Colorado

It never quite did, though. The cold never left Colorado, and the storied Hundred Families that survived Armageddon found that their former land of plenty had become an icy, bandit-haunted wasteland. We fought battles over every bite of food. Sickness came then. Starvation. Cannibalism and atrocities uncounted.
No one knows when the Patriarch was born. We only know the stories of his family’s rise to power. We know he killed his twin with his own hands, and hung his mother for stealing from him. We know that the Dorsey clan crossed him, and what happened to them after, down to the smallest child. We know he hacked and hammered his nation into place until every family and faction answered to him. Even the savages roaming the frozen plains fear the Patriarch.
No one knows when he was born, but he won’t live forever neither. His sons and daughters are fighting, breaking his nation into scheming factions. The warlords and the refugees from the dying east are already clawing at his borders.
At best, a war is coming. At worst?
Annihilation.

**Colorado** is the central setting and location of *Wasteland 3*, much like Arizona and California were in *Wasteland* and *Wasteland 2*.

The Church of the Final Deluge is the official religion of Colorado.

## Background

Once host to the most advanced technology in the world, the nuclear war has twisted Colorado in a land of perpetual winter. The nuclear detonations that targeted the state have created a vortex of polar cold through weather disruption. For over a century, Colorado remained in cold's grip, with the chance of spontaneous dissipation estimated at a hefty 0.15%. The treacherous weather has not stopped humanity from clinging to existence. In fact, in the face of adversity, one man, Saul Buchanan, managed to unify the state and impose a semblance of civilization...

## Map

*For the interactive map, see here.*
* Ambush site: Visited during the intro

### Colorado Springs

* **Colorado Springs**
	+ Broadmoor Heights (Old Survivalist Bunker, Patriarch's Palace)
	+ Downtown Colorado Springs (Little Vegas, Machine shop, Sans Luxe Apartments)
	+ Garden of the Gods
	+ Peterson Air Force Base

Side
* Hoon Homestead
* Arapaho Caravan
* Gett Family Homestead
* Hoon Homestead
* Knox Bison Ranch

### The Bizarre Outskirts

* **The Bizarre**
	+ Warrens

Minor
* Clown Museum
* Monster Army Bunker

### Rocky Mountains

* **Cheyenne Mountain**
* **Aspen** (Little Hell)

Minor
* "Snowed Inn" Resort
* Cannibal Jamboree
* Department of Energy Site
* Mysterious Cave
* Santa's Workshop

### Southern Dunes

* **Steeltown**
* Toaster Repair Academy

### Denver Outskirts

* **Denver Ruins**
	+ Denver Airport
* Union Station

Minor
* Tellurium Mine

### Eastern Plains

* Abandoned oil well
* Ghost Town
* Massacre site
* Paint Mines

### Yuma County

* Yuma County Speedway
	+ Godfisher windfarm
	+ Scar Collector mine

### Unused

The following areas are present in the game files, but are not active in the game.

* Anasazi Library
* Air Force Academy Ruins and Air Force Academy Underground
* Everest Hotel

Minor
* Abandoned Camp
* Black Forest
* Caddyshack
* Cave of the Winds
* Dudes Of Thought
* Dunes of Thought
* Eleven Mile Canyon
* Gipper Oilfield
* Isolated Garage
* Kidnapped Children Hideout
* Los Payasos Ambush
* Manitou
* Markham Mines
* Mountain Pass
* My Tire
* Picketwire Canyonlands
* Ranger Rover Site
* Robot War
* Route 82 Ambush
* Tear Down The Wall
* Valhalla Medical Facility
* Watering Hole

## Gallery

* Desert Ranger map of the area in the Wasteland 3 Desert Rangers Wasteland Survival Guide
* License plate seen in the Art of Wasteland 3

## References

1. ↑ Wasteland 3 loading screen hints
2. ↑ Tattered logbook