Nuka-Cola Plant (Fallout 3)

The Nuka-Cola Plant is a large, three-story factory building located at the South edge and slightly East on the map. It can be easily found by following the road leading from the Citadel a few miles West past the Arlington Library and Flooded Metro.

It is sparsely populated with Mirelurks and Protectrons. It is the main location of the Finding the Formula minor-side-quest. You can start this quest by finding and searching the body of a fallen human, Winger Mercier, found inside the Factory.

In the bottom level of the Manufacturing Floor you will find a Mister Handy named Robotic Foreman who you can speech into giving you the R&D Safe Key and access to the Shipping Computer.

The Shipping Computer can be used to mark the locations of the initial Nuka-Cola Quantum delivery sites on your Pip-Boy 3000 Map. It can also be used to manufacture infinite Nuka-Colas, or 3 Nuka-Cola Quantums before you jam the bottling line permanently.

Once you have obtained the R&D Safe Key you can open the R&D Safe, which contains the Nuka-Cola Clear Recipe that is needed to complete the Finding the Formula quest. To complete the quest, simply travel a few miles NE to the Red Rocket Factory and speak with Goalie Ledoux, who will be waiting for you out front.

Loot
Lying, Congressional Style - In the Office section, North east east part of the map, middle floor on top of a safe.

Big Book of Science - Also in the Office section, on the middle floor, western edge of the map, on a table.

Tumblers Today - Factory floor section, north section near entrance to the Office section. Past Milo the shipping foreman, through a door you'll find a safe and the book is under the safe.

Help Me Note - Found on one of a number of skeletons in a closet telling about the draconian punishments enforced by the foreman.

Getting Trapped
The exit door at the end of your factory tour needs lockpicking skill 100 - Very Hard. If you don't have that, you can return to the factory floor section (where you have waded through the blue cola earlier). It seems there is no way out, but you can actually run and JUMP to the other side of the broken platform there, allowing you to exit. The jumping part may take you a few tries (save! first) but it works.

Unique Monsters
In the Storage & Vats section of the plant you will encounter a version of Mirelurk known as NukaLurk. The NukaLurks are blue-tinted, probably as a result of living in the radioactive remnants of Nuka-Cola Quantum.

Appearances
The Nuka-Cola Plant appears only in Fallout 3.