Fallout: New Vegas/Challenges

Challenges are small bonuses that you get extra experience points for, and sometimes, Perks. They are found on the Pip-Boy under Data > Misc > Challenges. Many may not show up until you have made some progress in them, eg. killing some insects.

Killing Challenges

Name	What to kill	Exp	Perk
A Fistful of Hollars	42 enemies with unarmed weapons	50
Abominable	50 abominations	50	Abominable
Animal Control	50 mutated animals	50	Animal Control
Bug Stomper	50 mutated insects	50	Bug Stomper
Demise of the Machines	50 robots	50	Machine Head
Energetic	64 enemies with enegery weapons	64
For A Few Hollars More	75 enemies with unarmed weapons	100
I Can Kill You With One Hand	250 enemies with one-handed weapons	75
Just Point and Click	250 enemies with a big gun	75
Kaboom	25 enemies with explosives	50
Kaboom-boom-pow	50 enemies with explosives	75
More Energetic	64 enemies with energy weapons	75
Nuke It From Orbit	250 with shoulder-mounted weapons	75
Shoot Em Up	75 enemies with guns	75
Shoot Em Up Again	75 enemies with guns	75
Super Mutant Massacre	50 Super Mutants	50	Mutant Massacrer
The Rifleman	250 enemies with rifle-grip guns	75
This is Hacking	100 enemies with one-hand melee weapons	50
Up Close	50 enemies with melee weapons	75
Up Closer	50 enemies with melee weapons	75

Damage Challenges

Name	Amount of Damage	Type of Damage	Organ to Damage	Weapon to Use	Exp	Perk
...And Boy Are My Arms Tired	100000	Damage	Any	Unarmed Weapons	75
A Little Critical	100	Critical Hits	Any	One-Handed Pistols	50
A Matter of Heart	100	Cripple	Torso	Any	75
A Matter of Perception	100	Cripple	Head	Any	75
Aiming is Optional	10000	Damage	Any	Explosive launchers	75
Beam Me Up	25000	Damage	Any	Rifle-grip energy weapons	0	Set Lasers for Fun
Blaster Master	10000	Damage	Any	Energy weapons	50
Click	20000	Damage	Any	Any submachine gun or minigun	75
Critical Reaction	128	Critical Hits	Any	Two-handed energy weapons	75
Destroy Something Not So Beautiful	10000	Damage	Any	Hand to hand	100	Beautiful Beatdown
Full of Stars	100	Cripple	Head	Unarmed weapons	50
Go For The Eyes	6000	Damage	Head	Unarmed weapons	75
Gotta Hand Grenade It To You	10000	Damage	Any	Mines and hand grenades	100
Gut Checker	100	Cripple	Torso	Unarmed weapons	50
I Am Not Left Handed	100	Cripple	Enemies' right arms	Any	100
I Can Do It One Handed	10000	Damage	Any	One-handed weapons	50	Melee Hacker
I've Got Shotgun	20000	Damage	Any	Shotguns	50
Lead Dealer	10000	Damage	Any	Gun weapons	50
Let's Get Critical	64	Critical Hits	Any	One-handed energy weapons	75
Lethal Weapons	100	Critical Hits	Any	Unarmed weapons	50
Limber Jack	100	Cripple	Limbs	Any	50
Love The Bomb	10000	Damage	Any	Explosive weapons	50
New Vegas Samurai	10000	Damage	Any	Melee weapons	50
Old Tyme Brawler	10000	Damage	Any	Unarmed weapons	50
Set Lasers for Fun	16000	Damage	Any	One-handed energy weapons	0	Set Lasers for Fun
The Big Squeezy	18000	Damage	Any	Rifle-grip guns	75
Two Hands Are Better Than One	10000	Damage	Any	Two-handed weapons	50	Melee Hacker
You'll Blind Somebody	4096	Damage	Head	Energy weapons	100

Other Challenges

Name	Requirement	Amount to do	Exp	Perk
...And Know Disintigrations	Disintigrate enemies with laser weapons	32	75
...And Not a Drop to Drink	Drink water items	100	100	Camel of the Mojave
...Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?	Explode enemy pants	25	50
All Things in Modder Nation	Apply mods to weapons	20	50
Artful Pocketer	Pick pockets	50	50
At a Loss for Words	Achieve speech failures	100	75
Caravan Master	Win at Caravan	27	50
Crafty	Craft items at a workbench, campfire or reloading bench	100	75
Day Tripper	Use addictive chems	25	50	Day Tripper
Desert Survivalist	Heal with Food	10000 HP	100
Devourer of Nations	Eat corpses	200	100
Disarming Personality	Disable mines	25	50
Double Down	Play Blackjack	10	100
Dr. Wasteland, M.D.	Use doctor's bags	25	75
Fast Times	Use Turbo	20		Fast Times
Free Radical	Use Rad Away	20		Free Radical
Fixin' Things	Repair items from your inventory	30	50
H4x Supr3m3	Hack computer terminals	25	50
He Moves in Mysterious Ways	Mysterious Stranger appearances	15		Friendly Help
Healthy Glow	Hack computer terminals	25	50
I Can Stop Any Time I Want	Take more chems	25	75
I Dismember You	Dismember limbs	1000	50
Knocked Up	Knock down enemies	100	75
Know When to Fold 'Em	Lose at Caravan	5	50
Know When to Hold 'Em	Win at Caravan	5	100
Little Wheel	Play Roulette games	10	100
Lord Death	Kill anything	200	100	Lord Death (+1% DAM)
Lord Death of Murder Mountain	Kill anything	750	100	Lord Death (+2% DAM)
Apocalypse Ain't Got Nothin' On Me	Kill anything	1000	100	Lord Death (+3% DAM)
Low Tech Hacking	Pick locks	25	50
Master of the Mojave	Discover more locations	75
Maybe That's A Lie	Become addicted (over and over)	10	25
Miss Fortunate Son (or Daughter)	Miss Fortune appearances	15		Friendly Help
One Armed Bandit	Play slots	10	100
Questin' Mark	Complete quests	5	100
Radical	Use Rad-X	20	75
Sir Talks-a-Lot	Achieve speech successes	50	50
Stim-ply Amazing	Heal damage with Stimpaks	10000 HP	100
Tough Guy	Have your own limbs crippled	50		Tough Guy
Up to the Challenge	Complete challenges	50	100
You Run Barter Town	Sell items through Barter	10000 caps	100