| Fyrestone | |
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| 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 satellite community servicing local mining and power generation operations in the Arid Badlands for the Dahl corporation. The locals also worked at the surrounding industrial sites. When bandits rose up and overthrew their captors in the region, they set up various camps and began to prey on the people of Fyrestone. Although Fyrestone appears to have had a population in the two-hundreds, the bandit attacks and the wildlife have since taken their toll, and the number has been reduced to 24. This is indicated by a sign that had originally contained 3 digits, whereas now only the "2" remains, the other two numbers having been white-washed and replaced with "4". Further evidence is seen in the form of some graves of the former inhabitants near the gate to the rest of the Arid Badlands but one grave has a sign reading "trouble" on it indicating the towns residents may bury dead bandits and thieves to ward off others like them. After the events of Borderlands (according to the novel "Borderlands: The Fallen") the town becomes a hostile town once again plagued by bandits and the occasional skag wandering in. Fyrestone is now ruled by a greedy self centered man by the name of (name needed) who only became mayor because the last one got shot a couple klicks away from town and no one else wanted the job as he tells it to Roland but despite the locals and bandits the town is a full on trading post for the new wave of "Vault Hunters" searching for a ET ship not human or eridian in origin. The trade money all goes to either marcus or the self proclaimed "mayor".
Points of Interest
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.
- The name "Fyrestone", is a reference to real-world tire company Firestone. Fyrestone is littered with tires in several areas.
- 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)
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.