What can you do as a free member?

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and unlock all our premium features and tools to enhance your gaming experience.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save articles to your watchlist and get notified when they're updated with new information.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save your favorite games for quick access later, synced across all your devices.

Member benefits illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you'll receive instant notifications when someone replies to your posts.

Comment rating feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can make use of convenient features in the comments section, such as rating and sorting comments.

Premium archive feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can access Premium articles that are exclusively available to members.

Site Interface

Guest
Free Member
Article Watchlist
Game Bookmarks
Cross-device Sync
Light/Dark Theme Toggle
User Profiles
Direct Feedback
Comment Rating

Game Tools

Guest
Free Member
Interactive Map Access
Interactive Map Pins
Interactive Map Comments
Interactive Map Pins Cross-Device
Check List
Event Choice Checker
Deck Builder Cross-Device
Message Board Notification
Message Board Cross-Device
Build Planner
Stat Calculator
Diagnostic Tool
Weapon/Armor Wishlist

Want more information?Learn more

Fallout New Vegas

By a Campfire on the Trail Walkthrough

Add to Watchlist

▶︎ Best Starting S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Stats
▶︎ How to Get to the New Vegas Strip Early
▶︎ How to Farm Caps Fast
▶︎ All Skill Book Locations and Map
▶︎ Best Power Armor and How to Get

Fallout New Vegas - By a Campfire on the Trail Walkthrough

This is a walkthrough for the By a Campfire on the Trail main quest in Fallout New Vegas (FNV). See a detailed walkthrough of By a Campfire on the Trail, list of objectives, how to unlock, best choices, rewards, as well as useful tips for completing By a Campfire on the Trail.

◄ Previous Quest Next Quest ▶
Back in the Saddle They Went That-a-Way

List of Contents

By a Campfire on the Trail Walkthrough

List of Objectives
1 Find a Broc Flower and a Xander Root
2 Bring the Plants to Sunny
3 Use the Campfire to Make Healing Powder
Rewards: Healing Powder
4 Meet Trudy at the Prospector Saloon
Rewards: 30 XP

Find a Broc Flower and a Xander Root

Fallout New Vegas - Xander Root and Broc Flower

After accepting the quest from Sunny, follow the markers on your compass two find the two plants she is asking for. However, be careful as both areas are populated by enemies you might need to defeat first or sneak past.

Bring the Plants to Sunny

Fallout New Vegas - Bring Plants to Sunny

After picking up both plants, follow the marker on your compass to return to Sunny, and talk to her when you get there.

Use the Campfire to Make Healing Powder

Fallout New Vegas - Use Campfire to Make Healing Powder

Interact with the campfire to bring up the recipes screen, and choose to make at least one Healing Powder using the collected resources.

List of All Crafting Material IDs

Meet Trudy at the Prospector Saloon

Fallout New Vegas - Return To Prospector Saloon

Follow the marker on your compass to return to the Prospector Saloon in Goodsprings. You'll find Trudy arguing with Joe Cobb, a member of the Powder Gangers.

This event serves an intro to the Run Goodsprings Run side quest. Interact with Trudy to end the quest.

How to Unlock By a Campfire on the Trail

Accept Sunny's Offer

Fallout New Vegas - Accept Sunny

After the Back in the Saddle quest, Sunny will offer to teach you something to help with survival. Accept the offer to start the By a Campfire on the Trail Quest.

By a Campfire on the Trail Best Choice

Fallout New Vegas Vault Boy Attention! This section of the game has no significant choices for the player.

By a Campfire on the Trail Rewards

List of Rewards
・30 XP
・Healing Powder

Fallout New Vegas Related Guides

Fallout New Vegas - Story Walkthrough

Complete Story Walkthrough

List of Neutral Main Quests

1 Ain't That a Kick in the Head
2 Back in the Saddle
3 By a Campfire on the Trail
4 They Went That-a-Way
5 Ring-a-Ding Ding!

