Mailbox (Fallout 3)

A mailbox or mail dropbox is a type of container in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

The term mailbox refers to the many bent and rusted postal storage vessels littering the wasteland. The mail dropbox is blue, metal and stands on 4 raised legs, while the standard mailbox is small, rust brown and sits on a pole. These were used by the pre-War postal service but now seem to be used as garbage cans. They contain minor loot, generally cherry bombs.

As a comprehensive list of every mailbox in Fallout 3 would be unrealistic at this point, it would be safe to assume that where a pre-War home or the remains of one is there will be a mailbox nearby. One noteworthy example would be the houses in Springvale.

Contents
The standard mailbox may contain junk items, and possibly a letter from Vault-Tec denying the household's residency in a Vault. They may even contain weak weapons, like brass or spiked knuckles. Mail dropboxes will often contain cherry bombs, random junk items and/or weaker melee weapons, like switchblades.

Fallout 3

 * A frag grenade is in a mailbox by house number 1 in Springvale.
 * A Guns and Bullets is in a mailbox near the crashed Nuka-Cola truck near Old Olney.
 * A Pugilism Illustrated is in the mail box on the corner near the parked blue car, in Springvale.
 * Occasionally rolling pins can be found.

Fallout: New Vegas

 * Bobby pins (x2) are found in a small town located by the Gun Runners.
 * Various skill magazines are located in all towns that have mailboxes.

Traps
There are some mailboxes that are rigged to explode when you step near them.
 * Near the raid shack.
 * One outside of Charnel House.
 * And another in front of Kaelyn's Bed & Breakfast.

Appearances
Mailboxes appear in Fallout 3  and Fallout: New Vegas.