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The Bethesda ruins are located northwest of Washington, D.C. It is inhabited by raiders and ghouls, and is divided into three sections: Bethesda offices west, Bethesda offices east and Bethesda underworks.
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Background
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Prior to the Great War of 2077, Bethesda was a major town in the DC area. There was metro and city liner services for this city, and north of Bethesda is an old monorail train. As the west-east highway ends in the city, another highway traveling north passes through the area. The city has a local park, named after the largest employer in this city, where baseball was regularly played.
LayoutEdit
ExteriorEdit
The raiders have barricaded most of the streets leading to the ruins with crudely constructed structures and derelict vehicles. There are also some mines in a small, grassy area to the south, next to Bethesda offices east.
In between the two office buildings is a walkway connecting them with a raider carrying a sniper rifle near two ammunition boxes containing a random amount of .308 caliber rounds. Further east (roughly east by southeast) is the metro entrance to Bethesda underworks.
West of the entrance to the Bethesda offices west, at the Red Rocket gas station in the outskirts, there is a random encounter location.
Bethesda offices westEdit
Mostly reception and office space, Bethesda offices west is home to a considerable number of raiders. The cramped confines of the building render most hard-hitting long-range weapons ineffective, as they become unwieldy when turning corners and investigating small rooms.
In the reception area there are two raiders and a Mark VII automated turret in the center of the room. On the semi-circular desk next to the turret terminal lies a Big Book of Science. Upstairs, at least three shotgun traps, activated by the same pressure plate, and aimed at the same place, as well as two grenade bouquets, are located in this building. The Lone Wanderer may encounter a raider with a flamer sleeping in the bed within this room.
Bethesda offices eastEdit
Much of the east building is made up of small offices, with more cramped fighting conditions as a result. Extensive damage to the building also includes large gaps and holes in the floor, making fighting on the upper floor treacherous in places. In the small room with two cubicles, the Lone Wanderer can find a Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual laying on top of the desk in the left cubicle. There is a raider here, armed with a flamer and carrying a U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes skill book in their inventory, as well as the Bobblehead - Lockpick behind them. The raider respawns after 72 game-hours.[1]
Bethesda underworksEdit
Please refer to Bethesda underworks for the metro area underneath the area.
Notable lootEdit
Bethesda offices westEdit
- Big Book of Science on the first floor on the reception desk, near the turret control console.
- A Stealth Boy on the same floor to the east, in a crate near the drinking fountain.
- Two pre-War books on top of a filing cabinet on the second floor.
- Dean's Electronics on the top floor, in the room with the rigged shotguns, in a crate sitting on a desk, hidden under a steam gauge assembly and other miscellaneous items.
- A Stealth Boy in the same room, on the shelf next to the door by the fridge.
- A mini nuke in that same top-floor room, under some crates next to an open freezer with body parts in it.
Bethesda offices eastEdit
- Bobblehead - Lockpick is located on a desk next to the turret control terminal (second level, southwest corner of the room with the turret) next to a wall safe (easy).
- Chinese Army: Special Op Training Manual in the first cubicle to the left on the second floor, on a desk next to two missiles and a typewriter.
- Mini nuke near the exit to the connecting bridge, on a filing cabinet in a pile of rubble from a collapsed ceiling.
- U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes held by a raider wielding a flamer.
Bethesda offices exteriorEdit
- See raid shack
NotesEdit
- In Bethesda offices west, in the room with the shotgun trap, there is a refrigerator filled with chopped up wastelander body parts. A chopping board and bucket nearby are filled with meat. This implies that the Bethesda raiders are cannibals, eating wastelanders unfortunate enough to encounter them.
- If the Lone Wanderer accesses the sewers, ghouls may spawn above ground in the ruins, leading to a fight between them and raiders.
AppearancesEdit
Bethesda ruins appears only in Fallout 3.
Behind the scenesEdit
Bethesda Softworks was founded in Bethesda, Maryland in 1986. The offices were moved to Rockville, Maryland in 1990.
BugsEdit
- All the ghouls in the underworks may spawn right outside of the tunnel entrance, remaining inactive unless the player engages them. [verified]
- If running the map marker on the Bethesda Ruins, it will lead southeast of the Bethesda Ruins, instead of going there directly. [verified]
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