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Cholla Springs is a constituent region of the state of New Austin in Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online.

The main settlement of the region is Armadillo, a boomtown that started being connected to civilization with the construction of the railroad.

Description[]

Cholla Springs is the center of New Austin. The region borders the counties of Gaptooth Ridge to the west, Río Bravo to the south, and Hennigan's Stead to the east. A small portion of the South-Eastern border is defined by the San Luis River, and the Redemption Mountains are to its north.

The area is a largely arid desert with few shrubs and cacti. Most of the land is too dry for farming, making cattle ranching a more preferable choice. Crime – particularly in the form of outlaw gangs – is prevalent, and so danger is common. The region consists of wide-open desert plains and low lying hills with small rocky canyons and cliffs with jagged peaks. Trees are almost non-existent. The largest source of water in the region is Lake Don Julio to the south.

The capital is the town of Armadillo; once a small and diseased village in the 1890s, it has grown to be the largest and most well-known location in the entire state of New Austin by 1911. Aside from Armadillo, the county is mostly rural, littered with a few small ranches and a single train station.

The Cholla Springs is heavily based on Sonoran Desert region in Southwest Arizona and Southeast California, especially the saguaro cactus, which is native in the Sonoran Desert.

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Trivia[]

  • This region is likely named after the real-world Cholla Cactus, which can be seen throughout the New Austin and Nuevo Paraíso territories in-game.
  • Cholla Springs is the largest constituent region in the game.
  • In Spanish, Cholla means "head" or "ball" or uncommonly as slang for "woman".
  • A reference to the region is made in Grand Theft Auto V, as there is a road in Sandy Shores that runs adjacent to one of the protagonist's homes called "Cholla Springs Avenue."
  • In the mission "Justice in Pike's Basin", it is implied by Eli in the final cutscene that Cholla Springs is a county. This would make it the one of the few regions to have confirmed county status, along side Lemoyne's Scarlett Meadows and New Austin's Río Bravo.

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