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Fallout 3 Hints
Pre-War Book List
* Fort Constantine (Zone 1/4): in CO Quarters building, on leaning wooden shelves in entry room & on table near queen-sized bed
* Fort Constantine (Zone 1/4): on desk with radio in SW corner of SE room in Launch Control Bunker area
* Drainage Chamber (Zone 1/g): on metal shelves in room past locked door
* Oasis (Zone 2/4): in Sunken Chambers area, on trunk in western side tunnel near door to Oasis Caverns area
* Clifftop Shacks (Zone 2/5): on round table in northern Abandoned Shack
* Paradise Falls (Zone 2/8): on table in SW corner of Slave House area
* Vault 92 (Zone 3/1): on table in first room past cave tunnel in main vault area
* Vault 92 (Zone 3/1): in Overseer's Office area, on wooden shelves in room just west of door to Sound Testing area
* Vault 92 (Zone 3/1): in Sound Testing area, on wooden shelves in room next to NE corner room & on table in eastern-most room & on table in room just south of western exit to main vault area
* Republic of Dave (Zone 3/5): on wooden shelves in Museum of Dave building (2)
* Temple of the Union (Zone 3/9): on mattress in Caleb's House area
* Minefield (Zone 3/10): in Benson House, on wooden shelves in main room & on desk in upstairs master bedroom
* Minefield (Zone 3/10): in Gibson House, on brown table in main room & on wooden shelves in first upstairs bedroom & on small table next to bed in upstairs master bedroom & in bathtub in upstairs master bedroom's side bathroom
* Minefield (Zone 3/10): in Gillian House's main room, on brown table & on wooden shelves
* Minefield (Zone 3/10): on wooden shelves in Zane House's main room
* Drainage Chamber (Zone 3/g): on ham radio table
* Freeway shacks (Zone 3/j): on left table in NE shack after finish first two sets of main quests and misc. quest "Head of State"
* Roosevelt Academy (Zone 4/1): on desk in SE corner office
* Roosevelt Academy (Zone 4/1): on wooden counter in NE room in Arts and Athletics Hall area
* Drainage Chamber (Zone 4/c): in room past door, on metal shelves & on desk
* Abandoned Shack (Zone 4/f): under toy car on round table
* Hostile ghoul pylon (Zone 4/j): on bottom part of pylon's NE support
* Scavenger ruin (Zone 4/l): on table near mattresses (2)
* Germantown Police HQ (Zone 5/1): on table with lockdown terminal in cell room in Ground Floor area
* Dry creek jetty (Zone 5/a): on table
* Bethesda Ruins (Zone 6/8): on filing cabinet in southern-most room in Offices West building (2)
* Chryslus Building (Zone 6/9): in Lower Offices area, on wooden counter in room with very hard locks on both doors (just north of exit to Basement)
* National Guard Depot (Zone 6/12): on wooden shelves a bit south of top of NE corner stairs (2)
* National Guard Depot (Zone 6/12): on wall shelves on eastern side of large central pillar on upper floor of large SW part of Depot Offices area (3)
* National Guard Depot (Zone 6/12): in Depot Training Wing area, on shelf above safe along east wall of room just NW of exit to Depot Offices area
* Yao Guai Tunnels (Zone 7/1): on picnic table a bit east of exit
* Drainage Chamber (Zone 7/a): on floor left of exit ladder
* Megaton (Zone 8/3): in Billy Creel's House, in small wooden box on table near door (3) & on upstairs desk
* RobCo Facility (Zone 8/6): in Factory Floor area, on wooden shelves behind entry room's curvy desk & on top of machine next to big console near protectron cases in large NE room
* RobCo Facility (Zone 8/6): on table in central room with production mainframe in Offices and Cafeteria area
* Cliffside Cavern (Zone 8/8): on round table in tent in NW side cave in Raider Outpost area
* Drainage Chamber (Zone 8/d): on ham radio table in big room
* Independence hamlet (Zone 8/i): on table under scorched book in scavenger trader's house ruins
* Anchorage Memorial (Zone 9/5): on table in room along west side of top floor in Memorial Facility area (3)
* Mama Dolce's (Zone 9/11): in Processed Foods area, on table in room with SE exit to Loading Yard area
* Mama Dolce's (Zone 9/11): on desk in southern room of Food Distribution area (directly SW of exit to Arlington National Cemetery region)
* Falls Church East (Zone 9/14): on desk in office near NW corner of East Wing area in L.O.B. Enterprises building (2)
* Hubris Comics (Zone 9/16): on wooden shelves in small barricade near SW corner of Publishing area
* Hubris Comics (Zone 9/16): on wooden shelves in SE room in Printing area
* Alexandria Arms (Zone 9/18): under buffout on counter in large central room
* Arlington Library (Zone 9/20): on upper floor of large western room with raiders in Lobby area, on table in NE corner & on wooden shelves in SW corner (2)
* Arlington Library (Zone 9/20): in Children's Wing area, on table in break niche near door to Media Archive area & on wooden shelves on upper floor of southern-most room (3) & on desk in northern of two west-most rooms
* Arlington Library (Zone 9/20): in Media Archive area, on small conveyor belt in NE corner of NE room & on desk with public terminal in SW room
* Vault-Tec Headquarters (Zone 9/24): on garbage can in wrecky NW room in Corporate Offices area
* Dupont Northeast (Zone 9/29): on wooden shelves on second floor of building just SW of entrance to Metro Junction area
* Our Lady of Hope Hospital (Zone 9/36): on western curvy desk in large northern room
* The National Archives (Zone 9/47): on leaning wooden shelves just west of northern exit (4) & on top right wooden shelf on east wall of large room just SW of rotunda
* The Capitol Building (Zone 9/51): on fallen-over filing cabinet in cubicle in central part of East Entrance area
* County Sewer Mainline (Zone 9/f): on shelves with Nuka-Cola stuff in room a bit SW of Sewer Waystation (location 4) exit (2) & on desk past locked fence gate on highest level of large central room (2)
* Falls Church/Mason Dst Metro (Zone 9/underground metro): on table in SE corner of diner on mezzanine's top floor
* Farragut West Station (Zone 9/underground metro): on shelves behind locked door near exit to Tenleytown/Friendship Station metro area (3)
* Franklin Metro Utility (Zone 9/underground metro): on shelves next to open trash bin near NE corner of big entry room (2)
* Tepid Sewer (Zone 9/underground metro): on wooden shelves in raider bunk room in west-side area & inside small wooden crate with burned books on metal shelves in small locked storage room near south end of northern section