Lonesome Road (add-on)

	For the perk in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Lonesome Road of the same name, see Lonesome Road (perk).

 

Lonesome Road is the fourth and final add-on for Fallout: New Vegas, developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. Originally scheduled for release in July 2011,^[1] Lonesome Road was delayed and subsequently announced for an August release.^[2] It was later announced that the add-on had been delayed a second time.^[3] It was finally released simultaneously on all platforms on September 20, 2011. This concludes the story arc beginning with Dead Money chronologically, finally answering the foreboding clues given in add-ons past.^[4]

SynopsisEdit

Lonesome Road brings the Courier's story full circle when you are contacted by the original "Courier Six," a man by the name of Ulysses, a former frumentarius of Caesar who refused to deliver the platinum chip at the start of the main storyline in Fallout: New Vegas. In his transmission, Ulysses promises the answer as to why, but only if the Courier takes one last job; a job that leads them into the great depths of the Divide, a landscape torn apart by frequent earthquakes and violent storms. This is the fabled location of the battle between the Courier and Ulysses.^[5] The road to the Divide is a long and treacherous one, and of the few brave enough to walk it, none have ever returned. The first quest in this expansion begins with The Reunion.

CharactersEdit

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CreaturesEdit

Robots and computersEdit

• Medical eyebot
• Repair eyebot
• ED-E

LocationsEdit

ItemsEdit

AmmunitionEdit

• Nails
• Rocket

Armor and clothingEdit

ConsumablesEdit

Schematics & RecipesEdit

• Bitter drink recipe
• Snakebite tourniquet

WeaponsEdit

Weapon modsEdit

World objectsEdit

Miscellaneous itemsEdit

Achievements/TrophiesEdit

Name	Requirement	Achievement points	Trophy type	Image
ED-Ecated	Found all of ED-E's upgrades in the Divide	20
Condemned to Repeat It	Decided the fate of all the Divide Dwellers	20
Hometown Hero	Completed Lonesome Road	30
Rocket's Red Glare	Acquired all upgrades for the Divide's signature weapon	25
Warhead Hunter	Detonated all the warheads in the Divide	30

ChallengesEdit

Name	Recurring	Requirement	Amount to do	Perk Given	XP	Base ID
Condemned to Repeat It		Launched the nuclear missile from the Ashton silo.	1	-	500	xx00a5fd
ED-Ecated		Find all of ED-E's upgrades in the Divide.	5	Camarader-E	500	xx00a5fc
Hometown Hero		Completed Lonesome Road.	1	-	500	xx00a5fe
Rocket's Red Glare		Acquired all upgrades for the Divide's signature weapon.	3	-	500	xx00a601
Warhead Hunter		Detonated all of the warheads in the Divide.	30	-	500	xx00a604
Ends of the Earth		Discovered all the locations in the Divide.	25	-	100	xx00a5ff
Most Likely To...		Uncovered all 6 references to the past of Courier 6... your past.	6	-	100	xx00a5f9
Nostalgia		Found all journal entries in the Divide.	10	-	100	xx00a5f8
Feel Like a Kid Again		Find all of the RALPHIE the Robot posters in the Divide.	20	-	100	xx00ca7a
The Courier's Mile		Dared to venture into the Courier's Mile.	1	-	100	xx00a600
Ulysses' Odyssey		Discovered all about Ulysses' past.	6	-	100	xx00a5fa

QuestsEdit

Icon	Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Quest ID
	The Reunion	Canyon wreckage	Radio Signal	10 XP	xx003603
	The Silo	The Divide	Pip-Boy	2200 XP	xx003617
	The Job	Hopeville missile silo bunker	Ulysses	2310 XP	xx00360f
	The Launch	High Road	Ulysses	4400 XP	xx0039e3
	The Divide	Ashton silo control station	Pip-Boy	4400 XP	xx003610
	The Tunnelers	Cave of the Abaddon	Pip-Boy	2200 XP	xx003613
	The Courier	Ulysses' Temple	Pip-Boy	2200 XP	xx003616
	The End	Ulysses' Temple	Pip-Boy	5000 XP, a footlocker containing various unique items, +1 SPECIAL Point, + Brotherhood of Steel fame, and Followers of the Apocalypse fame.	xx003615
	The Apocalypse	Ulysses' Temple	Pip-Boy	5000 XP Courier duster, Ulysses' duster, Ulysses' mask +1 SPECIAL Point, Access to the Long 15 and/or Dry Wells Boomers and Powder Ganger fame (both targets only) NCR fame (targeted Legion) Legion fame (targeted NCR) NCR and Legion infamy (depending on which ones you targeted)	xx00bf03

