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Overview

1 - Canyon Wreckage

You won't find anything here -- other than some suggestive graffiti, including "Courier Six?" (which is who you're playing) written on a burned-out bus. However, nearby you can pick up some useful things. Slightly to the east you can dig up a couple of graves for some random loot (provided you have a Shovel); in the overturned truck on the road to the wreckage, you'll find several Frag Grenades in crates; and in a shallow cave to the south, you'll find a dead NCR soldier (or perhaps some dead coyotes), plus two ammunition boxes.


2 - Primm

Please refer to our Primm section for more information.


3 - California Sunset Drive-In

At this location you'll find two Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Caps on the ground in front of the ruined concession stand.

Just to the north of the drive-in you'll discover a playground. On a picnic table there, you'll find a copy of True Police Stories. Next to the campfire, you'll find a copy of Lad's Life.


4 - Mesquite Mountains Crater

You'll encounter some feral ghoul reavers patrolling this irradiated part of the wasteland. Inside Hell's Motel (located on the western side of the crater), you'll get attacked by a Crazed Mister Handy, but you'll find a Wasteland Surgeon Outfit (on the corpse of Doctor Rotson), a D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine (on the counter with the radio), a Weapon Repair Kit (also on the counter), and a Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Cap (on the kitchen table).

Slightly east of the crater, you'll find a ghoul camp with a bed, a first aid box, and a copy of Programmer's Digest. Just watch out for the Frag Mine under the red traffic cone, which can set off a chain reaction with the motorcyles parked nearby.


5 - Nevada Highway Patrol Station

At this location you'll encounter jackal gang members (inside and outside) and giant mantis nymphs (inside). You'll also find a copy of Guns and Bullets (on a desk), a reloading bench (in the back room), a dead prospector with some random loot (in the cell), and a Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Cap (on the ground next to the dead prospector).


6 - Ivanpah Dry Lake

At this location you'll find a wrecked car with a suitcase inside of it and a stash toolbox beside it.


7 - Ivanpah Race Track

At this location you'll encounter several giant ants. Just to the south of the finish line, you'll find a skeleton with a duffle bag.


8 - Mesquite Mountains Camp Site

At this location you'll discover two tents and a camper. Inside one of the tents, you'll find a Wasteland Survival Guide (on the ground next to a tool box). Inside the other tent, you'll find a Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Cap (on a metal box). You won't find anything in the camper.

You'll usually encounter giant radscorpions at the camp site, so don't bother checking it out until you can deal with a 36 DT.


9 - Nipton Road Reststop

You'll probably encounter a few radscorpions around the reststop. Inside the general store, you'll find an ammunition box, a locked gun cabinet (with an "average" lock), a BB Gun and some BBs (behind the sacks in the back of the store), Mayor Steyn's Journal 2/2 (next to the cash register), a Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Cap (behind the cash register), and a copy of Pugilism Illustrated (in a shelf). On the ground under the Poseidon Energy sign, you'll find a Bright Follower corpse with a Laser Pistol. In the ruined building just to the south, you'll find an ammunition box. In the truck farther to the south, you'll find two more ammunition boxes.

Note: The journal will mention a safehouse between "here" and the Mojave Outpost (#10). "Here" is actually Nipton (#17). The general store is the safehouse.


10 - Mojave Outpost

Please refer to our Mojave Outpost section for more information.


11 - Morning Star Cavern

Outside the cavern, you'll get attacked by a group of nightstalkers, which can be tough if it's early in the game. Inside the cavern, you'll face even more nightstalkers, including the den mother. You'll also discover a dead mercenary with a duffle bag (in the back of the cavern), both of which will contain random loot.


12 - Crescent Canyon West

Crescent Canyon connects this location to Crescent Canyon East (#14). In and around the canyon, you'll encounter small groups of golden geckos, including golden gecko hunters, which can prove challenging early in the game. Also in the canyon, you'll find lots of radioactive waste (which will make the entire area radioactive), plus two hollowed-out rocks (one near each entrance), a radiation suit case containing an Advanced Radiation Suit (by a blue truck), and an armor case and a first aid box (by a pair of wrecked cars).


