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Work Bench List
NOTE: If a work bench has a premade custom weapon on it, that's noted in parenthesis after the location description.
* SatCom Array NW-05a (Zone 1/3): on second-floor walkway of Satellite Facility building (bottlecap mine)
* Brotherhood outcast shack (Zone 1/b): inside wrecky shack
* MDPL-21 Power Station (Zone 2/2): in Power Substation building (bottlecap mine)
* Paradise Falls (Zone 2/8): in Lock And Load store near NE corner of main Paradise Falls area (bottlecap mine)
* MDPL-13 Power Station (Zone 2/9): in Power Substation building (bottlecap mine)
* Old Olney (Zone 3/2): in side room near short track tunnel section at south end of Olney Sewers area (bottlecap mine)
* MDPL-16 Power Station (Zone 3/4): in Power Substation building (bottlecap mine)
* Greener Pastures Disposal Site (Zone 3/6): in Office building (bottlecap mine)
* Jalbert Brothers Waste Disposal (Zone 4/9): in Office building's eastern room (bottlecap mine)
* VAPL-58 Power Station (Zone 4/10): in Power Substation building (bottlecap mine)
* Little Lamplight (Zone 4/11): in western upper-floor cave niche in The Great Chamber area (bottlecap mine)
* Abandoned Shack (Zone 4/f): inside shack (bottlecap mine)
* Hamilton's Hideaway (Zone 5/5): in room a ways north and a tiny bit west of exit door (bottlecap mine)
* Meresti Trainyard (Zone 5/6): near NE corner of mezzanine in Meresti Metro Station area (bottlecap mine)
* Jury Street Metro Station (Zone 5/13): on mezzanine's upper floor in Jury St. Station area (bottlecap mine)
* Canterbury Commons (Zone 6/2): in large SE room in Dominic and Machete's House (bottlecap mine)
* Robot Repair Center (Zone 6/3): in Mechanist's room in Mechanist's Forge area (nuka-grenade)
* Bethesda Ruins (Zone 6/8): in room near SE corner of Offices East building (bottlecap mine)
* National Guard Depot (Zone 6/12): on lower floor directly underneath exit doors & on ground floor a bit SE of exit doors (bottlecap mine)
* National Guard Depot (Zone 6/12): on countertop near SW corner of area past bunker door in Armory area (bottlecap mine)
* Evergreen Mills (Zone 7/4): on countertop in NE side niche of Smiling Jack's NE cave room in Bazaar area (bottlecap mine)
* Evergreen Mills (Zone 7/4): in bedroom in SW upper-floor corner of Foundry area (nuka-grenade)
* Evergreen Mills (Zone 7/4): in SE room of Northern Shack (bottlecap mine)
* Jocko's Pop & Gas Stop (Zone 7/6): behind counter in Jocko's Pop Stop shack (bottlecap mine)
* Tenpenny Tower (Zone 7/13): in your penthouse suite after you get it and buy the work bench item for it (bottlecap mine)
* Drainage Chamber (Zone 7/e): in large SE room (bottlecap mine)
* Megaton (Zone 8/3): in Craterside Supply store on west side of town (bottlecap mine)
* Megaton (Zone 8/3): in your house after you get it and buy the work bench item for it (bottlecap mine)
* Fort Independence (Zone 8/4): on lower floor of central eastern room in Lower Level area (bottlecap mine)
* RobCo Facility (Zone 8/6): in passage that connects Factory Floor area's large SE corner room to large room just NW of it (bottlecap mine)
* Red Racer Factory (Zone 8/7): in lower east-side passage next to large central room in Factory Floor area (bottlecap mine)
* Anchorage Memorial (Zone 9/5): against south wall on upper floor of main room in Anchorage Memorial Facility area (bottlecap mine)
* Arlington Cemetery South (Zone 9/10): in cellar area of Arlington House (bottlecap mine)
* The Citadel (Zone 9/15): in upper-floor east-side room of Laboratory area
* Museum of History (Zone 9/44): in Underworld Outfitters shop along east side of Underworld Concourse area (bottlecap mine)
* Penn. Ave Northwest (Zone 9/50): in room near SE corner of underground Utility area (bottlecap mine)
* Rivet City (Zone 9/64): near NW corner of Market area (bottlecap mine)
* Rivet City (Zone 9/64): in Capital Preservation Society museum at NE corner of Midship Deck area (bottlecap mine)
* Rivet City (Zone 9/64): on upper floor of Pinkerton's section of Broken Bow area (bottlecap mine)
* Raider office building (Zone 9/p): on top floor of trapped building
* Talon Company camp (Zone 9/r): on countertop on camp's ground floor (bottlecap mine)
* Franklin Metro Utility (Zone 9/underground metro): near SE corner of large room near exit door & in room south of west end of northern track tunnel
* Tepid Sewer (Zone 9/underground metro): in small side room near exit to Georgetown region (bottlecap mine)
* Taft Tunnels (Zone 9/underground area only accessible on a main quest): in radioactive SW corner room near exit to Taft Tunnel area (bottlecap mine)