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Fallout 3 Hints

Unarmed

  • All 25 Unarmed skill books are named "Pugilism Illustrated."

    * Faded Pomp Estates (Zone 1/14): on burned book next to mattress and fireplace in ruined house just north of street
    * Jackknifed Chinese internment truck (Zone 1/c): inside truck, near back

    * SatCom Array NN-03d (Zone 2/1): on leftmost toilet near stairs on ground floor of SatCom Array NN-03d-C tower
    * Clifftop Shacks (Zone 2/5): on burned book on wooden bookshelves in southern shack's bedroom

    * Chaste Acres Dairy Farm (Zone 3/3): on floor next to lantern in Grain Silo
    * Minefield (Zone 3/10): on teddy bear on bed in kid's room upstairs in Zane House

    * Roosevelt Academy (Zone 4/1): on floor of bathroom stall along east side (a ways NE of southern exit doors)
    * Roosevelt Academy (Zone 4/1): on metal shelves in generator room just east of western sewer tunnel in Maintenance and Evacuation Tunnel area
    * Vault 87 (Zone 4/7 on a main quest): on shelves in locked upper-floor storage room along south side of Living Quarters area

    * Arefu (Zone 5/4): on table to left of entry door in Alan's Residence near start of bridge (if you finished the "Blood Ties" misc. quest by having the Family send Alan to help defend Arefu)
    * Moonbeam Outdoor Cinema (Zone 5/8): on destroyed book on picnic table a bit north of movie screen

    * Vault 108 (Zone 6/6): on counter in cafeteria on north side of Living Quarters area
    * Chryslus Building (Zone 6/9): in Lower Offices area, in large open-topped container on counter in break area in upper-floor office just south of door to Basement area

    * Warrington Station (Zone 7/12): in underground Warrington Station area, in small wooden crate on metal shelves in room with mattresses SW of where main tunnel starts curving south
    * Drainage Chamber (Zone 7/a): on floor left of exit ladder
    * Lucky's store (Zone 7/h): in storage cupboard behind counter near SE corner of store

    * Springvale (Zone 8/2): in mailbox of ruined house near Red Rocket gas station
    * Raider chapel (Zone 8/a): on floor next to toilet

    * Falls Church East (Zone 9/14): on metal shelves next to lunchbox in SE corner room in NE section of L.O.B. Enterprises building
    * Dukov's Place (Zone 9/38): on wooden shelves behind bed in western upstairs room
    * Penn. Ave Northwest (Zone 9/50): on counter in SE storage room in Utility area
    * Tent and two trucks (Zone 9/c): on metal shelves in back of truck
    * Large raider camp (Zone 9/o): on counter with cash register near west end of camp's east half
    * Anacostia Crossing Station (Zone 9/underground metro): on table on mezzanine's upper floor
    * Metro Central (Zone 9/underground metro): on shelf past locked door near vicious dogs