Takoma Park

Takoma Park is a small shopping center with a Metro station, a bank, the Nifty Thrifty pawnshop, and a few homes.

Location
It can only be reached through the Vernon East/Takoma Park subway tunnels from the Vernon Square East station. See external links, below.

Inhabitants
The area is rife with Super Mutants. You are also likely to get ambushed by either Talon Company or Regulators at the derilict home or at Takoma Industrial.

Points of Interest

 * The Nifty Thrifty's pawnshop with Takoma Park Little Leaguer Cap (but very little else).
 * Heading East past Nifty Thrifty and up the hill towards point (D) there is a junction bearing off to the right past a Pulowski Preservation Shelter, inside the shelter there is an ammo box with .44 magnum rounds (4). Past this a semi-trailer lies up a mound of rubble which blocks this road. In the trailer can be found 5mm round (136), Flamer Fuel (172) and a Stimpak.
 * Shortly past this junction, towards point (D), there is a mini-camp from which a second wave of Super Mutants attack. Within the camp can be found two ammo boxes containing missile (3), one of the boxes is an average (lockpick 60%). Two first aid kits contain a Blood Pack, Bobby Pin (2), Rad-X, Purified Water and Stimpak (2).
 * The area provides direct access to Takoma Industrial at the north end of the map, through a derelict home (D).


 * South of Takoma Industrial, at Takoma Motor Auto Shop, is a camp for a Super Mutant Behemoth, that you can take out with artillery (!) triggered by a switch on top of a truck (C).
 * Isabella Proud's camp can be found behind Takoma Industrial (A). The only way to access this area is by entering the factory, going up the stairs that are capped by a wooden plank with a skeleton and barrel on (beware: the skeleton will shiver and try to knock you off), exiting to the roof, decending the stairs to the path that run next to the irradiated canal, and crossing the canal via the downed antenna tower.  Once on the northern side of the canal, go north through the gap between the buildings that is north of the tent.
 * A small Super Mutant camp can be found directly behind Takoma Industrial (B).

Notable loot

 * U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes in Takoma Motor Auto Shop.
 * Takoma Park Little Leaguer Cap in Nifty Thrifty's
 * Lying, Congressional Style and Sniper Rifle with ammo in Takoma Industrial
 * Nuka-Cola Quantum in Takoma Industrial. From the room with a rigged computer is a small makeshift ladder you can hop down.  Sitting atop this ledge is a skeleton and a generator.  The Nuka Cola Quantum is behind the generator.

YouTube Videos
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