Forum:Silver Rush Inventory

After repeated testing I think I've determined that Gloria's inventory will never level up along with the player and that the leveled lists her inventory uses will be determined by the player's level at the time of their first entry into the Silver Rush.

So, in other words, if you want to ensure that the Silver Rush carries the best stuff, you shouldn't set foot in the building until you're higher level. Today was the first time I've seen things like the the Tesla Cannon, the Plasma Caster, Gauss Rifle, Heavy Incinerator and Gatling Laser in Gloria's merchant window. But on this particular playthrough, I didn't enter the Silver Rush until I was level 40. In all the previous times I've played, Gloria never offered those items, even after I hit the level cap, because I'd already entered the building at a much lower level.

But I play on xbox and don't have GECK access. Is it possible for someone who plays on PC to verify this problem (assuming this bug isn't just exclusive to xbox)?174.0.106.101 16:19, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

That would explain why on my energy weapons character I'm always frustrated when she makes the trek into Freeside just to come out with some extra drained ammunition and energy cells. It's because Gloria never has anything useful for sale and sells miniscule amounts of ammo and some laser weapon mods. Awww what a sad glitch. Guess I'll finish Cass's companion quest about now never did like those Graffs.Cpanda 00:19, June 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * This is why I wont build an energy weapons character. I like using Cass, but if you do her quest you’re forced to eliminate the only source of energy weapons/ammo in the game.  It really doesn’t even make any sense that they would even know that you turned them into the NCR.  When you do that peaceful ending to her quest they say it will take years before anything gets done about it anyway, so how the hell do the Van Graffs know 1 hour later when you travel to Freeside? ReapTheChaos 02:52, June 6, 2011 (UTC)

That might be true of all merchants. It never made any sense to me that merchants like Chet and Cliff only carry varmint rifles and 10mm pistols even later in the game. I'll tell you what I would love to see in a future Fallout, the ability to special order an item from a merchant. It gets really old constantly checking their inventory every three days waiting for them to get something you need in stock. ReapTheChaos 02:45, June 6, 2011 (UTC)

I'm a(PC)Level 22 about to leave the Madre and have not entered the Silver Rush yet because of this post. Special Order is a great idea. I also think if the perk Vigilant Recycler is taken there should be an option to craft SEC(silenced) ammo. Squalor 16:00, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

No, I'm quite sure Van Graffs is not the only source of energy ammunition. Try the big dinosaur in Novac, or Great Khan's armory, or the bartender in Mojave outpost. Gun Runner doesn't sell energy things, but I'm sure there are a lot more merchants who sell energy ammunition at a small to decent amount, other than Van Graffs. I remember buying MFC every now and then and convert them to Max Charge for my Q-35.

As for energy weapons, some may sell a laser pistol here, a plasma pistol there generally at poor condition. Source of energy Weapons may be limited, but then I know the fiends carry them when you're at high level. Laser rifle and laser RCW can pretty much repair any energy weapon if you have jury rigging.Theagentzero 19:15, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

Duh if you need energy weapons and ammo go to hidden valey after quest.andy 45890 21:12, June 7,


 * And what if you want to be an energy weapons character who opposes the Brotherhood of Steel?174.0.106.101 05:45, June 8, 2011 (UTC)

There’s another discussion here in the forums along the same lines as this and apparently the Khan armory carries a substantial amount of energy weapons ammo. Also every time I make a run through the vault 3 outer area I walk away with heaps of energy ammo. As far as the BoS goes, if you do get to be liked with them, that crate where you pick up the free ammo respawns every time you enter/exit. So you can go in, get whats there, leave and immediately return to find more. I guess you could to this over and over for an hour or so and have all the ammo you could ever need. ReapTheChaos 09:25, June 9, 2011 (UTC)