Lunchbox (Fallout 3)

The lunchbox is a miscellaneous item in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
This was a promotional item created by Vault-Tec before the Great War and used in the company's advertisements. With the right schematics, it can be used to make bottlecap mines.

In Fallout: New Vegas, a lunchbox can be used to make a caravan lunch at campfires or a bottlecap mine at workbenches.

Fallout 3
Lunchboxes may appear in toy or kitchen clutter and in vendors' inventories. There are 121 guaranteed places where one may be found. The places with most guaranteed lunchboxes are:
 * 7 in Vault-Tec headquarters Administration, in a closet in the most northeast location
 * 5 in Franklin Metro utility: three in the western section, among many other workbench items, one on a table next to the generator, and one in between beds in the abandoned raider camp.
 * 4 in Fort Constantine Personnel Offices: on a counter in the western dining area, on a counter in the south near a pool table, on the bottom of a rusty shelf in a room slightly north of the center, and on a table in the southeast next to a chessboard.
 * 4 in Arlington Library. One in the lobby on the front desk, one in the children's wing in the northeast room; two in the media archive on the northwest second floor in the room with the pool table.
 * 3 in RobCo facility Offices and Cafeteria: two in the northmost room, one on a pool table, one on an upturned table; one in the kitchen in the west, next to the refrigerator.
 * 3 in Roosevelt Academy: one in the Headmaster's office, on the desk; one in a room on the ground floor next to a hallway filled with lockers; one on the third floor, next to a trapped computer.
 * 3 in Minefield, 2 in the Benson house, 1 in the Gibson house.
 * 2 in Arlington House, both by a single bed.
 * 2 in Bethesda ruins Offices West: one on the ground floor northeast, in a doorless tool cabinet above a first aid kit, one on a third floor shelf next to three rigged shotguns.
 * 2 in Corvega factory proper, one on a counter in the east, one on a shelf in the room just north of that.
 * 2 in County sewer mainline, in Gallo's storage closet
 * 2 in Farragut West Metro station
 * 2 in Fort Constantine Launch Control Bunker
 * 2 in L.O.B. Enterprises Archives
 * 2 in Lucky's which must be stolen.
 * 2 in National Guard depot
 * 2 in Mama Dolce's Food Distribution
 * 2 in Our Lady of Hope Hospital
 * 2 in the raid shack
 * 2 in the Smith's house, Andale
 * 2 in Vault-Tec headquarters Guest Relations
 * 2 in Warrington station
 * 2 in Warrington tunnels
 * 2 in Rivet City on the walkway gantry outside the bridge tower, accessed from the southernmost exit hatch on the 1st level of Rivet City security's sleeping quarters.
 * 2 outside in a scavenger's hut north of the Red Racer factory, west of Falls Church Metro.
 * 1 in the sniper shack.
 * 1 in the drainage pipe chamber southeast of relay tower KX-B8-11.
 * 1 in the burnt out bus north of Grisly diner.
 * An unlimited supply can be obtained from Kenny in Herzog Mine in Point Lookout as he always sets up a new one to shoot upon entering the mine.

Fallout: New Vegas

 * 7 in Vault 11, five in a large room at the entrance to the living quarters and two in the lower level near the reactor.
 * 5 on a shelf in the Vault 21 gift shop. May also be sold by Sarah Weintraub and found inside lockers in the vault.
 * 6 inside the REPCONN headquarters, four on the 1st floor in the gift shop, two on the 2nd floor around the area.
 * 3 found inside the Dino Bite gift shop (must be stolen).
 * 2 at Powder Ganger camp east, with one inside the refrigerator and the other directly in front of it near the plank of wood.
 * 1 north of the Boulder City train station, just under tanks.
 * 1 in the Hard locked room right after entering the Bison Steve Hotel over to the right, on the shelving.
 * 1 inside the train tunnel, first room on the right with the glowing one. On the floor behind the back corner shelf.
 * 1 inside the Primm house closest to the road ramp, on the kitchen counter.
 * 1 inside Michael Angelo's workshop at the top floor small room, on the shelving.
 * 1 at the Old Mormon Fort, South-Eastern tower top floor, on top of the book case.
 * 1 inside the Ultra-Luxe Casino, in an easy-locked storeroom just to the right past Mortimer.
 * 1 inside The Gray, upstairs on a table in a room in the north.
 * 1 inside the NCR Embassy, in a storage room on a shelf, next to the dining and recreation area.
 * 1 inside Zapp's Neon Signs, upstairs on a shelf where the terminal is.
 * Found in various cabinets and lockers amongst the wasteland.
 * Sold by all traveling merchants.
 * Sold by Cliff Briscoe.
 * Sold by Carter.
 * Sold by Malcolm Holmes.
 * Sold by Ralph in Freeside.
 * Sold by Joshua Graham in the Honest Hearts add-on.
 * 10 in and around the crashed scout bus

Behind the scenes
The Fallout 3 Collector's Edition is packaged in a real-world Vault-Tec lunch box. See Fallout 3 promotional items.