Springvale

Springvale is a small, bombed out town in the Capital Wasteland, located 3-4 miles northwest of Arlington, VA.

Location
It is the first location the Lone Wanderer should discover, just down the road from Vault 101, and is hard to miss.

Judging by its appearance, one can assume before the war it was a significant suburban area, cozy but big enough, and just far away enough from the hustle and bustle of D.C. It's a fairly deserted area, infested with giant ants (but not Springvale, itself). Several Enclave propaganda bots also fly around.

The deserted nature of Springvale makes it ideal for your first foray away from Megaton, as you can pick up lots of loot without any trouble (until you get to the school).

Most of the buildings are destroyed, though almost every wrecked house has at least one cabinet or refrigerator in it with some worthwhile loot, as do most of the mail boxes.

One house is occupied by a woman named Silver, an ex-prostitute from Moriarty's Saloon, who wants to get away from him and her debts. If you go to Megaton before Springvale and talk to Moriarty, he may send you to Springvale to collect from Silver. If you do not mind killing Silver, her house has quite a bit of loot to steal.

Springvale School is another standing building, slightly to the northeast. A group of Raiders have made this building their own.

The settlement of Megaton is just south of Springvale.

Significant Loot

 * When approaching Springvale from Vault 101, the second mailbox on the left side of the road contains a copy of Pugilism Illustrated, which will increase your unarmed skill by 1 point.
 * In the house of the mailbox above, there is a safe with a Very Easy lock which contains random loot, usually consisting of weapons, ammo and chems. The safe may spawn a Scoped .44 Magnum, but it will be in poor shape and not have any accompanying ammo.  This is, however, a rare occurrence.
 * The first mail dropbox you come by here will always contain Frag Grenade (3), Jet and Psycho.
 * After turning left/north at the street corner where the red rocket is, there is a tall house on the right side of the road with a locked cabinet. You can see Springvale School north east of this house. Inside the cabinet are some bobby pins and some beer and whiskey.

Related Quests

 * 300 Pieces of Silver
 * Following in His Footsteps

Appearances
Springvale appears only in Fallout 3.

Tips
Unlike either of the two possible player homes, (which require the player to pass through multiple loading-screens), Springvale offers a map spawning point directly in front of storage (a mailbox). The mailbox won't erase your items or run out of room. Decorating it is also an option, this also makes it easier to find.

Silver's home to the right can also be used as a potential "farming" spot for enemies, particularly any nearby Enclave patrols. If they are chasing you and you go inside Silver's house, they will follow you in there and can be killed inside the home, and will respawn in 72 hours inside the house.

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