A red plate is a miscellaneous item in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics
In Fallout 3, it is only useful as Rock-It Launcher ammunition. Because of its weight, it is less desirable than other items which weigh less (or nothing) and is therefore almost completely useless.
Locations
It is commonly found in kitchens throughout the wastes, though not as common as regular white plates.
Fallout 3
- 16 in Fort Constantine's personnel offices
- 11 in Vault 101's lower level, during the birthday party
25 in The Pitt's abandoned apartments
Fallout: New Vegas
- 5 are found in the REPCONN headquarters store.
Notes
- In Nipton, there is a red plate which is much bigger than normal plates. It is in the white colored house in the center of the town, on a table with food on it.
- In Old World Blues, red plates can be given to Muggy and broken down into their base components (fifty units of pistol powder).
Behind the scenes
The general appearance and relative rarity of the red plate may be a reference to the Fiestaware red plate, a ceramic plate produced in the mid-1900s which was notable for emitting a large (but generally harmless) amount of radiation from its brilliant red uranium-rich glaze.
Gallery
The larger version of the plate in Nipton