Mine shaft

Mine shaft
General
Game	Wasteland
Map marker	Mine shaft

Mine shaft is a location in Needles.

Background

Some pre-holocaust miner has hewn a tunnel into the living rock of the mountain. Now the smell tells you it is home for many desert creatures. Right at the entryway is an old shack made of weather beaten adobe with walls been baked by the sun to be harder then steel. The door is of rotting wood and rusting iron. Of course it is locked.

Overview

The Mine is the third or fourth location to be explored by the player. It is located west of the Rail Nomads, in the mountains, and consists of one level of underground caves. It is packed with furry enemies and a variety of small arms, explosives, grenades, and silver.

There is a locked strongbox in a corner of the shack containing some gas masks. The pit in the south-east corner of the shack contains a rope and a Rubble Fanger which attacks you immediately. After you have slain a group of Drools and picked up the loot you are always attacked by a group of Little People. There is a dead-end in the mine where you get the Message "The rock looks strange." Use the Metallurgy skill on this spot and then use a Pick ax to chip out a bit of silver (Which is collected in form of money). You can repeat this as often as you wish (Use a macro to automate the key presses) and earn lots of money. You can search the half-eaten remains of what might have been a human with the Perception skill to get some loot.

Random encounters

	Name	Type	Exp. Pts.	Maxcon	AC	Skill	Damage	Weapon type	Range	Group
	Rad Rat	Animal	5	1-6	0	1	1d6	Melee	Melee	1-10
	Cave Critter	Animal	2	0-2	0	1	0d6+2	Melee	Melee	1-10
	Slithering Lizard	Animal	25	6-31	0	2	2d6	Melee	Melee	1-10
	Naked Molerat	Animal	10	2-12	0	2	1d6+1	Melee	Melee	1-10
	Blind Minecrawler	Animal	20	5-25	0	1	2d6+3	Melee	Melee	1-5
	Tunnel Lizard	Animal	120	10-50	2	1	4d6+2	Melee	Melee	1-3
	Shaft Slider	Animal	120	15-75	1	1	5d6+3	Melee	Melee	1-2
	Shadowclaw	Animal	400	25-125	3	2	6d6	Melee	Melee	1
	Rubble Fanger	Animal	60	7-37	1	1	3d6+1	Melee	Melee	1-6
	Dark Viper	Animal	16	2-10	1	1	2d6	Melee	Melee	1-3
	Little Person	Animal	15	3-18	0	15	2d6	Semi-auto	Short	1-10
	Undergrounder	Animal	20	5-25	0	20	3d6	Semi-auto	Short	1-5
	Drool	Animal	30	2-12	2	2	2d6	Melee	Melee	1-5

Fixed encounters

	Name	Type	Exp. Pts.	Maxcon	AC	Skill	Damage	Weapon type	Range	Group
	Gecko	Animal	200	12-62	3	2	4d6+1	Melee	Melee	1-5
	Skink	Animal	300	18-93	3	2	4d6+1	Melee	Melee	1-4
	Shell Cougar	Animal	750	37-187	4	2	5d6+1	Melee	Melee	1-2
	Scav	Humanoid	45	3-18	2	15	1d6+3	Semi-auto	Short	1
	Glowviper	Animal	50	12-62	0	2	3d6+4	Melee	Melee	1-2

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