The Central Mountains are an unmarked location in the Mojave Wasteland.[Pub 1]
Background[edit]
Publications[edit]
Topographical Overview
This undulating zone features a host of large locales, but is dominated to the north by Black Mountain, and the remains of a radar station now overrun by a Super Mutant named Tabitha. Those that seek solace in the mountains don’t want to be found, as the denizens of Hidden Valley would certainly concur. Beware of Bark Scorpions in the maze-like gulch, and concentrate on investigating the larger structures south of the El Dorado Dry Lake; HELIOS One with its incredible solar panel array; the REPCONN Test Site where Ghouls and Super Mutants are waging war against one another, and there’s always time to take in Dinky the Dinosaur over at Novac, where the settlers are always friendly, if a little on edge. South of Novac are less populated mountains, and a number of caves to explore; be sure you know which ones contain Geckos, and which have Deathclaws! Don’t forget Primm Pass either; a great direct path to and from Zone 4. The western area has its own problems as you’ll discover if you set foot inside the perimeter of the NCR Correctional Facility, where the inmates are quite literally running the asylum.
Highways and Byways
The border of this zone is perhaps the easiest to pinpoint, as it takes in the major roads and railroad in the region. To the west, the perimeter follows the route of the railroad tracks all the way from Junction 15 Railway Station to the north, down to Nipton in Zone 4. To the north is the continuation west to east of Trail 160, which meets up at the 188 Trading Post, and then continues southward down Highway 95, taking in the major sights along the way. The southern perimeter is the continuation of Trail 164 which began at the Mojave Outpost in Zone 4, and the road continues all the way to the northern edge of Camp Searchlight in Zone 6. As for the middle of this map? Aside from a second north-south road to Novac, the mountains mainly have pathways to lose yourself in, and a winding road to the top of Black Mountain itself.”— Tour of the Mojave WastelandLocations[edit]
Primary Locations[edit]
| Image | Name | Faction | Leaders | Creatures | Cell name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 Trading Post | New California Republic Gun Runners Brotherhood of Steel Followers of the Apocalypse |
188TradingPost | |||
| Black Mountain | State of Utobitha | Marcus Tabitha |
Tabitha Neil Super Mutants Nightkin Sniper Nightkin masters Nightkin Moe Centaurs |
BlackMountain (summit) BlackMountainCentaurCrater (crt) BlackMountainVillage1 (vill. crater) BlackMountainVillage2 (vill. dome) BlackMountainPrison (prison) BlackMountainTreasure (storage) BlackMountainRadio (radio 1st floor) BlackMountainRadio2 (radio 2nd floor) BlackMountainSummit (radio ext.) | |
| Black Rock Cave | State of Utobitha | Inside: Nightkin Coyotes Outside: Radscorpions |
SLBlackRockCave (exterior) SLBlackRockCaveINT (interior) | ||
| Broc Flower Cave | Giant Rats Rodent of Unusual Size |
BrocFlowerCave (exterior) RatCaveINT (interior) | |||
| Coyote Den | Coyotes | SLCoyoteDen | |||
| Dead Wind Cavern | Deathclaws Deathclaw Mother Legendary Deathclaw |
SLDeadWindCavern (exterior) SLFourWinds SLDeadWindCavernINT (interior) | |||
| El Dorado Dry Lake | Fire ants Vicious Dogs |
ElDoradoDryLake | |||
| El Dorado Substation | New California Republic Mr. House (optional)[1] |
NCR Sergeant | ElDoradoSubstation (exterior) EDSubstation (interior) | ||
| Emergency Service Railyard | EmergencyRailwayStation | ||||
| Gibson Scrap Yard | Audaz Basura Colmillo Fiel Reina Rey |
GibsonScrapyard (exterior) GibsonScrapYardInterior (garage) NovacAbandonedShack (shack) | |||
| HELIOS One | Brotherhood of Steel (formerly, optional) New California Republic Caesar's Legion (optional) Mr. House[2] (optional) |
Father Elijah Lt. Haggerty |
NCR guard dogs | HeliosOne (Helios One) Wilderness (-5,1) (mirror yard) HELIOSOnePlant (power plant) HELIOSOneTower (solar coll. tw.) HELIOSOneDeck (observ. level) | |
| Harper's Shack | Deathclaws | SLAbandonedShack02 (ext) SLAbandonedShack02INT (int) | |||
| Hidden Supply Cave | HiddenSupplyCave (exterior) CampSearchlightHiddenCave (interior) | ||||
| Hidden Valley | United States Armed Forces (Pre-War) Brotherhood of Steel |
Bark Scorpions | HiddenValley (exterior) | ||
| Highway 95 Viper's Encampment | Vipers | Golden Geckos | SLViperHwy95Camp | ||
| Junction 15 Railway Station | Deathclaws Young Deathclaws |
SLJunction15Station | |||
| Legion Raid Camp | Caesar's Legion | LegionRaidCamp | |||
| NCR Correctional Facility | New California Republic (optional)[3] Powder Gangers |
Warden Nathan Eddie Sergeant Lee (optional) |
NCRCF (exterior) NCRPrisonAdministration NCRPrisonBlockA NCRPrisonBlockB NCRPrisonVisitorsCenter | ||
| NCR Ranger Safehouse | New California Republic | Outside: Radscorpions Deathclaws |
SafehouseNCR (exterior) SafehouseNCRINT (interior) | ||
| Neil's Shack | Super Mutantss Nightkin |
BlackMountainStart | |||
| Novac | Enclave Remnants (2281) Great Khans (2296) |
Jeannie May Crawford | Nightkin Brahmin |
Novac | |
| Powder Ganger Camp East | Powder Gangers | SLPowderGangerCampEast | |||
| Powder Ganger Camp North | Powder Gangers | SLPowderGangerCampNorth | |||
| Primm Pass | Blind Deathclaw | SLPrimmPass | |||
| REPCONN Test Site | Bright Brotherhood Davison's Nightkin |
Jason Bright Davison |
Davison Nightkin Feral Ghouls Brahmin Radroach |
RepconCheckpoint RepconFacility (сourtyard) RocketLabMid (facility) RocketLabBasement RocketLabTop (research labs) RepconPlatform | |
| Ranger Station Charlie | New California Republic | Ranger Beaumont | RSCharlie (exterior) RSCharlieInterior (interior, before Legion attack) RSCharlieNVDESTROYED (interior, after attack) | ||
| Scorpion Gulch | Bark Scorpion Hunters Giant Radscorpions |
ScorpionGulch | |||
| Snyder Prospector Camp | Bighorners Bloatflies |
SLProspectorCamp02 | |||
| Vault 11 | Katherine Stone - Final overseer | Giant Rats Giant Mantises Bark Scorpions |
Vault11a (Vault 11) Vault11b (living quarters) Vault11c (lower level) | ||
| Walking Box Cavern | Nightstalkers | SLCavern02 (exterior) SLCavern02INT (interior) | |||
| Wrecked Highwayman | Bloatflies | SLWreckedHighwayman |
Secondary Locations[edit]
Appearances[edit]
The Central Mountains appear in Fallout: New Vegas.
