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Fallout 3 Hints

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  • 1 = Raven Rock. This is the Enclave HQ, where President Eden resides. You won't be able to enter until late in the main quest series.  <Energy Weapons bobblehead>
    2 = MDPL-05 Power Station.  <Repair skill book, dart gun schematic>
    3 = SatCom Array NW-05a. The ghoul who works here has hired Talon Company mercenaries to guard the place.  <Sneak skill book>
    4 = Fort Constantine. After you finish the misc. quest "You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head," you can come here to find lots of weapons and ammo.  <Big Guns bobblehead, Explosives & Medicine & Melee Weapons & Science & 2 Small Guns & Sneak skill books, T-51b Power Armor, T-51b Power Helmet, fat man, 3 mini nukes, Nuka-Cola Quantum>
    5 = SatCom Array NW-07c. There's a scavenger to trade with near the SW tower.
    6 = Broadcast Tower KB5.
    7 = Deathclaw Sanctuary.  <Endurance bobblehead, Energy Weapons & Explosives skill book, Vengeance, mini nuke, Nuka-Cola Quantum>
    8 = Dickerson Tabernacle Chapel. The drifter here has a unique sniper rifle.  <Small Guns skill book, Reservist's Rifle>
    9 = WKML Broadcast Station.  <Explosives bobblehead>
    10 = Mason Dixon Salvage. You'll find several super mutants and their captives here.  <Energy Weapons & Lockpick & Medicine skill books>
    11 = Drowned Devil's Crossing.
    12 = The Silver Lining Drive-In.  <Melee Weapons skill book>
    13 = Mount Mabel Campground.
    14 = Faded Pomp Estates.  <Unarmed skill book>
    15 = Abandoned Car Fort.  <Barter skill book>

    a = Raider wharf.  <Energy Weapons skill book, mini nuke>
    b = Brotherhood outcast shack.  <shishkebab schematic, Nuka-Cola Quantum>
    c = Jackknifed Chinese internment truck.  <Unarmed skill book>
    d = Jackknifed red truck.  <Science skill book, mini nuke>
    e = Raider overlook shack.  <Lockpick skill book, mini nuke>
    f = Raider car stack fortifications.  <Melee Weapons skill book>
    g = Drainage Chamber entrance grate.  <Lockpick skill book>
    h = Small shack.
    i = Jackknifed red truck with guard dogs.  <Lockpick skill book>
    j = Jackknifed light blue truck.
    k = Lone bathtub.  <mini nuke>
    l = Rusty cars and skeleton.  <Explosives skill book>