 50 Speech check or a 50 Science check.

Related quest[]

Notes[]

  • The device kills the ants in the communications array building and counts these deaths towards the Bug Stomper challenge, but does not give XP for those kills.
  • Ants killed by using this item count as kills by using the weapon type the player is currently holding.

Behind the scenes[]

When speaking with Loyal, if the Courier's Science skill is too low to succeed, there will be an option for them to say, "Turn it up to 11!" This is a reference to the same idiom made popular by the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

Bugs[]

PCPC It can remain in the inventory after the quest if it wasn't placed it into an ant mound. It can be removed with the console command player.removeitem 10417f 1. [verified]

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