Super-Duper Mart (Fallout 3)

Super-Duper Mart is a big-box store with at least one store in the Capital Wasteland near Megaton that serves as a base for about a half dozen Raiders. These stores have food and medicine, as well as Nuka-Cola as seen in advertisements from before the Great War. The Super-Duper Mart was one of the test sites for the Nuka-Cola Quantum product launch, as noted in the terminal at the Nuka-Cola Plant. This explains why there are several Nuka-Colas and Nuka-Cola Quantums in the back room.

Because of its proximity to Megaton, the Mart is a good place to raid early in the game. The Mart contains a large amount of weapons (including two Laser Pistol), ammo, and goods: see list below for all the goods. However it is advisable to leave some food items and drugs in the store for purposes of later completing the relevant part of the Wasteland Survival Guide quest.

After clearing the Raiders, many players use the Super-Duper Mart to store their valuables, as items do not disappear from containers. Additionally, there is an easily accessible bed in the pharmacy which is good for healing. And a cleaner one in the Ladies Restroom if you prefer not to sleep with gory remains.


 * This is a likely place to have a Random Encounter.

Interior
Raiders call this store home and have made makeshift bridges over the aisles to help defend it.

To get into the back room, either hack the terminal, pick the lock on the door, or find the Super-Duper Pharmacy key.

The Super-Duper Pharmacy key can be found in one of the metal boxes where the refrigerator with all the food in it is

There is also a Protectron robot in the back room that -- if activated via a nearby terminal -- will attack any Raiders it comes across but leave you alone (provided you are wearing an employee id tag, which can be found atop the terminal). For some players, the ID tag may not be required to keep the Protectron friendly (Possibly a glitch?). It's possible for the Protectron to be killed in the fight with the Raiders. Another option is to activate the Proctectron and kill it yourself for small XP and Energy Cell.

Also, if you go into the back-room pharmacy, it will trigger a group of Raiders to return and discover that, "something's not right here," they will attack you, making the Protectron robot valuable protection. If you pickup all the loot and ammo you should have 6 mines in your inventory (3 bottlecap, 3 frag), you can use this time to place them on the cross walks, then head into the pharmacy and have a big fat surprise waiting for the raiders when you come out. Or you can save the Frags and otherwise take out the Raiders.

There is hardly any loot, besides Tin Cans, among all aisle shelving, but there is some Pre-War Money in each of the cash registers.

If your timing is right, you may be able to sneak attack one Raider taking a leak in one of the restroom urinals.

Related Quests

 * The Wasteland Survival Guide - To help Moira Brown write her  Wasteland Survival Guide', she asks you to obtain food and (optional) medicine from the Super-Duper Mart.
 * The Nuka-Cola Challenge for Nuka-Cola Quantum

Surrounding Area
If you follow the road half way between Springvale and Super-Duper Mart there is a ruined house containing Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual on a short bookshelf and some ammo. Head down the hill towards a small bridge. Cross the river and under the bridge there is a lean-to that has a frag mine (armed), a bed, Frag Grenades, and a copy of Duck and Cover!. There's a wrecked boat almost directly south that has some health supplies and ammo. From the boat to northwest or from the mailbox of the ruined house to north-northeast on the river bank is a cache of Mirelurk Eggs. When you come by the cache, the Mirelurks might not be there (they come home at night), giving you trouble free looting. Looting each egg clutch and individual egg yields between 77-84 Hatchling Mirelurk Meat, 17-19 Mirelurk Meat and 9-21 Softshell Mirelurk Meat (range confirmed). Be sure to check each and every clutch trice for single eggs being clustered around and with them as well. Jump up the rock in the middle of that egg-heaven as well, single (!) eggs are all over it. A single egg CAN hold one of each mirelurk meat type at once, athough this happened only once.

Turn back and head for the Super-Duper Mart after scooping up the loot.

East of Super-Duper Mart is Farragut West Metro Station, and entrance to the metro system and the eastern parts of Washington (including Galaxy News Radio).

Southeast of Super-Duper Mart is Wilhelm's Wharf with Sparkle, a trader. A little more south is Arlington/Wasteland Metro, a tunnel that leads to Arlington Cemetery (and into the metro).

Notable Loot

 * Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor on a counter in the same room as the terminal used to unlock the door to the Protectron
 * 3x Nuka-Cola Quantum
 * Mini Nuke

Other loot

 * 9x/10x Nuka-Cola
 * 2x Laser Pistol
 * 2x Bottlecap Mine
 * 4x Stimpak
 * 4x Frag Mine
 * 2x Mentats
 * 2x Jet
 * Buffout
 * Med-X
 * 2x Rad Away
 * Vacuum Cleaner
 * 3x Scrap Metal
 * Medical Brace
 * Surgical Tubing
 * Pilot Light
 * Abraxo Cleaner
 * Lunchbox
 * Leather Belt
 * Conductor
 * Sensor Module
 * Toy Car
 * 50+x Tin can
 * Motorcycle Gas Tank
 * Motorcycle Handbrake
 * Pre-War Money
 * Bobby Pins
 * Steam Gauge Assembly