Book return token is a recurring item throughout the Commonwealth in Fallout 4.
Characteristics[]
A Boston Public Library token coin. Each token can be exchanged at a book return terminal for a variety of prizes, such as a copy of the Massachusetts Surgical Journal from a terminal in Boston Public Library.
Locations[]
Tokens are most commonly received when the Sole Survivor returns an overdue book to a book return terminal (for which five tokens are awarded). They can also be found on the bodies of raiders guarding Revere Beach station and on the tables and counters nearby; a book-return terminal can be found on the ground floor of the pub with pool tables.
Book return terminal prize list[]
For each new game, each terminal generates a random selection of six prizes, 1-5 items each, from the following list:
- Basketball
- Bubblegum
- Chalk
- Clean dog bowl
- Collectible baseball
- Fancy hairbrush
- Gum drops
- Hairbrush
- Jangles the Moon Monkey
- Kickball
- Magnifying glass
- Pen
- Pencil
- Potato crisps
- Scissors
- Sugar Bombs (pre-War)
- Teddy bear
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Toy alien
- Toy car
- Toy rocketship
- New toy truck
- Undamaged baseball glove
- Undamaged camera
- Yardstick
The exchange value is equal to twice the item's value in caps.
The following prizes are predetermined and always available at the indicated terminals:
| Prize | Terminal location | Required tokens | Total number available |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10mm pistol | Building next to Revere Beach station | 50 | 1 |
| Combat knife | Building next to Revere Beach station | 20 | 1 |
| Food paste | Suffolk County Charter School | 5 | 3-15 |
| Fragmentation grenade | Building next to Revere Beach station | 15 | 5 |
| Fusion core | Building next to Revere Beach station | 50 | 1 |
| Massachusetts Surgical Journal | BPL southwest room | 50 | 1 |
| Mentats | Shaw High School | 100 | 3-15 |
| Stimpak | Building next to Revere Beach station | 10 | 5 |
Additionally, the terminal at Revere Beach offers three doses of one of the following chems, at the price of 10 tokens each:
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