Goodsprings

 is a town in the western Mojave Desert and appears in Fallout: New Vegas. It supposedly holds the world's oldest saloon. Dr. Mitchell takes the Courier here after a friendly robot named Victor finds you buried.

The town struggles with two major problems: the geckos and the Powder Gang led by Joe Cobb. The disgruntled gangers are looking to blast the town into the Stone Age, and the geckos are always trying to drink their fill of the local water supply.

The town of Goodsprings can be destroyed by the Courier later in the game, if the player works with Joe Cobb.

Layout
There is Doc Mitchell's house to the west, which you can use for storage until you get your own. The saloon and general store is to the north. Several settlers live in the town as well, in the houses around Goodsprings, all of which you are able to access.

In one house, due south of the Saloon and fast travel point, everything is free for looting and appears to be empty during the day, but Easy Pete and a settler sleep there at night. The beds are not technically "owned," so you can sleep there if you are playing Hardcore Mode.

Goodsprings contains an abandoned schoolhouse that contains mantises, various loot, a couple of magazines and an easy locked safe. There is also an abandoned gas station that contains some minor loot and can be used as a safehouse, as it contains a bed and safe storage.

Goodsprings Cave is located to the southeast and is filled with coyotes and two dead wastelanders. Goodsprings Source is to the south. It is said that there is a Deathclaw lair about 5 minutes to the west of Goodsprings.

To the NE is Goodsprings Cemetery, and a Snowglobe as well. The Snowglobe is located at the head of a grave in front of a graver marker in the North-North Eastern section of the graveyard.

Inhabitants

 * Doctor Mitchell, the local doctor who removed the bullet from your head.
 * Victor, the robot who pulled you out of your grave and took you to the Doc.
 * Easy Pete, The local prospector.
 * Sunny Smiles, a local ranger.
 * Cheyenne, Sunny's dog.
 * Trudi, The town Mayor.
 * Chet, The local shopkeeper.
 * Ringo, a man who wronged the local Powder Gang.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Notable Loot
There is a Laser pistol (Fallout: New Vegas) in Doc Mitchell's house.
 * Check the mailboxes, almost all of them have a magazine that can be taken without penalty. They will also respawn new items occasionally.
 * The Goodsprings Schoolhouse has several temporary skill magazines, a safe and desks and lockers (the desks and lockers spawn new items every 24-48 hours).
 * In Sunny Smiles and Trudy's house, on a bookshelf (hidden amongst burned books), you can find a Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual.
 * In Doc Mitchell's house, there is a 9mm SMG with the repair skill of 25 you can take without a karma penalty. There is also a chemistry set here. You can use it to create drugs or x5 Stimpaks with 25 Medicine. There are also several more stimpaks lying on the shelf near the Vit-o-Matic. Both the gun and chemistry set can be used prior to picking tag skills, if the character has Intelligence 10.
 * There is a workbench and ammo bench in between the Saloon and the General Store.
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap in the large white house east of the Goodsprings Schoolhouse.
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap in the large white house west of the Goodsprings General Store.
 * Lad's Life Located in a trailer behind the Goodsprings General Store.
 * There is a Weapon repair kit inside of Victor's shack, along with several ammunition boxes.

Reputation
These missions or activities will raise your reputation/infamy within Goodsprings.


 * Positive Reputation
 * Back in the Saddle - Speak to the Goodsprings settler that was being attacked by geckos at the third watering hole. She will reward you with reputation and x3 purified water, if she survives.
 * Ghost Town Gunfight - Side with Goodsprings (Ringo) during the quest.


 * Negative Reputation
 * Theft: Getting caught in the act of stealing.
 * Murder: Killing a town member outside of Sneak.
 * Ghost Town Gunfight - Side with Joe Cobb and the Powder gangers.

Behind the scenes
Goodsprings is an actual location in real life. It has a population of 242, and it's about 30 miles from Las Vegas. And is located a few miles north of Primm.

Further, the Goodsprings General Store and the saloon are actual businesses (and next door to each other). You can see the real ones here.

Related Locations

 * Primm
 * Goodsprings Cemetery
 * Goodsprings Source

Bugs

 * Trudi sometimes disappears
 * You can walk right through the brown, thick part of the fence outside of Easy Pete's trailer.