The Oasis is located inside a large rock formation in the north of the wasteland. No other place in the Capital Wasteland is so teeming with life, although there are locations far from the Capital Wasteland, including Zion Canyon and Jacobstown, that have comparable amounts of plant and animal life. The Oasis is one of the most fertile places in the wasteland, filled with lush vegetation, trees and even birds and squirrels living within the sheltered forest. The Lone Wanderer in 2277 is the first one in years to visit the vale. Most are turned away, some are killed when they try to gain entry by force, and others are shot on sight, like raiders. Only select outsiders were permitted to live long enough to enter the Oasis, though it was rare. Although they disdained technology, the Treeminders continued to use firearms, to remain on equal footing with their enemies. As the Oasis grew and nature once again reappeared in the wasteland, the cult confronted the hostility of the wasteland. The control over the cult, exercised by Tree Father and Leaf Mother (Birch and Laurel), with an equal say in its affairs. The Treeminders shun technology in favor of nature, blaming technological progress for all human misery. The cult, the Treeminders, were to be his last line of defense. Birch saw in Harold, not an unfortunate mutant condemned to live out his life as a tree, never again to resume his wasteland travels, but a god. Around 2257, a small cult formed under Birch, dedicated to the worship of Harold. With Harold's mutation progressing further he became the unwilling heart of an oasis in the desolate wastelands.
Sheltered by the rock formations in the northern Capital Wasteland, it gained a new lease on life in the 2240s or 50s when Harold found himself overwhelmed by Bob in his travels and laid down roots in this area in what the Treeminders call the Harvest Month (when Bob's seed pods ripen and disperse their seeds, resulting in the creation of new trees, grass, and plants). As the time passed, the sheltered rocky vale was stripped of mining equipment and other installations, with only a handful of artifacts surviving to the 23rd century. The extensive network of caves beneath it was used as an impromptu shelter by the inhabitants of a nearby mining town from the bombs. You might also encounter some raiders or radscorpions here.What is known as the Oasis was once just one of many mines scattered across the landscape of the United States.
Inside the camp you'll find lots of drugs, plus a bottle ofĭuck and Cover. You'll find another wastelander corpse in the bathroom here.
Inside the cell you'll find a bunch of ammunition boxes, first aid boxes, and You'll need that key to unlock the cell here. Galaxy News Radio, Three Dog might give you a Weapons Cache Key. You'll encounter three radroaches in this room. You'll also find a first aid box on a nearby table. You can also loot a first aid box in the adjacent room. The giant radscorpion will surely survive the battles, so be ready for it when it heads your way.īottlecap Mine on the workbench here, which will give you the schematic for the item if you don't already have it. Hamilton's Hideaway is a nice, quiet, out-of-the-way cave system, except for the resident radscorpions and raiders, who will try to kill you as well as each other.