13 - Nipton Road Pit Stop

Jackal gang members will regularly spawn here. If you explore the ruined buildings in the area, then you'll find a mine box, a grenade box, some makeshift bedding, a campfire, a briefcase (under the car to the south), and a duffle bag (leaning against the ruined building to the south).


14 - Crescent Canyon East

Crescent Canyon connects this location to Crescent Canyon West (#12). See the Crescent Canyon West entry for more information about the canyon.


15 - Mojave Drive-In

You won't find anything here other than some garbage cans with some random loot inside.


16 - Bradley's Shack

When you approach the shack, some Jackal gang members will spawn nearby and try to attack you from behind. If they don't reach you before you enter the shack, then they'll ambush you when you leave. Inside the shack, you'll find a rigged shotgun attached to a tripwire, two ammunition boxes, a "very easy" first aid box, a BB Gun and some BBs (on a cinder block), three Frag Grenades (on the ground next to the bed), and a Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Cap (next to the grenades).


17 - Nipton

Please refer to our Nipton section for more information.


18 - Hidden Supply Cave

If you can pick the "average" lock on the door, then inside the cave you'll find a first aid box, a Radiation Suit (on a footlocker), and a copy of Grognak the Barbarian (on one of the large supply crates). Outside the cave, you'll find a hollowed-out rock (with a bomb painted on it) near the entrance.


19 - Coyote Den

Inside the shallow cave here you'll find a Bright Follower corpse, complete with a Laser Pistol. You might also encounter some coyotes in the area, including a coyote den mother.


20 - Jack Rabbit Springs

At this location you'll find five springs, but because of numerous radioactive barrels, the entire area will be highly irradiated. In the center of the springs, you should notice two poles sticking up out of the ground. If you travel to the poles, then you'll find a skeleton on the ground, and next to it two ammunition boxes, some Hydra, a Stealth Boy, and a Weapon Repair Kit. Directly east from the poles, you'll find a camp site with some Rebound on a bench.

Either at the camp site or around the springs, you might get attacked by centaurs and / or a super mutant master.


21 - The Prospector's Den

When you first arrive at the cave here, you'll get attacked by jackal gang members, and you'll find dead prospectors on the ground. However, if you clear out the jackals, then eventually a new set of prospectors will take over the cave, including a prospector merchant, who will hang out inside.

When you explore the cave (and the building it contains), you'll find a Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Cap (on a chessboard in the first room), a copy of Tumblers Today (on the floor in the second room), a first aid box, a gun case, an armor case, and more.


22 - Emergency Service Railyard

At this location you'll find a couple of beds and a campfire, plus two Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Caps (on one of the beds), a first aid box, and a Sledgehammer (next to a metal box under the porch).


23 - Primm Pass

You won't find much in the way of loot here -- just a hollowed out rock at the western entrance to the pass, and a Bright Follower corpse (complete with the requisite Laser Pistol) in the center -- but you will encounter a blind deathclaw as you make your way through the pass, and despite its loss of seeing, it will still probably detect you and mess you up unless you're a decent level and have decent equipment. The pass will take you to Harper's Shack to the east.


24 - Powder Ganger Camp South

You won't encounter any powder gangers here except during the quest I Fought the Law. Inside the camp, you'll find a copy of Lad's Life (in a crate with some ruined books), a campfire, and a bed.


25 - Powder Ganger Camp East

In this camp you'll encounter three powder gangers, and you'll also have to deal with a few Powder Charges near the entrance. You won't find much in the way of loot -- just a pair of ammunition boxes and some medical supplies scattered around (mostly in a crate and a broken refrigerator).


26 - Scorpion Burrow

Inside and outside the burrow, you'll encounter a large collection of radscorpions, including giant radscorpions and the radscorpion queen. The queen won't drop anything interesting when it dies (other than probably some Radscorpion Poison Glands), but you will find a few corpses in the burrow, and they'll all have random low-level gear on them.

Note: This location won't show up on your world map.