Does anyone know of a map location that can be fast traveled to, that has an extremely close setup for crafting?

I am so freaking tired of the Casino 38 suite being THREE loading zones from the nearest fast travel point.

For a long while i used the Novac map marker because it had a nearby Workbench and toolbox i could use for storing my Misc. Crafting items.
Then i found the 38 suite and thought that was the best thing ever, and moved my entire 3,000+ pound stash of Weapons, Armor, Aid, Misc, Ammo, and Other items i previously stored in my Novac motel room.

That was the worst mistake EVER.

I quickly got very very irritated at needing to wait for THREE loading screen each and every time my companions and I got filled up after raiding a vault or some such place.

Because there is no map marker to the 38 casino, that awesome room is effectively worth less than a soggy cow chip at the bottom of a pothole on a hot rainy day.

Does anyone know of an outside, map marker with the 3 crafting utilities plus a storage item? (toolbox, ammocrate, metalbox, sasparillabox, footlocker, dresser, locker, desk, safe, anything?)

Thank you for all you brainstorming, suggestions and general interest in helping me.

Goodspring would be a good bet, it has a reloading bench and a workbench, nearby stores and i think containers in the Docs house are safe, as is the safe in the school. A campfire is quite a walk away though.

Yup I have to agree that with the Long Haul perk Goodsprings is your absolute best bet.

As you zone into goodsprings about 10 to 15 steps away on the outside you'll find a workbench and the ammunition press. As for the campfire i'll actually zone to the goodspring's source and jump off that mini ridge down to a camp fire. Best part is if you are playing on hardcoe mode near the campfire is a trough of water that you can drink from to deplete your dehydration meter.

I think any outside container is safe....
I have stored upwards of 100+ items and thousands of pounds of items in various containers wherever i need to keep a quick dropoff stash while clearing nests, vaults, caves, and whatever over several in game weeks, and nothing ever went missing.

Goodsprings is an excellent idea though. I cant believe i forgot about that alleyway between the bar and the store...
The nearest campfire is down south by the water wells and the geckos, allthough those benches are right between two vendors for easy item liquidation!

So far you have the best suggestion!
Does anyone else have a similar spot?

Harpers shack down south by dead wind caverns.

Pro:
Work bench
reloading bench
campfire right outside the door

cons:
BAD neighbors

I agree Harpers shack is probably one of the most convenient places in the entire game. Its only major vice is that you get the occasional spawning Deathclaw :facepalm:
I guess every place in the game has to have its cons.

Harpers Shack is the only location in the game for what you want.

I use Harper's as well. In addition to the convenient crafting, there is all the storage you could want.

if you play in a pc try this mod http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35784 or http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=36689

Novac have everything.

I only store stuff that I know I'm not going to use any time soon at Lucky38, everything else I store in the house directly opposite the saloon and the store in Goodsprings. So far, Chet's the only vendor that I've seen with a decent amount of caps to sell items to. But then, I've been really slow at finding all the vendors.

Lol have you ever met the gun runners?

I really have no idea why the player home in the lucky 38 requires like 4 zoning instances to get to, SUCH a bad call.

Does ANYONE use it?

No campfire there?

I use it because I constantly switch between companions -____-
However what is most annoying to me is that they didn't make a fast travel point directly IN the lucky 38 presidential suite or at least right outside the lucky 38. So annoying. Oh btw thanks for the mod helps a ton.

If only they played the game they are selling to us. No player in his right mind would make such a dumb decision.

Still, suite seriously svcks being all dark and so on. I wouldn't use it even if it was markered. I like my NOVAC room the most of all locations. There's Boone guarding it from the Dinosaur.

The guy at McCarren. He always has lots of caps

Goodsprings. The only thing that is not close is the campfire, but you can use mods like http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35642 to solve that issue.

I usually hit Durable Dunn's caravan wreckage for a campfire. Workbench and Ammo bench at Novak.

I used the 38 suite on my first playthrough but, as has been mentioned, the friggin' load screens are ridiculous. Go through the gate. Get into 38. Get into the suite. There are too many loading screens and doors around the strip area in general, and it's just that much more pain to get into your suite. I used it for everything and even thought it was good for keeping my companions together. But no. I'd rather fast travel to ANY other location to pick up a friend then have to deal with getting into the Presidential Suite in the 38. What a pain.

If your storing items in NPC buildings throw something in and run a week, or is it 3 days, to check it does not get removed by the game. I have never experienced this, I use the Shack down South, but have been warned that you can lose items due to the clearance of the clutter.

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