Boxing Times is a skill magazine in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background
Publications
Gameplay
A pre-War magazine aimed at fans of boxing, an issue focuses on Alvin Nelson, also known as the Red-Brick Kid. The magazine includes an exclusive eight-page feature in full color detailing the Kid's coming of age. It also covers the story of Everts' decision to defeat the Kid in the ring and a scandalous report on gambling in boxing, penned by Joe King.
Reading this magazine raises the Courier's Unarmed skill by 10 points (20 points with the Comprehension perk) for 60 seconds (180 seconds with Retention).
Crafting
This item can be crafted by the player character.
Creation requirements
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wonderglue (1) Blank Magazine (2) |  | Build/Scrapped at: Skill Level: Repair: 25 Perk (Rank): Voracious Reader (1) DLC: | | Boxing Times (1) |
Requires having a copy of the magazine after picking the Voracious Reader perk.
Locations
Below is a list of all fixed locations of Boxing Times skill magazines in Fallout: New Vegas and its add-ons. For an overview of magazines per location, see the main overview page.
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
| Boulder City | Bottom of the mining equipment opposite of the train station |
| Camp Golf | House Resort, second floor in a center room on a desk, opposite of the room with a terminal |
| Camp McCarran | Contents of the MP confiscated goods trunk, given by Lt. Carrie Boyd as a reward after successfully completing the quest The White Wash |
| Goodsprings | Goodsprings Gas Station, on a shelf |
| H&H Tools Factory | On reception desk in entrance room |
| Jacobstown | Jacobstown Lodge, in an upstairs room on a small table. Up the righthand staircase, backroom on the lefthand corner, on a small table on the left. |
| King's School of Impersonation | Third floor, on the table in the bedroom |
| Lucky 38 | Two - One in an upstairs bar next to the Golden Gloves. Another lies on a table in the south of the cocktail lounge, next to a Future Weapons Today. |
| Nellis Air Force Base | Nellis schoolhouse, on the teacher's desk, together with a Programmer's Digest and Fixin' Things |
| South Vegas ruins | Zapp's Neon Signs, along with a Lad's Life next to a Nuka-Cola Quartz on upstairs office shelf |
Notes
- The magazine can be crafted without a workbench via a dialogue option with Veronica, or with ED-E once the add-on Lonesome Road is installed.
- The magazine is mentioned in the Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Rulebook.[Pub 1]
Gallery
Boxing Times in the loading screen
References
- ↑ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Rulebook p.173: "A pre-War magazine aimed at fans of boxing, often containing features on noteworthy or up-and-coming boxers, discussions of technique and equipment, and in-depth reporting on the sport."
