Skill Book Locations
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Skill Book Locations
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor [BARTER]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Allied Tech. Office | Entrance Room - Southwest corner of the room |
| | | on the western side from the entrance. It is |
| | | next to a Nuka Cola Bottle in front of the |
| | | soda machine. |
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| 2 | Cap Counterfeiting Shack| Cellar Room - Head to the cellar of the shack |
| | | and enter the southern room to find the book |
| | | on a pile of suitcases at the end of a bed. |
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| 3 | Primm | Bison Steve Casino - Head east to reach the |
| | | Gift Shop where you will find the book behind |
| | | the counter on the floor near the Floor Safe. |
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| 4 | Vault 22 | Pest Control Area - Take the elevator to this |
| | | area and go north at the intersection up the |
| | | steps to reach a lab. Turn left and search the|
| | | nearby lab table for the book. |
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Nikola Tesla and You [ENERGY WEAPONS]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Hidden Valley | Bunker L1 - Head in to the Bunker located on |
| | | west and pick the Very Hard lock (or use the |
| | | key) to enter. Head south then west to find |
| | | Senior Scribe Schuler's Room where you will |
| | | find the book in a trash can next to her desk.|
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| 2 | Old Nuclear Test Site | Nuclear Test Shack - On the small table on the|
| | | bed on the opposite side of the entrance. |
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| 3 | REPCONN Headquarters | Locked Shipping Room - This room is the top |
| | | left room that you can only enter via a Very |
| | | Hard Lockpick or Hack. The book is on the safe|
| | | in the back corner. |
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| 4 | REPCONN Headquarters | Second Floor Northeast Server Room - On the |
| | | table with the terminal in the northeast |
| | | corner. |
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Duck and Cover! [EXPLOSIVES]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Mojave Outpost | Bar and Barracks - The book can be found on |
| | | bottom center shelf below the bar counter in |
| | | the back when facing southwest. |
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| 2 | Nellis Air Force Base | Mother Pearl's Barracks - Check the bookcase |
| | | on the right side (it's a hanging shelf) to |
| | | find the book mixed in with some others. |
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| 3 | Ranger Station Foxtrot | In the tent next to the communications center |
| | | where Communications Officer Lenk sits. |
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| 4 | Sloan | Small Barracks Shack next to the trailer. The |
| | | book is on the left locker shelf near the beds|
| | | in the back. |
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*Note: The book at Ranger Station Foxtrot will not appear unless you have an
updated version of the game. Make sure you have done at least the first
official update to find the book here. As of the latest patch this book
also occasionally bugs out and is there twice.
Guns and Bullets [GUNS]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Gomorrah | Zoara Club: Big Sal's Office - The book can be|
| | | found on the first low bookshelf (same as the |
| | | wall safe) in the back left corner of the room|
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| 2 | Nevada Highway Patrol | On the desk without a computer near the open- |
| | | plan office room's entrance. |
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| 3 | Raul's Shack | In the wooden crate on the floor to the left |
| | | of the entrance. |
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| 4 | Vault 34 | Armory Commons - The book is found on the |
| | | metal table between the sofas near the pool |
| | | table. This room is the northeastern room. |
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Tumblers Today [LOCKPICK]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Bitter Spring Recreation| Office Shack to the west - On the office desk |
| | | in the smaller room; the left of the entrance.|
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| 2 | Silver Peak Mine | Inside the shack lying in an open locker to |
| | | the right of the entrance. |
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| 3 | The Prospector's Den | Inside the caves and Den - Far right corner of|
| | | the large barracks room by some mattresses. |
| | | Search the northeast corner. |
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| 4 | Wolfhorn Ranch | Farmhouse - Under the refrigerator without a |
| | | door near the oven. |
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D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine [MEDICINE]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Followers Safehouse | Second Room - The book is on the bedside table|
| | | shelf of the bed in the back right corner of |
| | | this room. |
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| 2 | HELIOS One | Power Plant - Top Floor where the Holotape |
| | | Password is found. Lying on the bed with a |
| | | pillow to left of the room's entrance. |
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| 3 | Mesquite Mountain Crater| Hell's Motel - Below the globe with a hat on |
| | | top; right of the entrance Repair Kit is where|
| | | you will find the book on a bookshelf. |
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| 4 | Novac | Ranger Andy's Bungalow - Look in the middle of|
| | | the queen-sized bed to find this book lying |
| | | there. |
