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Abandoned Fuel Station

The Abandoned Fuel Station is a small roadside location in the southern Badlands, positioned in Rattlesnake Creek on Sage Gulch Road.

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Key takeaways

  • The station is in Rattlesnake Creek, a Badlands subdistrict, rather than in Jackson Plains or at the Highway 101 fuel station.
  • Its clearest permanent feature is a fast-travel dataterm.
  • The site is beside Sage Gulch Road, the route running from Jackson Plains through Rattlesnake Creek towards Highway 101 and the southern border area.
  • The nearby NCPD Scanner Hustle is Delivery From Above, classed as a Reported Crime.
  • A hidden loot cache behind a concrete barricade can contain a high-tier crafting specification, although the exact item is not guaranteed in every playthrough or loot configuration.
  • The location itself has no verified vendor, named resident, purchasable property or unique boss encounter.

About this guide

Scope: Base-game Cyberpunk 2077 location, with references to Phantom Liberty only where they help distinguish the location from nearby Dogtown content. Spoilers: Minor spoilers for the NCPD Scanner Hustle Delivery From Above.

Overview

The Abandoned Fuel Station is a small roadside location in the southern Badlands, positioned in Rattlesnake Creek on Sage Gulch Road. It is easy to overlook because it is not a major settlement, quest hub or commercial stop. Its importance is practical rather than narrative: it contains a fast-travel dataterm, sits beside a Badlands road connection, and forms part of the nearby Delivery From Above NCPD activity.

The station should not be confused with the functioning Fuel Station on Highway 101, where Marty Jenklow operates a shop and workshop and where parts of Life During Wartime take place. Those are separate locations in different parts of the Badlands.

Overview

The station is a derelict roadside service stop in the southern Badlands. Its layout is compact and largely self-explanatory: an old station building, fuel infrastructure, roadside sheltering and surrounding open desert. It is not presented as a functioning business in 2077. There is no confirmed shop menu, repair service, food vendor or named proprietor attached to it.

The site’s position is more useful than its facilities. Sage Gulch Road crosses the southern Badlands, linking the Jackson Plains area with Rattlesnake Creek and continuing towards Highway 101. This makes the station a useful navigation point when travelling across the south of the map, particularly if approaching from the regional airport, border road or the broader Highway 101 network.

The station also acts as a landmark for the nearby Delivery From Above activity. The activity is not simply a fight inside the station. Its evidence and follow-up objective lead the player along the road and into the surrounding Badlands, so players should treat the fuel station as the centre of a small activity area rather than assume that every objective is contained within the forecourt.

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Boundaries and included area

For this guide, the Abandoned Fuel Station means the derelict service-stop compound and its immediately adjoining roadside space. It does not include the whole of Rattlesnake Creek, Sage Gulch Road, the Highway 101 fuel station or the southern border checkpoint.

Nearby but separate

This distinction matters because map searches and player guides sometimes use “fuel station” informally for more than one Badlands location. The Highway 101 station has a manager, a weapon vendor and story activity, whereas the Abandoned Fuel Station is a derelict dataterm landmark with no verified shopkeeper.

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Nearby but separate

NameDetails
Rattlesnake Creekthe wider Badlands subdistrict containing the station
Jackson Plainsthe region to the north-west connected by Sage Gulch Road
Fuel Station (Highway 101)a different, functioning station with a vendor and quest relevance
Highway 101the larger road route beyond the station
Night City-SoCal Border Checkpointa separate southern border facility

Geography and routes

Sage Gulch Road

The station stands alongside Sage Gulch Road. The road is the most reliable way to identify the location in the world, especially when approaching without using the map marker. It runs through the southern Badlands from the Jackson Plains side towards Highway 101 and the border region.

The surrounding terrain is open and exposed. There are few urban visual cues, so the station’s low buildings and roadside structures can blend into the desert, particularly when approaching at speed or at night. The fast-travel icon is usually the most convenient way to confirm that you have reached the correct site.

