Military site
Abandoned Brotherhood of Steel Bunker
Sealed Brotherhood bunker between Nelson and Camp Forlorn Hope where the Sierra Madre signal leads. Entry point to Dead Money; locked without it.
- Region
- Eastern Mojave
- Faction
- None
- Danger
- Low
- Map position
- 15 × 13
The Abandoned BoS Bunker, officially Bunker 13, is a small grate set into the ground on the east side of the no man's land between Nelson and Camp Forlorn Hope, northeast of Nelson and southeast of Forlorn Hope, with the Colorado River over the cliff to the east. The no man's land is scattered with frag mines, so watch your feet on the way in. A hollowed-out rock just to the southeast holds some random loot.
With the Dead Money add-on installed the bunker becomes important. Your Pip-Boy picks up the Sierra Madre Broadcast and it leads you here. Inside are a headless corpse, Sierra Madre graffiti and a door that warns only experienced couriers should continue. Walking into the bunk room where an old radio plays the broadcast starts the add-on: you are gassed and wake at the Sierra Madre with a bomb collar around your neck. Your gear is taken until you finish, and companions stay behind.
If you have Dead Money, do not walk into the radio room casually, because there is no coming back until the story there is done. Without the add-on the grate is permanently locked, cannot be picked and has no key, so the bunker is only a map marker. After you complete Dead Money it becomes a solid player home with a bed, a workbench, a reloading bench, a Sierra Madre vending machine and Father Elijah's old lab.
How to get there
From Camp Forlorn Hope head southeast across the mined no man's land; the grate is on its east side, northeast of Nelson.
Related quests
- Sierra Madre Grand Opening! (Dead Money)
Tips
- With Dead Money installed, walking into the radio room starts the DLC and takes your gear until you finish; prepare first.
- Watch for frag mines in the no man's land around the grate.
- Without the DLC the grate stays locked; there is no key.
Collectibles and items here
- Hollow rock Hollowed-out rockAmong the small cluster of rocks and shale on the slope that leads up to the bunker grating.
- Armor T-45d power helmetOn the desk beside the terminal in Elijah's room. Take the corridor left after the stairs and hack the Average terminal next to the locked door.
- Weapon Laser rifleOn a table in Elijah's room, behind the door opened by hacking the Average terminal off the left corridor after the stairs.
- Holotape Elijah's holomessageDownloaded from the terminal in the abandoned BoS bunker after you finish the Dead Money add-on.
- Main quest Sierra Madre Grand Opening!Starts when your Pip-Boy picks up the Sierra Madre Broadcast after you leave Doc Mitchell's house with the add-on installed. Follow it to the abandoned BoS bunker northeast of Nelson; the grate entrance sits in a mined no man's land.
- Vending machine Sierra Madre vending machineIn Father Elijah's room. Take the corridor left after the stairs and hack the Average locked terminal nearby to open the door.