Charleston Cave is a location on Mount Charleston in the Mojave Wasteland. The cave is slightly northwest of Jacobstown, near the top of a snow-covered hill. Outside of the cave's entrance is a view overlooking Jacobstown and the desert valley below.
Background
Comprised of stalactites and other ancient rock formations, the cave was discovered in the early 1960s but subsequently closed due to geological instability.[Pub 1] Once the home to a hold-out during the Great War, night stalkers now roam the interior.[Pub 1]
Publications
Layout
To the side of the cave's entrance, a hollowed-out rock with graffiti of a heart on it can be found. The ten night stalkers wandering inside the tunnels are cloaked. The cave itself is a series of winding rock tunnels with several spacious caverns scattered throughout. The dark cave is dimly lit by many clusters of green, bio-luminescent non-harvestable mushrooms.
South from the entrance is a chamber with two beds, a campfire, and a locked ammunition box. From the campfire chamber, a large area with several night stalkers is to the west. A balcony that overlooks the chamber with night stalkers below can be accessed by keeping west instead of veering off south and looping down to the large chamber. Looping around east then south is a small flooded area and a bunker can be found.
The door to the bunker is locked with a Hard lock, requiring a Lockpick skill of 75. There is a large amount of loot in the bunker room, including a hunting shotgun in good condition, numerous consumables, and ammunition boxes. There is a bear trap hidden in the flooded section of the cave just before the incline to the Hard locked door.
Loot
- Oh, Baby! - A unique super sledge, next to the dead Nightkin in the southwest cavern. The nightkin will only be present if the player character has started the quest Guess Who I Saw Today in Jacobstown.
- Chewed Stealth Boy - Found on the nightkin's dead body.
- A post-War audio log - Behind the Hard locked door in the middle part of the map, reached by taking the northern passageway from the chamber with irradiated water.
Related quests
Notes
When approaching the cave, sounds of night stalkers barking and snarling may be heard.
Appearances
Charleston Cave appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Bugs
The night stalkers have a tendency to get stuck, usually head-first, within the inclines of the cave passages, making it impossible to achieve a sneak headshot. If you do not have a weapon powerful enough to kill one in one shot (regardless of the body part), it will become unstuck upon changing to attack mode.[verified]
Gallery
Largest cave inside
Oh, Baby! lying next to a dead nightkin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collectors Edition p.291: "[1.07] Charleston Cave
Full of stunning stalactites and other ancient rock formations, Charleston Cave has remained closed for hundreds of years since its discovery in the early 1960s, and subsequent geological instability. Once the home to a hold-out during the Great War, strange mutant critters known as Nightstalkers roam these empty chambers. A new and even more terrifying strain can shroud themselves in Stealth Boy-like invisibility. Don't forget to inspect the nearby rock!"
(Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide/Tour of the Mojave Wasteland)
