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U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes is a skill book in Fallout 3.

Characteristics[]

Reading this book raises the reader's Big Guns skill by 1, or 2 with the Comprehension perk.

Locations[]

Collected? Closest map marker Image Location description

Anchorage Memorial
Memorial service entrance U.S. Army 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes
In the Anchorage Memorial service entrance, in the utility room. It requires a Repair skill of 95, or a Repair skill of 35 with the door component from the facility.

Arlington Cemetery north
US Army HFR Arlington utility
In the Arlington utility tunnels. From Arlington Cemetery north, go up a set of stairs on the left then right at the top. It is on a shelf on the right side of the room.

Arlington/Falls Church Metro
Arlington Falls Church Metro
On a chair inside an open container on the way to the Arlington Cemetery exit.

Bethesda ruins In Bethesda offices east, on a raider with a flamer normally on the top floor (respawns every 72 in-game hours).

Corvega factory
Corvega factory Over turned truck Mini Nuke, and skill books
In a truck to the south under the unfinished highway.

Dupont Northeast
US Army HFR sunken sewer
Found in the sunken sewer on a locked safe (Average).

Evergreen Mills
US Army HFR southern shack
Second room in the southern shack, on a bookshelf.

Fairfax ruins
US Army HFR car dealership
In the car dealership building to the east, on the upper level where there are smaller, ruined vehicles. The coffee table has to be jumped on in the corner to get to there. It is on a generator.

Falls Church/Mason Dst Metro
US Army HFR Franklin Metro utility
In Franklin Metro utility, through an underwater section of the subway tunnels near a lot of radiation. On a shelf with missiles and darts, etc. Can also be reached from the subway entrance next to Hubris Comics.

Farragut West Metro station
US Army HFR Farragut West Metro station
Bottom of the room with the ghouls, behind a locked door (Average).

Five Axles Rest Stop
30 handy flame rec Five axles
In the truck that serves as the main raider lair.

Georgetown East
USA 30 HFR La Maison Beauregard
In La Maison Beauregard, on the floor beside a desk with a cash register on the left when entering the lobby.

Grisly diner
Fo3 US Army 30 HFR grisly diner
In the bus to the north.

Jury Street Metro station
US Army HFR trailer southeast Calverton
In a truck located at the mid-point between Jury Street Metro station and the VAPL-84 power station, just southeast of the unmarked Calverton church.

L'Enfant Plaza
US Army Handy Flamethrower Recipes LEnfant
East of L'Enfant Plaza, the book is in a small camp in a northern corner underneath a partially-collapsed overpass.

Little Lamplight
Murder Pass US Army Handy Flamethrower Recipes
In Murder Pass, in the southwesternmost tunnel.

National Guard depot
Fo3 MIRV HFR mini nukes NGD
In the armory, next to the Experimental MIRV.

Nuka-Cola plant
US Army HFR Dot's Diner
To the north on a table in a Dot's Diner.

Reclining Groves Resort Homes
US Army 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes Reclining Groves Resort Homes
On top of a ridge to the north-northeast, directly northeast of the barn with the scavenger's key, on the ground beside a dead mercenary and a dead wasteland settler with bloatflies buzzing around them.

Red Racer factory
USA 30 HFR Raider shop
In a nearby raider shop, located in a dead-end alley to the east. It is at the foot of the bed.

Scrapyard
JohnsTreasureBoxLocation
In an ammunition container in the burned out bus near the red railroad car northwest of the building that is north of the office (not the same red car where Dogmeat is found). The key from the random encounter "More Than Just Scrap" can be used, or the lock simply picked (Hard).

Takoma Industrial
US Army HFR Takoma Motor auto shop
In the auto shop by Takoma Industrial; watch out for the behemoth right outside.

The Capitol Building
US Army HFR Capitol Building
In the Capitol Building west entrance, on a table in the dome, where the super mutant behemoth is; this one is likely to have been knocked off in the firefight.

VAPL-58 power station
FO3 U.S
On the roof, by the BB gun.

Wheaton Armory
US Army Handy Flamethrower Recipes Wheaton Armory
In a room full of weapons on the bottom floor behind a door (Very Hard) or terminal (Very Hard).

Notes[]

  • Due to a bug, it is possible to obtain infinite copies of the book from a raider in the Bethesda east offices who respawns every 72 in-game hours.
  • An image of this book is copied onto a slide for the Vault Dweller's Survival Guide. The slide's identifying number is VDSG Plate #619-58.
  • It is likely that "recipes" is an analogy to combat tactics involving the flamer, presented in a humorous format of a cookbook.
  • This is the only skill book unique to Fallout 3, as it is not present in earlier games and does not return in Fallout: New Vegas, due to the Big Guns skill being collapsed into Guns, Energy Weapons and Explosives, as well as being replaced by Survival. Nonetheless, the item itself is still present in the resources of Fallout: New Vegas, but is not placed anywhere in-game.
    • If a player is able to acquire a copy of U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes in Fallout: New Vegas and uses it, they will be informed that "Big Guns has been increased by 3" (or 4 with the Comprehension perk). However, this does not actually increase the stats of any weapons in the game.

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