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A mailbox or mail dropbox is a type of container in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
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 4 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 seem to be used as garbage cans. They contain minor loot, generally cherry bombs.
As a comprehensive list of every mailbox in Fallout 3 would be unrealistic at this point, it would be safe to assume that where a pre-War home or the remains of one is there will be a mailbox nearby. One noteworthy example would be the houses in Springvale.
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The standard mailbox may contain junk items, and possibly a Letter from Vault-Tec denying the household's residency in a Vault. They may even contain weak weapons, like brass or spiked knuckles. Mail dropboxes will often contain Cherry bombs, random junk items and/or weaker melee weapons, like switchblades.
Notable lootEdit
Fallout 3Edit
- A frag grenade is in a mailbox by house number 1 in Springvale.
- A Guns and Bullets is in a mailbox near the crashed Nuka-Cola truck near Old Olney.
- A Pugilism Illustrated is in the mail box on the corner near the parked blue car, in Springvale.
- Occasionally rolling pins can be found.
Fallout: New VegasEdit
- Bobby pins (x2) are found in a small town located by the Gun Runners.
- Various skill magazines are located in all towns that have mailboxes.
TrapsEdit
There are some mailboxes that are rigged to explode when you step near them.
- Near the raid shack.
- One outside of Charnel House.
- And another in front of Kaelyn's Bed & Breakfast.
NotesEdit
- 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.
AppearancesEdit
Mailboxes appear in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.