A mailbox or mail dropbox is a type of container in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics[]
The term mailbox refers to the many bent and rusted postal storage vessels littering the wasteland. The mail dropbox is blue, metal, and stands on four raised legs, while the standard mailbox is small, rust-brown, and sits on a pole. These were used by the pre-War postal service but now hold miscellaneous items. They contain minor loot, including cherry bombs.
As a comprehensive list of every mailbox in Fallout 3 would be unrealistic, but they can be found in the general area of pre-War homes or the remains of one, such as in Springvale or Nipton.
Contents[]
The standard mailbox may contain junk items, or even a letter from Vault-Tec denying the household's residency in a vault. They may contain various weapons, like brass or spiked knuckles. Mail dropboxes will often contain cherry bombs, random junk items, or weaker melee weapons, like switchblades.
Notable loot[]
Fallout 3[]
- 1-3 frag grenades and some Psycho is in a mail dropbox by house number 1 in Springvale.
- A copy of Guns and Bullets is in a mailbox near the crashed Nuka-Cola truck near Old Olney.
- A copy of Pugilism Illustrated is in the mailbox on the corner near the parked blue car, in Springvale.
- Occasionally rolling pins can be found in mailboxes.
Fallout: New Vegas[]
- Various skill magazines are located in all towns that have mailboxes.
- Mailboxes will often respawn new content after several days, sometimes producing new skill magazines.
Traps[]
There are some mailboxes that are rigged to explode when one steps near them.
- Near the raid shack.
- One outside of Charnel House.
- And another in front of Kaelyn's Bed & Breakfast.
Notes[]
- The Scrounger and Fortune Finder perks will increase the chance of finding ammunition and caps in mailboxes.
- Outside a home in Springvale a letter from Vault-Tec can be found, and it is addressed to the Gomez family.
Appearances[]
Mailboxes appear in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.