Free Guns/Shields/Class Mods!
Fellow Treasure Hunters:
During my Stays in New Haven I have been busy looking around the city. While there I have managed to find 4 Treasure Chests (the crates that open and give guns/shields/class mods) all on top of the city buildings. These chests always seem to produce great loot and I was even lucky enough to find a legendary/orange coloured gun in one of them. The chests all stock new items everytime you re-enter the game (either from system being off or from the console menu back in) in my experience so far. Everytime I come back to play Borderlands I fast travel to New Haven (unless I started there) and check them out.
Just thought I woould share some easy loot getting will all of you!
Sorry if this has already been posted.
Ender
4? I've only found 1 white chest up on the roofs. It's on the building with the washing machine on the second floor that I use to get to it. Where are the other 3?
Lets imagine you arrive in New Haven via Fast Travel (so you'll be at the New-U station)
You should be facing almost exactly due west with the New-U station immediately behind you
The order I like is to:
[Chest 1] Turn and face due South without moving (you should be looking at the vehicle Spawn Station) the building behind the vehicle spawn station has a red chest on it's roof (it's the building beside scooters)
**BONUS CHEST very close but non-rooftop chest** While up on the roof (beside sceeters in front of the chest you just opened) If you stand directly in front of the red chest and face S SE you should see a wind sock blowing in the wind (you can see it just over top of what looks like a sheet metal wall) That wind sock marks the location of a white chest GO get it. Now go back in front of the New-U station that you started at.
[Chest 2] Back at the New-U station stand so the New-U station is directly behind you and you're facing East you should see a set of stairs with a sign at the top that has a row of bullets. Climb the stairs and jump ontop of the washing machine and then on to the roof. If it's not already obvious once on the roof face due North and go open the white chest. Head back to the New-U Station.
[Chest 3] This time at the New-U station stand so it is directly behind you and you're facing due North you should see a different set of stairs. Climb these and continue on the rooftops on a course that continues North. You'll cross two pieces of plywood and the path a appears to end at the wall of a taller building with a short railing to the right of it. Jum[p over the railing and continue North. As soon as you're over the railing the roof will open up on your left, East, side and there is the second white chest. Get It! This time DON'T go back to the New-U station,
[Chest 4] Standing with your back to Chest 3 walk slowly due North to the edge of the roof, turn so you are facing N NE and the exterior wall of the town of New Haven will be directly directly in front of you. Jump onto the wall and then up onto the red canopy that is on the E SE side of the wall. Once on the canopy face S SE and you will see the second red chest. Jump to the chest from the corner of the camopy and open to get your LOOT!
**Interesting Observation** From the rooftop that Chest 4 is on if you jump off the East side you'll be on a road that runs North, South. Follow this road South and you will get to a Marcus Munitiions vending machine on the East side of the street. On the opposite side of the street is a small garage. Sometimes this garage door is open and there is another Marcus Munitions machine in it. Double the chances of being able to by a sweet randomly generated wep.
I found I could gat to all 5 chests in about 2min and you can re-sell the items at the Marcus Munitions vending machines to earn cash for which ever ones you don't want. I also noticed if you exit the game anywhere in "downtown" New Haven it saves all your progress. Guess what happens when you start you're saved game back up? Thats right you're back in ffront of the New-U station in New Haven and all the chests have repawned their loot. Do with this what you will
Happy Looting sorry for the extra long post, I didn't realize it would take so long to get the info across!
Ender
Thanks. I knew about the one above the washing machine, but not the other 3, but I think I ran into the Chest 3 that you mentioned before. That helps a lot. Found a nice shield. <3
You're welcome! I have to admit I deffin found myself getting in a raid the 5 chests save exit and come back to see what they have cycle a few times. I just find the idea of getting all the loot so exciting lol
Mucho grac-ias amigo! hah this should be fun.
Actually there's one more chest in New Haven; when you save the claptrap he asks you to follow him to a wall that he opens/breaks through which holds another white chest that also respawns its loot every time. So that's 6 chests in New Haven.
the are 7 chests not 4. theres one on top of scooters shop, one next to a washing machine, one that a clap-trap shows you, two next to the clap- trap one, one near the bandits near the exit, and one near the village full of midgets.if your going to make a guide to border lands, learn everything about borderlands first
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This man is right.

Thank You, that's awesome. :)