Cottonwood Crater

The Cottonwood crater is an atomic bomb impact point in the Mojave Wasteland that is highly irradiated.

Layout
This area overlooks Cottonwood Cove from the southern mountains and contains a highly radioactive pool (up to 20 rads a second), a few golden geckos, and a dead prospector with a Fat Man in poor condition. This location is reached either by repeatedly jumping up and running along the cliff, or via a cave exit in Fire Root Cavern. The area appears to have been charred by the detonation of the bomb. Simply follow the small peninsula until it ends and glance to the left.

Be prepared for trouble if you enter Fire Root Cavern from Cottonwood Crater after reaching the crater by climbing along the cliff. As soon as you enter, you may be rushed by nearly every fire gecko in the cavern, including the legendary fire gecko.

Notable loot

 * A Fat Man and Leather Armor, Reinforced on a dead prospector.
 * There is no loot of any kind in the water, and exploring beneath the surface has a strong possibility of ending up trapped with no way out (see bugs).

Appearances
Cottonwood crater appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Be careful while swimming around in the pool, there are cracks in the game map than can allow you to swim under and back up inside the rocks. It's easy to get turned around and stuck under the rocks as they are transparent when looking out, but still solid. If you do get trapped under the rocks you can fast travel out of it. There are also cracks in the crater walls that will leave you stuck fast to the ground in places, unable to move in any direction, and some oddly placed and very annoying invisible walls. Your companions may also get stuck in the walls while swimming in the area and eventually die.
 * Sometimes the dead prospector will not spawn.
 * There are actually some floors around the crater and you can see through them.
 * Sometimes the dead prospector will not be wearing combat armor.

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