Skid Row

**Skid Row** is a location and a harvest run map in *After the Fall*. It is a harvest site found in the former neighborhood of the same name in the ruins of Los Angeles, CA. It is a favorite of some runners, and serves well as a site for new runners to prove themselves in.

## Description

Before the fall, the Central City East neighborhood of Los Angeles, better known as Skid Row, was well known for being the neighborhood in the city for those "with the least." Its history as a home for transient railroad workers meant cheap eateries, entertainment centers, small hotels and apartments were in the neighborhood, and many of the city's most marginalized citizens found residence there. Given the largely impoverished and homeless population, it was the subject of numerous crackdowns on both legitimate crime and the homeless.

In the year 2000, it has become a prime snowbreed harvest site, with the route going through an old arcade, an apartment block, and ending at an old construction site.

## Gameplay

Upon loading in, Luna briefs the player on their mission: this is their first harvest run, and they and their squad are to collect as much harvest from the snowbreed that have gathered in the area. Play begins in a safe room in a metro tunnel, ascend stairs into a street upon leaving the safe room.

### The Intersection

Some husks will be gathered in the street as players exit the metro tunnel, and a horde may occur here when players begin to approach the arcade. During the encounter, snowbreed may approach from four different spawn points: atop the arcade building, over the debris and snow to the right of the arcade, from down the road to the left of the arcade, and from the roof of the storefronts across the street from the arcade. There is always a purple ammo box placed before the entrance of the arcade. Once clear, the sprawl blocking the arcade door can be cleared to progress.

### The Arcade

Entering the arcade proper may trigger a horde, and there may also be snowbreed milling about the room as well. Spawns can be from the room to the left of the arcade counter, the wall to the right of the arcade counter, from upstairs, and from the wall across from the stairs. A second, smaller horde may be triggered by entering the room to the left of the counter, causing snowbreed to spawn from the two opposite walls of the room as well as a hole in the ceiling right by the door.

There may be an ammo box or spare magazines on the arcade counter, as well as a locked drawer behind it and some runner remains. Remains may also be found in the side room. By the stairs, there may be spare magazines on a cabinet, as well as a potential floppy disk spawn on a wire rack. Clear the sprawl blocking the stairs if there is any and proceed upstairs.

There will be a mob of snowbreed waiting on the upper floor and entering the room may also spawn a horde from the wall right next to the stairwell, the wall opposite that, and the far wall past the arcade machines. Entering the bathroom to the right of the stairs may trigger a small horde spawn from inside the toilet stall. If a horde spawned in the main room, you will need to clear sprawl from the two doors leading into the side room, as well as on the zip line. Entering the side room may also trigger a small horde.

In the upstairs area, there may be a green ammo box on one of the tables in either the main or side room, and there is a potential floppy disk spawn on one of the tables in the side room. There may be runner remains in multiple places in both rooms. When ready, clear the sprawl on the zip line if it's there and take it to the building across the street.

## Trivia

* Jimmy may occasionally suggest that his high score for an Arizona Sunshine machine will still be there if it were repaired and booted up, however none of the arcade cabinets in the entire arcade appear to be Arizona Sunshine cabinets.

## References

1. ↑ History Timeline. *Skid Row Housing Trust*