Red Rock Canyon is a location that serves as a refuge to the Great Khans in Fallout: New Vegas. It is located in the northwest of the Mojave Wasteland, west of Chance's map.
Background
Before the Great War, the area was a preserved area known as the "Southwest Commonwealth Conservation Area."[1] Remnants of pre-War campsites and ancient petroglyphs still dot the area even though it has been completely dominated by the Great Khans, who have added their own artwork to the canyon's sandstone walls.[Pub 1][Pub 2] The Great Khans have camps and outposts spread throughout the area, concentrated in the area closest to the distinguishable red rocks. The Great Khans relocated here after the Bitter Springs Massacre, where the NCR killed a large number of non-combatants.[2] The Great Khans currently focus on rebuilding and growing their chem trade enterprise.[Pub 1]
Publications
Layout
While the canyon has three entrances, it is most accessible from the east, by following Nevada 159 west from Whittaker farmstead or Poseidon gas station. The widest entrance can be found heading north from Spring Mt. Ranch State Park. A motorcycle accident will be seen when approaching from this direction.
Red Rock Canyon consists of several tents surrounding a central arena where the Great Khans perform their indoctrination ritual. There is also a longhouse where their leader Papa Khan holds court. To the northwest is a steep pass, starting from a small pond of clean water, that leads past a cazador nest swarming with cazadores in the direction of the Remnants bunker. Slightly to the northwest is the Red Rock drug lab, where the Great Khans Jack and Diane manufacture and prepare chems for shipment.
Buildings
Inhabitants
- Anders (optional)
- Diane
- Great Khan armorer
- Great Khan members
- Jack
- Jerry the Punk
- Jessup (optional)
- Karl
- Papa Khan
- Regis
Related quests
Notes
- When Boone is a companion, his presence may cause the Great Khans to turn hostile.
- Sometimes a cazador will spawn in the initiation circle. It will attack and may kill, nearby Great Khans.
- While the western exit from the canyon may seem like a one-way road due to the sheer drop on the Red Rock Canyon side, it is possible to bypass the drop and leave the canyon that way. Near the mouth of the south canyon entrance, there is a ridge that will end above a point just on the other side of the drop.
Appearances
Red Rock Canyon appears in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenes
- Red Rock Canyon is based on the real world location of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area to the immediate west of Las Vegas, Nevada along the real world Nevada State Route 159.
- Megan Parks was responsible for layout, prop placement, decoration, terrain shaping and texturing, and vistas for this location.[Dev 1]
Bugs
Papa Khan may leave the door to his room open but the player character can still lockpick it. [verified]-
Red Rock Canyon may not appear as a found location on the Pip-Boy map at all. To fix this you must travel to a nearby place using fast travel and then head back to Red Rock Canyon. [verified] - If you enter the outhouse in Red Rock Canyon, the game may not allow you to exit the outhouse and force you to load a previous save file. [verified]
Gallery
Three skill magazines
The arena
Red Rock Canyon, as it appears in the opening scene
Red Rock Canyon aerial view
Motorcycle accident
Map from the Collector's Edition
Signage
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References
- ↑ Red Rock Sign
- ↑ Courier: "What happened?"
Craig Boone:"Main force got spotted too soon. We heard shooting. Then Khans started coming through Canyon 37 in bunches. It was all wrong, though. Women, kids, elderly. Wounded started coming through, too. We radioed to confirm our orders but command didn't get what we were seeing. They told us to shoot till we were out of ammo. So that's what we did."
(Craig Boone's dialogue)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition pp. 297-298: "[1.15] Red Rock Canyon
"Pre-War, Red Rock Canyon was a popular tourist attraction. Remnants of Pre-War campsites and ancient petroglyphs still dot the area even though it has been completely dominated by Great Khans. The Great Khans have their camps and outposts spread throughout the area, though most of them are concentrated in one area near the red rocks themselves. The Great Khans relocated here after the Bitter Springs Massacre, where NCR accidentally killed a large number of noncombatants during an otherwise normal skirmish between the two groups. Today, the Great Khans while away their time, dreaming of past glories while resorting to petty drug-dealing and battles by proxy (the Fiends) with the NCR."
(Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide/Tour of the Mojave Wasteland) - ↑ Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition pp. 290: "The terrain is steep and wild for much of this region, which is dominated by a huge sandstone formation known as Red Rock Canyon, the base of a tribe with a violently nomadic past. Areas of parkland and small villages are now home to mutated animals and Chem-addled raiders. Fiends have encroached from the east and are threatening Trail 160. Hidden vaults await an inquisitive traveler (one is already home to escaped Powder Gangers while the other holds more shocking secrets), and while there are a scattering of drifters and grifters in the old farmsteads north of New Vegas, the other dominant force is the settlement of Jacobstown, named for an old friend of a Super Mutant named Marcus. Visit him in the snowy peaks to the west, and he may yet achieve his dream of peace."
(Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide/Tour of the Mojave Wasteland)
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