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{{Infobox game
|games             =FNV
|type              =addon
|name               =''Dead Money''
|image              =FNVDM Cover Landscape.jpg
|label              =Landscape
|image2             =FNVDM Cover Portrait.jpg
|label2             =Portrait
|developer          =[[Obsidian Entertainment]]
|publisher          =[[Bethesda Softworks]]
|size               =248 MB (Xbox 360)<br />448 MB (PC)<br />729 MB (PS3)
|patch              =[[Fallout: New Vegas Patch 1.2.0.31x|Patch 1.2.0.31x]]
|platform1          =Xbox 360
|platform2          =PC
|platform3          =Playstation 3
|platform1release   =December 21, 2010
|platform2release   =February 22, 2011 (worldwide)<br />March 29, 2011 (Russia and Eastern Europe)
|platform3release   =February 22, 2011
|platform1available =[http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Fallout-New-Vegas-Dead-Money-ENGLISH/4325af40-d19c-4c35-86c4-9721f7da0589 Xbox LIVE]
|platform2available =[http://store.steampowered.com/app/72730/ Steam]<br />[https://www.direct2drive.com/#!/download-fallout-new-vegas--dead-money-dlc-eu/5001897 Direct2Drive]
|platform3available =[http://us.playstation.com/psn/ PSN]
|abstract=''As the victim of a raw deal, you must work alongside three other captured wastelanders to recover the legendary treasure of the Sierra Madre Casino. In Dead Money, your life hangs in the balance as you face new terrain, foes, and choices. It is up to you how you play your cards in the quest to survive.''
}}

{{Quotation|You've heard of the [[Sierra Madre Casino]]. We all have, the legend, the curses. Some foolishness about it lying in the middle of a City of Dead, a city of ghosts buried beneath a [[Cloud|blood-red cloud]]... a bright, shining monument luring treasure hunters to their doom.|[[Father Elijah]]|[[Dead Money Intro|''Dead Money'' intro]]|sound=FNVDM Elijah DeadMoney.ogg}}

'''''Dead Money''''' is the first [[Fallout: New Vegas DLC|DLC]] for ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', developed by [[Obsidian Entertainment]] and published by [[Bethesda Softworks]].

==Narration==
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{{Quotation|You've heard of the [[Sierra Madre Casino]]. We all have, the legend, the curses. Foolishness about it lying in the middle of the City of the Dead, buried beneath a [[Cloud|blood-red cloud]]. A bright, shining monument luring treasure hunters to their doom. <br />
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The world's most famous stars and entertainers were invited to its Grand Opening. An invitation was a sign of... exclusiveness. <br />
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The opening was supposed to symbolize a road to a brighter future, not just for the world... ... but for all who came to its doors. A chance for anyone to begin again. Except - the Sierra Madre never opened.<br />
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The [[Great War|war]] froze it in time, like a big flashbulb going off. The Grand Opening - one big ending of humanity. It's still out there, in the Wastes, preserved, just waiting for someone to crack it open. But getting to it. That's not the hard part. It's letting go. <br />|Father Elijah|''Dead Money'' intro}}

==Synopsis==
''Dead Money'' is set in the [[Sierra Madre]], an opulent and extravagant resort that would have been the greatest casino in the west, had it ever been opened. The bombs fell before the grand opening gala event, and the Sierra Madre froze in time, its state of the art security system locking the place up tight. Nothing could get in, and none of the guests could escape. The security [[Overview:Hologram|hologram]]s then activated and the once glorious event turned into a slaughter. After many years, the climate control and air conditioning systems within the facility began to spit strange toxins into the surrounding city, causing a red cloud to form over the area - which proved lethal to anyone who tried to explore the city. Only a mysterious group called the [[Ghost People]] survived to call the city home. Trapped inside [[Hazmat Suit (Old World Blues)|Hazmat Suits]], they wander the streets, never speaking to their victims, instead only capturing them alive and dragging them away to the depths of the city deep within the [[Cloud]]. The Sierra Madre attempted to send out a distress signal on the day of the War, but the system did not broadcast an alert signal, having been hooked up to the gala event to broadcast adverts for the casino, so help never came.<ref>[[Courier]]: ''"What do you mean about the Sierra Madre broadcast?"''<br />[[Dean Domino]]: ''"Well, Vera's beautiful voice doesn't run on casino power, exactly. Her broadcast is tied into the emergency broadcast signal for the Sierra Madre. You know, in case of attack? Well, guess what - the night of the Gala Event, the emergency signal went out all right. But because the broadcast had been hooked up to the Gala Event, instead of an emergency signal, you get Vera's voice on the radio. Great, huh?"''<br />Courier: ''" So... it's not a invitation, it's a call for help."''<br />Dean Domino: ''"Yeah. The Sierra Madre's last song, one only a few people are ever going to hear. A little sad, but what can you do?"''<br />([[Dean Domino/Dialogue|Dean Domino's dialogue]])</ref>

And so the Sierra Madre faded from memory, only occasionally being seen in posters across the wastes, until it took on mythic ghost story status, a supposed "City of Gold" in the [[Location|wasteland]] where all the treasures of the Old World were rumored to be held.

