Higgs Village

Higgs Village is a location in the Big Empty and was where the scientists in The Think Tank lived while still human.

Layout
A series of six houses designated with a number. Each appear to be the homes of the scientists who are now known as the think tank. These surround a large fountain. With the exception of the addition of the fountain and the lack of front gardens the houses look very similar to Tranquility Lane in Fallout 3. The interiors follow the same pattern as both for those houses and the ones in Minefield.

House #00
As soon as you walk in, there is a securitron Mk I to your left with scrap found around it. Heading into the kitchen there is a picture of Robert House with three knives embedded in it. Heading upstairs you will find another securitron with additional scrap to collect or leave. Just before the left room on the bottom of the old world scientific equipment is the Recipes - Repair skill book. In the left room, on top of a computer is the Audio Sample - Giant Tarantula. On the roof there are two Med-Xs and one stimpak. This house belongs to 0|Dr. 0, as evidenced by the house number, the large number of broken robots strewn about. The same portrait of Mr. House seen at the House Resort is in the kitchen with knives stabbed through Mr. House's head, groin, and heart. (The knives are physical and fall off rather easily, so it's possible some people may enter the house and not see them)

House #101
Before heading inside, to the left side of the building is a dead shrub with a Nuka-Cola Victory in it. Inside appears to be a party house with a bar to the right as you walk in. Upstairs in the bathroom is a first aid box and two Mentats on the shelf to the left as you walk in. The bedroom next door with the functioning screen and computer desk you can find the Sink Project: Book Chute holodisk. On the shelf to the right as you walk in you can pick up the unique weapon, Dr. Klein's glove. In the final room to your right there is a box of Mentats on the left nightstand and Dr. Klein's scrubs on top of the wardrobe to your right.

House #102
On the rooftop there is a skeleton, 2 Beer and a simple locked footlocker with ammo. Computer monitors and equipment litter this house. Recipes - Science skill book located upstairs on the right as you enter the bedroom. Behind the house is also a wooden crate next to the picnic table and metal crates in the corner to your left with random loot inside. On the roof of this house is an average locked footlocker containing a metal armor set. This house was owned by Mobius as he has a mentats addiction and there is a large amount inside.

House #103
Before you head inside, check out around back the rocket play set for a Nuka-Cola Quartz, and the kennel to the left of it for a dog called Gabe and his unique plate, Gabe's Bowl. The player may encounter with the Wild Wasteland perk a mini deathclaw named Stripe that deals the same damage as a legendary deathclaw and is extremely hard to kill. To the right you will find a skeleton with two Mentats lying next to them. Inside you will notice a lot of empty birdcages. Upstairs in the bedroom on the floor is a knife stuck into a piece of paper with "Dad" written on it. On the perch in the green cage on the desk is a key for Borous' Basement. Recipes - Medicine Skill Book can also be found on the desk. Heading downstairs towards the kitchen you come across the basement door with a very hard lock on it.

Either by picking the lock or using the key, head down. Upon entering you see a gruesome site. It appears that Borous liked to dissect animals and stab things into the faces and bodies of teddy bears. The player can look into one of the locked cages and see a teddy bear with some butter knives in it.

House #104
Upstairs, teddy bears populate the fashion-centric decor, complete with mirrors, mannequins and cameras. The hallway is transformed into a runway with teddy bears as the audience, and the bed in the bedroom enjoys a canopy. In that hall, on top of the radio, find the Speech skill book holotape. In the bedroom, lots of pre-War clothes including sexy sleepwear. Behind the house are stairs to a catwalk with a duffle bag and containers to search. There is also a duffle bag on the roof wedged against the tree containing a number of chems and alcohol. Due to her obsession with teddy bears and human anatomy, this house is likely to have belonged to Doctor Dala.

House # 108
There's not much inside this house either. In the kitchen is a amusing sight of what appears to be the work of obsessive compulsive disorder. Upstairs in the bedroom to the left you will find the Sink Project: Jukebox holodisk on top of some paperwork on the desk, this is needed for the All My Friends Have Off Switches. In the master bedroom is a hard locked suitcase under the bed and an Audio Sample - Opera Singer holodisk on the night stand. Outside on the right side of the house you will find xander root growing in a planter. On the opposite side broc flower can be found. There is also a wooden crate with a skeleton behind the house. This house belongs to Doctor 8, as he mentioned in a speech dialogue.

Unique in all of the Mojave, you can hear what appears to be the sound of a pendulum clock ticking, suggesting this house might actually have a working clock.

Central fountain
This is the center of Higgs Village. Initially, the fountain is inactive. It can be activated by starting the weather test inside X-17 Meteorological Station.

Notable loot
Note, that most mailboxes have skill magazines.

House #00

 * An Audio Sample - Giant Tarantula in the upstairs leftmost room.
 * Recipes - Repair skill book - Upstairs in the corridor, Opposite the large monitor hidden in the lower section of a machine next to the doorway. (You may need to crouch to see it)

House #101

 * A Nuka-Cola Victory underneath a dead shrub
 * A first aid box with random loot and two boxes of Mentats.
 * The Sink Project: Book Chute holotape on the computer desk upstairs.
 * Dr. Klein's glove on the bottom of the shelf in the upstairs room with the computer
 * Dr. Klein's scrubs on top of the wardrobe on the right.

House #102

 * 17 boxes of Mentats on the top floor.
 * Recipes - Science Skill Book to the right of the doorway into the bedroom on top of electrical equipment, near the hose.

House #103

 * Ripper in Borous' basement.
 * Borous' Basement Key: In the Bedroom, in the birdcage.
 * Recipes - Medicine Skill Book: Upstairs in a bedroom
 * In the backyard, Gabe's Bowl near the doghouse.
 * In the rocket ship next to gabe's dog house Nuka-Cola Quartz

House #104

 * Recipes - Speech Skill Book: top floor on the radio

House #108

 * Sink Project: Jukebox: Upstairs in the bedroom on top of some paperwork on the desk.
 * Audio Sample - opera Singer In the master bedroom, on the nightstand
 * Hard-locked suitcase with 20 pre-War money in it under the bed upstairs

Central fountain

 * 17 bottle caps
 * Super stimpak

Catwalks

 * On the catwalk at the entrance there is tool cabinet and footlocker with several miscellaneous items in them and an easy locked footlocker with some ammunition in it.
 * On the catwalk without the entrance there are two more tool cabinets and a metal box with a few more miscellaneous items as well as a duffle bag with three missiles.

Appearances
Higgs Village appears in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Old World Blues.

Behind the scenes

 * The name is derived from Higgs boson. The Higgs boson is a hypothetical massive elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model of particle physics. It could also be named after theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, the origin of the particle's name.


 * The fact that the Book Chute holodisk is located here is most likely a reference to 1984. the Book chute makes a reference to 1984's "room 101" upon activation.


 * Room #102 has many empty Nuka Cola bottles and Mentats, possible reference to Diet Coke and Mentos internet video's.