Magic 8-ball

The Magic 8-Ball is a miscellaneous item in Fallout 2.

Characteristics
An oversized pool ball of a design pioneered in the ancient times of the 1950s, the 8-ball is a black sphere seemingly capable of predicting the future. It can be an important tool in determining the course of action and may even provide a number of hidden clues...

In game terms, the 8-ball displays random messages, just like the real Magic 8-Ball. With high Luck (8 or more), it will also provide a number of clues that give tangible benefits: Loot.

Clues
With Luck of 8 or higher:
 * Feargus was against putting me in the game. He's a big meanie.
 * Your score is 23 out of 100. You have quite a ways to go yet.
 * Scott Everts sighs a lot when he sees how many inventory items are in the game.
 * Look in the first floor men's bathroom toilet in the Mordino casino in New Reno.
 * Loot: 1 frag grenade, 1 pulse grenade, and 1 plasma grenade.
 * Somebody buried some cash beneath the cross labeled 'Trash' in Golgotha.
 * Loot: $374.
 * Go back and talk to Father Tully in New Reno after you have finished the game.
 * Tully gifts the player the Fallout 2 Hintbook.
 * There is an Easter Egg somewhere in New Reno.
 * Found below New Reno Arms.
 * Stop shaking me so hard.
 * Your LUCK is very high. Keep shaking me for clues!
 * Yes, we KNOW Descent to Undermountain was crap.
 * If you sell Bessie to the butchers in Modoc, you can set her free again.
 * Selling her to Grisham nets the player 300 Meat Jerky and -5 Karma. Releasing her afterwards is worth +10 Karma, but a Modoc reputation drop. The player will also find a dead herd of brahmin around Modoc afterwards.
 * Pay attention to what Curtis says after you return Mr. Nixon to him in Vault City.
 * Loot: Wrench.
 * With the feuding couple in Broken Hills, the wife really did throw the Cat's Paw in the trash.
 * Found in the blue pot outside the home.
 * You need a high STR *and* a high END to have a chance of beating Francis in the arm-wrestling contest.
 * 9/9 to be precise.
 * The code to activate the first terminal in the Vault in Vault City is 3PCF186.
 * Loot: 2 stimpaks and a super stim.

Locations

 * Shark Club: Found in the socket of a pool table on the second floor, next to the stairs to Mr Bishop.

Behind the scenes

 * It seems that Feargus and Scotty did win out in the end; the older version of the 8-Ball's dialogue mentions it being used as a weapon. It cannot be used to throw or punch now, though.
 * The Magic 8-ball was originally found in the EPA.