The Sierra Madre is a place in the wastes, with travelers risking their lives to find it. After the fall of [[HELIOS One]], [[Father Elijah]], formerly an elder of the [[Brotherhood of Steel (Fallout: New Vegas)|Mojave Brotherhood of Steel]], set out to find new weapons to eradicate the [[New California Republic|NCR]], and in the process, he discovered the Sierra Madre. In doing so, he lured others, including the [[Courier]], to the resort, forcing them to navigate the hazards of the Madre and play the pawns in his game to crack open the casino's vault, long since lost to time. If the Courier wished to escape this hellish place, they would have to be clever, and use their new allies as Father Elijah did.

==Characters==
* [[Christine (Fallout: New Vegas)|Christine Royce]]
* [[Dean Domino]]
* [[Dog and God]]
* [[Father Elijah]]

===Mentioned-only===
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==Creatures==
* [[Ghost People]]
* [[Radroach (Fallout: New Vegas)|Radroach]]

==Items==

===Apparel===
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===Consumables===
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===Weapons===
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===Weapon mods===
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===World objects===
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===Miscellaneous items===
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==Locations==
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==Perks==
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==Notes==
* Installing ''Dead Money'' raises the level cap by 5, as with all story add-ons.
* The point of no return is at the end of the bunker with the radio. The Courier can't leave the Sierra Madre until they complete the story. 
* Companions cannot follow the player character to the Villa; they will be dismissed upon reaching the end of the hall.
* One can explore the [[Sierra Madre Casino|Sierra Madre]] as much as they like after completing the story, but will not be able to return after leaving. You can return using [[console commands]]; using noclip with {{console|command=tcl}} through the radio at the [[Abandoned Brotherhood of Steel Bunker]], one will find a "Door to Villa." Using that door will take the player character back to the [[Villa]], with all the Ghost People still alive, holograms working, etc. One even gets to keep their items. One can also use {{console|player.moveto ''ref id''}} to teleport any living companions, though they won't be approachable as they disappear after a certain point in the story.
* The player can still spend [[Sierra Madre Chip]]s after returning to the Mojave Wasteland at a [[Sierra Madre Vending Machine]] in the abandoned BoS bunker. One can still turn in [[Carton of Cigarettes (Fallout: New Vegas)|Cartons of Cigarettes]], [[Pack of Cigarettes (Fallout: New Vegas)|Packs of Cigarettes]] and items of apparel to receive more chips and buy cheap supplies. There is also a [[Mojave Express Dropbox|dropbox]] near the door, which provides a [[Complimentary Voucher]] (a value of 1,000 chips) and 100 chips every three days. The chips will stockpile: for example, after 6 days, there will be 2 complimentary vouchers and 200 chips.
* [[Fast travel]] cannot be used while inside the Sierra Madre.
* If playing in [[Hardcore Mode]], the sleep meter does not advance, unless the Courier sleeps. There may be a considerable delay before this happens.
* All quest items will be kept, including items such as the [[Rebreather]].
* A recipe for stimpaks can be found during one of the first quests, inside the Clinic.
* Once ''Dead Money'' is completed, the [[Sierra Madre Broadcast|radio signal]] of the [[Sierra Madre]] will remain, but [[Vera Keyes]] has different dialogue at the end.

