In trying for a perfect character everyone keeps going for 10 int but would it be possible to get the implant without leveling?

Can you go to the clinic and then return to good springs and start the quests?

would it be possible to assemble 2000caps and go into Vegas to get the remainder or would entering Vegas disrupt your quest line (like how fallout 3 could make you miss a lot of quests if you talked to doctor li in rivit city when you picked the int bobble head up).

And any tips on getting 2000caps without leveling?

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There are several guides discussing this, and there should be some youtube videos as well:

The quick version involves:

• Picking up the Goodsprings snowglobe
• Ignoring all quests
• Looting the Goodsprings Schoolhouse
• Using Stealth Boys to sneak past the Deathclaws on your way north
• Selling everything you find that is not nailed
• Purchasing a fake passport into The Strip
• Having enough funds to purchase the Intelligence Implant

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Do Andy and Charlie in Novac: it doesn't give you any XP and you can loot the dead NCR people. You can then take Monorail from the NCR camp to the Strip, get the Mormon Fort snow globe so that you have that with the one you got from Goodsprings, and then turn those in for 4000 caps.

Play caravan with the store owner in novac or other npcs until you have enough money. its hard to lose at and you can save before each game so you can just load if you lose. Always raise the bet to get the most money. Might be easier than going all the way to new vegas.

You can amass a good amount of caps by doing the merchant glitch then try to make it to New Vegas Medical Clinic with lots of stimpaks you got using the same glitch. You need to set your initial INT to 9 and if you could set END as well, since this will be your final stats when you travel far off Goodspring.

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