Medical Brace (Fallout 3)

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

Fallout 3
It is a crafting item that can be found in various locations throughout the Capital Wasteland, most notably used as a necessary component for creating the deathclaw gauntlet. There are actually two items called "medical brace." The first one is used for the deathclaw gauntlet, while the second one is a junk item found only at Raven Rock. They can be distinguished from each other by looking at their "value" number. If it is worth 10, it is the gauntlet component and if it is worth 1, it cannot be used to create custom weapons.

Regardless, both kinds of "medical brace" can be loaded into the Rock-It Launcher and used as Rock-It Launcher ammunition.

Fallout: New Vegas
In Fallout: New Vegas, these items are used to make doctor's bags at a workbench.

Fallout 3

 * Medical braces are a semi-common item and can be found in many places within the game, especially doctor's clinics.
 * Vault 87, three in the clinic.
 * Anchorage Memorial facility, three on the shelves in the clinic area.
 * Three in the nurse's office in Roosevelt Academy.
 * Rivet City bow, two to three can be stolen from Pinkerton's office.
 * Roosevelt Academy Arts and Athletics Hall, two in an office with wall safe.
 * Two can be stolen from Lucky's, southwest of Tenpenny tower.
 * Two in Gallo's storage closet, along with a large number of other workbench items.
 * Fort Independence, two in the clinic.
 * Vault 112, two in a clinic locker.
 * One can be stolen in Megaton, from a table in Lucas Simms' house.
 * National Guard depot, one in the armory, in one of the boxes.
 * Arlington Library, one in the children's wing, the room to the northwest.
 * Tenpenny Tower, one in the basement.
 * Super-Duper Mart, one in the pharmacy.
 * Hamilton's hideaway, one in the northernmost room.
 * One in Springvale school, on one's right when one enters the school.
 * National Archives, one in the second room in the basement.
 * Minefield, one near the mattress where Arkansas snipes.
 * Minefield, Gibson house, one in the children's room.
 * One in Museum station. It is in the same room that has a hatch leading to Metro Central.
 * The Our Lady of Hope Hospital contains an exceptionally large amount of medical braces.
 * At the RobCo facility, within the offices and cafeteria area, look in the northern closed bathroom near the door leading to the RobCo factory floor.
 * One on a shelf near a raider in Dupont Circle station.

Fallout: New Vegas

 * One can be purchased from Dr. Usanagi at the New Vegas medical clinic.
 * One can be found in Doc Mitchell's house on a shelf.
 * Sometimes sold by traveling merchants.
 * Can be found inside the Vault 22 medical room.
 * Can be dropped from lobotomites in Big MT.

Related quests

 * Restoring Hope