PerksEdit

Regular perksEdit

Special perksEdit

Companion perksEdit

NotesEdit

• Suggested level for all platforms is 25+.
• Like all major Fallout: New Vegas add-ons, Lonesome Road raises the level cap by 5.^[6]
• The player character's equipment is not stripped at the beginning of the add-on, and the gameplay has a linear structure. See exception below.^[7]
• The player character can leave the Divide at any time during the add-on without having completed it, and can return afterwards if needed, except when they are about to face Ulysses. (The game will ask player to proceed or not before they enter)
• The player character may also return to the Divide upon completion of the add-on.
• Lonesome Road does not extend gameplay past the game's original ending.^[8]
• Lonesome Road can affect part of the Mojave Wasteland after completing the main quest.^[9]
• Companions are not allowed into the add-on, as with all the other add-ons in Fallout: New Vegas.
• As with each of the quest extending New Vegas add-ons, Lonesome Road features a unique snow globe. This is also the last one in the set. It is cracked open and matches the setting of the divide.
• Unlike the rest of the add-ons, Lonesome Road does not feature an opening narration. Instead ED-E's recorded messages serve as the opening to the add-on's story.
• It is implied through the Old World Blues ending that the events of Lonesome Road canonically take place after the three previous add-ons, as the final line spoken is "Only one road yet remained, and it was one the Courier had to walk alone," as the image onscreen is the Old World flag, a symbol often referring to Ulysses, the main focus of Lonesome Road. However, the add-ons can be completed in any order.
• Lonesome Road is the only add-on in which one may listen to both Mojave Music Radio and Radio New Vegas while visiting. As with all other add-ons, The mysterious broadcast may also be heard if Old World Blues is installed.
• The graffiti outside the canyon wreckage was there since the game's launch, showing that the add-on was planned well ahead of release.
• Contrary to the title of the add-on, the Courier will does not actually travel the Lonesome Road alone, as ED-E will accompany them for most of the journey.

Behind the scenesEdit

• "The Lonesome Road" is the name of a 1927 song by Nathaniel Shilkret and Gene Austin, which has been covered by several musicians who should be familiar to fans of the Fallout series, including the Andrews Sisters, Louis Armstrong, Eddy Arnold, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Sid Phillips, Stan Kenton, Frank Sinatra and Kay Kyser.
• Three holotapes that can be found in Lonesome Road have been released on the Bethesda Website.^[10][11]
• Lonesome Road is inspired, at least in part, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner Part VI, stanza 11 which reads "Like one that on a lonesome road / Doth walk in fear and dread, / And having once turned round walks on, / And turns no more his head; / Because he knows a frightful fiend / Doth close behind him tread."
  • Ulysses plays the part of the "frightful fiend," the Courier's secret past with the Divide corresponds with "And having once turned round walks on," and the Lonesome Road itself is homonymous.
• Ulysses makes frequent mention of "the Bull and the Bear" when referring to Caesar's Legion and NCR, respectively, in reference to the symbols on their flags.

GalleryEdit

High Road entrance promotional image

Red Glare promotional image

Arc welder promotional image

Tunneler promotional image

Ulysses' Temple

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v·d·e Lonesome Road Quests The Reunion · The Silo · The Job · The Launch · The Tunnelers · The Divide · The Courier · The End · The Apocalypse Achievements Condemned to Repeat It · ED-Ecated · Hometown Hero · Rocket's Red Glare · Warhead Hunter Locations Divide · Dry Wells (Boat) · Long 15 (Gate) · Ashton missile silo · Ashton silo control station · Boxwood Hotel roof · Cave of the Abaddon · Collapsed overpass tunnel entrance · Junction 7 rest stop · The High Road · Hopeville armory · Hopeville men's barracks · Hopeville Missile Base Headquarters · Hopeville Missile Base - East entrance · Hopeville Missile Base - Loading station · Hopeville Missile Base - West entrance · Hopeville silo bunker entrance · Hopeville women's barracks · Marked men camp · Marked men base · Marked men guard outpost · Marked men supply outpost · Pass to canyon wreckage · Path to the Courier's Mile · Ruined highway interchange · Sunstone Tower roof · The Courier's Mile · The Crow's Nest · Third Street Municipal Building · Ulysses' Temple · Waste disposal station · Wastewater treatment plant Items Weapons Red Glare · Old Glory · Blade of the West · Bowie knife (Blood-Nap) · Arc welder · Great Bear grenade rifle · Red Victory grenade rifle · Shoulder mounted machine gun · Laser detonator · Flare gun · Flash bang · Fist of Rawr (Fist of the North Rawr ) · H&H Tools nail gun · Satchel charge · Industrial hand Apparel US Army combat armor · US Army General outfit · Marked scout armor · Riot gear  · Advanced riot gear  · Elite riot gear  · Breathing mask  · Ulysses' mask · Ulysses' duster · Courier duster  · Marked patrol armor · Marked tribal armor · Marked trooper armor · Marked beast helmet · Marked beast eyes helmet · Marked beast face helmet · Marked beast tribal helmet · Armor of the 87th Tribe · Scorched Sierra power armor Consumables Auto-inject super stimpak · Auto-inject stimpak · Debug rad food  · Fiery purgative · MRE · Rushing water · Snakebite tourniquet Misc items Blank magazine · Eyebot upgrade circuit board · Rawr's Talon · Rocket canister · Roughin' it! bedroll kit · Seymour  · Snow globe - Lonesome Road · Tunneler hide Ammunition Nails · Rocket Holodisks and notes "Missing" shipment · Bitter drink recipe · Bravo Team mission orders · Flash bang information · For whoever finds this.... · Hopeville Base - Armory access codes · Hopeville Silo - level security codes · Mission report · NCR Radio distress beacon · NCR Ranger action reports · Pvt. Foster's personal journal · Silo network security codes · Sunflower Summers' diary · Ulysses' final message · Ulysses' logs Characters Gleeson · Howard · The Dad · The Kid · Ulysses · Whitley · ED-E · Dr. Grant Creatures Marked men (Blister · Bonesaw · Beast · Blade · Gaius Magnus · Colonel Royez) · Tunneler · Rawr Robots and computers ED-E · Medical Eyebot · Repair Eyebot · Commissary terminal Perks Ain't Like That Now · Alertness · Broad Daylight · Certified Tech · Marked · Tunnel Runner · Thought You Died · Just Lucky I'm Alive · Burden to Bear · Voracious Reader · Lessons Learned · Walker Instinct · Roughin' It · Irradiated Beauty · The Bear-Slayer · Dead Man's Burden · Divide Survivor · Lonesome Road · Scourge of the East