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Grognak the Barbarian [MELEE WEAPONS]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Cannibal Johnson's Cave | Look on top of the sleeping mattress near the |
| | | campfire to find this book. |
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| 2 | Cottonwood Cove | Headquarters Upper Floor - Shelf of the bed- |
| | | side table in the Office of Aurelius of |
| | | Phoenix in the top right corner of the room. |
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| 3 | Hidden Supply Cave | Lying on the first metal crate in the back |
| | | right hand side of the cave. |
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| 4 | Jacobstown | Eastern Bungalow by the pond - Lying near the |
| | | cooker on the floor. |
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Dean's Electronics [REPAIR]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Abandoned BoS Bunker | Office Area - Atop the metal sill opposite the|
| | | Reloading Bench to the right of the rooms |
| | | entrance. |
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| 2 | Nellis Air Force Base | Loyal's Workshop House - Long metal counter |
| | | next to the ruined terminal. |
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| 3 | Sloan | Barracks - Shelf between a Dino Toy and Radio |
| | | above the corner bed to the left of the |
| | | entrance. |
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| 4 | South Nevada Wind Farm | Shack - On the table in the middle of the room|
| | | search the corner. |
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Big Book of Science [SCIENCE]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Brewer's Beer Bootleggin| Shack - In the basement on a table with the |
| | | vial experiment. |
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| 2 | Camp Forlorn Hope | Command Center - The book is in the right |
| | | corner of the tent on a desk with a computer. |
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| 3 | Nipton | Town Hall Top Floor - Mayor's Desk. |
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| 4 | REPCONN Headquarters | Gift Shop Storage - Left of the Rocket |
| | | Souvenirs on the lower shelf on the side of |
| | | room. Requires ability to open a Hard Lock. |
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Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual [SNEAK]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Camp Searchlight | East Chapel - Basement, at the foor of the |
| | | metal shelves. |
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| 2 | Goodsprings | Ranch House east of the Schoolhouse - Under a |
| | | book in the lower bookcase against the back |
| | | wall opposite the entrance. |
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| 3 | NCR Sharecropper Farms | Sharecropper Barracks - This building is best |
| | | identified by the four ferilizer hoppers near |
| | | it. The book is on the floor near a desk in |
| | | the back. |
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| 4 | Vault 3 | Living Quarters - Go through the locked door |
| | | across from the entrance to this area and turn|
| | | right to find the book on a low bookcase. |
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Lying, Congressional Style [SPEECH]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Brooks Tumbleweed Ranch | Tumbleweed Ranch House - Upstairs room with a |
| | | chess board lying on the top shelf of an open |
| | | locker. |
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| 2 | Cerulean Robotics | Among the office desks inside the building. |
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| 3 | Lucky Jim Mine | Shack - On the lower metal shelf to the right |
| | | of the empty refrigerators. |
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| 4 | NCR Correctional Fac. | Administration Building - Desk in the darkest |
| | | room opposite Eddie's. |
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Wasteland Survival Guide [SURVIVAL]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Lone Wolf Radio | Radio Trailer - Near the Scrap Electronics in |
| | | the back of the RV. |
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| 2 | Matthews Animal Farm | Northern Barn - Top balcony near the barrel |
| | | pile and a metal crate. |
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| 3 | Mesquite Mtn. Camp Site | Western Tent - Between the two rolled-up beds |
| | | and behind a toolbox. |
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| 4 | Scavenger Platform | Northeastern platform amongst the books in the|
| | | fallen bookshelf. |
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Pugilism Illustrated [UNARMED]
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| # |LOCATION: |DESCRIPTION: |
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| 1 | Fisherman's Pride Shack | Shack - Bedside table near the lamp and mat in|
| | | the corner of the room. |
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| 2 | Nipton Road Reststop | Store marked "Lester" - On a bookcase shelf |
| | | near the cash register. |
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| 3 | The Tops Casino | Presidential Suite - Small table near the pool|
| | | tables. |
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| 4 | Vault 11 | Living Quarters - Second room on the right |
| | | side in the female dorms. Search near the |
| | | fallen dresser at the rooms entrance. |
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I wish I could see this page. On the iPad a floating menu covers the data.
The table of contents covers half the location descriptions...
Where/how do u get the key to the followers safehouse?
Very helpful , am looking for the books as we speak!!!
very helpful thank you
you can also get a big book of science by doing that lucky old sun siding with the followers
This page doesn't have anything on it. Why would u create such a good website and not put anything on it?