==Behind the Scenes==
{{main|Fallout: New Vegas Developer Statements/Dead Money|t1=Dead Money Developer Statements}}
* According to [[Jason Fader]], [[Chris Avellone]] tasked the team with watching films that were "relevant to the story/design" of the add-on, including [[Wikipedia:Lifeboat (1944 film)|''Lifeboat'']], [[Wikipedia:The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'']], ''[[Wikipedia:Cube (1997 film)|Cube]]'' and [[Wikipedia:Battle Royale (film)|''Battle Royale'']].<ref group="Dev">[[Jason Fader]]: ''"Dead Money was all from the mind of the great Chris Avellone! He drew from some classic stories and could probably explain the origins of it better than I could. Sadly, I wasn't involved with that DLC too much (jumped over halfway through) since I still had stuff to wrap up on FNV/patch planning.<br />It was a really fun experience as Chris gave the team a neat homework assignment of watching movies that would be relevant to the story/design (Battle Royale, Cube, Lifeboat, Treasure of the Sierra Madre). I hosted a few movie nights for the team to watch some of these and it was a blast! :-D"''<br />([[Fallout: New Vegas Developer Statements/Dead Money#Jason Fader: Dead Money Inspiration, 2012 July 20|''Fallout: New Vegas'' Developer Statements; Jason Fader: Dead Money Inspiration, 2012 July 20]])</ref> Avellone added that ''Cube'' played a "key part" in the add-on's design.<ref group="Dev">Question: ''"@ChrisAvellone Knowing Cube helped inspire Dead Money just had me geek out all the more. Awesome."''<br />[[Chris Avellone]]: ''"I fucking loved that movie, problems and all, but yes, it was definitely a key part of the Dead Money design."''<br />([[Fallout: New Vegas Developer Statements/Dead Money#Chris Avellone: Dead Money Inspiration, 2020 March 5|''Fallout: New Vegas'' Developer Statements; Chris Avellone: Dead Money Inspiration, 2020 March 5]])</ref>
* Chris Avellone wrote the [[Chris Avellone/Dead Money Design Breakdown|Dead Money Design Breakdowns]] blog detailing the thought process behind design decisions that went into the game.<ref>[https://archive.ph/57JzG Obsidian Blog (Archived)]</ref>
* When asked if ''Dead Man's Hand'' was the original title for ''Dead Money'', Chris Avellone stated that it was but that the rights couldn't be acquired.  As a result, the name ''Dead Money'' was chosen instead.<ref group="Dev">Question: ''"@ChrisAvellone is it true that Dead Money was originally intended to be called "Dead Man's Hand" but had to use "Dead Money" due to copyright issues?"''<br />[[Chris Avellone]]: ''"Yes. Bethesda assured us they could get Dead Man's Hand through. Then after trying, they assured us they couldn't get it. Then they said they could assuredly could get another name through, and that name was most assuredly Dead Money."''<br />([[Fallout: New Vegas Developer Statements/Dead Money#Chris Avellone: Dead Money Different Title, 2023 May 17|''Fallout: New Vegas'' Developer Statements; Chris Avellone: Dead Money Different Title, 2023 May 17]])</ref>
* A [[Fallout: New Vegas challenges|challenge]] named [[Dead Man's Hand]] is present in the add-on, requiring the player to collect two Sierra Madre Ace of Spades and 8 of Clubs cards, as well as one Queen of Clubs card. This card combination is a real life poker hand of the [[Wikipedia:Dead man's hand|same name]].
* According to [[Robert Lee]], he came up with the name ''Dead Money'' for the DLC.<ref group=Ext>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JALUxOa3BQw Fallout New Vegas Developer Interview: Robert Lee Part 1]</ref>
* Avellone also said that Dead Money was survival horror experience centered on greed and human nature for themes. He stated: "in short, I wanted miracle items like Stimpaks to feel amazing again rather than cause players to shrug." According to him, [[Joe Sanabria]] worked with level designers to have the art and design reinforce each other which for Dead Money meant reinforcing isolation, terror, obscuring the player's view, claustrophobia, and greed, which was reflected in the decaying casino, companion personalities, and graffiti.<ref group=Ext>[https://www.gamebanshee.com/interviews/105836-fallout-new-vegas-and-dlc-post-mortem-interview-part-one-v15-105836/all-pages.html Fallout: New Vegas and DLC Post-mortem Interview, Part One] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20240520020449/https://www.gamebanshee.com/interviews/105836-fallout-new-vegas-and-dlc-post-mortem-interview-part-one-v15-105836/all-pages.html (Archive)]</ref>
* [[Pilot Studio]] worked on cover art for the add-on.<ref group="Ext">[https://web.archive.org/web/20170209230626/https://www.pilotstudio.com/work/rising-out-of-the-ashes/ Rising Out of the Ashes (archived)]</ref>
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==Bugs==
{{See also|Dead Money bugs}}

==Gallery==
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Deadmoney-1.jpg|A ghost person
Deadmoney-2.jpg|Christine Royce
Deadmoney-3.jpg|The Courier firing at a ghost person
Deadmoney-4.jpg|A ghost person
Deadmoney-5.jpg|A ghost person attacking 
Deadmoney-6.jpg|Dog and God
Deadmoney-7.jpg|Dean Domino
Deadmoney-screen01B.jpg|Dog and God inside his cell at the beginning of the add-on
Deadmoney-screen02B.jpg|A hologram
Deadmoneyscreen 06B.jpg|Christine Royce
Deadmoneyscreen 09B.jpg|The Sierra Madre sign after the Great War
Sierra Madre Sig - Pre-war.png|The Sierra Madre sign before the Great War
FNV-DLC1-DeadMoney-XB360.jpg|Cover art for Xbox 360
Dead Money Steam banner.jpg|Steam banner
SM Logo.jpg|Logo used throughout Dead Money
SierraMadreCasinoBeforeTheWar.png|Sierra Madre's casino before the cloud
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==Official trailer==
[[Video:Fallout New Vegas Dead Money DLC Trailer HD|400px|left]]
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