The wrecked Highwayman is a location in the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas.
Layout[]
Situated northwest of Snyder prospector camp and southwest of Clark Field, just off of Highway 95, the location consists of the wreck of a Highwayman; said remains are visibly sinking into the ground with only the trunk of the car still visible. A footlocker can be found within the open trunk, containing random loot in addition to a pile of loose loot including microfusion cells, energy cells, some scrap metal, and empty Sunset Sarsaparilla bottles.
Notable loot[]
- One Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap - In the trunk.
Appearances[]
The wrecked Highwayman appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenes[]
- Joshua Sawyer first planned the appearance of a Highwayman wreck containing valuable loot in its trunk to occur in Van Buren, later implementing it in Fallout: New Vegas; the difference was that the only part of the Highwayman found in Van Buren would have been the trunk. Both were intended as a direct reference to the Highwayman driven by the Chosen One in Fallout 2.[Non-game 1]
- Chris Avellone further stated that the vehicle's trunk being the only thing visible in Van Buren was in reference to a common bug found in Fallout 2 in which the Highwayman's trunk would disappear.[Non-game 2]
- The wrecked Highwayman that was supposed to appear in Van Buren would have had a trunk full of microfusion cells and a tanker FOB; the FOB does not appear in New Vegas, but the microfusion cells do.[Non-game 1]
- Upon finding the wrecked Highwayman, "Gold Slouch" from the Fallout 2 soundtrack will begin to play.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Question: Okay, whose idea was the wrecked Highwayman?
Joshua Sawyer: Mine. I wanted to have a Highwayman trunk full of microfusion cells and the Tanker FOB in Van Buren.
(Formspring reply on February 10, 2011; archived) - ↑ Question: Can I ask (yet another) Van Buren question? I know the F2 Tanker Fob was supposed to be in an encounter similar to the Crashed Highwayman in NV. What other artifacts were planned for it?
Chris Avellone: "It's been a while, but off the top of my head: The Crashed Highwayman encounter in VB was actually just the trunk of the Highwayman (to reflect the bug in F2 where the trunk would go missing)."
(Chris Avellone on Twitter)
