Gecko (Fallout: New Vegas)

	For an overview of variations of geckos in all games, see Gecko (creature).

	Fallout: New Vegas creature Gecko
	Normal gecko variant
	variants Fire gecko Gecko Gecko hunter Golden gecko Golden gecko hunter Legendary fire gecko Young fire gecko Young gecko Young gecko hunter Young golden gecko Green gecko Honest Hearts Young green geckoHonest Hearts Giant green geckoHonest Hearts GojiraCut content location Mojave Wasteland Zion Canyon Honest Hearts

 

“

Bunch of little monsters is what they are. It seems like doc Mitchell treats more gecko bites than anything.

”— Sunny Smiles

Geckos are creatures in the Mojave Wasteland. Sunny Smiles describes them as "little monsters" who are "quick with a nasty bite."

Characteristics

Biology

Geckos can be found living across the entire Mojave Wasteland, although different species of gecko tend to live in different areas. There are three types of gecko in the Mojave: the normal gecko, the golden gecko, and the fire gecko. Another variety, the green gecko, is found in Zion Canyon in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Honest Hearts.

Geckos in general are reptilian in appearance and tend to have a pair of fins behind their head. Their eyes are an orange tint, and their body colors differ greatly based on the gecko type. Geckos also all have five fingers and five toes. Geckos can be heard gruffly breathing, squeaking and cooing from time to time.

Gameplay attributes

Geckos are generally found in small packs. They charge at opponents with their mouths open and attack rapidly, by biting and with swipes from their clawed hands. Some types can breathe fire or spit poison, and so may also attack from a distance. All geckos, except fire geckos are affected by the Animal Friend perk.

Their hides can be tanned, and used to craft several types of armor which offer greater defense than regular variants.

Variants

Gecko

Geckos often appear in packs. They will charge at the player with their mouths open, and attack by biting and with swipes from their clawed hands. Geckos can be found mostly in the areas surrounding Goodsprings, and along I-15 towards Primm and the Mojave Outpost. This is the least dangerous species of gecko found in the Mojave.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Gecko 0010cd73	Level 7 Experience points 70 Detection 5 Health points 65 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (30 Damage)	Dead 80% Gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 25% Gecko meat Dead 20% Gecko egg
Gecko 0010a1f7	Level 3 Experience points 30 Detection 3 Health points 20 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (5 Damage)	Dead 80% Gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 25% Gecko meat Dead 20% Gecko egg
Gecko (Goodsprings) 0010a1f8 0010a1f9	Level 3 Experience points 30 Detection 3 Health points 20 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (15 Damage)	Dead 80% Gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 25% Gecko meat Dead 20% Gecko egg

Gecko hunter

Gecko hunters look identical to normal geckos, but have greater health. They are very fast, and will attempt to rush and overwhelm their prey. They may appear in place of normal geckos in certain areas when the player is at higher levels.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Gecko hunter 00157fe0 00165184	Level 3 Experience points 30 Detection 3 Health points 100 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Aggressive: Will attack enemies on sight. Confidence Average: Will avoid/flee from threats stronger than itself. Group Helps allies: Will help allies.	Attack Melee (15 Damage)	Dead Gecko hide Dead Gecko meat

Young gecko

Standard geckos which have yet to mature fully. They are smaller and less damaging than adult specimens, but share similar behavior and may appear with them in packs.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Young gecko 0014f47c	Level 3 Experience points 30 Detection 4 Health points 40 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Aggressive: Will attack enemies on sight. Confidence Average: Will avoid/flee from threats stronger than itself. Group Helps allies: Will help allies.	Attack Melee (15 Damage)	Dead Gecko hide Dead Gecko meat

Young gecko hunter

These immature geckos are smaller and weaker than adult gecko hunters, but attack in the same way. Although appearing as hostiles, they often ignore the player unless provoked.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Young gecko hunter 00159783 00165183 00168d0b	Level 3 Experience points 30 Detection 5 Health points 50 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps allies: Will help allies.	Attack Melee (15 Damage)	Dead Gecko hide Dead Gecko meat

