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Skill books and where to find them

By Queegon

Looking for the 10th skill level for your character without spending 6 skill points on them? Then this is for you.

Now updated with the removal of extra books from bunkers on the world map.

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Category: Loot, Secrets, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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21 Sep, 2020 @ 7:51am

5 Jun, 2021 @ 5:51pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Automatic Weapons

Big Guns

Brawling

Melee Combat

Small Guns

Sniper Rifles

Animal Whisperer

Explosives

First Aid

Sneaky $hit

Weird Science

Lockpicking

Nerd Stuff

Mechanics

Survival

Toaster Expert

Armor Modding

Weapon Modding

Barter

Hard Ass

Kiss Ass

Leadership

Secret book

Comments

Automatic Weapons

One book available quite early on rewarded for saving the Hoon family during Heads or Tails quest (or found on a corpse, if you saved Arapaho caravan). The other is located in a bunker that's behind radiation 2 cloud near Col. Springs on the way to Aspen. Requires Lockpicking 8 or Survival 6.

Big Guns

Found inside Patriarch's palace in Victory's room. You need to change guard shifts from east wing to dining room and then lockpick the door (lvl7)

Brawling

Book available VERY early on. One is located in Bellamy Ward's workshop in Garden of the Gods. The other is located in a bunker on the world map located behind a small radiation cloud small enough to pass through without any rad. protection. Needs Lockpicking 3.

Melee Combat

"Snowed Inn" Resort, cabin on your left upon entering, looted from a Dorsey member.

Small Guns

One book is available really late into the game (before confronting Liberty) in a weapon crate at Godfisher Windfarm. Can't really count with its usefulness that late.

Sniper Rifles

Available after getting the quest for Morningstar (triggers near Denver) in Union Station bunker in a locker just before Morningstar encounter.

Animal Whisperer

Found in Machine Commune in Denver, same location as what the Cyborg Doc there sends you to find his colleague.

Explosives

Arapaho Caravan area, in an underground bunker near the end of the map in a chest.
You don't need to go here first in Heads or Tails, the book is always present.

First Aid

In Patriarch's secret bunker during quest Lords of War guarded by mutated frogs.

Sneaky $hit

Area behind the bar in Vegas Casino. In a chest next to Delgado's prison cell.

Weird Science

Found in a bunker located on world map right below the Clown Museum to the south, requires a Weird Science 4 check to find. A book is available in Little Hell in Aspen in doctor Hyde's safe.

Lockpicking

Inside a desk in your HQ's prison once you get a jailor from Sheriff Daisy.

Nerd Stuff

One book is in Department of Energy where you are hunting down a synth for Wolfe called DosTehSeh. The other book is in the very northwestern part of the map in a bunker on the world map (req. Nerd Stuff 7 or Mechanics 8)

Mechanics

Machine Shop, which unlocks after confronting Brygo in Vegas, where you go to look for MacTavish.

Survival

Purchasable from Opie in Aspen.
By buying everything in trader's inventory every time you buy the book, they will restock completely after leaving and entering the site. Can be used to get more than 1 book, if you have the money.

Toaster Expert

A book can be purchased from Ananda Rabindranath after you solve Bizarre problems and tell him to serve at HQ.

By buying everything in his inventory (very cheap items) every time you buy the book, he will restock completely after leaving and entering your HQ letting you keep an arbitrary number of Toaster books, so don't spend any skill points on it unless you really want to.

Armor Modding

Located in Denver by passing a Weapon Modding check of 4 at Sister Nancy Forge and complimenting on her work.

Weapon Modding

Two books in total. One is in a bunker on the world map in the eastern-most point of the map, NE of Ghost Town. Requires survival or first aid of 5 and mechanics or lockpicking 4.
A book is rewarded by succesfully completing Tellurium mine quest - that is killing and destroying every robot.

Barter

Tellurium Mine location in a cave, unlocks with a radio-called mission from HQ when near it (Denver) or hitting a certain level.

Hard Ass

A reward from Flab the Inhaler for helping him with Warrens problem (Nightmare in Bizarre), early acquisition.

Kiss Ass

Available very early in Broadmoor Heights, church area, in a chest.

Leadership

Available midgame after deciding what do to with Victory in Little Hell in a chest behind him.

Secret book

Rewarded by NaCl Wolfe upon giving him heads of all the synths he has info on. You can't have the Cyborg Tech perk to get this reward!

What does it do?
Teaches you an otherwise unobtainable skill that dramatically increases your critical chance - name is Combat Shooting, this skill was present as a secret in WL2 already.

13 Comments

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gentstonenemo 18 Nov, 2024 @ 8:48pm

it sucks after an update to the game the skill books on the world map have been removed

d¡ve_bomber 23 Aug, 2023 @ 5:23am

To get the book in Tellurium Mines you need to ask for a reward, before you embark on the quest.

Queegon [author] 19 Jun, 2021 @ 11:50am

@R4dioS1lence

You sure you killed even the non-hostile robots? You need to destroy those as well. If so, then bug it is.

R4dioS1lence 17 Jun, 2021 @ 8:47pm

I completed Tellurium Mines clearing every robot inside. Still didn't get the book, and the talk with Bulb seemed like I still had robots to kill (place was empty). Other sources suggested bug. Anyone else ran into this?

Mike 6 Jun, 2021 @ 6:30am

Great - thanks for this useful guide!

bydlaq 5 Jun, 2021 @ 4:23pm

@Mike Toaster Expert exploit is also removed. He will not restock anymore.

Queegon [author] 5 Jun, 2021 @ 10:47am

@Mike
Thank you Mike for confirming. I haven't been back to replay the game yet, so I couldn't check for myself for information @bydlaq mentioned. I updated the guide.

Mike 5 Jun, 2021 @ 8:37am

Automatic Weapons, Brawling, Nerd Stuff, Weapon Modding, Weird Science - it seems there is now only one book for these, as the world map bunker books have apparently been removed. I.e. there is now only one copy of every skill book , except possibly Survival and Toaster Expert if merchant exploits are used.

bydlaq 31 Mar, 2021 @ 1:10pm

Brawling Book was not in the bunker, Same with Automatics. Looks like books from world map are removed.

Queegon [author] 28 Sep, 2020 @ 1:27am

@TheCrimsonKishin You are right but it has no apparent functionality at this moment.

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