Bethesda Ruins



The hilariously named Bethesda Ruins are located north east of Vault 101 across the river. This entirely hostile raider-infested area is composed of a two-map dual office building - Bethesda Offices East and West - linked by a catwalk and a monorail entrance. To the northeast area of the Bethesda Ruins East Office you will find an underground passage called Bethesda Underworks, which you can also enter via manhole located to the southwest of Bethesda Ruins West Office.

Raiders in this region are well equipped. They are known to use Flamers, Sniper Rifles and Chinese Assault Rifles.

Bethesda Office West

 * On the big curved desk in the main lobby there is a Big Book of Science.
 * There is a trio of rigged shotguns, which can be disarmed to give you three Combat Shotguns for free.
 * On the bottom floor, a Stealth Boy is hidden in a crate on it's side.
 * On top floor near fridge there is small pile of crates. Move them to reveal Mini Nuke
 * On top floor at the bottom of a wooden crate on a desk under some other stuff there is U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes (Seems to be a random book, I received Dean's Electronics. Possibly based on TAG skills)

Bethesda Office East

 * The Lockpick Bobblehead is located in Bethesda Offices East.
 * You can find Mini Nuke near the exit to the catwalk, to the north between the to filing cabinets (which can't be opened), on a rubble pile.
 * There is also a Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual to the left hand side on the first floor up(far left nearly doubling back on yourself)
 * U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes book on the pyro raider(one with a flame thrower been there with all my characters so far (5 runs)

You may find a note on a wastelander's corpse that apologizes to a brother and says that something is left in the northwest section of the Scrapyard, north of Bethesda ruins in an old burned out, cut in half bus. John's Treasure Box contains a Grognak the Barbarian, U.S. Army: 30 Handy Flamethrower Recipes, and Guns and Bullets.

Contrary to popular belief, this is NOT Bethesda Softworks' main development office. While it is true that their office is in the area, it's actually farther north, in Rockville, MD, a few miles away from the north edge of the gameworld.