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Fallout 3 Hints

Repair

  • All 25 Repair skill books are named "Dean's Electronics."

    * MDPL-05 Power Station (Zone 1/2): next to workman's toolbox near skeleton

    * Ruined farm with raiders (Zone 3/c): on shelf in barn
    * Hilltop farm ruins (Zone 3/i): on radioactive barrel in overturned cargo container a bit SE of water tower

    * VAPL-58 Power Station (Zone 4/10): on desk in Power Substation building
    * Abandoned Shack (Zone 4/f): inside small wooden crate on work bench's lower shelf

    * Jury Street Metro Station (Zone 5/13): on work bench on mezzanine's upper floor in Jury St. Station area

    * Canterbury Commons (Zone 6/2): on desk near NW corner of Dominic and Machete's House
    * Corvega Factory (Zone 6/7): on desk in small room at eastern end of southern chamber with ant queen
    * Bethesda Ruins (Zone 6/8): inside small wooden crate on SW corner desk in southern top-floor room in Bethesda Offices West building

    * VAPL-66 Power Station (Zone 7/8): on desk in Power Substation building
    * Dunwich Building (Zone 7/10): on metal shelves in small room off southern hallway in eastern part of Forsaken Dunwich Ruins area
    * Warrington Station (Zone 7/12): on metal shelves in storage room near where main tunnel starts curving south in underground Warrington Station area

    * Red Racer Factory (Zone 8/7): in Factory Floor area, on top of machinery in room directly south of large central room (use fallen-over barrel near west doorway to jump up there)
    * Nuka-Cola Plant (Zone 8/11): on counter in Factory Floor area's SE room
    * Jackknifed truck (Zone 8/p): on footlocker in back of truck

    * Anchorage Memorial (Zone 9/5): in floor safe under table in clinic on west side of Facility area's lower floor
    * Mama Dolce's (Zone 9/11): on metal shelves partway up stairs near SW corner of Processed Foods area
    * Hubris Comics (Zone 9/16): outside, in Pulowski Preservation Shelter a bit east of front doors
    * Vernon Square East (Zone 9/25): on tables in locked northern storage room in Sewer Entrance area
    * Ranger Compound (Zone 9/58): on small generator in compound's SW room
    * Rivet City (Zone 9/64): on shelves next to lower-floor counter in Pinkerton's part of Broken Bow area
    * Dry Sewer (Zone 9/underground metro): on metal shelves in back of small southern side room between merc-vs.-mutant battles
    * Hubris Comics Utility Tunnels (Zone 9/underground metro): on desk in one eastern alcove in large room near exterior entrance
    * Metro Central (Zone 9/underground metro): on table past locked fence gate in connecting tunnel in west area
    * Tepid Sewer (Zone 9/underground metro): along right side of large generator in west-side area