Fallout: New Vegas Skill Books Guide

So many skills, so few skill points. Fallout: New Vegas is all about hard choices, and the distribution of skill points when you level up is certainly one of them.

Thankfully, there are a number of skill books scattered around the game world, which you can use to pump up previously neglected stats. Look below for our complete list, organized by book.

Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor (Barter)

• Vault 22 – Pest Control: head north of the steps from the elevator, into the lab room. On the table with bubbling vials.
• Allied Technologies Offices: In the room to the west of the entrance room, in the Southwest Corner.
• Cap Counterfeiting Shack: On the suitcase by the bed, in the back room of the cellar.
• Primm: Inside the Bison Steve Casino, on the floor behind the gift shop counter.
• Marked Men Supply Outpost Basement (Lonesome Road): On a counter, next to a big pile of gorey human remains.
• Salida del Sol (Dead Money): On a wooden shelf, under the Sierra Madre Host Services Network terminal.

Nikola Tesla and You (Energy Weapons)

• REPCONN HQ: Inside the locked shipping room with the collapse ceiling. On top of a safe on the floor, in the corner.
• REPCONN HQ: On the second floor, in the northeast server room, on the table with the terminal in the far corner.
• Hidden Valley: In the white plastic bin by the desk in Schuler’s office, in Bunker L1.
• Old Nuclear Test Site: On the small table opposite the entrance, inside the irradiated shack.
• Hopeville Missile Base HQ (Lonesome Road): On the bottom rung of a wooden shelf to the right of the entrance, under a burned book.

Duck and Cover! (Explosives)

• Nellis AFB: Inside Mother Pearl’s barracks, on the bookshelf.
• Sloan: Inside the small barracks shack, next to the trailer, on the left locker shelf, near the bunk beds.
• Mojave Outpost: Inside the bar and barracks building, on the bottom shelf, in the middle below the bar counter.
• Ranger Station Foxtrot: Inside the tent.
• Collapsed Overpass Tunnel (Lonesome Road): Inside a metal box with a teddy bear, next to a toolbox.
• Salida del Sol (Dead Money): Under a bed in Dean Domino’s room. * Please note: As the GECK shows it is stuck between the bed and some debris, the book may not be reachable.*

Guns and Bullets (Guns)

• Gomorrah: In the Zoara Club, on the first low bookshelf, to the left of Big Sal’s office.
• Raul’s Shack: IN the small wooden crate on the floor, at the foot of the metal shelves, to the left of the entrance.
• Vault 34: On the small metal table between the sofas by the pool table, in the Armory Common room. Follow the sign after descending.
• Nevada Highway Patrol Station: In the first room you come to after the entrance, on a desk near the door that leads to the cells.
• Hopeville Armory (Lonesome Road): Under a metal desk with a typewriter on it, by a single bed.
• Sierra Madre Casino (Dead Money): On the floor behind the hologram cashier’s desk.

Tumblers Today (Lockpick)

• Silver Peak Mine: Inside the shack, behind the two small tables, on the bottom of an open locker, to the right of the entrance.
• Bitter Springs Recreation Area: Inside the office shack to the west, on the desk in the smaller of the two rooms.
• The Prospector’s Den: Inside the cave system, in the subterranean section, in the barracks room, on the floor in the far right corner.
• Wolfhorn Ranch: Inside the farmhouse, under the door-less refrigerator.
• Hopeville Men’s Barracks (Lonesome Road): Under an upturned wooden crate in the restroom.
• Sierra Madre Casino (Dead Money): On top of a metal tool cabinet, in one of the third-floor offices with an Mk I Auto-Doc.

D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine (Medicine)

• Follower’s Safehouse: On the bedside table shelf, in the second room.
• Mesquite Mountains Crater: Inside Hell’s Motel, below the globe with the hat on it, on the table with the Repair Kit and Radio.
• HELIOS One: On the bed with the pillow, in the room with the Holotape password, on the very top floor — cross the planks to get there.
• Novac: In the middle of the queen-sized bed, inside Ranger Andy’s motel bungalow.
• Buried Buildings (Lonesome Road): Under a static hotel desk, next to a queen bed.
• Villa Clinic Basement (Dead Money): On a metal tool cabinet, next to a workbench.

