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Arlington Library

Comprehensive Fallout 3 guide to Arlington Library, detailing every book, item, and enemy encounter. Includes walkthroughs for the Car Dealership, Red Racer Factory, and Nuka-Cola Plant.

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Comprehensive Fallout 3 guide to Arlington Library, detailing every book, item, and enemy encounter. Includes walkthroughs for the Car Dealership, Red Racer Factory, and Nuka-Cola Plant.

Walkthrough
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    Car Dealership: From the Sewer Waystation, head west, climb a collapsed fence, and follow the road south. Ascend a hill to reach an elevated road. Follow it west, then south down another road past the first building. Continue uphill as it curves southwest to an intersection with a blue and green car. Follow the road west towards a water tower. The car dealership is across the street. Inside, jump on the eastern car, then the raised platform east of it. On a generator, find U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes and an Empty Soda Bottle.
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    Three-Book Scavenger Bridge: Return east to the intersection with the two cars. Continue east past the cars to a bridge with a chain fence. A Scavenger and their dogs are present. In the Scavenger’s shack, find Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual, Duck and Cover!, and Grognak the Barbarian on a shelf. Steal them and cross the bridge east.
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    Red Racer Factory: From the bridge, turn south, crawl over rubble, and walk along a sidewalk beside a building and the highway. Continue south until a road appears. Follow it west towards the Red Racer Factory, identified by a large red tricycle sign. On the southern side of the building, find Grognak the Barbarian in an overturned truck bed, along with radioactive barrels. Enter the factory.
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    Feral Ghouls in the Factory: Enter the northern door to find a room with a conveyor belt and a large tricycle with a Teddy Bear. Go west around the conveyor belt machine to metal drums. Jump on them to reach the top of the conveyor belt machine housing. Find Dean’s Electronics near a toolbox. In the eastern part of the factory, in a room north of the easternmost protruding room, find D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine against the eastern wall. Reach this ledge by jumping from the railing above. Tools (Sledgehammer, Wrench, Hammer, step ladder) are on this ledge. The book is under a bucket between machinery, near a toolbox. Head to the upper levels and then to the CEO Offices. Be prepared for Feral Ghoul Reavers.
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    Surgeon Slaying: In the first room on the right, use the Chip Broadcast Terminal [Average] to learn about exploding heads. Across the hallway, find another door [Average] with ammo boxes and Nikola Tesla and You on a shelf. Continue west, killing Super Mutants. To the south are bathrooms; to the north is a storage room with a computer [Average]. Read notes to learn about a Surgeon experimenting on Ghouls and Super Mutants. Return to the room with stairs and go up to find the Surgeon. Kill the Surgeon, take the Surgeon’s key and The Surgeon’s Lab Coat. Use the Surgeon’s Key on the wall safe and floor safe. In Stefan’s cell, find a Nuka-Cola Quantum.
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    A Raider, His Dogs, and His Heavy Weapons: Exit the Red Racer Factory and head east up a ramp. Continue east between two buildings to a Raider camp with a Raider and Raider Guard Dogs. Kill them. Near ammo boxes by a bed, find U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes. On a nearby counter, find Guns and Bullets.
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    The Truck…: Head west to a four-way intersection near the Red Racer Factory and follow a road south. It curves and rises to an overpass. Continue west until a truck is spotted. In the back of the truck, find metal boxes and Dean’s Electronics on a footlocker.
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    The Scavenger Shack…: Head north-northwest from the truck to a ruined building behind a fence. In a blue shelter up a ramp, find Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor near a bed.
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    …And the Diner: Return to the truck and follow the road east to a small parking lot with cars. Cross the parking lot north and ascend stairs to a Diner. Behind the counter, find U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes on a table.
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    Nuka-Cola Plant: From the Diner, head east onto the highway. Follow the highway south until the Nuka-Cola Plant is reached, identified by a Nuka-Cola fountain.
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    Nukalurk!: In the first room, go to the counter and look up at a hole in the ceiling. Search the filing cabinet to find Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual. Head east to a room with refrigerators. On the L-shaped counter, find Dean’s Electronics. North of this room is a locked door [Very Hard]. Head west to a small looted room, then east. Research terminals detail Nuka-Cola Quantum creation. A wall safe is present but locked. Head north into a factory room, then north again to find a Nukalurk. Continue to a door leading to the Storage and Mixing Vats.
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    Through the Glowing Blue Water…: Around a corner, dispatch Nukalurks. On a counter, find a Laser Pistol, Energy Cells, and a terminal [Very Easy] to activate a Protectron. Pulse Grenades are on a metal shelf. Descend stairs into bright blue water, entering a large room with many Nukalurks. Ascend the second flight of stairs and jump north. Head east up stairs to reach the Offices.
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    Winger Mercier’s Mission: Encounter Radroaches. Find Big Book of Science and Lying, Congressional Style.
Tips
  • Feral Ghoul Reavers are powerful enemies; consider sneak attack criticals.
  • Pulse Grenades are effective against Robots but do little damage to living creatures.
  • The Scavenger on the bridge barters and repairs items.

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