Northwest Forest-Redone
⚪ Last updated 2012⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #44 of 44 New Lands and Locations mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Explore the Northwestern Forest! Travel far past the Vanilla Boarders and hunt new creatures, battle with bandits, find stashes of loot, use new weapons, and more! This mod adds a decent sized forested area outside the northwestern most vanilla boarders, full of creatures such as wolves, mole rats, yao guai, and mountain deathclaws. If you can make it far enough into the mountains there\'s a cabin, full of weapons and supplies just waiting to be inhabited by the lone wanderer. Keep your eyes peeled for the notorious bandit Texas Red, legend says he lives in this area and stores all of his loot here too. This is a redone version of my older mod, Northwest Forest v1. 1. //REQUIREMENTS// Broken Steel DLC Point Lookout DLC Anchorage DLC Any mod that completely removes the Vanilla Boarders I suggest the no borders mod here: http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/1522 //UPDATES// 6/19/2012- Navmesh Fix - adds navmesh to the region 6/20/2012- NFR No DLCs - Full Northwest Forest-Redone mod, but with no DLC content. Please let me know if there is any bugs. Note that this mod should be one of the highest on your load order, or your game will crash if you save, quick-travel, or enter the cabin while in this area. I am also open to suggestions to help make this mod better! Thanks, Wasteland101Survivor
Northwest Forest-Redone expands Fallout: New Vegas with a new explorable region beyond the vanilla borders, featuring new creatures, bandits, loot stashes, and weapons. With 172 endorsements and over 5,000 downloads, it's a modestly popular content mod for players seeking fresh exploration.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-tested with 172 endorsements and over 5,000 downloads—plenty of players have already wandered these woods.
- Expands the map beyond vanilla borders, giving explorers a fresh reason to boot up New Vegas again.
- Adds new combat encounters and loot, so it's not just a pretty landscape—there's stuff to do.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2012, so it's over a decade old and may have compatibility issues with modern mod setups or DLC.
- The description is vague on specifics—no creature types, weapon names, or quest details are listed, so you're going in blind.
- Potential conflicts with other mods that alter the same map areas or add worldspace edits, so check your load order carefully.
For Fallout: New Vegas players who've exhausted the vanilla map and crave new territory to explore, complete with combat and loot. If you're a completionist looking for fresh content beyond the Mojave, this is a solid pick. Skip if you want story-driven quests or polished voice acting—this is a classic exploration mod.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this mod adds a new worldspace, make sure to load it after any other map-altering mods in your load order to avoid conflicts.
- If you're using a mod manager like Nexus Mod Manager or Mod Organizer 2, install it manually or via the manager's 'install from file' option—it's a simple file drop.
- Back up your save before heading into the new area, just in case the mod's age causes unexpected crashes—it's been a while since it was updated.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 3 Mods
- Author
- Wasteland101Survivor
- Version
- 1.3
- Downloads
- 5,005
- Endorsements
- 172
- Category
- New Lands and Locations
- Created
- 6/10/2012
- Updated
- 6/21/2012
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