Where can I find merchants with a lot of caps? I have a lot of things I can't sell.

[Kazamezo]

Basically I want to get that $2000 car but I only have ~500 caps, Now I do have a surplus of extra weapons I got by killing metzger and his slaver gang. And more weapons off of a bandit encounter, which should be worth about 4000. but nobody has that kind of money. where do I go?

And while I respect your choices, please don't tell me about exploits or "easy ways to make money" I really enjoy bartering and would prefer to get my money that way.

[GlorFindel1983]

There are no merchants with a lot of caps, so you can't really sell all for caps only. Merchants in Den have about 500 caps each (Tubby and Flick), Jo in Modoc has about the same amount and traders in Vault City have about 1000. Later in game traders have about 2000-2500 caps each, but all traders restock supply of items and caps, so you must wait/sleep or travel.

[SirDmitry]

Merchant in Redding casino usually has 3000-4000 caps and they are restock in few days/weeks.

[Kazamezo]

Originally posted by glorfindel1983:

There are no merchants with a lot of caps, so you can't really sell all for caps only. Merchants in Den have about 500 caps each (Tubby and Flick), Jo in Modoc has about the same amount and traders in Vault City have about 1000. Later in game traders have about 2000-2500 caps each, but all traders restock supply of items and caps, so you must wait/sleep or travel.

Thanks, although 2 months have passed in-game and they still don't have caps. their stock changes, but their money stays the same.

Originally posted by SirDmitry:

Merchant in Redding casino usually has 3000-4000 caps and they are restock in few days/weeks.

Oh wow I was just there! I must've missed him. Thanks I'll check it out.

[IdealPoint]

Usually you should just sell your stuff for lightweight high value items like drugs and stims until you have enough to trade for what you really want.

[Johnny Casey]

Originally posted by SirDmitry:

Merchant in Redding casino usually has 3000-4000 caps and they are restock in few days/weeks.

Does he really restock? I've never seen him doing.

Originally posted by IdealPoint:

Usually you should just sell your stuff for lightweight high value items like drugs and stims until you have enough to trade for what you really want.

Thing is, most merchants will overprice the drugs, so it's not exactly even-out barter.

[Anvos]

Honestly that is one of the problems this game has that outside of a couple places there aren't good ways to turn high value or bulk weapons directly into caps quickly and those are hard to get to before you get the highwayman. Basically the way I handled this by trying to avoid giving merchants caps(sure its money but caps) and instead paying with trade in items. Sadly just due to weight management its often easier to also accept the loss of caps to turn items into weightless things like chems and stims and/or stocking up on primary ammo types you, the car, or companions use. Also keep in mind certain people you have to pay money to you can then use the barter button to get the caps back by trading with them.

It is kind of par for the course for all the single player Fallouts that you start with funding problems and then by mid to late game you have issues unloading everything.

[MeisterKenny]

*dollars, no one uses caps in fallout 2

[Johnny Casey]

Originally posted by Papa Kenny:

*dollars, no one uses caps in fallout 2

[Anvos]

Its just called generic money and the image is a coin so I still go with more flavorful caps, let alone its just as easy to consider it also a short of capital if you want a reason to keep using caps.

[Kazamezo]

Originally posted by Papa Kenny:

*dollars, no one uses caps in fallout 2

Yeah yeah whatever. It's not important.
It's just like how people say "souls" to name the currency in souls-like games. It's not correct but it doesn't matter.

[Johnny Casey]

Ah, you see, but Fallout 2 has a specific quest about bottle caps no longer being a currency. So for that sake, it's kinda important to NOT call it caps.

[Kazamezo]

Originally posted by Johnny Casey:

Ah, you see, but Fallout 2 has a specific quest about bottle caps no longer being a currency. So for that sake, it's kinda important to NOT call it caps.

Nope, not important.

[Anvos]

Originally posted by Johnny Casey:

Ah, you see, but Fallout 2 has a specific quest about bottle caps no longer being a currency. So for that sake, it's kinda important to NOT call it caps.

Like I said calling it caps is just more world building than calling it money which even this game admits there are still stand in currencies such as New Reno using casino chips. There is even as a stated an alternate reason you could call it caps.

Not to mention NCR learned they were wrong once they started leaving their homeland anyway.

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Let alone that you know what they mean says it all about whether or not caps is an acceptable term.