Prospector (Fallout: New Vegas)

Prospectors are scavengers in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.
==Background==
Prospectors specialize in searching for old pre-War technology and weapons to sell or use.The Courier: "You were a prospector - like digging for gold and silver?"Easy Pete: "Nah, nah - means I poked through old buildings looking for working tech and such. Some folks just call it "salvaging," but never liked the term. Way I see it, salvage means it's broken, near-worthless. Me, I looked for the good stuff - guns, chems, spare parts. Good money in it."(Easy Pete's dialogue)Fallout: New Vegas loading screens: ""Prospector" is a polite word for "scavenger". Prospectors can be found all over the Mojave Wasteland, usually looking for the rare unopened safe at the bottom of an irradiated mineshaft." They are not hostile towards the Courier unless they are provoked, and can be killed without gaining negative Karma. They can be found wearing anything from wasteland outfits to a full suit of metal armor, and wielding anything from a 9mm pistol to a 10mm submachine gun.
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
==Inventory==
==Locations==
* El Dorado Gas & Service - A prospector may be camping there.
* Coyote Mines - There are usually two prospectors found in the camping area.
* The highway opposite HELIOS One, there can be a prospector wandering north.
* A dead prospector can be found center of the central sewers.
* A dead prospector can be found at the Cottonwood crater with a Fat Man.
* A dead prospector can be found at the Devil's Throat.
* One is found near the Goodsprings source as a replacement for Johnny without the Wild Wasteland trait.
==Named prospectors==
* Easy Pete, who resides in Goodsprings, is a retired prospector.
* Two NCR prospectors along with the prospector merchant will reside in the Prospector's Den after the Jackal raiders have been cleared out.
* Barton Thorn is technically a prospector since he is so desperate to find the stash.
* Logan is a prospector in Camp Searchlight.
* Tomas, a prospector in possession of a "lucky" star cap necklace, was targeted by his love interest, Jacklyn for more of the special caps she was hunting. He and Jacklyn can be found dueling south of Nipton.
* Dermot and Saint James are two scavengers based in Westside that have turned to slavery as their main source of caps.
* Dead prospector holding The Humble Cudgel in the sealed sewers.
==Notes==
* In the G.E.C.K., prospectors have almost all of their skills increased beyond the normal values, even skills like Speech and Lockpick, which aren't used by non-player characters. This is unusual for most Fallout games.
* Unlike raiders, NCR troopers, or Legion soldiers, prospectors do not respawn in the same area if killed. However, some areas (like the entrance of the Prospector's Den) have respawn points where new prospectors will appear to replace the ones that are killed.
* Nearby traveling merchants and their guards may turn hostile if the player attacks a prospector.
* NCR prospectors are partly responsible for the plight of several tribes in Zion Canyon.
* Many prospector models are the exact same as the models of some secondary characters such as Cass, Vulpes Inculta, Veronica and Red Lucy.
==Appearances==
Prospectors appear only .
==Gallery==
Prospector central sewers.jpg|Central sewers
Dead prospector Cottonwood crater.jpg|Cottonwood crater
CZ57 Avenger Devils Throat.jpg|The Devil's Throat
Prospector Goodsprings source.jpg|Goodsprings source
==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas human characters
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