Cliffside Cavern

Cliffside Cavern (also referred to as Raider Outpost on the local map) is a large cavern, east of Tenpenny Tower and directly west on Andale, which is inhabited by raiders and yao guai. It is composed of two sections, the Raider Outpost and the Yao Guai Caves.

Background
Cliffside Cavern functions as a Raider Outpost in the southern portion of the Capital Wasteland. However, the raiders found out that they were not the only inhabitants of the cave and proceeded to lay mines in front of the entrance to the Yao Guai Caves. The whole area has many traps.

Exterior
As the name indicates, the Cliffside Caverns are a cave system nestled into a cliff. It can be accessed through two fence gate entrances. One is west of Andale in the direction of Tenpenny Tower, at the bottom of a path down the hill. The other entrance is in a small but steep valley into the hillside North-North-West of The Overlook Drive-In, or North-East of the first entrance. It is secured by a "Hard" lock.

Raider Outpost
The Raider Outpost section is a medium/large two story cave that contains 12 Raiders as well as a Yao Guai near the entrance to the Yao Guai Cave. On entering the Raider Outpost from the steep hillside (North-North-West of the Drive-In), there is a tripwire attached to a shotgun which sits on the sideways fridges. Numerous beds - suitable for sleeping - can be found in Raider Outpost section. The paths leading to both the locked fence gate and Yao Guai Cave have mines scattered about and there are traps to be spotted throughout the area, including grenade and tripwire traps. The area of the cavern in the second Northern-most room contains a tent and 2 beds (This is not the room with the entrance to the Yao Guai Cave). Inside the caverns, exits to the Capital Wasteland are located at the Southern and Eastern-most areas of the Local Map and the entrance to the Yao Guai Cave is the Northern-most area.

Yao Guai Cave
The Yao Guai Cave section is a small two story cave that is the second section in Cliffside Cavern. Six yao guai inhabit this section and can be found wandering around the cave. At the entrance from the Raider Outpost, there are a couple of mines set down the path leading to the big area of the cave. There is a single main path that covers the entire cave with the exception of the lower level where it branches off into two smaller areas.

Notable loot

 * Nuka-Cola Quantum - close to the southern exit, on a table, on a platform with two generators.
 * Grognak the Barbarian - on the upper middle level of the raider base, behind the generator.
 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual - on top of a small bookshelf in the North-western chamber on the way to the tent. A raider with a Missile Launcher might spawn in the tent to the west and, should they fire the launcher, the book could be blown anywhere if it is near the explosion.
 * Mini Nuke - in the tent in the North-Western chamber, on top of one of the safes.
 * Pre-War book - on the round table next to the bed found in the tent mentioned above.
 * Schematics - Nuka grenade - in lower part of the Yao Guai Cave at the West-North-Western-most wall surrounded by several skeletons.

Appearances
Cliffside Cavern appears only in Fallout 3.

Bugs

 * The player may get stuck at the Western entrance into the outpost making him or her unable to walk anywhere.
 * Dogmeat can get stuck in the stalagmites between ground floor and first level, as he can anywhere with. If this happens, you can tell him to "go back to Vault 101", exit the caverns, and will find him (waiting patiently) outside Vault 101.
 * When facing multiple enemies, coming from the west entrance may freeze the game.
 * There is a Steam Gauge Assembly in the SE corner of the upper level of the Cave (near a generator/lamp combo) which can't be picked up or moved under any circumstances.
 * It appears that the Steam Gauge Assembly can be picked up on the 360 version only if it hasn't been disturbed since entering the Yao Guai Cave.
 * There is a Cherry Bomb in the NW cave near the bookshelf, outside of the tent, that can't be picked up. It can be moved with explosives or a bit of imagination.
 * When the player comes out of the tunnel into the lower part of the Yao Guai Cave, turn to the left and go to the rock wall below where the first lamp is illuminated. Jumping up the wall and looking in a small open hole, there is an arm hanging out with a white glove. When the player goes to the top part of the cave, there is no body to be found, and nothing to loot.

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