Ranch
Horowitz Farmstead
An old farm north of Westside held by a small Viper gang, with live frag mines, a star cap and a dangerous mercenary camp to the north.
- Region
- Northwest Mojave
- Faction
- Vipers
- Danger
- Medium
- Map position
- 8 × 4
The Horowitz Farmstead is a run-down farm north-northwest of Westside, made up of a large building, an old barn and two grain silos, one of which has toppled over. Three Vipers have set up camp in the open barn with beds, a campfire and sacks and crates of supplies. They are hostile on sight and come back every few days, but the loot in the barn does not respawn, so the first visit is the one that counts.
Watch your step: live frag mines are planted southwest of the barn and between the silo and the barn. In the barn, a Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap sits on a crate beside some ammunition boxes, and a hunting shotgun in poor condition lies in the bed of the pickup truck next to it. A small shack by the fallen silo has a reloading bench on its outer wall.
North of the farm is a camp of heavily armed, hostile mercenaries in reinforced combat armor, and one of them carries the unique YCS/186 gauss rifle. They are a much harder fight than the Vipers, so do not wander up there by accident at low level. With the Wild Wasteland trait, that camp is replaced by an alien landing site, and the alien captain carries the unique alien blaster.
How to get there
Leave Westside by the west entrance and walk north-northwest to the barn and silos.
Notable loot
- Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap (crate in the open barn)
- Hunting shotgun (pickup truck bed)
- YCS/186 (mercenary camp to the north)
- Alien blaster (Wild Wasteland only, north of the farm)
Tips
- Sweep for frag mines around the barn and silos before looting.
- Do not head north unprepared; the mercenary camp is far tougher than the Vipers.
- The Vipers respawn every few days, but the barn loot is one-time only.
Collectibles and items here
- Weapon Hunting shotgunIn the bed of the pickup truck next to the barn, close to the fast travel point, with an ammunition box. Very poor condition.
- Star bottle cap Horowitz farmstead barnHorowitz farmstead, inside the skeletal barn in the middle cluster of buildings. On the ground on the left wooden crate, near the sack and two ammunition boxes.