• This staggeringly complete guide is 752 pages stuffed with all the information you'll need to survive and thrive in Fallout 3.
• Covers the entire main game and all five Add-On games: Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel, Point Lookout, and Mothership Zeta.
• Your Essential Wasteland Companion: walkthroughs and over 200 detailed maps give you all the tactics, locations, items, and rewards!
• Info and stats on all the perks, armor, weapons, items, factions, and entities you'll encounter.
• Moral compass choices revealed! Villain or virtuous? Our guide's flowcharts will let you know which road to follow for your chosen path.
• Giant map poster to guide you through the Wasteland.
Chapter 1: Training
Welcome to the Capital Wasteland
Primary Statistics
Derived Statistics
Skills Overview
Perks Overview
Quest-Related Perks
Plans for Successful Character Development
General Training and Advice
Mapping the Capital Wasteland
Other Pip-Boy Functionality
The Battle for Wasteland Supremacy
Going on Maneuvers
Aiding and Abetting the Vault Dweller
Chapter 2: Factions and Bestiary
Part 1: Factions
Part 2: The Bestiary
Chapter 3: The Wasteland Census
Chapter 4: Wasteland Gear
Wasteland Weaponry:
Big Guns
Energy Weapons
Grenades & Mines
Melee Weapons
Small Guns
Unarmed Weapons
Wasteland Apparel:
Vault Outfits
Combat Armor
Powered Armor
Wasteland Armor
Sealed Body Suits
General Wasteland Outfits
Enclosed Headgear: Powered Helmets
Enclosed Headgear: Masks & Helmets
Other Headgear: Masks & Helmets
Other Headgear: Glasses & Facial Coverings
Chapter 5: Main Quest
Birth
Baby Steps
Growing Up Fast
Future Imperfect
Escape!
Following in His Footsteps
Galaxy News Radio
Scientific Pursuits
Tranquility Lane
The Waters of Life
Picking up the Trail
Rescue from Paradise
Finding the Garden of Eden
The American Dream
Take it Back!
Project Complete: Aftermath
Chapter 6: Miscellaneous Quests
Big Trouble in Big Town
The Superhuman Gambit
The Wasteland Survival Guide
Those!
The Nuka-Cola Challenge
Head of State
The Replicated Man
Blood Ties
Oasis
The Power of the Atom
Tenpenny Tower
Strictly Business
You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head
Stealing Independence
Trouble on the Homefront
Agatha's Song
Reilly's Rangers
Chapter 7: Tour of the Capital Wasteland
Welcome to the Capital Wasteland
General Encounters
Capital Wasteland Traders
Around the Wasteland in 80 Mini-Encounters
Type I: Unique Encounters
Type II: Repeating Encounters
Zone 1: Northwest Territories
Zone 2: Northern Mountains
Zone 3: Northeast Territories
Zone 4: Irradiated Western Plains
Zone 5: Central Plains and Potomac
Zone 6: Eastern Hills and D.C. Outskirts
Zone 7: Southwest Territories
Zone 8: Southern Plains and D.C. Outskirts
Zone 9: Exterior D.C. Metropolitan Ruins
Zones10–21: Interior D.C. Metropolitan Ruins:
Zone 10: Chevy Chase Overview
Zone 11: Dupont Circle
Zone 12: Vernon Square
Zone 13: Takoma Park
Zone 14: Georgetown
Zone 15: Pennsylvania Avenue
Zone 16: Arlington National Cemetery
Zone 17: The Mall
Zone 18: Seward Square
Zone 19: Falls Church
Zone 20: Mason District
Zone 21: L'Enfant Plaza
Zone U: Linking Underground Locations (D.C. Ruins)
Underground Locations
Chapter 8: Operation: Anchorage
Aiding the Outcasts
The Guns of Anchorage
Paving the Way
Operation: Anchorage!
Tour of Operation: Anchorage:
Operation: Anchorage: D.C. Locations
Operation: Anchorage: Alaskan Locations
Chapter 9: The Pitt
Unsafe Working Conditions
Free Labor
Tour of The Pitt:
The Pitt: D.C. Locations
The Pitt: Pitt Locations
Chapter 10: Broken Steel
Death from Above
Shock Value
Who Dares Wins
Miscellaneous Quests Preamble: Locating Scribe Bigsley
Miscellaneous Quest: Protecting the Water Way
Miscellaneous Quest: Holy Water
Miscellaneous Quest: The Amazing Aqua Cura!
