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* There are crates marked with three X's located near the Goodsprings General Store that can be relocated and used as permanent storage containers. The original content of the crates never respawns, so any items placed inside them will be safe. Note that some of the crates are "owned" and removing previously placed items from them is considered stealing. There are, however, four neutral crates that can be used without any adverse effects.
 
* There are crates marked with three X's located near the Goodsprings General Store that can be relocated and used as permanent storage containers. The original content of the crates never respawns, so any items placed inside them will be safe. Note that some of the crates are "owned" and removing previously placed items from them is considered stealing. There are, however, four neutral crates that can be used without any adverse effects.
 
* There is a trailer behind Chet's store that contains two crates and a bed. Anything placed in the crates will stay there indefinitely. Sometimes, Easy Pete may be sleeping there, but it's usually available for sleeping.
  
* There is a trailer behind Chet's store that contains two crates and a bed. Anything placed in the crates will stay there indefinitely. Sometimes, Easy Pete may be sleeping there, but it's usually available for sleeping.
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* Sometimes a [[Radscorpion (Fallout: New Vegas)]] will wander into town making it difficult to kill if you are at the beginning of the game; this is rare though.
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==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
 
Goodsprings appears only in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''.
  
Goodsprings appears only in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''.

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Goodsprings is a town in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.

It is where the Courier recovers once rescued by Victor after Benny shot the Courier in the head and stole the platinum chip. It is where the player character wakes up after being "patched up" in Doc Mitchell's house from being shot in the head by Benny.

Background

Goodsprings is a small, struggling wasteland town that has been a mining community since the early days of Nevada's U.S history. There are only a dozen or so people still in the town due to trade along the Long 15 drying up. Signs along the highway direct people to Goodsprings, but they do the town little good if no one is on the highway to read them.[1]

The town has never been that populous to begin with, and the troubles with Deathclaws, Raiders, and Powder Gangers haven't made it any more appealing to newcomers. A few folks have holed up in town to wait things out and hope for the best, but overall Goodsprings is a quiet, “sleepy” town. It could almost be considered a ghost town, if it were not for these few odd settlers attempting to eke out an existence among the ruined ranch homes.

The residents of the town come to the Courier's aid after a Securitron named Victor witnessed the player character's shooting and burial over by the Cemetery. Local activities include going to the spring (Goodsprings Source), hunting geckos, mole rats, and coyotes, and loafing around in the Prospector Saloon.[1]

Layout

Doc Mitchell's house is located in the western portion of town. The player begins their journey here, after being in Doc Mitchell's care for several days. The Prospector Saloon and Goodsprings General Store with a Mojave Express dropbox located outside are to the north. Several settlers live in the town's houses, and farm bighorners.

There are three locations in Goodsprings which can be used for safe storage. Everything in Doc Mitchell's house is considered unowned, except the bed. Victor's shack is also considered unowned, but has few storage containers. The house due south of the saloon is the most convenient, as it is the closest to the fast travel point. It has open beds and safe containers. Easy Pete sleeps there nightly, and a settler may wander in, but one bed is usually free.

Goodsprings contains an abandoned schoolhouse with some low level loot. An abandoned gas station west of Doc Mitchell's home contains some minor loot and can be used as a safehouse if needed, as it contains a bed and some safe storage. The gas station is locked until the Courier is sent there to meet with Ringo.

Buildings

Inhabitants

Notable loot

Skill magazines

Skill magazine Location
Boxing Times
  • In the gas station where you first meet Ringo, on the middle shelf of the second set of shelves from the left.
Fixin' Things
Lad's Life
  • Inside the first house to the north-east of Doc Mitchell's house, sitting on a step ladder.
  • Goodsprings schoolhouse, on the floor near the middle of the room next to the large group of ruined desks.
  • Goodsprings Cave - Held by a dead female wastelander, near a duffle bag at the back of the cave.
  • Goodsprings Cemetery - Just east of the water tower down the hill where a lot of radscorpions hang out, near a dead mercenary.
Locksmith's Reader
Meeting People
Programmer's Digest
Salesman Weekly
  • On the bottom shelf of the bookcase, on the left side of the Goodsprings general store interior.
  • Goodsprings schoolhouse, in the back on the right of the wall with the chalkboard.
  • Prospector Saloon, in the small office on a crate next to the door.
Today's Physician
  • On the desk directly in front of the player when you first wake up with Doc Mitchell.

