WSG Librarians are not boring

Fallout 3 Guide - Miscellaneous Quests

The Wasteland Survival Guide: Librarians are not boring

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|HOW TO UNLOCK: Talk to Moira in Megaton, located in the Craterside Supply.    |
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|QUEST REWARD: [] Caps (x), [] Lying, Congressional Style.                     |
| (100 EXP)                                                                    |
|              Finishing All 9 Sub-Quests:                                     |
|              [] Mini Nuke                                                    |
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|              Depending on how well you did one of the following:             |
|              1. Junior Survivor Perk (0 to 4 optional objectives done)       |
|              2. Survival Expert Perk (5 to 8 optional objectives done)       |
|              3. Survival Guru Perk   (9 optional objectives done)            |
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|ITEMS: [] Ammo Box x5, [] First Aid Box x2, [] Buffout, [] Stealth Boy,       |
|       [] Gun Cabinet, [] Gun Cabinet, [] Big Book of Science, [] Pre-war Book|
|       [] Ammo Box x2, [] Pre-war Book x2, [] First Aid Box, [] Frag Mine,    |
|       [] Pre-war Book, [] Ink Container, [] Ammo Box x2, [] Frag Mine x2,    |
|       [] Safe, [] Blood Pack, [] Jet, [] Pre-War Book.                       |
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|ENEMIES: o Raider                                                             |
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You're going to have to travel to Arlington Public Library.  You can head to Rivet City and head west from here, or you can travel to the Nuka Cola Factory and head east.  If you have discovered an other place that's even closer, feel free to travel there instead.
When you arrive you'll bump into several Brotherhood of Steel members, including Scribe Yearling.  Be polite and ask her about the terminal in this very room.  She's also interested in any Pre-war books you may have found, and is willing to pay you 100 Caps a piece.

Look in the SE and NE corners to find a total of 5 [AMMO BOXES].  Check the terminal in the center of the room and select ‘Access Card Catalogue'.  This was your primary objective already, now for the optional.

Head into the toilets to find a [FIRST AID BOX x2] (one in both toilets).  You can also find some [BUFFOUT] near a toilet in the woman's.  You can continue through the hallway and team up with a few Brotherhood members.  Blast any Raiders in this large room.

Now return to the entrance hall and go upstairs.  Find a [STEALTH BOY] on the desk, and check the western room for a [GUN CABINET].  The other door on the east leads to a room with another [GUN CABINET] and an adjacent room with several desks and a hole in the ground that only leads to the restrooms you already paid a visit.

Exit to the north and head into the NE room. You'll find a [BIG BOOK OF SCIENCE] on the desk here.  Return to the hallway and continue to the large room up north which is the same area where you fought the Raiders with the Brotherhood members just now.  Check the small table for a [PRE-WAR BOOK] and circle around the room until you get to the southern side.  Search around for two [AMMO BOXES] between some bookcases, and a [PRE-WAR BOOK x2] in the bookcase nearby.

Media Archive:
Head NW and go through the door that leads to the Arlington Library Media Archive; The rest of the area doesn't hold anything neat.  Head upstairs and blast the Raiders in the hallway.  Check the adjacent room for some ammo in desks, then continue to the next stairwell south and head up.

Ignore the bed with the corpse and check out the room to the NW to find a locked but easily opened [FIRST AID BOX] in this room with a pooltable.  Move to the NE, (be cautious of the [FRAG MINE] nearby the bed) and kill some Raiders.  Dive to the room with the terminal and use this to disable the Mark I Turret in the room up ahead.

With the havoc calmed down head into the barricaded room up north.  Walk over some planks and find a [PRE-WAR BOOK] on the conveyor belt.  On the desk you'll find a Metal Box called Restoration Supplies, in which you can find an [INK CONTAINER].  This is a useful item for a different quest, so keep it safe.  You'll also find two [AMMO BOXES] on the same desk.

Return to the previous hallway and go through the door on the south, nearby the corpse on the bed.  Go upstairs and into the room directly to your right (west).  Disable the turret by hacking the average terminal, then disarm two [FRAG MINES] placed nearby the Filing Cabinets on the west.

Head through the hall south from these rooms, but beware as you proceed because the next room has a few raiders with heavy weaponry.  After killing them, head into the room and unlock the averagely locked [SAFE] in one of the corners.  Grab a [BLOOD PACK] and a [JET] from the desk in the other corner.  Do a quick search in all the desks and cabinets, then move towards the terminal in the center of the room and grab the [PRE-WAR BOOK] on this desk.

Access the Arlington Public Library Public Terminal (such a mouthfull), and select the ‘Transfer Library Archives' to complete the optional objective.

There is no need to search the ‘Children's Wing' in order to complete this quest so I suggest you do so an other time.

On your way out, give all Pre-war Books you found to Scribe Yearling and make a bonus of 500 Caps (if you found all in this building so far).  Head back to Moira for your final reward.