Golden Trail is an unmarked quest in Fallout 2 that can be repeated indefinitely.
Quick walkthrough[]
- Find a caravan driver (Ben Wade, Enrico Savinelli, Stanwell, Bill) in Redding or their home towns (Vault City, New Reno, NCR, Broken Hills) and enlist with a caravan.
- Protect the caravan on the way to its destination.
- Profit.
Detailed walkthrough[]
Mined in Redding, gold is a commodity sought by the three major powers in the wasteland: Vault City, New Reno and the NCR. In addition, many towns will trade for refined uranium ore. Caravans carrying it (and goods traded for it) are a common sight in the wasteland, as are the heavily armed escorts accompanying them. This quest allows the player character to participate in such a caravan route. Here is the rundown:
| Origin | Cargo | Destination | Caravan leader | Payment | Departure date | Applicable Months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vault City | Medical supplies | Redding | Ben Wade | $1,000 | 1st of even months | Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec |
| Broken Hills | Refined uranium ore | Vault City | Bill | $200 | 21st of every month | All |
| Gecko | Bill | $200 | 1st of every month | All | ||
| NCR | Bill | $200 | 11st of every month | All | ||
| Redding | Gold | Vault City | Ben Wade | $1,000 | 1st of odd months | Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov |
| New Reno | Enrico Savinelli | $1,500 | 21st of even months | Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec | ||
| NCR | Stanwell | $2,000 | 11th of even months | Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec | ||
| New Reno | Jet | Redding | Enrico Savinelli | $1,500 | 21st of odd months | Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov |
| NCR | Brahmin | Redding | Stanwell | $2,000 | 11th of odd months | Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov |
| Duppo | $2,000 | Available the first time asking Duppo but not repeatable | ||||
During each caravan run, the player character will face up to four random encounters. When the map loads, all the hostiles are counted and with each kill on a hostile critter or non-player character, the counter goes down by one. Once it reaches zero, the caravan leader gives the all clear signal and the one can leave the map via the exit grid to go on with the caravan. Leaving the map before all the hostiles are dead will result in abandoning the caravan and the caravan driver refusing to do any further business with the player character. If the caravan leader gets killed in an encounter, the route is effectively dead.
Sounds simple enough, but a few things complicate the matter:
- To leave the map *all* critters and non-player characters marked as hostile need to be dead, even those that normally do not initiate combat (such as New Reno mobsters).
- However, e.g. Den slaves do not raise the hostiles counter when created, yet decrease it when killed. Since the caravan guards prefer killing them all, this can cause the counter to go below zero and cause the caravan to bug out - the leader will never give the all clear.
Arriving at the destination will result in a success on the caravan and payout, with each killed brahmin impacting the wages, which can go as low as 500$ (and a ban from caravan running). Flawless performance will net a 500$ bonus.
If the leader dies, a stand-in will appear at the destination to dole out the player character wages. However, the caravan route will be considered dead for future employment.
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