Fyrestone

Fyrestone
Type of Location	Friendly Settlement
Recommended Level	Any (starting location)
Region	Arid Badlands

Fyrestone is located in the Arid Badlands on Pandora. It is the first town encountered by the player; the bus seen in the opening cinematic drops off the newcomers just outside of the town gates. Dr. Zed - the first NPC to issue a mission - is the only encountered human resident of Fyrestone. The only other visible resident of Fyrestone is the Claptrap that initially acts as a guide to gain entry into Fyrestone.

History

Fyrestone was once a town predominantly housing Dahl's Pandoran mining force, but a rising bandit presence in the area caused the population to plummet from 273 down to a meagre 2. Graves litter the entrance to Fyrestone as testament to its fall from glory.

The town originally also had a mayor, but the title is now a hollow one; the last mayor of Fyrestone was murdered after a short stint in office, but many of his would-be successors had already fled or been killed, leaving the town mayorless.

Points of Interest

• Fyrestone Bounty Board

Fyrestone graveyard

Missions

• Fresh Off The Bus
• The Doctor Is In
• Skags At The Gate
• Fix'er Upper
• Claptrap Rescue
• Blinding Nine-Toes
• Nine-Toes: Meet T.K. Baha
• Job Hunting
• Catch-A-Ride (mission)
• Get A Little Blood On The Tires (Mission)
• Hidden Journal: The Arid Badlands
• Sledge: Meet Shep
• The Legend Of Moe and Marley
• Circle Of Death: Meat And Greet
• Shock Crystal Harvest
• Scavenger: Sniper Rifle
• Insult To Injury
• Schemin' That Sabotage
• Find Bruce McClane
• Product Recall
• Leaving Fyrestone

Trivia

• There is a Claptrap hiding above and behind the weapon store, within the rock formation. When spotted, he waves, but cannot actually be interacted with. This same Claptrap reappears in Borderlands 2, at the same location, but deactivated.
• The New-U Station at the bus stop will allow fast travel to other locations but is not defined as a fast travel destination itself.
• After returning to that original New-U Station the yellow claptrap may follow the Vault Hunter and become stuck after the wall leading into fyrestone, shouting "I'm over here!" repeatedly.
• Fyrestone was originally going to have a Mechanic, Guns Dealer and a population of 86, but after many concept changes these numbers were reduced.
• Fyrestone's original population was 273. (See photos on the talk page)
• Fyrestone still stands in Borderlands 2. It is located in what is now known as the Arid Nexus - Badlands. Despite its state, it was preserved by Handsome Jack, who went so far as to rename it Jackville in order to highlight the original four Vault Hunters' failure to protect it.

Notes

• Thanks to a texture glitch, it's possible to drive a runner inside Fyrestone as shown in the video below. This is quite useful in completing some quests and reporting quickly to Fyrestone's bounty board by teleporting to the runner from any of Scooter's stations in Arid Badlands.
• By using the same glitch again at the gate towards the bus stop, it's possible to get a car there.
• If you use the same glitch to get to the bus stop you are able to drive through the gates at either end of the Road, and if you drive through the gates you can't get back unless you have a car.