From Jackson Plains

From Highway 101 or the border side

Using fast travel

The station has its own fast-travel dataterm. If it has not yet been activated, approach the terminal on foot and interact with it. The station is also one of the southern Badlands dataterms that players can miss when trying to complete a full fast-travel sweep.

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Recommended approaches

  1. 01
    Follow the road south-east towards Rattlesnake Creek.
  2. 02
    Stay on the main route rather than turning towards unrelated Badlands facilities.
  3. 03
    Look for the derelict station compound beside the road.
  4. 04
    Activate the dataterm when it becomes available.

Recommended approaches

  1. 01
    Travel north-west along the Badlands road network.
  2. 02
    Do not stop at the functioning Highway 101 fuel station expecting the Abandoned Fuel Station’s marker.
  3. 03
    Continue towards the Rattlesnake Creek section of Sage Gulch Road.
  4. 04
    Use the abandoned forecourt and fast-travel terminal as confirmation.

Facilities and landmarks

The Abandoned Fuel Station is a former CHOOH2 stop, but its infrastructure is no longer operating as a service business. The following elements are associated with the site.

Station building

The main building is a closed roadside shop structure. It is scenery and environmental storytelling rather than a working commercial interior. There is no verified vendor attached to it, and the location does not function as a general store, ripperdoc, vehicle workshop or food stop.

Fuel equipment

The old fuel infrastructure reinforces the station’s former purpose. Fuel tanks and related equipment can be dangerous if struck or attacked, so avoid treating the forecourt as completely harmless during combat or while using explosive weapons.

Roadside shelter

A weathered roadside shelter forms part of the abandoned stop. It helps distinguish the location from the larger Highway 101 fuel station, which has a workshop and active commercial use.

Fast-travel dataterm

The dataterm is the most useful permanent facility at the location. Activate it as soon as you arrive. It provides a convenient travel point for the southern Badlands and can help with later clean-up of nearby scanner activities or map exploration.

Concrete barricade and hidden cache

A hidden cache is reported behind a concrete barricade near the station. The cache can contain a high-tier crafting specification, with the exact result subject to loot and progression variation. Treat this as a chance-based or version-sensitive reward rather than a guaranteed named blueprint.

The evidence available for the location specifically describes the cache as having a chance to contain a Tier 5 Crafting Spec. It does not establish a single guaranteed item for every version, difficulty, level or reload.

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Reported Crime: Delivery From Above

Delivery From Above is the principal named activity associated with the area. It is a Reported Crime in the Badlands and is assigned to Rattlesnake Creek. The activity’s initial evidence leads the player towards a further location down the road near the Abandoned Fuel Station.

The activity is best understood as a connected roadside investigation:

A more recent activity listing describes the location as involving a burned-out car near the Abandoned Fuel Station and notes that the related shard must be read before the second marker is followed. It also indicates that the activity can include specific loot such as netrunner equipment, although item quality and exact rewards can vary with game version and loot scaling.

Walkthrough

The exact enemy composition and loot quality can differ with the game’s level scaling and version. Do not assume that every playthrough will produce an identical weapon, armour piece or crafting result.

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Walkthrough

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    Locate the initial crime scene. Use the NCPD marker in the Rattlesnake Creek area rather than assuming the activity begins at the station forecourt.

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    Search the scene carefully. Loot the relevant body, container or crashed delivery evidence. Scanner activities often require the required evidence item to be collected before the next stage is recognised.

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    Read the shard. The shard is important because it directs V towards the next location. If the follow-up marker does not appear, check the shard and the surrounding containers again.

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    Travel down Sage Gulch Road. The next objective is close to the Abandoned Fuel Station. The burned-out vehicle and nearby roadside area are useful visual clues.

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    Deal with the hostile group. Use the road, station structures and surrounding cover as needed. The open Badlands make stealth approaches possible, but there is little high cover, so a loud approach can quickly leave V exposed.

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    Collect the required evidence and loot. Defeating enemies alone may not complete the activity. Search the relevant containers and collect the objective item.

