Pre-War Book
From The Vault
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A Pre-War Book is a book that has not been destroyed. It is a fairly rare item, desired by the Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel. Specifically, the Brotherhood Scribe Yearling, located within the Arlington Library, will reward you with 10 XP and 100 bottle caps per book for contributing these to their archives. See Yearning for Learning.
[edit] Note
Crazy Wolfgang and a few other vendors may sell "false" Pre-War Books. Once you fully invest in his inventory, Wolfgang will begin to carry them. Books that can be turned in have a value of 1, a green cover, and show a special "Book" icon, while Wolfgang's books have a value of 5, a blue cover, and appear with the "Junk" icon in your inventory. These "false" Pre-War Books can be found throughout the wasteland and Point Lookout as well.
Carrying more than 99 pre-war books and telling Scribe Yearling 'just take all the books I have' will cause her to take only 99 books, yet give you caps and xp for all the books you carry. For example, carrying 110 pre-war books and giving them all to the scribe leaves you with 1100 xp, 11000 caps and 11 books left.
Books found in the Point Lookout expansion may not register with Scribe Yearling, causing her to say "You have no such thing". Viewing them in your inventory will show the junk icon, not the stack of books. [Confirmed PC + Xbox 360. See above "false" pre-war books.]
[edit] Locations
G.E.C.K. shows that there are 111 Pre-War Books ("BookGeneric01") in the game, more are added with add-ons. The links below often tell you where to find them:
| Location | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Arms | 1 | |
| Arlington Library | 10 | 3 in the Lobby, 5 in the Children's Wing, and 2 in the media archives |
| Anchorage War Memorial | 3 | 3 in the utility room |
| Bethesda Ruins | 2 | Only room on the second floor of the Bethesda Offices West, on top of the filing cabinets to the west. |
| Chryslus Building | 1 | Room above the building basement doorway |
| Cliffside Cavern | 1 | Towards the northwest chamber inside of a tent on a small round table. You will also find a Mini Nuke in the same tent. When you see the Raider with the Missile Launcher you'll know you're in the right place. |
| Clifftop Shacks | 1 | Abandoned shack |
| Dupont Circle | 1 | On a bookcase in an abandoned house guarded by Raiders. Northwest of Dupont East and South of Dupont Northeast. |
| Farragut West Station | 3 | Inside an Average locked storeroom near the Tenleytown/Friendship Station exit |
| Fort Constantine | 3 | 2 in CO Quarters, 1 elsewhere |
| Franklin Metro Utility | 3 | 2 in one zone, 1 in another |
| Germantown Police HQ | 1 | in the cell block next to the computer where Red is locked up |
| Hubris Comics | 2 | |
| Lighthouse | 2 | 2 can be found on the same desk in a side room of the corridor in Professor Calvert's Lab. Only added with the Point Lookout DLC. |
| L.O.B. Enterprises | 2 | East wing |
| Mama Dolce's | 2 | Located on the highest floor on a desk in a room with a Nuka-Cola vending machine, first aid box and an active terminal. |
| Megaton - Billy Creel's house | 4 | Inside the house (must be stolen) |
| Minefield | 9 | Inside the houses. |
| National Guard Depot | 6 | 1 in one zone, 2 in another, 3 in a third |
| Oasis | 1 | After entering the Sunken Chambers, walk until you can turn left, do so, and continue forward until you reach a table with a blue trunk on the ground to the right. The book in on the top of the trunk next to a box of Darts. |
| Our Lady of Hope Hospital | 1 | On the western curved counter in the large waiting room area |
| 1 | Slave house, on a table. | |
| Republic of Dave - Museum of Dave | 2 | Must be stolen |
| RobCo Facility | 3 | One in the shelves behind reception desk, one around the computers in the control room (near the Big Book of Science), and one in the mainframe room. |
| Roosevelt Academy | 1 | Scavenger's half-destroyed house, one square West of Fort Bannister. It is on a table along with a Sawed-Off Shotgun and ammo. |
| Sewer Waystation | 2 | In a room in which you are attacked by a Ghoul (Gallo), the books are next to the bed. |
| Signal Alpha Lima | 1 | Near Broadcast Tower KB5 |
| Signal Oscar Tango | 1 | South of the Jury Street Metro Station |
| Signal Oscar Zulu | 1 | Southeast of Relay Tower KX-B8-11 |
| Signal Papa November | 1 | West of the Charnel House |
| Signal Sierra Romeo | 2 | North of Little Lamplight |
| Sniper Shack | 1 | Abandoned Shack west of Rockbreaker's Last Gas. On the table to the left of the locker that contains the Victory Rifle. |
| Temple of the Union | 1 | Caleb's bed |
| Tenpenny Tower | 1 | Purchased from Lydia Montenegro. *Note: It seems that Lydia sells pre-war books indefinitely {PC version} when stopping by at wide intervals after her stock resets. However, usually they are the "Junk" versions. |
| Tepid Sewer | 2 | One in the locked storage room (opened via a terminal or Rocksalt's key) underneath some other books in a box, and one in the raider's sleeping quarters on top of the bookshelves. |
| The National Archives | 5 | In the basement |
| Vault 92 | 5 | Scattered around. |
| Yao Guai Tunnels | 1 |
On the table by the entrance |
