Cottonwood Cove is a location in the Mojave Wasteland and acts as one of the bases of operations for Caesar's Legion.
Background
The largest single encampment of Legion forces on the western side of the Colorado River, these Arizonan, Legion slavers have a major foothold in the Nevada and use the position to bring in troops and supplies from Caesar’s main base on Fortification Hill.[1]
Layout
To the south are several buildings containing random loot, with the mess hall on the docks in the river. The two-story headquarters can be found in the center of the camp, with some tents just north of it. Prime legionaries (and later into the game, veteran legionaries) patrol the area near the headquarters, with several patrols, which each consisting of a Legion explorer and a Legion mongrel covering all access points. Aurelius of Phoenix can be found inside the second story of the headquarters building, or outside of his office on the balcony. Decanus Severus can be found in or next to a tent beside the building.
To the south there is the Cottonwood overlook, where one can easily pick off Legionaries with a scoped weapon. On the cliff by Cottonwood overlook is an abandoned truck from San Onofre loaded with copious amounts of nuclear waste. A Lockpick skill of 50 is required to open up the back and doing so releases the radioactive contents on the encampment, killing most of the inhabitants. Although the Legionaries and everyone else in the area are killed instantly, the actual radiation level in the area is very low and does not prevent anyone from entering the area afterwards.
Buildings
- Cottonwood Cove HQ
- Cottonwood Cove mess hall
- Cottonwood Cove storage
- Cottonwood Cove restroom
- Cottonwood Cove shack
Inhabitants
- Anders, a crucified Great Khan
- Aurelius of Phoenix, centurion leader
- Decanus Severus, second in command
- Canyon Runner, slave master
- Cursor Lucullus, ferryman
- Mrs. Weathers, Legion slave and wife to Frank Weathers
- Sammy Weathers, Legion slave and daughter to Mrs. Weathers
- Kenny Weathers, Legion slave and son to Mrs. Weathers
Notable loot
- Grognak the Barbarian on the nightstand in Aurelius of Phoenix's office
- Legion raid plans in one of the filing cabinets in Cottonwood Cove HQ
- Recompense of the Fallen and Legion patrol notes in the desk in Aurelius of Phoenix's office
- Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap on a shelf inside the ladies bathroom
Related quests
- Aba Daba Honeymoon - Anders, a Great Khans gang member, can be found crucified on the road into the cove.
- Left My Heart - Free Mrs. Weathers, Kenny Weathers, and Sammy Weathers from enslavement.
- Eye for an Eye - Legion intel must be stolen, the command HQ bugged, and the camp must be destroyed for a reward by Astor, the NCR sergeant located at Camp Searchlight.
- I Forgot to Remember to Forget - Completing Eye for an Eye with Craig Boone as a follower will earn you history points towards triggering Boone's companion quest.
- Render Unto Caesar - One must go through Cottonwood Cove to take the barge to The Fort.
- Arizona Scavenger - Collect NCR dogtags for Aurelius of Phoenix or Decanus Severus.
- Caching in at the Cove - After gaining Fame with the Legion, a Legionary will approach and tell you of supplies for you at the Cove.
The Apocalypse - If the player character elects to fire Ulysses' missiles at the Legion, the boat to Dry Wells is located here.
Notes
- When approaching Cottonwood Cove with Boone, he states that it is a Legion slave camp, that he has been here before, and he will kill everything in it.
- After every Legionary in the camp is killed, Boone will sometimes express disappointment that there were not more of them.
- If the Cove has been cleansed with radiation, and one already has (or subsequently obtains) the Mark of Caesar, Cursor Lucullus will still be waiting to ferry them across the river, but he will be wearing a radiation suit.
- If the radioactive barrels were released upon Cottonwood Cove without freeing the Weathers family, the family will be killed and the quest Left My Heart will be failed.
- If Cursor Lucullus has been killed, it is still possible to travel to the Fort by simply activating the raft at the end of the pier.
- Looting Aurelius' office will result in negative Karma.
- There is a hollowed out rock to the left when one fast travels to Cottonwood Cove. The rock will be marked with the phrase "The sun is killing me" and is located in the path between the two crucifixes.
Appearances
Cottonwood Cove appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenes
- Cottonwood Cove is an actual camping area and marina on Lake Mojave, 40 miles, roughly an hour, south of Las Vegas. It is home to the Cottonwood Cove resort and Marina on Lake Mohave.
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- Romanes Eunt Domus (translated in-film as "People called Romanes, they go, the house") is painted on the side of the Cottonwood Cove HQ, a reference to Monty Python's The Life of Brian.[2]
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"People called Romanes, they go, the house"References
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