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    Finish the activity and clear the site. Once the evidence and required loot have been secured, confirm that the NCPD activity is marked complete before leaving.

Loot and collectibles

Fixed and semi-randomised content

The most important distinction is between the station’s permanent features and loot generated by the game. The dataterm and physical buildings are stable. Ordinary enemy drops, container contents and some crafting rewards should not be treated as guaranteed named collectibles.

Community reports also mention high-tier weapons or cyberware appearing near the station, but those reports are not sufficient to establish a fixed, canonical item placement. Such claims should be treated as unverified or version-dependent unless confirmed in the player’s current build.

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Fixed and semi-randomised content

ContentStatusNotes
Fast-travel datatermFixedActivate at the station
Hidden cache near concrete barricadeLocation-basedReported chance of a Tier 5 Crafting Spec
Delivery From Above evidenceActivity-linkedFollow the NCPD objective chain
Enemy weapons and clothingRandomised or level-scaledLoot depends on enemies and game version
NCPD activity rewardsActivity-linkedCollect the required evidence and containers

Residents, factions and security

There is no verified named resident, shopkeeper or permanent quest character based at the Abandoned Fuel Station.

The station is also not documented as a standing headquarters for the Aldecaldos, Wraiths, Militech, NCPD or another faction. Hostiles encountered during Delivery From Above belong to that activity rather than proving permanent faction ownership of the whole site.

Similarly, the station should not be confused with an NCPD-controlled checkpoint. The nearby border infrastructure is a separate place, and no permanent law-enforcement service is associated with the abandoned forecourt.

Ordinary NPCs

No regular civilian population or named local NPC is verified at the station. Any people encountered in the area should be treated as passing world activity, activity-specific enemies or randomly generated Badlands traffic unless the game explicitly identifies them.

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Hazards and practical advice

Explosive fuel equipment

Fuel tanks and station equipment can explode when damaged. This is particularly relevant during Delivery From Above, where gunfire, grenades and quickhacks can turn the forecourt into a dangerous open space.

Limited cover

The site is exposed. The station building and roadside structures provide some concealment, but the surrounding desert offers little protection. If approaching with a low-armour build, use stealth, quickhacks or long-range weapons rather than standing in the open.

Do not confuse the two Badlands fuel stations

The quickest way to waste time is to travel to the functioning Highway 101 station while looking for the abandoned one. Check the subdistrict and road name:

The second location is associated with a weapon vendor, workshop functions and story content, including Life During Wartime.

Activate the dataterm immediately

Because the station is far from Night City’s dense urban districts, activating the terminal is worthwhile even if you have no current activity there. It can save a long drive when returning for map completion, loot checks or Badlands clean-up.

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Do not confuse the two Badlands fuel stations

NameDetails
Abandoned Fuel StationRattlesnake Creek, Sage Gulch Road
Fuel StationHighway 101, operated by Marty Jenklow

Exploration route

This route avoids two common mistakes: leaving before activating the terminal and assuming that the NCPD objective is completed merely by killing nearby enemies.

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For an efficient first visit

  1. 01
    Approach along Sage Gulch Road.
  2. 02
    Stop outside the station and scan the forecourt.
  3. 03
    Activate the fast-travel dataterm.
  4. 04
    Check the station building and roadside shelter for readable environmental details and ordinary loot.
  5. 05
    Search around the concrete barricade for the hidden cache.
  6. 06
    If Delivery From Above is active, follow its marker rather than treating the station as the entire mission area.
  7. 07
    Sweep the road and nearby burned-out vehicle area.
  8. 08
    Collect all evidence and activity-linked loot.
  9. 09
    Leave using the dataterm or continue towards Highway 101.

Comprehensive named directory

Associated activity

No named vendor, resident, boss, purchasable property or permanent faction base is verified within the Abandoned Fuel Station itself.

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Location

Associated activity

NameDetails
Reported CrimeDelivery From Above

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