Duck and Cover! (Fallout: New Vegas)

For an overview of this item's appearances in the Fallout series of games, see Duck and Cover!.

Duck and Cover! is a skill book in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics

Reading this book permanently increases the player's Explosives skill by 3 points (4 with Comprehension).

With the add-on Old World Blues, this skill book can be crafted by the player.

Name	Requirements	Components
1 Duck and Cover!	Workbench Recipes - Explosives skill book	25 blank books 2 wonderglues

Note: the recipe is consumed as part of the crafting process - meaning only one book can be crafted.

Other than being crafted, the skill book can be found in the following locations.

Closest map marker	Location description
Collapsed Overpass Tunnel	Just south of the exit to The High Road, behind some sand bags, the book is in a crate hiding underneath a teddy bear.
Mojave Outpost	Inside the Mojave Outpost barracks, on the bottom shelf, in the middle, below the bar counter. It must be stolen, but can be bought if caught.
Nellis Air Force Base	Among the books on the shelf, above the grenade rifle, inside Pearl's Barracks (must be stolen).
Ranger Station Foxtrot	On the table next to Comm Officer Lenk. On the PC version with patch 1.2 there are two books, one on top of the other.
Residential District	Is stuck underneath the bed in the same room where you first meet Dean Domino. The book is only obtainable by using explosives and dropping throwing spears to force the book out.
Sloan	Inside Worker Barracks, back left shelf under a first aid box. (Must be stolen). A Dean's Electronics can be found here as well, but it too must be stolen.

Occasionally the book at Ranger Station Foxtrot won't spawn. If this occurs reload from a previous save, or restart the console and load a previous save. It is also possible for 2 skill books to spawn at this location. ^{[platforms tag needed]}