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Western Ruins Interior Region Summary

  • The western of the two major D.C. ruins areas is divided up into three regions, each of which contains some of the ruins' fast-travel destinations. Below is a list of the regions and which fast-travel areas each one contains. The number in parenthesis after each area is its location number on the Zone 9 Map.

    * Arlington National Cemetery region: Arlington Cemetery North (6), Arlington Cemetery South (10), Mama Dolce's (11).
    * Falls Church region: Falls Church Metro (12), Falls Church North (13), Falls Church East (14).
    * Mason District region: Hubris Comics (16), Mason District South (17).

    NOTE: The Citadel (location 15) looks like it's inside the borders of the western ruins, but it's not. (Or at least, its only entrance isn't.)

    Now for the list of exterior fast-travel locations where you can enter underground metro areas that connect to an interior region. Note that the exterior location is listed first, followed by the underground area you go through, followed by the interior region that you exit to.

    * Flooded Metro (7) -> Arlington/Wasteland Metro -> Arlington Cemetery North (Arlington National Cemetery region)
    * Flooded Metro (19) -> Flooded Metro -> Mason District South (Mason District region)
    * Marigold Station (9) -> Marigold Station -> Falls Church Metro (Falls Church region)
    * Sewer grate (a) -> Hubris Comics Utility Tunnels -> Hubris Comics building (Mason District region)

    There are other underground areas and interconnections, but all you need to do is use the above information to discover one fast-travel location within each interior region, after which you can easily fast-travel there and continue exploration whenever you want to. See the Underground Metro Area Guided Tours section for detailed hints on every underground metro location and how they all interconnect. Also, see the map below for a visual depiction of the western ruins' interconnections.