Golden gecko

A type of gecko with brilliant golden scales. They can be found around irradiated areas like Crescent Canyon east and west, Vault 34, and Cottonwood Crater. Golden geckos have been affected by high levels of radiation. In addition to causing regular damage, their bites will increase the player's radiation level.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Golden gecko 00118d61	Level 12 Experience points 120 Detection 5 Health points 125 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (50 Damage) Attack Radiation bite (+15 Radiation for 5/sec. )	Dead 80% Golden gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 50% Gecko meat Dead 20% Golden gecko egg
Golden gecko (Camp Searchlight) 0014128c	Level 5 Experience points 50 Detection 3 Health points 125 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (25 Damage) Attack Radiation bite (+15 Radiation for 5/sec.)	Dead 80% Golden gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 50% Gecko meat Dead 20% Golden gecko egg

Young golden gecko

Golden geckos who have yet to mature. They will seldom be alone and typically travel in packs with adult geckos.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Young golden gecko 0014f479 00167e83	Level 7 Experience points 70 Detection 4 Health points 60 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (35 Damage) Attack Radiation bite (+2 for 10/sec. Radiation)	Dead Golden gecko hide Dead Gecko meat

Golden gecko hunter

These geckos may appear alongside golden geckos, and attack in the same way. Their bites are similarly irradiated, in addition to causing regular damage.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Golden gecko hunter 00164ef2 00164ef8	Level 12 Experience points 120 Detection 5 Health points 125 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (50 Damage) Attack Radiation bite (+9 for 10/sec. Radiation)	Dead Golden gecko hide Dead Gecko meat

Fire gecko

Fire geckos have mottled purple and red hides, and prominent spikes on their backs. In addition to their bite and claw attacks, they have the ability to breathe fire. They can mainly be found in and around mountainous areas and caves, such as the Lucky Jim mine and Nopah cave.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Fire gecko 00113246	Level 16 Experience points 160 Detection 7 Health points 165 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (60 Damage) Attack Fire breath (23 Fire)	Dead 80% Fire gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 25% Gecko meat Dead 20% Fire gecko egg
Fire gecko 00167eb8	Level 17 Experience points 170 Detection 7 Health points 185 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (65 Damage) Attack Fire breath (23 Fire)	Dead 80% Fire gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 25% Gecko meat Dead 20% Fire gecko egg
Fire gecko (Vault 19) 00142a22	Level 14 Experience points 140 Detection 7 Health points 165 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (50 Damage) Attack Fire breath (23 Fire)	Dead 80% Fire gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 25% Gecko meat Dead 20% Fire gecko egg
Fire gecko (Vault 19) 001710aa	Level 14 Experience points 140 Detection 7 Health points 165 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (50 Damage) Attack Fire breath (23 Fire)	Dead 80% Fire gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 25% Gecko meat
Fire gecko (Pit fighter) 001365b5	Level 14 Experience points 140 Detection 7 Health points 165 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Aggressive: Will attack enemies on sight. Confidence Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Group Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	Attack Melee (50 Damage) Attack Fire breath (23 Fire)	Dead None

Young fire gecko

These immature geckos are smaller and weaker than adults, but attack in the same way and share the ability to breathe fire. They may be encountered in groups with full-grown fire geckos.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Young fire gecko 00167e9d	Level 11 Experience points 110 Detection 5 Health points 95 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (45 Damage) Attack Fire breath (12 Fire)	Dead 80% Fire gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 25% Gecko meat Dead 20% Fire gecko egg

Legendary fire gecko

The legendary fire gecko is one of several legendary creatures. It is roughly twice the size of a normal fire gecko, and its powerful and fast attacks make it a potentially dangerous opponent in close combat. It can be found in Fire Root cavern.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Legendary fire gecko 00167efd	Level 25 Experience points 250 Detection 8 Health points 385 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Aggressive: Will attack enemies on sight. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps allies: Will help allies.	Attack Melee (115 Damage) Attack Fire breath (23 Fire)	Dead 80% Fire gecko hide Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 75% Gecko meat Dead 25% Gecko meat Dead 20% Fire gecko egg

Green gecko (Honest Hearts)

