Patriot's Cookbook

The Patriot's Cookbook is a skill magazine in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
On the front is a red stamp administered by the pre-War Federal Bureau of Investigation, which claims that it is "banned material" and "to be burned" on February 11, 2069. Despite this, the magazine remained in wide circulation across the southwestern United States, being found across the Mojave and beyond.

The magazine offers articles on creating explosive devices for a variety of purposes, such as Abraxo based bombs and mailbox bombs. Given the banned nature of the material, it is hinted to be intended for those with anarchistic or communistic inclinations.

Crafting
This item can be crafted by the player character.

Creation requirements

¹ Craftable without a workbench via a dialogue option with Veronica, or with ED-E once the add-on Lonesome Road is installed.

Effects
Reading this magazine raises the Explosives skill by 10 points (20 points with the Comprehension perk) for 60 seconds (180 seconds with Retention).

Locations
Below is a list of all fixed locations of Patriot's Cookbook skill magazines in Fallout: New Vegas and its add-ons. For an overview of magazines per location, see the main overview page.





Behind the scenes
The name of the book is inspired by the book The Anarchist Cookbook, which featured recipes for homemade explosives. Also like the Anarchist Cookbook, it was banned by the FBI for featuring many recipes for instructions to make explosives, poisons, illicit substances, performing electronic hacking and tapping, among many other techniques.

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