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Ultra-Luxe
FNV UltraLuxe
Icon section
Site
Ultra Luxe loc
Map MarkerNone (nearest: The Strip North Gate, local: )
Part ofNew Vegas Strip
Segments
SectionsLobby and Casino
The Gourmand
Kitchens
Members Only area
Bathhouse
Penthouse suite
Bon Vivant suite
People
FactionsWhite Glove Society
LeadersMarjorie
Mortimer
Other
QuestsBeyond the Beef
Pheeble Will
Render Unto Caesar
Big Winner
Big Winner, Ultra-Luxe
Technical
Cell NameStripUltraLuxe (exterior)
ULBath (bath house)
ULCasino (casino floor)
ULGourmand (Gourmand)
ULRooms (hotel rooms)
ULKitchen (kitchen)
ULPenthouse (penthouse)
ULMembersOnly (Members Only area)
ref id0013b385 (exterior)
0010cda6 (bath house)
0010d4ed (casino floor)
001188ed (Gourmand)
001185f9 (hotel rooms)
00119670 (kitchen)
00125aad (penthouse)
00119508 (members only area)
TerminalsUltra-Luxe terminals
 
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Gametitle-FNV

The Ultra-Luxe. Live life in the lap of luxury.

— Ultra-Luxe Slogan, Radio New Vegas; Mr. New Vegas, Fallout: New Vegas

The Ultra-Luxe is a hotel and casino on the New Vegas Strip. It is run by the White Glove Society, a secretive group of gourmets who appreciate the finer things in life.

Background[]

The Ultra-Luxe is a luxurious pre-War resort built roughly at the same time as The Tops casino[1], featuring finest quality accommodations, a world class restaurant, the Gourmand, all to provide its patrons with the highest possible quality of service and living. It is an establishment of ineradicable refinement that delicately conceals its operators' more questionable past tendencies. Almost needlessly to say, the Ultra-Luxe pampers its clients and provides The Strip's most elite casino experience. A dress code is strictly enforced. All of the staff and family members are well-dressed, well-spoken, and well-behaved. The casino's prime attractions are its meat-oriented restaurant, The Gourmand, its cocktail lounge, Top Shell, and its art gallery. Roulette and blackjack are the only games offered.[2] As Mr. House himself describes it; "[They] put together one hell of a resort hotel, too. From what I hear, I'd want to eat at the Gourmand every night... if I were ambulatory."[3]

Layout[]

Lobby and Casino[]

The Lobby and Casino area contains the lobby and casino, obviously. The highly fashionable bar, "The Top Shelf," is also located in the entrance room that doubles as the casino. The drinks are overpriced, but that's the point. Mortimer can be found at the reception desk. The door to the cashier has an average lock. There are three metal boxes within the cashier area at the bottom of a shelf that hold your weapons and those of your two potential companions, and a variety of random caps and small loot in the other safes and containers.

The Gourmand[]

Main article: The Gourmand
TheGourmand

The Gourmand

The Gourmand is a famous restaurant run by temperamental chef and White Glove Society member Philippe. The restaurant is renowned for its famous brahmin Wellington, and boasts a long waitlist, even though it usually seems sparsely populated. Gamblers, travelers and other Strip tourists found here will theorize the White Glove Society is more interested in maintaining the Gourmand's air of exclusivity than filling the restaurant, and are subsequently padding the waitlist and arbitrarily denying access to customers. This suspicion is commented upon by Mr. New Vegas on Radio New Vegas.

Kitchens[]

The basement kitchens of the Ultra-Luxe are accessible from the Members Only Area, where the door is unlocked, and The Gourmand, behind a door with an easy lock. The basement itself consists of a number of rooms, including Phillipe's actual kitchen, the pantry, the locked freezer containing Ted Gunderson, an elevator back upstairs, and a wine room, containing a bottle of wine the player can spike with sedatives as part of Beyond the Beef. The basement hallways are regularly patrolled by a small group of three White Glove Society members, two of whom will initially be seen at the bottom of the first set of stairs "roasting" brahmin with flamers. They will confront the player if the player is caught in the basement without honorary White Glove Society membership, and will turn hostile if the player cannot pass a speech check.

