Cave
Morning Glory Cave
Randall Clark's last cave camp, guarded by spore plants and traps, holding the Grand Staircase map holotape in its survival cache.
- Map
- Zion Canyon
- Faction
- None
- Danger
- High
- Map position
- 9 × 9
Morning Glory Cave lies west of the North Fork Bridge and north of Patriarchs' Campground. It was the Survivalist's home for about fifteen years, from 2108 until shortly before his death. His terminal holds the logs for 2108, 2113 and 2123: hunting down a pack of walking corpses, a bitter birthday spent alone, and finally the discovery of 24 children who had come from a place called the School and its feared Principal. Clark chose to watch over them in secret, and those children became the Sorrows, who still remember him as the Father in the Caves.
The main chamber holds three spore plants, bear traps hidden under branches and two rigged shotguns. On top of a rock spire in the center sits a duffle bag with Morning Glory's cache key, along with a crate and an ammunition box. The key opens a locked gate on the wall opposite the entrance, or you can pick it with a Lockpick skill of 50.
Behind the gate is Clark's campsite with his terminal and a bed on a raised platform. One of his six survival caches sits next to the bed, and it holds the Grand Staircase map holotape that Daniel needs in The Grand Staircase, so the Sorrows can find a safe way out of Zion. Waking Cloud can act as your guide into the Father's cave on that quest.
How to get there
Cross the North Fork Bridge heading west and look for the cave mouth in the cliffs north of Patriarchs' Campground.
Notable loot
- Survival cache with the Grand Staircase map holotape (next to the bed in the campsite)
- Morning Glory's cache key (duffle bag on the central rock spire)
- Year: 2108, Year: 2113 and Year: 2123 logs (terminal)
- Crate and ammunition box (central rock spire)
Related quests
- The Grand Staircase
Tips
- Kill the spore plants from range; they shoot poisonous spores at anything close.
- Watch for bear traps hidden under branches on the cave floor.
- Skip the key hunt with Lockpick 50 on the gate.
Collectibles and items here
- Holotape Grand Staircase map holotapeInside a survival cache behind an Average locked door in the southern section of Morning Glory Cave.
- Holotape Year: 2108Added to the Pip-Boy when you read the Year 2108 entry on Randall Clark's terminal in Morning Glory Cave.
- Holotape Year: 2113Added to the Pip-Boy when you read the Year 2113 entry on Randall Clark's terminal in Morning Glory Cave.
- Holotape Year: 2123Added to the Pip-Boy when you read the Year 2123 entry on Randall Clark's terminal in Morning Glory Cave.
- Key Morning Glory's cache keyIn the duffle bag on top of the rock spire in the center of the cave. Watch for bear traps under branches and two rigged shotguns.
- Survival cache Survival cacheGet past the giant spore plants in the main chamber and climb the rocks to the southern part of the cave. Pick the lock on the hideout; the bag is next to the bedroll inside.