Workbench crate

A workbench crate is a storage container in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts that is always located next to a Workbench. The random loot of this container is the only source of additional skill books in Honest Hearts.

Locations
The information in parantheses describes the fastest way of reaching a specific crate, optimizing the time between resetting and checking the content.





Contents
Entering a cave containing a workbench crate for the first time permanently sets its content, which is irreversible without loading a save game prior to entering the specific cave. To ensure you receive a skill book from each workbench crate, save directly in front of the entrances to the caves listed above. Reload your save game if you didn't get the desired skill book(s).

Each crate contains random loot created by checks against a random loot table. In most cases, each check results in a single crafting ingredient, such as Wonderglue or sometimes seven Fission Batteries right away, but some "items" on the table are small numbers of several different types of drained energy cells or an empty crate.

Each of the two checks has a 4% chance of creating a Big Book of Science and a 4% chance of creating one of: Therefore it is not impossible to get two copies of the same book from a single crate, but the chance is only $$(4\%/7)*(4\%/7)*6=0.02\%$$ for two copies of a book other than Big Book of Science (using the information above). The chance of getting two Big Books of Science would be $$(4\%+4\%/7)*(4\%+4\%/7)=0.21\%$$.
 * Big Book of Science
 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual
 * D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine
 * Dean's Electronics
 * Lying, Congressional Style
 * Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor
 * Tumblers Today

In extremely fortunate circumstances, one crate can contain up to 3 or even 4 of the skill books listed above.