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This page lists all skill books in Fallout 2. |
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Skill books can be used to permanently increase the Chosen One's skill in Small Guns, First Aid, Science, Repair and Outdoorsman.
General information[]
The amount of skill points gained from reading a skill book is equal to . Therefore, a skill can not be raised above 91% with skill books.
Reading books takes time and its duration is based on intelligence. Specifically, it takes hours to read a book. Therefore, it takes 1 hour to read a book at INT 10 and 10 hours to read a book at INT 1. If a book is used inside the inventory screen, rather than used in weapon slots, time will not pass until the inventory screen is exited.
Using a book removes it from inventory.
Maximizing skill point gain[]
Passive skills are lowered by 10 (%) when the difficulty is changed from Normal to Hard. SPECIAL stats (Strength, Perception, etc) modify skills with a considerable bonus. The game keeps track of this bonus throughout the game, in real time. Any changes to stats, (e.g. chem effects) during the game add to or subtract from this modifier. It is thus possible to reduce any combination of stats to zero, significantly lowering skill values.
It is possible to raise Small Guns, First Aid and Science to 127%, Repair to 118% and Outdoorsman to 115%, in the case of a player whose Perception, Intelligence and Agility are at 10 (possibly more if the player's stats are lower), Endurance is above three, with the listed skills at 91%. To lose Agility and/or Endurance, use Buffout or Monument Chunks, then wait. To lose intelligence, use Mentats and wait, or Psycho. To lose Perception, drink beer, booze, rotgut, etc. If books are used from inventory (by left clicking and dragging) rather than from a weapon slot, any amount of books can be read while under the influence. Time still passes, as can be seen by the day/night cycle playing out, but drug-altered stats will not change, nor will anything of consequence happen in the game, until after the inventory is closed.
Big Book of Science[]
The Big Book of Science can permanently increase Science.
World location | Closest map marker | Location description | Image |
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Vault City | Information office | Chief Librarian Kohl
(given if the player professes a love of books) |
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Amenities office | Merchant: Randal
(75% chance to restock 1-2 books after 14 days)[1] |
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Vault 8 | Locker in the southeastern room of Level Two | ![]() | |
Gecko | Manager's office | Bookshelves in the bedroom | ![]() |
Gecko's nuclear power plant | Shelves in the supply cabinet | ![]() | |
Broken Hills | Liz's general store | Merchant: Liz
(10% chance to restock 1 book after 7-14 days)[2] |
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Stables | Stables underground | Bookshelves in Myron's workroom | ![]() |
Sierra Army Depot | Level 3, robotics | Desk in the Commanding Officer's quarters
(Quantity: 2 books) |
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Level 4, bio storage and research | Skeleton in the westmost medical subject holding cell | ![]() | |
New California Republic | NCR Bazaar | Bookshelf in the Guard captain's guard post | ![]() |
New California Republic power plant | Quest reward from Dorothy if the Chosen One successfully talked officer Jack out of blowing up the power plant | ![]() | |
San Francisco | Flying Dragon 8 | Merchant: Lao Chou
(40% chance to restock 1-2 books after 2-4 days)[3] |
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Jenna's general store | Merchant: Jenna
(40% chance to restock 1-2 books after 2-4 days)[4] |
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Navarro | Navarro underground | Bookshelves in Navarro base commander's office | ![]() |
Navarro Main Base | Workbench next to Quincy in the maintenance building | ![]() | |
Enclave Oil Rig | Barracks | Crates in a storage room with kitchen supplies | ![]() |
Reactor level | Enclave scientist in the mainframe room | ![]() |
Dean's Electronics[]
Dean's Electronics can permanently increase Repair.
World location | Closest map marker | Location description | Image |
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Ghost Farm | Main cavern of Ghost Farm | Skinless Slag in the bookshelves room | ![]() |
Vault City | Maintenance center | Bookcase behind Valerie | ![]() |
Information office | Chief Librarian Kohl
(given if the player professes a love of books) |
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Amenities office | Merchant: Randal
(75% chance to restock 1 book after 14 days)[5] |
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Gecko | Gecko junkyard | Bookcase inside the machine shop storage room (adjacent to Skeeter's room) | ![]() |
Broken Hills | Liz's general store | Merchant: Liz
(10% chance to restock 1 book after 7-14 days)[6] |
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New Reno | Salvatore's Bar | Bookshelves behind Louis Salvatore | ![]() |
New Reno Arms | Workbench in the back room accessible from the street | ![]() | |
Sierra Army Depot | Level 3, robotics | Desk in the Commanding Officer's quarters | ![]() |
In the Robotics lab (near Assemble body for Skynet) | ![]() | ||
New California Republic | NCR Bazaar | Bookshelf in the Guard captain's guard post | ![]() |
New California Republic power plant | Quest reward from Dorothy if the Chosen One successfully talked officer Jack out of blowing up the power plant | ![]() | |
Mariposa Military Base | Surface of Mariposa Military Base | Footlocker in the northern tent
On the ground (next to the bed) in the southern tent (Quantity: 2 books) |
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San Francisco | Flying Dragon 8 | Merchant: Lao Chou
(30% chance to restock 2-3 books after 2-4 days)[7] |
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Jenna's general store | Merchant: Jenna
(30% chance to restock 2-3 books after 2-4 days)[8] |
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Navarro | Navarro Main Base | Middle workbench in the vertibird hangar | ![]() |
Enclave Oil Rig | Barracks | Crates in the storage room connected to the Commanding Officer's living quarters
(Quantity: 2 books) |
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Detention and research level | Bookshelves in the Enclave scientist's office
(Quantity: 2 books) |
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Reactor level | Enclave scientist in the mainframe room | ![]() |
First Aid Book[]
The First Aid Book can permanently increase First Aid.
