User:TheLoneJanitor/ListWhere1

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This is stuff that I consider significant.

I want to explore all the locations. Ones that have a world map marker, like Oasis. Places that I may not be able to immediately explore, usually because I need a higher level, like the Rivet City Armory, but sometimes because I'm in a hurry. I want to explore all of Fallout 3!

There's also loot. I'm a looter, scavenger, hoarder, etc.. First I sweep a place for bad guys, then I clean out the place. I don't want to miss anything significant, but it's not like loot glows ... well alien power cells and a few other items glow, but even they could be hidden in a box. I'm not concerned about common items - really, how many Chinese assault rifles does one need? But skill books, mini nukes, rakes, and bio-gas canisters - I want to make sure I gather those items. I want a shopping list of what to look for.

There's quests and perks. Hmm, is this a quest that I want to get involved with at this time?

So this list gives me an idea of what is at a location. Some may say this is cheating, well, they don't have to use this list then. I think of it as talking to the old explorers, gathering legends and lore, analyzing intelligence, trying to get some idea of what to expect at a location.

The list was created from the various Fallout 3 pages in this wiki. I worked on it for a week in 2011 Aug. I scraped a lot of pages, copying and pasting, tossing stuff, merging entries. ... It still needs work. And if the source pages change ... Arg! What do you mean you found seventh pool triangle??!?

Maybe I should see about working on the source pages so that I can auto-magically generate this list ...

Everything is lowercase. This was to remove duplicate entries during the sort, some entries only differed by case.

The FOUND column is for me to check off an entry. For locations, finding is one check, a second check for completely explored and looted.

The WHERE column is where the entry is located. The goal is to start with a world map location. Append contained locations or character. If a character doesn't stay in one location, like Sam Warrick, then lead with a comma followed by their name. That way they sort into one group.

The DLC column is to specify if this is part of an add on. OA for Operation: Anchorage; TP for The Pitt; BS for Broken Steel; PL for Point Lookout; MZ for Mothership Zeta.

The WHAT column is item, quest, etc.. For rare (non-unique, more than one) items the item name is followed by how many of that item are at that location, like there are two drone cannon ex-b in the weapons lab. For rare items that are in multiple locations, the number in the current location is followed by the total number, like three of 100 steel ingots are in the abandoned area. If there seemed to be a question as to how many instances there are of an item, the count has a question mark (?). If a glitch allows an infinite number of items, the count is followed by a plus sign (+).

The CATEGORY column shows the broad type the item is.

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You want to copy this table to your own area and beat on it as desired.

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