Hidden Valley

Hidden Valley is in a fenced-in area nestled between hills and rocks roughly north-east of the New California Republic Correctional Facility (or NCRCF for short) and south-east of Sloan. The valley is home to numerous bark scorpions and remnants of the Mojave chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel that once occupied HELIOS One before being defeated by the NCR in Operation: Sunburst.

Background

 * Transcripts from the Hidden Valley bunker terminal:



Layout
Hidden Valley can be accessed via the road near Sloan and at the northwest and southeast corners where the fence is down. There are also small side-paths, at least one of which is heavily inhabited by bark scorpions and the occasional giant radscorpion when going in the direction of Scorpion Gulch nearby. A hollowed-out rock with a heart and anti-bomb symbol painted on it will be directly in front of you when fast-traveling.

Inside the fenced area, four bunkers are spread around the perimeter of the area. Three of four bunkers are just a large entry room with a locked door on the opposite side that lead to nowhere, but may contain some notable loot.

Buildings
The entry room has 2 skeletons with a bottle of wine on a sleeping mat and a suitcase, which would suggest a sad story. There is also a Campfire. The locked (easy) door in this bunker hides a hundred 5mm rounds and anywhere between twenty and twenty four 5.56mm rounds.
 * East bunker

At the end of the room behind the locked door (average) is a pair of mini nukes, a stimpak and some 5.56 ammunition.
 * North bunker

This bunker has two grenade bouquets hanging from the ceiling at the bottom of the staircase. The entry room contains a sleeping pad and a sack, along with a journal indicating that someone is using the bunker as a safehouse. The locked (hard) door here opens the way to 3 ammunition boxes, a mini nuke under a tin plate which you will have to move in order to see, a steam gauge assembly and 2 units of scrap metal on the right, and frag grenades and some 5.56 ammunition on the left.
 * South bunker

The fourth bunker, also known as Hidden Valley Bunker, is the home of the Brotherhood of Steel. The bunker is marked by a small broken tree stump directly on top of the dome. You will not be able to gain access to this bunker unless you have taken the holotape containing the passphrase from the two dead Brotherhood of Steel Paladins at the REPCONN Headquarters, the one near Black Mountain, or the 2 dead Brotherhood soldiers in a ditch on the artillery battered area outside Nellis Air Force Base.
 * West bunker

If you have the holotape and passphrase, the player will be given the option to say it into the intercom. Otherwise you can attempt to pick the Very Hard lock or by having follower Veronica Santangelo with you. Access can also be granted through the quest Wild Card: Side Bets or by advancing far enough in any storyline to be asked to interact with the BoS.

Appearances
Hidden Valley appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Sometimes after starting the quest involving ED-E, traveling to Hidden Valley in any way will cause the game to crash, making the quest to upgrade ED-E using the Brotherhood of Steel impossible.
 * After wandering though the bunker and exiting out into the wasteland again sometimes might spawn around 2-5 bark scorpions right outside of the bunker you came from. In the later patches, bark scorpions spawn less frequently.
 * In the hill paths leading to Hidden Valley, it is possible to encounter deathclaws from Quarry Junction, including the dreaded Deathclaw alpha. It may pop out from under the hills or rocks.
 * In the South bunker, if you activate the tripwire (which is attached to the grenades), it may kill you and freeze the game/console.
 * If you fast travel to Hidden Valley and arrive just before the sun rises, the ground may turn black and the distant surrounding areas will have turned into a hazed green. The ground will eventually change back into color but the screen will go completely black afterwards and the game will need to be restarted. A way to avoid this is if you make your way out of Hidden Valley before the screen changes. This is most likely a glitch from the sandstorm that flows throughout the area at night.
 * This may also occur if the player uses the wait function while in Hidden Valley.
 * A Securitron mk1 may spawn in the bunker, blocking the player.
 * When entering the Hidden Valley, if you go above the actual route, you may fall and get stuck on some rocks. there are bark scorpions around making you unable to fast travel.
 * It is possible to get infinite ammunition from the supply footlocker. Take the ammunition, craft something in lvl 2 with it, then return, and the footlocker will be resupplied. Simply exiting and reentering the bunker will also respawn more ammunition.
 * Sometimes the BOS will become hostile without apparent reason.
 * It is possible to go through the ruins blocking the entrance to the Bunker. You are unable to get out however once inside.
 * Victor spawned in the bunker when waiting by the ammunition case.
 * During the tutorial quest, Sunny Smiles may transport to the Valley.
 * If you approach the valley at night while using cateye or have the Friend of the Night perk, the night vision effect will suddenly fail and the screen will become much darker. This can happen at a distances well over 100 yards away and may surprise people coming from directions where they cannot see the valley itself. This may be an effect of the camouflage system and can be fixed my simply walking in another direction.