Wasteland Survival Guide (Fallout 4)

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Wasteland Survival Guide is a perk magazine in Fallout 4.

Characteristics

Similar to Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor, The Wasteland Survival Guide is a post-War edition magazine series, written and illustrated with crude pen drawings.

Effects

Reading an issue of this comic will grant a variant of the Wasteland Survival perk, (except for two) focusing on increasing survival efficiency with a specific topic.

Magazine issues

There are 9 issues in total.

Issue #	Name	Perk	Location	Specific	BaseID
#1	Farming The Wastes	Heal +50% more from fruits and vegetables.	Wreck of the USS Riptide	Inside the ship, on a table, under the bridge on the water’s level.	0008E75E
#2	Insect Repellent Special	Permanently take 5% less damage from insects.	Crater house	Western side of the crater, on the table, lower level of a stilt shack with a lantern and caps stash on a table.	00135F0A
#3	The Bright Side of Radiation Poisoning	Permanently heal +50% from irradiated packaged food and drink.	Egret Tours Marina	On the counter of the diner and coolant recharge station.	00135F0D
#4	The Scrapyard Home Decoration Guide	Permanently unlock new decoration (two lawn flamingos) in workshop settlements (this perk won't be shown in your perk-list of your Pip-Boy).	Lynn Woods	On the sleeping bag, inside the main shack with the steamer trunk.	00135F0E
#5	Guide To Diamond City	Diamond City is now permanently marked on your map. (This perk won't be shown in your perk-list of your Pip-Boy).	Gorski cabin	In the underground bunker (root cellar found on the floor in the cabin), follow the hallway all the way to the end, by the journal terminal, on a metal desk.	00185CBA
#6	Commonwealth Coupon Spectacular	Permanently gain +10% discount from food and drink vendors.	Nahant Oceanological Society	On the metal desk with the typewriter, entrance room area, ground floor (it is not in the laboratory building).	00185CBD
#7	Water Aerobics for Ghouls	Permanently swim 25% faster.	Old Gullet sinkhole	On a concrete block inside the sinkhole, by the cooking pot station.	00185CC4
#8	Self Defense Secrets	Permanently take 5% less damage from melee attacks.	Ranger cabin	On the sideboard table in the cabin.	00185CCA
#9	Hunting in the Wastes	Permanently collect more meat from animal kills.	Sunshine Tidings co-op	In the locked cabin near the silos, on the floor near a mattress and steamer trunk.	00185CD8

Notes

The #5 issue of the magazine is virtually useless, since Diamond City gets marked on your map very early on by 'Mama' Murphy, and gives no additional benefits.

Behind the scenes

The Wasteland Survival Guide is a carryover based on the book of the same name from Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. It was originally written by Moira Brown with the help of the Lone Wanderer.