Members Only area[]

The Ultra-Luxe Members Only Area consists of a large dining room, adjoining prep room, reception area, closet, and 10-12 members of the White Glove Society, some of which are armed with dress canes and described as "bouncers." The bouncers will be hostile towards the player unless the player has been inducted as an honorary member of the White Glove Society by Marjorie, and subsequently been given a key to the rooms. An unlocked door in the prep area leads to the Ultra-Luxe's kitchens.

Bathhouse[]

A high quality tiled bath house, including an indoor swimming pool, lounge and steam room, where the player can meet the investigator's contact during the Beyond the Beef quest. The salts for the bath are imported all the way from California.

Hotel rooms[]

Penthouse suite[]

Heck Gunderson is staying in this room, and has left several of his bodyguards here to watch the place. They will be hostile to the player, so killing them or sneaking past them is required to loot the suite.

The Courier needs a key, held only by the receptionist, Mortimer, to access the elevator to the suite. Mortimer can be killed or pickpocketed for the key. Alternatively, he can give the key to the player during Beyond the Beef in some paths through that quest.

In the situation one does not possess a key, a lockpick skill of 75 allows access. Once inside the player can see a small foyer leading to what appears to be a small guest dedicated portion of the suite. Further inside the suite is quite grand and the ceiling is possibly the highest of all Penthouse/Presidential Suites in New Vegas. In the middle of the large suite is a shallow pool and to the right is the dining room and kitchen. Upstairs is the master bedroom with a bar and the bathroom. Sleeping in the Penthouse Suite is impossible because the player does not own the beds.

Bon Vivant suite[]

Main article: Bon Vivant Suite

The Bon Vivant Suite, located on the same floor as the regular hotel rooms, is given to the player for winning 11,250 chips in the casino. It is located in the Hotel Room area and is not to be mistaken for the Penthouse suite in which Gunderson is staying. The room is average for the Ultra-Luxe and includes two beds that the player may sleep in. Curiously, most of the room's contents (containers, items, etc.) are set as owned and register as stealing if opened or taken.

Gambling[]

Games
  • The Ultra-Luxe offers Blackjack and Roulette. Slot machines are considered too noisy and are not present.
  • The Ultra-Luxe pays 3:2 on blackjack, and the dealer must stand on all 17's.
Rewards and ban

Should the player acquire enough chips, the floor manager will offer increasingly valuable gifts, culminating in access to the Bon Vivant Suite.

After the player earns 15,000+ chips, they are banned from playing games at the Ultra-Luxe. They can still use its other functions, such as the restaurant and cashing out their chips, but they cannot win any more money at the Ultra-Luxe. Like all other bans, this ban is permanent.

Notable loot[]

Related quests[]

Notes[]

  • As with every Strip casino, the Ultra-Luxe requires you to surrender your weapons upon entry. Certain "holdout" weapons can be brought into the casino by choosing the option beginning with "<keep holdout weapons>". If the player's Sneak skill is 50 or above, this option includes additional weapons.
  • Occasionally, when approaching the Ultra-Luxe, you will see women dancing in sexy sleepwear in the fountain on the Strip. Upon examination, they are identified as NCR troopers. They are surrounded by two Securitrons and a few male NCR MPs. They eventually leave after being scolded by the male MPs.
  • The cashiers do not respawn when killed, leaving it impossible to cash in chips or buy new ones.
  • The White Glove Society is the only place on the strip (excluding NCR) where reputation can be changed outside of the Strip.
  • The Gourmand food supplier restocks on Sundays and Wednesdays.
  • Unlike the other casinos (excluding the Atomic Wrangler Casino), the Ultra-Luxe doesn't have a table manager. Instead, a normal member from White Glove Society goes to you and give you the rewards.
  • The oven in the kitchen can only be used during the quest Beyond the Beef.
  • The Patrons will occasionally remark on the creepiness of the society members's masks, foreshadowing a future side quest.
  • On a newspaper in Gomorrah, the Ultra-Luxe is referred to as the 'Ultra Lux'. This is likely an oversight by the developers.
  • It is possible to lock yourself in the pantry using the terminal, if you do there is no way out since the lock on the door can't be picked.
  • The Formal Wear attire allows the player to wear it without the faction affiliation of the White Glove Society attire.
  • The Gourmand food supplier (located in the Gourmand dining room behind the bar) is the only one who will sell you the Wasteland omelet. There are no other merchants who can sell this very rare food item. There is a small chance of finding it in ovens in the Wastes, but the Ultra-Luxe is the only reliable source where it is found consistently. The food supplier also sells other foods relatively difficult to find in the Wasteland, such as Pinyon Nuts.
  • If you kill the White Glove greeter, he is one of the few staff members that respawns, but there is a short window of time (4 days, or 96 hours in "game time") before he respawns where you can re-enter the Ultra-Luxe without being greeted and still be able to keep all of your weapons without the weapons check.
  • If the player heads back to the kitchen where the beef flamers would normally be (and the player has already killed them), there will be a large cleaver on a surgical table. If, however, the player attempts to take it, it cannot be picked up.
  • If you kill either bartender, the one in the main casino area or the one in The Gourmand, they do not respawn, leaving it impossible to buy drinks in the future from the casino.

