Bitter Springs

Bitter Springs is an NCR refugee camp in the far northeastern side of the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.

Background
In the past century, Bitter Springs was used by the Great Khans as a semi-permanent community. Due to prolonged conflict with the NCR, the Great Khans were eventually tracked back to Bitter Springs by NCR forces.

The assault that followed was known as the Bitter Springs Massacre. This is due to the NCR’s 1st Recon receiving orders to shoot non-combatants, such as young, old, and wounded Khans who attempted to escape through a southern slot canyon from a location called Coyote Tail Ridge. Today, Bitter Springs hosts refugees from settlements Caesar's Legion are razing, a situation that is becoming increasingly untenable.

Layout
The camp consists of NCR tents to the north and refugee tents at the south end of the camp. The doctor's tent is amongst the NCR tents facing the refugees and Captain Gilles can usually be found sitting by the campfire at the center.

Approaching the area from the west-southwest will reveal 12 graves, six on each side of the path, containing miscellaneous loot. Great Khan iconography and graffiti can still be found about the camp, illustrating their previous ownership. Atop one of the graves, a Great Khan spike helmet can be found.

Related quests

 * Bitter Springs Infirmary Blues
 * Climb Ev'ry Mountain
 * I Forgot to Remember to Forget
 * No, Not Much

Appearances
Bitter Springs appears only in Fallout: New Vegas and the graphic novel All Roads.

Behind the scenes
Bitter Springs is located in the same geographical area as the real world location of Bitter Spring, south of the Valley of Fire State Park in Clark County, Nevada.

Bugs

 * You can get infinite experience by doing Mister Sandman kills on a sleeping child (since they do not die) in one of the tents. Sometimes after an X amount of kills you might be teleported inside of a rock near Hidden Valley.
 * You may find Captain Gilles typing on an invisible keyboard.