List of Yes Man Main Quests

1 Wild Card: Ace in the Hole
2 Wild Card: Change in Management
3 Wild Card: You and What Army?
4 Wild Card: Side Bets
5 Wild Card: Finishing Touches
6 You'll Know it When it Happens
7 No Gods, No Masters

List of NCR Main Quests

1 Things That Go Boom
2 King's Gambit
3 For the Republic Part 2
4 You'll Know it When it Happens
5 Eureka!

List of Mr. House Main Quests

1 The House Always Wins I
2 The House Always Wins II
3 The House Always Wins III
4 The House Always Wins IV
5 The House Always Wins V
6 The House Always Wins VI
7 You'll Know it When it Happens
8 The House Always Wins VII
9 All or Nothing

List of Caesar's Legion Main Quests

1 Render Unto Caesar
2 Et Tumor, Brute?
3 Arizona Killer
4 Veni, Vidi, Vici

Comment

Post (0 Comments)

Author

Fallout New Vegas Walkthrough Team
This article was created by Game8's elite team of writers and gamers.
    Leave feedback(Login required)
    Please participate in our site
    improvement survey
    12/2025
    Would you assist in
    improving Game8's site?
    ×
    This survey will take about 1 minute.
    Your answers will help us to improve our website.
    We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
    The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
    Begin Survey
    Not Now
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Advertisements.
    Amount of Ads
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Placement of Ads
    Timing of Ad Display
    Ad Loading Speed
    Safeness of Ads
    Content of Ads
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Quality of Articles.
    Amount of information
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Frequency of updates
    Speed of new information
    Accuracy of articles
    Understandibility of articles
    Readability of sentences
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Usability of the Site.
    Ease of finding information
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Loading Speed
    Use of Color
    Font Size
    Visibility of Images
    Easy to Understand Layout
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Message Boards, Comments.
    Ease of Writing
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Readability
    Ease in Finding Information
    Comment Quality
    Comment Quantity
    Admin Response
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Site's new design.
    Please rate our site's new design
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Do you think that the website's design change makes the site easier to use?
    Has the new design made it easier for you to find information on the site?
    Has the new design improved the overall visual appeal of the site?
    How would you rate your overall satisfaction with the new design of the site?
    ×
    How likely are you to recommend Game8 to someone you know?
    Very Unlikely
    0
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    Very Likely
    If you have other opinions regarding potential improvement to the website, please share them with us. We would appreciate your honest opinion.
    Note: This is a free response section, so you can proceed without entering anything.
    Note: Please be sure not to enter any kind of personal information into your response.
    ×
    Thank You
    ×
    Thank you for participating in our survey! Your answers will help us to improve the quality of our website and services.
    We hope you continue to make use of Game8.
    Close
    For other opinions or comments, go here.

    Rankings

    Popular Articles
    Message Board
    • We could not find the message board you were looking for.

    Gaming News

    Tides of Annihilation Gameplay Trailer Deep Dive: Dual Frontline System & More Analyzed

    Tides of Annihilation Gameplay Trailer Deep Dive: Dual Fr...

    Popular Games

    Recommended Games

    All rights reserved

    ©2010 Bethesda Softworks LLC. All Rights Reserved

    The copyrights of videos of games used in our content and other intellectual property rights belong to the provider of the game.
    The contents we provide on this site were created personally by members of the Game8 editorial department.
    We refuse the right to reuse or repost content taken without our permission such as data or images to other sites.

    Fallout New Vegas Walkthrough & Guides Wiki

    Quick Access
    Guide Index

    Walkthrough

    Prologue: Neutral Main Quests

    Mr. House Route

    NCR Route

    Caesar's Legion Route

    Yes Man Route

    Side Quests

    NCR Side Quests

    Legion Side Quests

    Freeside and The Strip Side Quests

    Other Faction-Related Side Quests

    Companion Unlock Side Quests

    Neutral Side Quests

    Weapons

    Companions

    Tips and Tricks

    General Tips and Tricks

    Game Mechanics Guides

    Maps and Collectibles

    S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

    Perks

    Skills

    Traits

    Armor

    Power Armor

    IDs and Item Codes

    Trophies

    Other Bethesda Wikis