Green geckos are native to and only found in Zion Canyon. When attacking from a distance they can spit several far-reaching but slow-moving globs of poisonous saliva. Once in contact with an enemy they will attack like other types of gecko, by biting and clawing. Green geckos are often found near waterways and bridges in Zion Canyon.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Green gecko xx009f5d	Level 12 Experience points 120 Detection 8 Health points 225 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps allies: Will help allies.	Attack Melee (75 Damage) Attack Ranged (8 Poison/sec for 10s)	Dead Gecko meat Dead Green gecko egg Dead Green gecko hide

Young green gecko (Honest Hearts)

Young green geckos are smaller and weaker than adults, but spit poisonous saliva and attack in the same way. They are only found in Zion Canyon.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Young green gecko xx009f54	Level 13 Experience points 130 Detection 6 Health points 115 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps allies: Will help allies.	Attack Melee (55 Damage) Attack Ranged (8 Poison/sec for 10s)	Dead Gecko meat Dead Green gecko egg Dead Green gecko hide

Giant green gecko (Honest Hearts)

Another type of giant creature native to Zion National Park, these geckos are larger than a human and have almost the same destructive power as the legendary fire gecko.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Giant green gecko xx00dd6c	Level 30 Experience points 300 Detection 9 Health points 375 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps allies: Will help allies.	Attack Melee (95 Damage) Attack Ranged (8 Poison/sec for 10s)	Dead Gecko meat Dead Green gecko egg Dead Green gecko hide

Gojira

	The following is based on Fallout New Vegas cut content and has not been confirmed by canon sources.

Gojira is the editor ID of what is simply called "gecko" when spawned. It is graphically identical to the fire gecko, but triple the size, making it roughly equal to a super mutant behemoth in height, and a staggering 8,000 HP. It has its own unique embedded fire breath weapon called "Gojira Flame" which has a base damage of 400 and an incredible damage per second of 3200. It will kill any creature if one is placed beside it. Not even the X-42 giant robo-scorpion, legendary deathclaw, or legendary bloatfly (the strongest creatures in the game) stand a chance against Gojira, making it the strongest creature in the game.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Gojira 0011324a	Level 30 Experience points 300 Detection 3 Health points 8000 Damage threshold 0 Damage resistance 0%	Fist Very aggressive: Will attack enemies and neutrals on sight. Confidence Brave: Will avoid/flee from threats only if severely outmatched. Group Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	Attack Melee (25 Damage)	Dead Gojira Flame Dead Mole rat meat

Notes

• Gojira was a joke creature created by Fallout: New Vegas' animator Seth McCaughey to terrorize Camp McCarran.
• Unlike other fire geckos, Gojira is affected by the Animal Friend perk.
• Gojira is the name of the Japanese movie monster better known to English speakers as Godzilla.

	End of information based on Fallout New Vegas cut content.

Notes

• All geckos are considered "mutated animals". In older versions of the game, fire geckos were mistakenly classified as "abominations".
• Several friendly geckos appear in the main Sorrows camp in Honest Hearts. They appear to be farm animals.
• Despite the fact that gecko hide is used to make leather armor, you never see any leather armor made of gecko hide in Fallout: New Vegas. However, Gecko-backed leather armor, gecko-backed leather armor, reinforced, gecko-backed metal armor, and gecko-backed metal armor, reinforced are added in the Honest Hearts add-on.
• Geckos do heavy damage to limbs, especially the head.

Appearances

Geckos appear in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

• Before the release of Honest Hearts, the green geckos were mistakenly referred to as "Greek geckos" in press material. This was corrected before the release.

Bugs

• PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Geckos may not always be hostile to the Courier, even if the player doesn't possess the Animal Friend perk. However, getting too close or trying to speak to one may turn it hostile.
• Xbox 360 Green geckos inhabiting Zion may not be hostile to the Courier, and approaching, or attempting to talk to them will not change their disposition, if you happen to shoot one of these geckos, simply put away your weapon and it will return to being friendly, just like a normal non-player character.
• Xbox 360 In the Mojave Desert, several young gecko hunters may be found superimposed upon one another, but not moving from the spot except to flail their arms and roar loudly. They cannot be damaged with guns, and when attacked and killed with a melee weapon, the game freezes and must be reset.

Gallery

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  Four golden geckos in full attack.

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  Two geckos wandering for food.

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  Gecko hide.

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  Gojira compared with a normal gecko

References

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