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Fallout 3 Hints

Sneak

  • All 25 Sneak skill books are named "Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual."

    * SatCom Array NW-05a (Zone 1/3): on table with terminal on ground floor of Satellite Facility building
    * Fort Constantine (Zone 1/4): CO Quarters building, under stealth boy on cinderblock on floor of room with bunker door

    * Old barn (Zone 2/h): in locked "personal footlocker" on upper floor

    * Drainage Chamber (Zone 4/c): on table in spy's room that's opened by using encryption key with terminal

    * Springvale School (Zone 5/14): next to dead bodies in giant ant cave in building's lower level

    * Bethesda Ruins (Zone 6/8): on desk a ways directly SE of exit door in Bethesda Offices East building
    * Jackknifed freeway truck (Zone 6/b): on table next to ham radio
    * Raiders and truck wreck (Zone 6/h): in locked "personal footlocker" inside truck (key is under small wooden crate and bottle next to skeleton just north of truck cab)

    * Fairfax Ruins (Zone 8/5): on large piece of rubble near bottom of mezzanine escalators in Fairfax Metro Station area
    * Cliffside Cavern (Zone 8/8): on top of wooden shelves in NW side cave in Raider Outpost area
    * Nuka-Cola Plant (Zone 8/11): in filing cabinet visible through ceiling hole in Factory Floor area's entry room
    * Ruined farmhouse (Zone 8/g): on wooden shelves inside house remains
    * Scavenger bridge (Zone 8/m): on an upper shelf

    * Mama Dolce's (Zone 9/11): on eastern raised covered bridge that connects Processed Foods area to Food Distribution area
    * Falls Church East (Zone 9/14): on desk in NE part of Archives area in L.O.B. Enterprises building
    * Flooded Metro (Zone 9/19): inside Pulowski Preservation Shelter a bit west of metro entrance
    * The Statesman Hotel (Zone 9/35): on wooden shelves in northern east/west corridor's side room in Mid Level area
    * Mall Southwest (Zone 9/42): on small wooden crate at NW corner of large SW cave in Mirelurk Nesting Hole area
    * Museum of History (Zone 9/44): on desk near north end of upstairs section of Offices area
    * Penn. Ave Northwest (Zone 9/50): on table behind sandbag wall in main room of Hotel
    * The Capitol Building (Zone 9/51): on table in locked storage room near center of Hall of Columns area
    * Georgetown/The Mall Metro (Zone 9/underground metro): on floor of ticket booth near exit to The Mall region
    * Irradiated Metro (Zone 9/underground metro): on console in huge central room
    * Museum Station (Zone 9/underground metro): in small wooden crate in "LADIES" bathroom in west area
    * Taft Tunnels (Zone 9/underground area only accessible on a main quest): on table in side room with Enclave soldiers