Industrial site
El Dorado Substation
NCR guarded power substation northwest of El Dorado Dry Lake. Off limits to visitors, and a key stop in Wild Card: Finishing Touches.
- Region
- Central Mojave
- Faction
- New California Republic
- Danger
- Safe
- Map position
- 12 × 11
El Dorado Substation is an electrical switching station southwest of Vault 11 and northwest of El Dorado Dry Lake, a single tall concrete building beside a large yard of transformers. It carries power from HELIOS One out across the region, and the NCR keeps it under guard, with troopers and a sergeant watching the building and the fenced yard.
The guards will tell you to stay out of the building and the fenced area, and walking in anyway turns them hostile whatever your NCR reputation. The gate to the yard has an Average lock, but even a quiet pick sets the troopers off once you are inside, and the soldiers respawn if killed. If Boone is with you he leaves as soon as you are caught in the restricted areas.
Late in the main story the substation becomes a real destination: the override chip is used here during Wild Card: Finishing Touches or The House Always Wins VII, at the cost of NCR infamy. Otherwise it is a marker on the way between Vault 11 and HELIOS One, with a Sunset Sarsaparilla star cap on a trash can inside the building.
How to get there
Southwest of Vault 11 on the northwest side of El Dorado Dry Lake; look for the transformer yard and the NCR guards.
Related quests
- Wild Card: Finishing Touches
- The House Always Wins VII
Tips
- Stay out of the building and fenced yard unless you are ready to fight the NCR guards.
- The override chip is used here late in the main story; expect NCR infamy.