Fallout/Items

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Listed below are the various types of items you will be able to find in Fallout.

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[edit] Gadgets

ItemSelling priceUseFirst seen
Rope$25In Vault 15, you will need it to descend down the elevator shafts. In the Glow, you'll need to attach the rope to the beam and descend down the crater.Shady Sands has one in one of the houses in the farm. You can also buy one from Seth.
Tool$200 Use it whenever you are repairing things to get an increase of 25% to the 'Repair' skill. You start out with one if you have enough repair skill. Killian has one in his store.
Lockpicks$150 Use it whenever you are picking conventional locks for an increase to the 'Lockpick' skill. You start out with them, or you can get them from the fridge in the Raiders base.
Electronic Lockpicks$375 Use it whenever you are picking electronic locks for an increase in the 'Lockpick' skill. You must give the necklace that Hightower owns to Loxley. He'll send you to Jasmine, who will give you a set of electronic lockpicks.
Radio$350 Use it to draw off the mutants in the military base, and it can also be used to remotely toggle the computer in the base. I traded some caps and flares for it from Lars at Junktown.
Flares$35 Twist the cap and drop the flare for an increase in brightness in an area. Not too great. You start out with them.
Dynamite$500 Set the timer and the explosives will blow. Good for destroying forcefields, disabling locks on locked doors, and killing immobile foes (i.e, Master).Vault 15 lockers, third floor
Plastic Explosives$850 Same as Dynamite, but a bit more powerful. Tyne sells it. He is a merchant in Adytum; to get to his store, head on to the left and enter the small shack and descend down the ladder. Or if you've visited the Military Base, some pieces are in a locker in the fourth floor.
First Aid Kit$200 Increases 'First Aid' skill if you use this item. You start out with one.
Doctor's Bag$300 Increases 'Doctor' skill if you use this item. There is one in Razlo's bookcase.
Motion Sensor for Pip-Boy$800 Lets you see all of the critters on the Pip-Boy automap. Random encounter (police box) or buy from the Hub.
Geiger Counter$650 Lets you see how much radiation is in your system. Killian has one.
Stealth-Boy$1800 Makes you slightly invisible and increases chances using the 'Sneak' skill. Random encounter (footprint) or kill the Nightkin at the Cathedral.
Vats Control Computer Key$40 Operates the Vats Control Computer at the Military Base. The Cathedral tech standing by the Vats Control Computer has one.
Military Base Key$25 Arms the nuclear bomb at the Cathedral. It's in the locker where the lieutenant is nearby.
Tape Recorder$80 Records Gizmo's confession for Killian so that he has evidence to kill him.
Wire Tap (Bug)$50You can plant it on Gizmo's desk to give Killian the evidenceHe needs to kill Gizmo.
Backpacks, BagsLess than $100 It holds items. It's there to better organize your inventory at the expense of carrying weight.???
Systolic Motivator$150 It's required to repair the Power Armor suit on Level 3 of the Brotherhood of Steel.???
Psychic Nullifier$1000Use it to "nullify" the Master's psychic attacks.???

[edit] Holodisks

Holodisks can sell for an average of $100 and can be read with the Pip-Boy. They give out information on various subjects.

Here is a list of various holodiscs
Holodisk nameSelling priceUseFirst seen
Vault Locations100Contains information on specific subject.Mrs. Stapleton has this disc.
Mutant transmissions100Contains information on specific subject.The dying mutant has this disc.
Ancient Brotherhood tape100Contains information on specific subject.The dead paladin has one in the Glow.
Alpha/Delta/other holodiscs100Contains information on specific subject.Get them from the Glow.
Mutant autopsies100Contains information on specific subject.Vree has this disc. She has two copies of it.
Brotherhood history100Contains information on specific subject.Sophia has this disc.
Maxson's Log100Contains information on specific subject.Maxson has this disc.
Combination key for Military Base100Contains information on specific subject.The nightkin watching the entrance to the Military Base has it.
Zimmerman's son's death100Contains information on specific subject.Razor has this holodisc.

[edit] Keys

Most of the keys are a type of key card instead of a traditional metal key.

ItemSelling priceUseFirst seen
Yellow Key Card40Open the elevators at the Glow.Level 1, Brotherhood soldier
Red Key Card10Open the elevators at the Glow. Level 2, dead soldier with remains of a radioactive rat.
Blue Key Card10Open the elevators at the Glow. Level 4, only dead body
Red Pass Key12Open the locked doors on the first floor of the Cathedral.Lasher has one. You can barter them from Ton and Sister Francis.
Black Pass Key400Open the locked doors on the first floor of the Cathedral.Morpheus has one.

[edit] Books

ItemSelling priceUseFirst seen
Scout Handbook200Increases Outdoors up to 91%.Shady Sands
First Aid175Increases First Aid up to 91%.Shady Sands
Guns and Bullets425Increases Small Guns up to 91%.Gizmo's bookcase
Dean's Electronics130Increases Repair up to 91%.Hub
Big Book of Science400Increases Science up to 91%.Hub

[edit] Useless items

NameEffectCan be soldSelling price
BeerLose one perception. No N/A
BoozeLose one perception. No N/A
Nuke-A-ColaYou can become addicted to it. No N/A
Lighterunknown Yes???
Box of Noodles Yes???
TV Dinner Yes???
Cat's Paw Magazine / You Have No Idea Yes???
T-51b Repair ManualIt's in the locked storage room at the Brotherhood. No N/A
Flowerunknown Yes???
Keys in Killian's storeEffect unknown. No N/A