Dale Barton

"Between having to hire protection and getting slapped with taxes, it's more profitable to stick to Arizona and New Mexico. But, I do cross the river from time to time when an opportunity comes along."

 is a wandering merchant found at Fortification Hill in 2281.

Background
Barton often prefers to trade in Legion territories, saying that he finds it cheaper as he rarely has to hire protection, due to the effectiveness of Legion suppression of raiders. However, he still is quite bitter about Legate Lanius killing one of his brahmin. Still, he holds a huge stock, and regularly updates his wares. He also was the person who found the intact Howitzer which can be repaired for the Legion and used in the assault on Hoover Dam.

Effect of the player's actions

 * He will not trade with you if you have a poor reputation with the Legion.

Note

 * It is strongly advised to keep at least neutral relation with the Legion to make him available, because he is the most useful caravan player in the game. He can play caravan for unlimited time, and he is a merchant and repairman(although only up to 30%, the worst repairman in Mojave Wasteland), players who know the trick to play caravan can let him repair highly damaged expensive item and win back the money(confirmed in xbox 360- repairman merchant will use his money from repairing in caravan ). It is advised to bring two companions to make a huge profit using this trick.
 * If the Courier engages and is hostile with the legion, Dale will be neutral.

Appearances

 * appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Trading with Dale Barton can cause the game to crash. The only way to clear this problem is to restart game (PS3) or restart the console entirely (Xbox 360). This appears to happen most often when buying weapon mods.

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