Challenge

Challenges are a form of secondary objectives in Fallout: New Vegas that tests the players skill in various ways. They can be likened to achievements and a number of the challenges in the game does indeed award achievements upon completion.

Screenshot of the dialog for challenge creation.

Challenge Dialog

• ID: The label used to identify this object type. It must be unique among all IDs, forms and references.
• Name: The display name for the challenge.
• Reward Script: The script that runs upon completion of the challenge.
• Type: The type of challenge.
• Threshold: The number of times an action must be performed for the challenge to complete.
• Interval: The challenge will show progress notifications at the interval specified here.
• Challenge Text: Description of the challenge as shown in the Pip-Boy.
• PipBoy Image:
• Message Icon:
• Start Disabled: The challenge will not be visible and will not progress until enabled by script.
• Recurring: The challenge will start over upon completion.
• Show Zero Progress: The challenge will appear in the Pip-Boy despite having no progress.

Challenge Types

• Acquire an Item: Challenge progresses by acquiring a specific item.
• Acquire an Item from a List: Challenge progresses by acquiring one of several items from a Form List.
• Craft using an Item: Presumably, challenge progresses by crafting using a specific item. Oddly, you're only allowed to choose casino chips.
• Discover a Map Marker: Challenge progresses by discovering a specific map marker or one of several from a list.
• Do Damage: Each point of damage dealt progresses the challenge.
• Hit an Enemy: Hitting an enemy progresses the challenge.
• Kill a Specific Form ID: A specific NPC or creature must be killed to progress the challenge.
• Kill any in a Category: Creatures from a specific category must be killed to progress the challenge.
• Kill from a Form List: Challenge progresses by killing creatures or NPCs from a list.
• Miscellaneous Stat: Challenge progresses as the value of a misc. statistic increases.
• Scripted Challenge: The challenge must be progressed by script using IncrementScriptedChallenge.
• Use a Skill:
• Use an Item: Challenge progresses by consuming a specific Ingestible item.
• Use an Item from a List: Challenge progresses by consuming one of several Ingestible items from a list.

Challenge Script Functions

• ChallengeLocked:
• GetChallengeCompleted:
• IncrementScriptedChallenge: Increments a challenge of the type Scripted Challenge.
• RemoveRecurringFromChallenge: Removes the Recurring flag from a challenge.
• UnlockChallenge: Enables a challenge which have been flagged with Start Disabled.