Springvale Elementary School

 is a bombed-out elementary school in Fallout 3. It is now used as a base of operations by a 10-man group of raiders. is easily found by following the road from Vault 101 a few miles NE through Springvale until you see the giant school sign that reads "Springvale Elementary".

The raiders there had attempted to dig a tunnel in order to break into and pillage Vault 101 but their plans were foiled by several giant ants. The very hard locked door leads to this tunnel. There is no obvious way to complete the tunnel, explosives have no effect on the half-completed chasm at the end of the map.

At the top level of the school is the raider party leader and his dog, who guard a room with some minor loot, a key to the basement tunnels, and a computer terminal with his logs of his group's recent activities. You also find a Library Key off a raider in the library. The key opens the library door (double leaf door) which is sometimes already open.

Springvale Elementary is a great first place to start killing. There is some minor loot here including Stimpaks and Rad Aways in the various lockers and boxes scattered throughout the school's ruins. The raiders themselves carry small guns and standard raider armor. Looting all the armor and repairing it will, if your skill in repair is high enough, let you craft a nice piece of armor for a beginning scavver.

There is a small fenced area behind the building containing several radioactive waste barrels (max 6 rads/sec). Picking the very easy lock on the gate gives access to Hunting Rifle and First Aid Box. On the top of one of the barrels lies a Rad Away which cannot be picked up.

The Tunnel
Located behind a locked door, to which the Raider leader has the key, is the tunnel the group were using to try and break into Vault 101. As the Terminal records show, the diggers inadvertently found a Giant Ant nest, the inhabitants of which soon ate most of the workers.

The tunnel itself is full of Giant Ant Workers, and if the player heads into the main chamber and approaches the fallen corpses of the laborers, several more Giant Ants will flood the chamber and attack the player.

Several spoil heaps are also good sources for finding Giant Ant Nectar. Also, there are various items spread about the ground.

Notable Loot

 * Assault Rifle - in the tunnel by the giant ant nest. There are two dead Wastelanders and dozens of Ant Egg Clutches adjacent to the rifle.
 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual - near the rifle.
 * Duck and Cover! - in the raider leader's room on a table to the left of the computer.
 * Sheet Music Book - room with the students desks immediately to the right when you enter the school on the upturned teachers desk. Make sure you look as its not immediately in view.
 * Nuka-Cola Quantum - Top of the cage as you enter school from front.

Appearances
 only appears in Fallout 3.