Goodsprings

Goodsprings is a town in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281. It is where the Courier recovers from being shot in the head, after being rescued by Victor and "patched up" at Doc Mitchell's house.

Background
Before the Great War, Goodsprings was a "living ghost town", an old mining community from the early days of the United States of America. The town was resettled relatively recently by citizens looking to stay out of the way of big world troubles and to remain seperate from the NCR.

Other than a recent lack of trade, Goodsprings struggles with two major problems. First, the Powder Gangers, led by Joe Cobb, are a group of convicts who recently escaped from the nearby NCR Correctional Facility. The disgruntled "Gangers" are attempting to locate and kill a Crimson Caravan merchant named Ringo, and are willing to ransack the entire town to find him. Second, geckos and other wildlife are constantly finding their way into town, dipping from its water supply and occasionally attacking residents and bighorners, which provide the town's main source of income.

Layout
Doc Mitchell's House is located in the west. It will be the first house you'll come out of when you start the game. The Prospector Saloon and Goodsprings general store with a Mojave Express dropbox located outside are to the north. Several settlers live in the town's houses.

There are three locations in Goodsprings which can be used for safe storage. Everything in Doc Mitchell's house is considered unowned, except the bed. Victor's shack is also considered unowned, but has few storage containers. The house due south of the Saloon is the most convenient, as it is the closest to the fast travel point. It has open beds and safe containers. Easy Pete sleeps there nightly, and a settler may wander in, but one bed is usually free.

Goodsprings contains an abandoned schoolhouse with some loot. An abandoned gas station west of Doc Mitchell's home contains some minor loot and can be used as a safehouse, as it contains a bed and safe storage, but it is locked until the Courier goes there to meet Ringo.

Notable loot

 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual: The house where Trudy and Sunny Smiles sleep contains a copy of it on a small book shelf. From the front door entrance: Go straight. It will be on the second row of the shelf under a Large Scorched Book, next to a pre-War book, and next to a large destroyed book. (Must be stolen)
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap: Can be found in the above-mentioned house on the kitchen counter, next to a few Sunset Sarsaparilla bottles.
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap: West of the General Store is a white house with a vegetable garden outside. Enter it, and go to the bedroom. There on the table, next to a chessboard and an empty Sunset Sarsaparilla Bottle is the cap's location.
 * A copy of Lad's Life can be found in the storage room of the same house on the step-ladder right before the room with the star bottle cap.
 * A Doctor's bag and a copy of Boxing Times can be found in the gas station opposite the door you enter from, boxing times will be on the right side shelf, doctors bag on the floor against the back wall.
 * In the old school building there is a safe in one of the corners it is an 'easy' lock to pick but there is a stealth boy inside.
 * Meeting People: A copy can be found in the Prospector Saloon, on a crate near the side door closest to the entrance. A second copy can be found under a shelf in a camper north of Prospector Saloon. A third copy can be found in the Goodsprings schoolhouse, on the floor near the safe by the ruined school desk.
 * 5.56mm round (Fallout: New Vegas) (24): South of the Prospector Saloon is a water tower with a large tank. The ammo is on the pile of rubble in the adjacent ruined house frame, on the West side.

Appearances
Goodsprings appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

 * Goodsprings is based on the real-life location of the same name. Several landmarks, such as the saloon, store, schoolhouse and windmill are all present in real-life and reproduced with a decent degree of accuracy in-game.

Gallery
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