Forum:Locked out of abandoned BOS bunker

i made a new account a while ago. i put 97 hours into it so far. everything is perfect, but i cannot do dead money. i still have the sierra madre broadcast and the sierra madre grand opening! quest but when i go to the bunker it is locked and needs a key(well known to be nonexistant) can i unlock it or was all of this for nothing?

I'd try Un-Patching the game, load game save, get inside the bunker, save it, update it & continue with the story...--38.120.11.197 04:31, February 9, 2011 (UTC)

any other way? for some reason i have never been able to do that. is it because i am level 35 already? when i undo the patches and try to play without them it freezes mid-load so i cannot do that, i have heard of that do get out of the bunker, it is the same issue as that, only im on the outside--Blakebutters 23:30, February 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * For me, fast-traveling to the bunker since I had discovered the location prior to downloading the DLC resulted in me getting locked out, but walking away from the area and re-approaching gave me the pop-up dialog box granting me access. Not sure if it's the same issue you're experiencing, but I hope it helps. Balmung03 05:46, February 12, 2011 (UTC)

no i tried leaving the area, and i already had the popup, since i made this account AFTER i put in the dlc anything else i could do, or is there a way to get it to stop freezing when i try to load without the patches, also if for any reason "find a new location" would be the answer it is not an option, there are 188 locations in the mohave wastland. i have found 187, the legate's camp is the only one i havnt found yet. i was saving it until after i found the last area in the game(i only had 10 left when i decided that) uis it possible that finding all of these locations had anything to do with it?--Blakebutters 23:30, February 12, 2011 (UTC)

Here's how I solved it: I had the same problem on the PS3. Was lvl 35, had been at the bunker before installing Dead Money (did that at lvl 30), and left it until I had done all other quests except the final battles. When I went to the bunker, it was locked - key needed. When I first installed Dead Money, it gave me the "Go find the Sierra Madre source" window, but I ignored it.

I solved this by deleting both the DLC and the patch data. I could load the game as usual, only thing I got was a requester telling me that some items would not work as some were DLC exclusive. I went into the now unlocked bunker, got my Dean's Electronics, and saved inside. Installed both DLC and patch, and reloaded the game. This left me outside the bunker, still locked. I moped around for a few mins, then I got the same message as when I first installed the DLC: "Level cap is now 35, go find the source of Sierra Madre" etc. The bunker was now unlocked.

I hadn't found any DLC exclusive items, and I didn't choose and DLC exclusive perks, so I have no idea if you lose items or perks that are exclusive to Dead Money (or if they're just being "repressed" until the DLC is installed again).

If I loaded a game that hadn't been "DLC cleaned" (a game that had not been loaded and saved with patch and DLC uninstalled), the bunker would still be locked.

So in short: Uninstall patch and DLC, load game, save (don't think you have to do it inside the bunker), reinstall DLC and patch, and reload game. Wat a minute or two and you should get the Sierra Madre popup, unlocking the bunker.

March 9, 2011 /Fangrim

I have picked DLC exclusive perks, I got to lvl 35 right off the bat, like 5 hours in I was lvl 35, so I'd still have to redo 95 hours of stuff.... it freezes when i go to load without patches or the dlc, can I fix that? --Blakebutters 05:48, March 18, 2011 (UTC)

I have all three DLC's (Xbox 360) and i tried deleting the patches and the DLC's but nothing is working. The Bunker still has that [Key Required] text and im getting frustrated with it. I happened to discover the location before Dead Money was released. I might be out of luck getting Jar of Cloud Residue or those Sierra Madre Chips. i had to start the quest for Sierra Madre by deleting the patch and DlC and it worked but now nothing seems to work. Any thoughts?

July 25, 2011 /IrishMarksman92