Freeform Quest: The Sorrowful Suitor
Freeform Quest: Getting Ready for Prime Time
Freeform Quest: Blood Brotherhood
Freeform Quest: Forcing Evolution Virally
Tour of Broken Steel:
Water Caravan Routes
Zone 2: Northern Mountains
Zone 3: Northeast Territories
Zone 4: Irradiated Western Plains
Zone 5: Central Plains and Potomac
Zone 7: Southwest Territories
Zone 8: Southern Plains & D.C. Outskirts
Zone 9: Exterior D.C. Metropolitan Ruins
Zone 10: Chevy Chase
Zone 14: Georgetown
Zone 15: Pennsylvania Avenue
Zone 17: The Mall
Zone 18: Seward Square
Chapter 11: Point Lookout
The Local Flavor
Walking With Spirits
Hearing Voices
Thought Control
The Meeting of the Minds
Miscellaneous Quest: An Antique Land
Miscellaneous Quest: The Dark Heart of Blackhall
Miscellaneous Quest: A Spoonful of Whiskey
Miscellaneous Quest: The Velvet Curtain
Miscellaneous Quest: Plik's Safari
Freeform Quest: Latchkey Kenny
Freeform Quest: The Seafarer's Friend
Freeform Quest: Tailing the Tomboy
Tour of Point Lookout:
Point Lookout: D.C. Locations
Zone 7: Southwest Territories
Zone 9: Exterior D.C. Metropolitan Ruins
Point Lookout Locations
Zone 1: Northwestern Swamps
Zone 2: Northern Mountains
Zone 3: The Shrouded Promontory
Zone 4: Western Sand Dunes
Zone 5: Point Lookout Township
Zone 6: The Blasted Heath
Chapter 12: Mothership Zeta
Not of This World
Among the Stars
This Galaxy Ain't Big Enough…
Tour of Mothership Zeta:
Capital Wasteland Zone 2: Northern Mountains
Mothership Zeta: Interior Locations
Chapter 13: Appendices
Appendix 1: Achievements and Trophies
Appendix 2: Bobbleheads
Appendix 3: Fat Men
Appendix 4: Fat Man: Mini-Nukes
Appendix 5: Unique Weapons and Outfi ts
Appendix 6: Nuka Cola Quantums
Appendix 7: Schematics: Custom Weapons
Appendix 8: Scribe Pre-war Books
Appendix 9: Skill Books
Appendix 10: Keller and Replicated Man Holotapes
Appendix 11: Alien Captive Recorded Logs
Index
This locked and loaded guide is the ultimate reference for Fallout 3 and all the downloadable add-ons. Covers all the basics from our previous guides, but re-organized with the strategy necessary to plan for all the add-ons perks, abilities, combat and story development.
Train to help you turn your Vault Dweller into a skilled Wasteland survivor. Your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. statistics, Skills, and all Perks are examined, and character development is detailed, along with general tactics, so you're thoroughly prepared to emerge from Vault 101.
Know your enemy! Our Factions and Bestiary provides information on the various tribes, survivors, abominations, and lunatics that prowl the Capital Wasteland, along with a statistics-heavy list of all enemies you'll face. Every single person you're ever likely to meet is detailed with a portrait, faction and location information, and their biography.
Learn everything you need to know about the location and statistical prowess of all weapons, as well as every type of outfit, including armor, clothing, and headgear.
Comprehensive walkthroughs of every part of your Main Quest, complete with flow charts and Karmic choices, plus all of the completely optional Miscellaneous Quests available to you are revealed. Don't get caught without ammo around a Deathclaw again! Complete cartographical evidence on what to expect and find throughout the entire Capital Wasteland; every settlement, landmark, and Vault has been mapped and explored for you.
All the Main Quests, Miscellaneous Quests, and Freeform Quests, along with complete locations are explained for Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Point Lookout, Mothership Zeta andBroken Steel, along with new locations throughout the Capital Wasteland.
Need to find something specific quickly? Find every Achievement and Trophy, Bobblehead, Fat Man, Mini-Nuke, Quantum, Schematic, Pre-War Book, Skill Book and everything else in our detailed index.
This locked and loaded guide is the ultimate reference for Fallout 3 and all the downloadable add-ons. Covers all the basics from our previous guides, but re-organized with the strategy necessary to plan for all the add-ons perks, abilities, combat and story development.
Train to help you turn your Vault Dweller into a skilled Wasteland survivor. Your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. statistics, Skills, and all Perks are examined, and character development is detailed, along with general tactics, so you're thoroughly prepared to emerge from Vault 101.
Know your enemy! Our Factions and Bestiary provides information on the various tribes, survivors, abominations, and lunatics that prowl the Capital Wasteland, along with a statistics-heavy list of all enemies you'll face. Every single person you're ever likely to meet is detailed with a portrait, faction and location information, and their biography.
Learn everything you need to know about the location and statistical prowess of all weapons, as well as every type of outfit, including armor, clothing, and headgear.
Comprehensive walkthroughs of every part of your Main Quest, complete with flow charts and Karmic choices, plus all of the completely optional Miscellaneous Quests available to you are revealed. Don't get caught without ammo around a Deathclaw again! Complete cartographical evidence on what to expect and find throughout the entire Capital Wasteland; every settlement, landmark, and Vault has been mapped and explored for you.
All the Main Quests, Miscellaneous Quests, and Freeform Quests, along with complete locations are explained for Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Point Lookout, Mothership Zeta and Broken Steel, along with new locations throughout the Capital Wasteland.
Need to find something specific quickly? Find every Achievement and Trophy, Bobblehead, Fat Man, Mini-Nuke, Quantum, Schematic, Pre-War Book, Skill Book and everything else in our detailed index.
Anonymous
Posted May 6, 2011
It's robust information and great detail makes it amazing
and a must have for all fans of the game
Anonymous
Posted January 5, 2011
This book was very helpful. It helped me through the main story line and quests and then the DLC that makes this guide perfect for the hardcore fallout fan or the new guy.
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Overview
• This staggeringly complete guide is 752 pages stuffed with all the information you'll need to survive and thrive in Fallout 3.
• Covers the entire main game and all five Add-On games: Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel, Point Lookout, and Mothership Zeta.
• Your Essential Wasteland Companion: walkthroughs and over 200 detailed maps give you all the tactics, locations, items, and rewards!
• Info and...