Music[]

The piped-in music in the lobby and casino consists of the following tracks:

Appearances[]

The Ultra-Luxe appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes[]

  • The Ultra-Luxe is most likely based upon The Bellagio resort in Las Vegas, due to the structural design of the building and the fountain at the entrance.

Bugs[]

  • PlayStation 3Icon ps3 Xbox 360Icon xbox360 PCIcon pc The script which returns items to you and your companion(s) as you leave the Ultra-Luxe does not check to ensure it is returning items to the correct companion, or even any companion at all. In the worst case this can result in all items previously held by your companion being removed from the game entirely.
  • Xbox 360Icon xbox360 If you enter the Ultra-Luxe lobby with Rex as a companion, he may begin growling and run off and attack an non-player. This can cause the White Gloves to attack you. If this happens, reload the auto save triggered by entering the Ultra-Luxe and quickly tell Rex to wait.
  • PlayStation 3Icon ps3 When Cashing in chips for NCR or Legion money, the cashier will take the chips but will not give any NCR or Legion money in return.
  • PlayStation 3Icon ps3 Xbox 360Icon xbox360 The game sometimes freezes after the weapons check at the entrance. This seems to become permanent once it occurs, even reloading an earlier save seems to have no effect. Having companions wait outside may prevent this.
  • PCIcon pc PlayStation 3Icon ps3 Xbox 360Icon xbox360 In the bathhouse, if you walk into the semi-circle indent in the wall to the right of the steam room door, you will fall out of the map and be teleported back to the center the bathhouse in front of the pool. If you do this before Chauncey dies during the Beyond the Beef quest you can see the assassin in a tiny room underneath the steam room. Killing him does not break the quest, as Chauncey is scripted to die.
  • PCIcon pc PlayStation 3Icon ps3 Xbox 360Icon xbox360 The female croupier who is running the roulette game on the east side of the casino floor may become unconscious when entering the casino area from The Strip. After a few seconds she will stand up and return to her original position behind the table.
  • PCIcon pc Xbox 360Icon xbox360 After completing Beyond the Beef, if you enter the penthouse, Mr.Gunderson's guards may not attack you. The marker on the compass will consistently flash to blue to red and if you move they may start running around.
  • Xbox 360Icon xbox360 When a player attempts to leave the Hotel Rooms section of the building, the game will consistently crash in some events. Dismissing any followers seems to fix this.
  • Xbox 360Icon xbox360 Rarely, the Tops promoter gets stuck inside the casino near the front entrance. He does not move from there and doesn't return to the Tops casino.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Archived newspapers in Casino
  2. Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition p.345-348: "[2D.05] Ultra-Luxe Casino
    The Ultra-Luxe is an establishment of ineradicable refinement that delicately conceals its operators' more questionable tendencies. Run by the Sawneys, the Ultra-Luxe pampers its clients and provides The Strip's most elite casino experience. A dress code is strictly enforced. All of the staff and family members are well-dressed, well-spoken, and well-behaved. The casino's prime attractions are its meat-oriented restaurant, The Gourmand, its cocktail lounge, Top Shell, and its art gallery. Roulette and blackjack are the only games offered."
    (Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition Tour of the Mojave Wasteland)
  3. The Courier: "Were you aware that the White Glove Society used to be cannibals?"
    Robert House: "Yes, of course. But refraining from those "dietary practices" is a primary requirement of their contract. They've been good to their word. Put together one hell of a resort hotel, too. From what I hear, I'd want to eat at the Gourmand every night... if I were ambulatory."
    (Robert House dialogue)
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