Dukov's Place

Dukov's Place is a pre-War hotel/estate now used as a party headquarters. It relates to a pair of side quests.

Location
Dukov's Place is a squat, square hotel with the same exterior texture as Tenpenny Tower. The front entrance is surrounded by wooden barricades painted with the warning "Holster Your Weapons Or Get Shot".

Find it on the east side of the Potomac, visible from the Anchorage Memorial. The nearest Fast Travel location is the Tepid Sewer. Following Moira's quests for the Wasteland Survival Guide will take early-game players close to Dukov's pad on two seperate occasions.

To the south lies a small Raider camp that will spawn about 3 low-level Raiders. There are 4 Ammunition Boxes (One locked Very Hard with Microfusion Cells and Stealth Boys), 1 First Aid Kit, and some alcoholic drinks. One notable piece of loot is a Duck and Cover Book. Beyond this is the treacherous route to the Jefferson Memorial and Rivet City, with several Super Mutant camps and Centaur patrols.

To the north lies a small Super Mutant camp with one Captive. Beyond that is a Raider/Supermutant respawn point, where they will shoot at each other from across the river.

Farragut West Station stands a few dozen yards further up; it is guarded by a leveled, respawning Super Mutant, who may carry the R91 Assault Rifle or Chinese Assault Rifle. Beyond this point is the northern fringe of the D.C. Ruins, contested by a variety of Raiders, Mutants, Robots, and critters.

Behind Dukov's place, the Enclave will establish an outpost.

Hazards
Anchorage Memorial includes a Random Encounter location which may spawn Raiders or hostile Wastelanders. The shallow waters between the Memorial and the shore are also a major Mirelurk breeding ground. These critters respawn every 72 hours, and level up to Mirelurk Hunters. The east bank is initially patrolled by one or two Centaurs from the nearby camp; this editor has not seen them respawn.

Radroaches do respawn on the east bank. This editor has occassionally encountered a single Raider or Wasteland sniper in the area.

After the Enclave make their presence known, be careful when fast traveling to Dukov's place, as the local outpost includes a Deathclaw cage. They may be in instant aggravation range for Dogmeat or other companions. The Deathclaw may be friendly to you, and even will attack any radroaches or aggressive creatures or people around, including the enclave officer. In this case, even if you shoot it many times, it won't not be hostile toward you. It may keep going in and out of its cage showing the same animation used when opening the cage door, it may become hostile eventually. Also, if you kill the Deathclaw, then come back by fast travel, the deathclaw will respawn. (PS3 Confirmed) Also, a Vertibird may land nearby.

A single Enclave Soldier may spawn in the normal Enclave outpost area BEFORE completing Picking up the Trail. The Enclave Soldier seems to be preoccupied with killing Radroaches, and though marked as hostile to the player, will continue his attempts to kill them without engaging the player. The editor who noticed this had Broken Steel installed. (Xbox 360)

Occupants
Dukov is a Russian man who lives with the scantily-clad Cherry and Fantasia in this river-side estate. The women provide sexual favors in exchange for safety, drugs, and alcohol. Dukov readily offers your character drinks (no HP affect). This dialogue may refer to an unlocked cabinet full of liquor on the upper story of the house, which can be taken freely. Both women warn that Dukov will attack you if you have a drawn weapon in front of him, and that he is a very good gunman, though fighting him reveals these warnings to be exaggerated.

Notable loot and activities
For players looking to decrease their karma, Dukov's Place stocks a large amount of stealable glasses, whiskey and beer bottles, and drugs.

You can enslave the women for negative karma as well.

Luring a couple of mirelurks into dukov's place, then killing them, will make other mirelurks spawn INSIDE the building when you return after leaving for a few days. when this happens, it is advisable to enter with a weapon drawn.

There is a copy of Pugilism Illustrated in the bedroom as well as a Nuka-Cola Quantum.

Related quests

 * You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head
 * Cherry's Freedom