Pre-War Book (Fallout 3)

A pre-War book is a book that has not been destroyed, burned, or otherwise rendered unreadable. It is a fairly rare miscellaneous item.

Characteristics
Pre-War books in the Capital Wasteland come in two different versions, green and rare blue. Aside from use as Rock-It Launcher ammunition, the green books are desired by the Brotherhood of Steel. Specifically, the Brotherhood Scribe Yearling, located within the Arlington Library, who will reward you with 10 XP and 100 bottle caps per book for contributing these to their archives.

Variants

 * Rare blue
 * Green

Rare Blue
The rare blue version ("PreWarBook") does not appear in any base game locations, but it does appear 3 times in Broken Steel, and once in Point Lookout.


 * Sold by hunters, scavengers, and merchants.
 * Sometimes found on bodies of Abominations on Mothership Zeta.

Green
The green version ("BookGeneric01") appears 98 times in the base game, and 3 times in Point Lookout.

Related quests

 * Yearning for Learning - green version only.