World location | Closest map marker | Location description | Image |
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Modoc | Grisham's house | Bookshelf behind Grisham | ![]() |
Vault City | Sub-amenities office B | Merchant: Holden
(25% chance to restock 1 book every 3-7 days)[9] |
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Parlor Room | Bookcase | ![]() | |
Amenities office | Merchant: Randal
(75% chance to restock 1 book after 14 days)[10] |
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Vault 8 | Locker in the store room on Level 3 | ![]() | |
Gecko | Gecko junkyard | Bookcase in a small building next to the exit grid | ![]() |
Redding | Painless Doc Johnson's | Bookcase | ![]() |
Great Wanamingo Mine | Bookshelf on level 1 of the underground | ![]() | |
Broken Hills | Liz's general store | Merchant: Liz
(10% chance to restock 1 book after 7-14 days)[11] |
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New Reno | Renesco's Pharmacy | Merchant: Renesco
(25% chance to restock 1 book every 2-5 days)[12] |
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Mercenaries' cave | Cave base | Locker | ![]() |
Sierra Army Depot | Level 1, personnel | Wall locker in the infirmary | ![]() |
Level 3, robotics | Desk in the Commanding Officer's quarters | ![]() | |
New California Republic | New California Republic Hospital | Bookcase | ![]() |
New California Republic power plant | Quest reward from Dorothy if the Chosen One successfully talked officer Jack out of blowing up the power plant | ![]() | |
Mariposa Military Base | Stronghold Level 2 | Rusty wall locker in the medical section
(Quantity: 2 books) |
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San Francisco | Flying Dragon 8 | Merchant: Lao Chou
(40% chance to restock 2-3 books after 2-4 days)[13] |
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Jenna's general store | Merchant: Jenna
(40% chance to restock 2-3 books after 2-4 days)[14] |
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Navarro | Navarro Main Base | Workbench next to Quincy in the maintenance building | ![]() |
Enclave Oil Rig | Barracks | Crates in the storage room connected to the Commanding Officer's living quarters
(Quantity: 2 books) |
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Detention and research level | Wall locker inside the experimentation lab | ![]() | |
Bookshelves in the Enclave scientist's office
(Quantity: 2 books) |
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Trap room | Locker in the "Survival Gear Locker" room
(Quantity: 3 books) |
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Guns and Bullets[]
Guns and Bullets can permanently increase Small Guns.
Name | Closest map marker | Location description |
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Guns and Bullets | Klamath | Klamath Downtown, in a bookcase in the building near the transfer grid to the Trapping grounds. |
Guns and Bullets | Toxic caves | Desk inside the storage bunker. |
Guns and Bullets | The Den | Merchant: Flick's in Den West Side (10% chance to restock 1 book after 7-14 days)[15] |
Guns and Bullets | The Den | Lara's gang hideout in Den West Side, in a bookcase. |
Guns and Bullets | The Den | Slaver's Guild, bookshelf in Metzger's personal room |
Guns and Bullets | Modoc | Grisham's house, on the ground of the outhouse. |
Guns and Bullets | Ghost Farm | On one of the skinless Slags. |
Guns and Bullets | Ghost Farm | On the skinless Slag just outside Vegeir's room |
Guns and Bullets | Vault City | Spittoon, in a bookcase inside John Cassidy's room. |
Guns and Bullets | Vault City | Corrections Center, inside a locked desk next to Stark. Become Captain of the Guard to get this book without violence. |
Guns and Bullets | New Reno | Second floor of the Shark Club, in the lefthand room second from the bottom, on the upper righthand shelves. Use alcohol to lower the bald thug's perception by 9, then use Sneak to get the book. |
Guns and Bullets | New Reno | First floor of Desperado, in a desk in a small room next to bathrooms. |
Guns and Bullets | New Reno | New Reno Arms, in the collapsed shelves in Eldridge's quarters. The player needs to injure the dog enough to cause it to flee, or kill the dog, to get to it. |
Guns and Bullets | New Reno | Merchant: Eldridge at New Reno Arms (25% chance to restock) |
Guns and Bullets | Mercenaries' cave | In Angel-Eyes' safe. |
Guns and Bullets | Redding | Ascorti's Ace and City Hall, in Ascorti's office. Either lockpick the door, or go down the outside well, then come up in the back room. |
