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Fallout 3 Hints
Explosives
All 25 Explosives skill books are named "Duck and Cover!"
* Fort Constantine (Zone 1/4): in Launch Control Bunker area, on desk near west wall in office area a bit NW of door to Bomb Storage area
* Deathclaw Sanctuary (Zone 1/7): outside, in locked footlocker near entry door
* Rusty cars and skeleton (Zone 1/l): on ground next to skeleton and ammo boxes
* Raider camp behind monorail wreck (Zone 2/j): on ground at foot of bathtub
* Vault 92 (Zone 3/1): in Overseer's Office area, on wooden shelves in room just west of door to Sound Testing area
* Old Olney (Zone 3/2): on ground next to skeleton at far end of southern-most tunnel in Olney Sewers area
* Hostile ghoul village (Zone 4/i): on floor next to ammo box in SE Abandoned Shack
* Hamilton's Hideaway (Zone 5/5): on counter in raider room along west side of area
* Springvale School (Zone 5/14): on desk in hall past locked door in upstairs library
* Ruined house (Zone 5/c): on top of wooden shelves
* National Guard Depot (Zone 6/12): on large counter in SW room of Depot Offices area
* Stash under the bridge (Zone 6/l): on table in small fortified area past set frag mine under bridge's NE end
* Charnel House (Zone 7/2): near NE corner on upper floor of ruined house
* Evergreen Mills (Zone 7/4): on roof of lower walkway cover in SW corner of Foundry's entry area (drop down from upper walkway)
* F.Scott Key Trail & Campground (Zone 7/9): on middle of three picnic tables in a row
* Drainage Chamber (Zone 7/e): on table in large SE room
* Warrington township (Zone 7/g): under scorched book on wooden shelves in ruined house a bit west of Tenpenny Tower
* Scavenger bridge (Zone 8/m): on an upper shelf
* The Citadel (Zone 9/15): in small wooden crate in restroom stall on east side of Laboratory area's lower floor
* Alexandria Arms (Zone 9/18): on wooden shelves in southern-most room
* Museum of Technology (Zone 9/46): on ham radio desk in Bunker area
* The National Archives (Zone 9/47): on turned-over school desk in NW corner of large room full of shelves just west of northern exit to The Mall region
* The National Archives (Zone 9/47): in Archives Sub-Basement, on shelves behind locked fence gate near exit to Archival Secure Wing East area
* Festive raider camp (Zone 9/h): on small round table next to bunk beds
* Falls Church/Mason Dst Metro (Zone 9/underground metro): supposedly in or on ticket booth on upper floor of mezzanine, but unreachable due to placement screw-up