Grognak the Barbarian (Melee Weapons)

• Jacobstown: On the floor next to the cooker, inside the eastern bungalow, near the pond.
• Cannibal Johnson’s Cave: On the sleeping mattress near the ham radio, close to the campfire.
• Hidden Supply Cave: On one of the cave’s large metal crates.
• Cottonwood Cave: Inside the Headquarters building, on the upper floor, on the bedside table’s shelf.
• Hopeville Women’s Barracks (Lonesome Road): On a wooden end table in the restroom, under a burned book.
• Villa Police Station Basement (Dead Money): On the floor next to some filing cabinets, in one of the storage rooms.

Dean’s Electronics (Repair)

• Nellis Air Force Base: Inside Loyal’s workshop shed, on the long metal counter.
• Sloan: Inside the barracks, on the shelf between the Dino Toy and the Radio.
• Southern Nevada Wind Farm: Inside the shack, on the table with the clipboard.
• Abandoned BoS Bunker: On the metal sill, opposite the Reloading Bench, inside the office area.
• Hopeville Missile Silo (Lonesome Road): Near an overturned metal desk and a large metal plank.
• Puesta del Sol Switching Station (Dead Money): On the floor next to a corpse and a Sierra Madre Audio Subsystem terminal.

Big Book of Science (Science)

• Brewer’s Beer Bootlegging: In the basement of the shack, on the table with the chemistry equipment.
• REPCONN Headquarters: Inside the HQ, on a shelf in the Gift Shop store-room.
• Nipton: On the mayor’s desk, on the top floor of the town hall.
• Camp Forlorn Hope: Inside Major Polati’s tent, on the desk in the far right corner.
• Ashton Missile Silo (Lonesome Road): In a corner, on a rubble pile next to burning debris.
• Y-0 Research Center (Old World Blues): On the ground next to a skeleton and a duffle bag.
• Sierra Madre Casino Executive Suites (Dead Money): On a wooden bookcase in a lounge room, among many pre-war books.

Chinese Army: Spec. Ops Training Manual (Sneak)

• NCR Sharecropper Farms: In the ranch house near the four fertilizer hoppers, by the corner desk.
• Vault 3: On the low bookcase, inside the executive dorm.
• Goodsprings: Under a book in the low bookcase, inside the ranch house just east of the schoolhouse.
• Camp Searchlight: In the east chapel, inside the Gecko-filled basement, on the stone floor, at the foot of the metal shelves.
• Sunstone Tower (Lonesome Road): On a wooden shelf at the end of a hallway, among debris and abandoned couches. * Please note: As the GECK shows the shelf is turned away from the player and flush against the wall, the book may not be reachable.*
• X-13 Testing Facility (Old World Blues): On the ground next to the mannequins displaying stealth armor.
• Puesta del Sol Switching Station (Dead Money): On the edge of the utility catwalk platform.

Lying, Congressional Style (Speech)

• Brooks Tumbleweed Ranch: On an open locker shelf, in the upstairs room with the chessboard.
• Cerulean Robotics: On the floor among the desks in the office.
• NCR Correctional Facility: In the Administration Building, on the desk in the darkened room opposite Eddie’s room.
• Lucky Jim Mine: Inside the shack, below the Varmint rifle, to the right of the empty fridges.
• The Divide (Lonesome Road): In an open-air destroyed office, on the floor between a metal desk and some filing cabinets.
• The Tampico (Dead Money): On a metal shelf next to a blocked-off door.

Wasteland Survival Guide (Survival)

• Scavenger Platform: On the Northern Platform section, among the other books by the fallen metal shelf.
• Lone Wolf Radio: Inside the radio trailer, near the Scrap Electronics and mattress.
• Mesquite Mountains Campsite: Inside the westernmost tent, behind the rolled-up bedding.
• Matthews Animal Husbandry Farm: Top balcony of the northern barn, near the barrel.
• Waste Disposal Station (Lonesome Road): Among the many radioactive barrels, next to a skeleton resting on top of one.

Pugilism Illustrated (Unarmed)

• The Tops Casino: On a small table near the pool tables, in the Presidential Suite.
• Fisherman’s Pride Shack: On the bedside table inside the shack.
• Nipton Road Rest-stop: Inside the store marked “Lester,” on one of the wooden bookcase shelves.
• Vault 11: Inside the living quarters, in Female Dorm #1, by the fallen dresser.
• Wastewater Treatment Plant (Lonesome Road): In a corner, behind several rusted lockers by a blocked door.
• Sierra Madre (Dead Money): On the ground, next to the fountain.

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