Bobby Pin (Fallout 3)

The bobby pin is used for lockpicking. It replaces the Lock Pick from Fallout 1 and 2. The bobby pin is weightless, so uses up no room in your inventory. It is advisable to carry a large supply as bobby pins break if a player does not find the 'sweet spot' when lockpicking. They are found as random loot on corpses and in containers, and can be purchased from merchants. When picking a lock, the PC uses a weightless screwdriver which is not part of the inventory, and is seemingly hidden within the player, even in instances such as raven rock, when all your items are removed, you may still ignore the locker with your items in and still have the screwdriver (although it is useless without the bobby pins.)

Like all weightless objects, bobby pins weight/value is infinite, but even a character with a very low lockpicking skill should not dispose of them.

Appearances

 * Can sometimes be bought from wasteland scavengers, Crazy Wolfgang and Tinker Joe
 * Often found on ghouls and raiders but also on bedside tables inside the intact houses across the wasteland.
 * Also found in Health Stations.
 * Bobby pins are often found in safes or other places you have to picklock, so they will usually be replenished if 2 or 3 have been broken.
 * Additem code is: player.additem 0000000a