Searchlight Airport
Fallout: New Vegas guide · Exploring the eastern wastes
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Searchlight Airport is an abandoned airfield situated in the southern part of the Mojave Wasteland, located just south of Camp Searchlight. The location consists of a small terminal building surrounded by a tarmac populated by a large swarm of radscorpions. Players primarily visit the airport to scavenge resources from the terminal and clear the airfield of dangerous pests.
Items
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Enemies
Radscorpion
Weak to Eyes and stingersSteal / drop Poison gland
Attacks in packs across the open airfield tarmac
Giant Radscorpion
Weak to Stinger, legsSteal / drop Poison gland
High Damage Threshold makes standard firearms less effective
Radscorpion Queen
Weak to Stinger, legsSteal / drop Poison gland
Tough boss creature wandering the runway area
Tips
- Clear the radscorpions from long range on the edge of the airfield to avoid getting surrounded in the open.
- Bring Antivenom or Snakebite Tourniquets when approaching the airport to counter the heavy poison damage dealt by the scorpions.
Not listed for this area: secrets, shops and people.
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