Atomic Bomb (Fallout 3)

The atomic bomb is a world object in Fallout 3.

Background
Undetonated nuclear weapons found in the Capital Wasteland. One bomb is situated in the center of Megaton. In 2277, Confessor Cromwell of the Church of the Children of Atom preaches on a daily basis from the foot of it, calling others to join him in worship of the object. Some citizens believe that the bomb caused the crater, but Manya shares that this was not the case. There is a warhead storage room at Fort Constantine that holds 22 atomic bombs, on two racks of 11 each. The righthand side rack has broken, the bombs falling within it down to the row below.

Locations

 * Megaton - In the middle of the town's crater.
 * Fort Constantine - The fort's warhead storage contains 22 bombs.
 * Sacred bog - During the quest Walking with Spirits, due to the effects of the Mother Punga, the Lone Wanderer hallucinates that a large rock is the bomb in Megaton.

Related quests

 * The Power of the Atom - The Lone Wanderer is given the choice to detonate the bomb with a fusion pulse charge or to disarm it.
 * Walking with Spirits - After taking part of the Ritual of the Mother Seed inside Point Lookout's Sacred Bog, the Lone Wanderer sees a bomb during a hallucination caused by punga fruit.

Appearances
The Megaton atomic bomb only appears in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes

 * In the Japanese version of Fallout 3, the option to detonate the bomb during the Power of the Atom is not available due to the removal of the NPC Mr. Burke.
 * An unused part of the megatonatomicbomb01.dds texture in the game files reads "C-23 Megaton."