Goodsprings

 is a town in the western Mojave Desert and appears in Fallout: New Vegas. It supposedly holds the world's oldest saloon. Dr. Mitchell takes the Courier here after a friendly robot named Victor finds you buried.

The town struggles with two major problems: the geckos and the Powder Gang led by Joe Cobb. The disgruntled gangers are looking to blast the town into the Stone Age, and the geckos are always trying to drink their fill of the local water supply.

The town of Goodsprings can be destroyed by the Courier later in the game, if the player works with Joe Cobb.

Layout
There is Doc Mitchell's house to the west, which you can use for storage until you get your own. The saloon and general store is to the north. Several settlers live in the town as well, in the houses around Goodsprings, all of which you are able to access.

In one house, due south of the Saloon and fast travel point, everything is free for looting and appears to be empty during the day, but Easy Pete and a settler sleep there at night. The beds are not technically "owned," so you can sleep there if you are playing Hardcore Mode as well as Victor's shack.

Goodsprings contains an abandoned schoolhouse with various loot. (See Notable Loot, below.) An abandoned gas station west of Doc Mitchell's house 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.

To the NE, up on a hill, is Goodsprings Cemetery with various loot. (See Notable Loot, below.) The courier must visit the cemetery as part of one training mission.

Goodsprings Cave is located to the southeast and is filled with coyotes, two dead wastelanders, as well as a dead Bright Follower with a Bright Brotherhood Robe. Goodsprings Source is to the south.

When taking the southeast road out of Goodsprings, the courier is approached by a man named Barton Thorn who asks for help saving his girl.

Inhabitants

 * Doctor Mitchell, the local doctor who removed the bullet from your head.
 * Victor, the robot who pulled you out of your grave and took you to the Doc.
 * Easy Pete, a local prospector.
 * Sunny Smiles, a local ranger.
 * Cheyenne, Sunny's dog.
 * Trudy, the town mayor.
 * Chet, a local shopkeeper.
 * Ringo, Crimson Caravan member. His caravan was raided by the Powder Gangers.

Appearances
only appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Notable Loot

 * The two dumpsters next to the Goodsprings General Store right next to the Mojave Express Dropbox are safe containers. Anything you place there will remain indefinitely. These two dumpsters are a good choice as a storage space until you receive a safehouse.
 * Check the mailboxes, almost all of them have a magazine that can be taken without penalty. They will also respawn new items occasionally. At least a dozen magazines (for temporary +10 increases in various Skills or traits) are around town, not counting those which count as stealing.
 * The Goodsprings Schoolhouse has several temporary skill magazines, a safe, a computer/terminal, desks and lockers (the desks and lockers spawn new items every 24-48 hours). XP can be maximized by hacking the computer, but not using it to unlock the safe, then cracking the safe separately for a total of 60 XP instead of just 30.
 * In Sunny Smiles and Trudy's house (this house is called "Goodsprings Home" and is the southernmost enterable home in Goodsprings except for Victor's Shack. It's a large white building with boarded-up windows and a broken windmill on its easternmost side), on a bookshelf buried under burned books, you can find a Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual. (This is a book, not a magazine, so it is good for a permanent increase of +3 to Sneak.) It's on the second shelf of the bookshelves directly across from the northernmost entrance to the building. Taking this item is stealing if you are on good terms with Goodsprings.
 * In the same house as above, a Single shotgun with ammo can be found on top of a shelf near the bed as well as first aid box (2) in the bathroom.
 * In Easy Pete house south of Prospector Saloon - BB gun (Fallout: New Vegas) with ammo, Buffout and a Teddy Bear all located on same desk in bedroom.
 * In Doc Mitchell's house, there is a 9mm SMG you can repair with 25 in the skill, there is also a chemistry set which can be used to create x1 of each drug listed or x5 Stimpaks with 25 Science. There are also several more stimpaks lying on the shelf near the Vit-o-Matic and a Today's Physician on the left side of a nearby desk. Before leaving the house he will give the player a Laser pistol, also before leaving passing a Speech check (30) will reward 3 stimpaks from him (but only before you leave his house the first time).
 * There is a workbench and ammo bench in between the Saloon and the General Store.
 * In light gray house to SE after exiting Doc Mitchell's house - Fixin' Things in bathroom sink. Medium locked safe in bedroom as well as Pre-War money (2) and the safe key on bottom shelf (pick the key up first, as picking up the money can sometimes glitch the key and it will fall through the shelf). The kitchen contains 9mm round (Fallout: New Vegas)   (20), Teddy bear and First aid box (2).
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap in Sunny Smile's House east of the Goodsprings Schoolhouse in the kitchen on the counter closest to the oven. There's a pair of Sarsaparilla bottles next to it. While all other items in most houses are marked red for stealing, the bottle caps can be freely taken without loss of karma or reputation.
 * Another star bottle cap is in the white house west of the general store as well as a Lad's Life issue on top of a short stepladder. This is considered stealing if the courier is on good terms with Goodsprings. In the bedroom of this house is an Ammunition Box, .22LR Round (100) on the cabinet and 7 bundles of Pre-War Money behind the same cabinet.
 * The Goodsprings General Store has a Salesman Weekly on the shelf to the left and a Silenced .22 pistol on top of the display desk at the front of the shop. Both can be purchased or stolen.
 * Lad's Life and Meeting People located in a trailer behind the Goodsprings General Store.
 * There is a Weapon repair kit inside of Victor's shack, along with several Ammunition Box.
 * A hard locked, randomized safe is located in the Prospector Saloon. A nearby easy computer terminal can allow access in the absence of 75 lockpicking. Copies of Fixin' Things, Meeting People and Salesman Weekly can also be found here as well as a .357 Magnum revolver behind the bar in a cup. All considered stealing.
 * A BB Gun can be found among four large barrels beside a house on the Northern Edge of the town, close to the Road heading north through the hills.
 * The cemetary has a Snowglobe on one of the graves. Three graves have fresh-looking dirt on them, including one which is fenced in (jump the fence); they (and similar graves in other locations) can be opened and looted if you have purchased a shovel from the general store. The shovel also doubles as a melee weapon.
 * Stash toolbox can be found in the back off a pickup truck next to a caravan in the SE
 * 5 bottles of Moonshine can be found in the red shack connected to the back of the Prospector Saloon

Reputation
These missions or activities will raise your reputation/infamy within Goodsprings.


 * Positive Reputation
 * Back in the Saddle - Speak to the Goodsprings settler that was being attacked by geckos at the third watering hole. She will reward you with reputation and x3 purified water, if she survives.
 * Ghost Town Gunfight - Side with Goodsprings (Ringo) during the quest.
 * Repairing Trudy's Radio.
 * Negative Reputation
 * Theft: Getting caught in the act of stealing.
 * Murder: Killing a town member outside of Sneak.
 * Run Goodsprings Run - Side with Joe Cobb and the Powder gangers.

Behind the scenes
Goodsprings is an actual location in real life. It has a population of 242, and it's about 30 miles from Las Vegas. And is located a few miles north of Primm.

Further, the Goodsprings General Store and the saloon are actual businesses (and next door to each other). You can see the real ones here.

Goodsprings is also an actual "living" Ghost Town. and the original Pioneer Saloon can be view here: http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/goodsprings.html

Related Locations

 * Primm
 * Goodsprings Cemetery
 * Goodsprings Source

Bugs

 * Trudy sometimes disappears.
 * You can walk right through the brown, thick part of the fence outside of Easy Pete's trailer.


 * If you're playing the game a second time through, the leveling system will glitch and prevent you from reaching level 2 unless you do the tutorial with Sunny Smiles.