Boxing Times is a skill magazine in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics[]
A pre-War magazine aimed at fans of boxing, with discussions on technique and equipment.[Non-game 1] The most commonly found issue is the one focusing on Alvin Nelson, AKA the Red-Brick Kid. The magazine includes an exclusive eight-page feature in full color detailing the Kid's coming of age. It also covers the story of Everts' decision to defeat the Kid in the ring and a scandalous report on gambling in boxing, penned by Joe King.
Reading this magazine raises the Courier's Unarmed skill by 10 points (20 points with the Comprehension perk) for 60 seconds (180 seconds with Retention).
Crafting[]
This item can be crafted by the player character.
Creation requirements
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wonderglue (1) Blank magazine (2) |  | Repair: 25 Picking up a copy of Boxing Times after the Voracious Reader perk is chosen. |  | Boxing Times (1) |
¹ Craftable without a workbench via a dialogue option with Veronica, or with ED-E once the add-on Lonesome Road is installed.
Locations[]
Below is a list of all fixed locations of Boxing Times skill magazines in Fallout: New Vegas and its add-ons. For an overview of magazines per location, see the main overview page.
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
| Boulder City | Bottom of the mining equipment opposite of the Boulder City train station |
| Camp Golf | House Resort, second floor in a center room on a desk, opposite of the room with a terminal |
| Camp McCarran | Contents of the MP confiscated goods trunk, given by Carrie Boyd as a reward after successfully completing the quest The White Wash |
| Goodsprings | Goodsprings gas station, on a shelf |
| H&H Tools factory | On reception desk in entrance room |
| Jacobstown | Jacobstown lodge, in an upstairs room on a small table. Up the righthand staircase, backroom on the lefthand corner, on a small table on the left. |
| King's School of Impersonation | Third floor, on the table in the bedroom |
| Lucky 38 | Two - One in an upstairs bar next to the Golden Gloves. Another lies on a table in the south of the cocktail lounge, next to a Future Weapons Today. |
| Nellis Air Force Base | Nellis schoolhouse, on the teacher's desk, together with a Programmer's Digest and Fixin' Things |
| South Vegas ruins | Zapp's Neon Signs, along with a Lad's Life next to a Nuka-Cola Quartz on upstairs office shelf |
| Techatticup Mine | In a storage area, behind an Average locked gate. |
Gallery[]
References[]
Non-game
- ↑ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Rulebook p.173: "A pre-War magazine aimed at fans of boxing, often containing features on noteworthy or up-and-coming boxers, discussions of technique and equipment, and in-depth reporting on the sport."