Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed
Base ID	0016938D 00163CF4 (radioactive)

 

Tumbleweed are world objects in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics

In New Vegas, tumbleweeds appear as balls of wheat-coloured weeds which roll around the Mojave Desert. Often they can get stuck on things, such as the buildings of Goodsprings.

A tumbleweed is very light, so shooting it will make it fly several feet. Because a shotgun shoots many pellets at once, even more for the sawed-off shotgun, shooting it with one will commonly send the tumbleweed flying into the sky so far that it usually disappears from sight before it can be seen landing.

If you jump on top of one (you might need to wedge it in between some props to do this) it strangely makes the same noise as walking on a metallic platform.

Variant

The following is based on Fallout: New Vegas cut content.

• A radioactive version of the tumbleweed exists within the resources of Fallout: New Vegas, but remains unused. Identified as Radioactive Tumbleweed, it emits radiation similar to a Glowing One, is classified as a creature, consequently moves under its own power, and can be killed.

End of information based on Fallout: New Vegas cut content

Notes

• They are often called Wind-Brahmin by Nightkin in random encounters.
• Tumbleweeds have a script which makes them roll, this can be seen by moving it and watching it move.
• Tumbleweeds can be picked up.
• Strangely enoough, if a player manages to get on top of a tumbleweed, it will make a sound like that of jumping or walking on metal.

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