Related quests

Notes

  • As the starting location for the player, the Goodsprings area and related quests offer examples of all the non-combat skill-based checks found in the game: Barter 20 (Trudy); Barter 25 (Chet); Explosives 25 (Easy Pete); Medicine 30 (Doc); Repair 20 (Trudy's); Repair 25 (Doc's); Science 25 (Victor, Doc's, Trudy's, schoolhouse); Sneak 25 (Trudy); Speech 20 (Joe Cobb); Speech 25 (Chet, Trudy); Speech 30 (Doc); and Lockpick 75 (Trudy's safe, which can also be opened via terminal. There are several other locks that have a lower Lockpick skill requirement).
  • The town of Goodsprings is one of the three Goodsprings locations (the others being Goodsprings source and Goodsprings Cemetery) that make up the tutorial area. The tutorial boundary exists whether or not the player accepts Sunny Smiles' offer of her training.
  • Once you clear the town, it is basically safe from creatures. Some bark scorpions from Goodsprings Cemetery may still wonder in, though.
  • The state flag of Nevada flies above the entrance to Doc Mitchell's house. It is the only instance of an animated Nevada state flag in the game, and it's one of the few instances of the flag in-game (another being the state border sign found in Nipton).
  • According to a front page newspaper story, a kind doctor was murdered in the town before the War, shocking the citizens.
  • There are crates marked with three X's located near the Goodsprings General Store that can be relocated and used as permanent storage containers. The original content of the crates never respawns, so any items placed inside them will be safe. Note that some of the crates are "owned" and removing previously placed items from them is considered stealing. There are, however, four neutral crates that can be used without any adverse effects.
  • There is a trailer behind Chet's store that contains two crates and a bed. Anything placed in the crates will stay there indefinitely. Sometimes, Easy Pete may be sleeping there, but it's usually available for sleeping.
  • Sometimes a Radscorpion (Fallout: New Vegas) will wander into town making it difficult to kill if you are at the beginning of the game; this is rare though.

Appearances

Goodsprings appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

Goodsprings is based on the real-life location of the same name.[2] Several landmarks, such as the saloon, store, schoolhouse and windmill are all present in real-life and reproduced with a decent degree of accuracy in-game.

Bugs

PCPC Sometimes if you fast travel from Goodsprings to the Goodsprings Source, the game will crash. (This bug only seems to start happening after you complete Ghost Town Gunfight and always happens the next time you try to do so after doing said mission) [verified]

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
  2. ↑ baby_goat: nevada/utah/colorado/wyoming/montana trip '09: the post
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Goodsprings
LocationsDoc Mitchell's house · Goodsprings cave · Goodsprings Cemetery · Goodsprings gas station · Goodsprings General Store · Goodsprings home · Goodsprings schoolhouse · Goodsprings source · Prospector Saloon · Victor's shack
CharactersChet · Cheyenne · Easy Pete · Goodsprings settler · Doc Mitchell · Ringo · Sunny Smiles · Trudy · Victor
QuestsMainAin't That a Kick in the Head · Back in the Saddle  · They Went That-a-Way
SideBy a Campfire on the Trail · Ghost Town Gunfight · Run Goodsprings Run
UnmarkedBarton the Fink · Exhumin' Nature · Trudy's Radio Repair · Ringo's Caravan Rules · We Must Stop Beating Like This · We Must Stop Meeting Like This
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