Mailbox (Fallout 3)

A mailbox or mail dropbox is a type of container in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
Postal storage vessels in the wasteland. These were used by the pre-War postal service but now hold miscellaneous items and minor loot.

Locations
They can be found in the general area of pre-War homes or the remains of one, such as in Springvale.
 * Ten mailboxes at Big Town.
 * Four mailboxes at Faded Pomp Estates.
 * Four mailboxes north of the Chryslus Building.
 * Four mailboxes at Minefield.
 * Four in a derelict town just west of the Corvega factory.
 * Two clean mailboxes at Tenpenny Tower.
 * Three dropboxes around Takoma Park.
 * Two dropboxes at Vernon Square.

Contents
The standard mailbox may contain junk items, or even a letter from Vault-Tec denying the household's residency in a vault. They may contain various weapons, like brass or spiked knuckles. Mail dropboxes will often contain cherry bombs, random junk items, or weaker melee weapons, like switchblades.
 * 1-3 frag grenades and some Psycho is in a mail dropbox by house number 1 in Springvale.
 * A copy of Guns and Bullets is in a mailbox near the crashed Nuka-Cola truck near Old Olney.
 * A copy of Pugilism Illustrated is in the mailbox on the corner near the parked blue car, in Springvale.
 * Occasionally rolling pins can be found in mailboxes.

Traps
There are some mailboxes that are rigged to explode when one steps 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 .