The Den

The Den is a safe haven for drug and slave trafficking, located in northern New California. The Den can be found six squares east and three squares south of Arroyo.

Background
In 2241, the Den was a frontier town by any measure. Located on the fringes of New California, it had no central authority or any law enforcement, leading to a Darwinian struggle where only the strong survived. The town's economy relied heavily on the New Californian drug trade.

After the death of the Master in 2162, the Den witnessed a wave of refugees consisting of super mutants and Children of the Cathedral cultists, who fled to the north. Some of the Children even committed suicide within the town.

By 2281, the raiders and slavers from the Den are mostly gone and have been replaced with actual laws and taxes. This transformed the economy, which focuses more on manufacturing and farming, rather than drugs and slaves.

Layout
The Den is divided into two districts, with an additional unimplemented location accessible through an exploit or the main menu Recording feature.

West Side
The West Side is where most of the shops are. It is home to Becky's casino and a Brotherhood of Steel outpost. In the lower area of the west side is Smitty's Workshop where he has a working car that needs a battery.


 * Becky's
 * Den Brotherhood outpost
 * Flick's Slum
 * Lara's gang house
 * Smitty's junkyard
 * Tubby's

East Side


The East Side is where the Slavers Guild has its headquarters. There is also an old church, a graveyard, Mom's Diner, and the Hole Bar. Digging up any grave besides Anna's will cause you to lose a bunch of Karma. The graves in the graveyard, starting with the one in the upper right, can be dug up for some items.


 * Church
 * The Hole
 * Mom's Diner

Named characters

 * Major
 * Metzger
 * Rebecca Dyer
 * Merchants


 * Other

Behind the scenes

 * The town map for the Den uses a vintage bird's eye view illustration of Phoenix, Arizona.
 * The Den was one of the few areas (along with Vault City) that ended up being close to the original vision of the creators of the first Fallout, before they left Interplay.
 * The Den has an entire third district, Den residential, that was cut from the game. A somewhat-mirrored version of the West Side, all the lockers are empty and no unique NPCs are present, except for a clone of Smitty. The map can be accessed through recording mode or by pressing 3 on the town map screen.

Appearances
The Den appears only in Fallout 2.