Guns and Bullets | Sierra Army Depot | In the locker in the barracks, level one. |
Guns and Bullets | New California Republic | Merchant: Buster at Buster's Fine Emporium of Armament (30% chance to restock) |
Guns and Bullets | New California Republic | In the locker to the right, western room of Roger Westin's house in Westin Ranch |
Guns and Bullets | San Francisco | Merchant: Lao Chou at Flying Dragon 8 (30% chance to restock) |
Guns and Bullets | San Francisco | Merchant: Jenna at her general store on the PMV Valdez (30% chance to restock) |
Guns and Bullets | Navarro Main Base | In the middle locker in the Vertibird hangar. |
Guns and Bullets | Navarro underground | On the shelves in the Commander's office |
Guns and Bullets | Enclave Oil Rig | In the desk at the security checkpoint, Detention level. |
Guns and Bullets | Enclave Oil Rig | In the desk in the storage room, Barracks level. |
Scout Handbook[]
The Scout Handbook can permanently increase Outdoorsman.
World location | Closest map marker | Location description | Image |
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Klamath | Trapper Town | Klamath child standing between a Deuce coupe and a Corvega Coupe | ![]() |
Vault City | Vault 8 | Footlocker on Level Two | ![]() |
Redding | Malamute Saloon | Bookshelves in the middle room | ![]() |
Redding mining camp | Bookshelves next to Marge LeBarge | ![]() | |
Great Wanamingo Mine | Bookshelves in the ruined building in the above-ground area | ![]() | |
Broken Hills | Liz's general store | Merchant: Liz (10% chance to restock 1 book after 7-14 days)[16] |
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New Reno | Salvatore's Bar | Bookshelves behind Louis Salvatore | ![]() |
New California Republic | New California Republic power plant | Quest reward from Dorothy if the Chosen One successfully talked officer Jack out of blowing up the power plant | ![]() |
Vault 15 | Living quarters | Desk in the northwest room | ![]() |
Random encounter | World map
(see images) |
Merchant: "New California Republic caravan"
(Quantity: 2-6 books)[17] |
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San Francisco | Flying Dragon 8 | Merchant: Lao Chou (40% chance to restock 2-4 books after 2-4 days)[18] |
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Jenna's general store | Merchant: Jenna (40% chance to restock 2-4 books after 2-4 days)[19] |
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Enclave Oil Rig | Barracks | Crates in the storage room connected to the Commanding Officer's living quarters
(Quantity: 2 books) |
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Trap room | Locker in the "Survival Gear Locker" room
(Quantity: 3 books) |
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Cat's Paw issue no.5[]
Cat's Paw issue no.5 can permanently increase Energy Weapons.
Name | Closest map marker | Location description |
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Cat's Paw issue no.5 | Cat's Paw brothel | From Miss Kitty after Deliver ten Cat's Paw magazines to Miss Kitty. |
Fallout 2 Hintbook[]
The Fallout 2 Hintbook permanently increases all skills to 300%.
Name | Closest map marker | Location description |
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Fallout 2 Hintbook | Drunk Cupid Chapel | Given by Father Tully after destroying the Enclave Oil Rig. |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Randal's Stock Box in Vault City" scripting file
- ↑ "Broken Hills Liz inventory box" scripting file
- ↑ "Lao Cho's stock tables in san Fran" scripting file
- ↑ "Tanker Merchant's Table" scripting file
- ↑ "Randal's Stock Box in Vault City" scripting file
- ↑ "Broken Hills Liz inventory box" scripting file
- ↑ "Lao Cho's stock tables in san Fran" scripting file
- ↑ "Tanker Merchant's Table" scripting file
- ↑ "Vault City Darrow Shop Inventory" scripting file
- ↑ "Randal's Stock Box in Vault City" scripting file
- ↑ "Broken Hills Liz inventory box" scripting file
- ↑ "Renesco Store Box" scripting file
- ↑ "Lao Cho's stock tables in san Fran" scripting file
- ↑ "Tanker Merchant's Table" scripting file
- ↑ "Flick's box of inventory" scripting file
- ↑ "Broken Hills Liz inventory box" scripting file
- ↑ "Random Encounter NCR Caravan Master" scripting file
- ↑ "Lao Cho's stock tables in san Fran" scripting file
- ↑ "Tanker Merchant's Table" scripting file
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