Red plate (Fallout 3)

A red plate is a miscellaneous item in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
A round, shallow red plate.

Uses
In Fallout 3, it is useful only as Rock-It Launcher ammunition. In the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues, Muggy can break these down into fifty units of pistol powder.

Locations
Though rarer than the common white plate, red plates can be found in kitchens and similar locations throughout the wastes.

Fallout 3

 * 16 in Fort Constantine's personnel offices
 * 11 in Vault 101's lower level, during the birthday party
 * 25 in The Pitt's abandoned apartments

Fallout: New Vegas

 * 5 are found in the REPCONN headquarters store.
 * 5 in the Jacobstown lodge
 * 5 in the NCR Embassy mess hall

Behind the scenes
The general appearance and relative rarity of the red plate may be a reference to red Fiestaware dinnerware, which is notorious for containing radioactive uranium.