Talk:Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor

Hula girl
"The book must have been popular because on the front of the book a hawaiin woman is dancing and this exact same picture can be foud in the from of non pick-upable bobbleheads."

Really? Really, guy? I mean, I understand if Fallout 3 was your introduction to the series, you probably wouldn't recognize the image from the Junktown postcard. But the Dashboard Ukulele Lady? One of the oldest and most recognizable pieces of American kitsch? Possibly the first ever bobble-figurine? You've never seen it before?--68.54.135.150 21:25, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Srsleh? Fucking SERIOUSLY GUY? why do you have to be a complete asshole to him? maybe hes foreign, maybe hes a ten year old. Chill the fuck out and stop being a douchebag troll.

Sounds like your trolling yourself buddy lol, anyway... he did have some points, however he probably could've been a bit nicer abotu it, oh well I guess, just glad this site isn't subject to the horrid porn bots -.-

The book near Temple of the Union (18)
Do you mean an Enclave camp instead? A vertibird should land here or something. I'm currently before GNR on the main quest line (that early). There are no raiders, no Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor. Probably not spawned yet until the Enclave gets there? I'll check this out soon and update accordingly.


 * Yes, that one and the Grognak won't spawn until after you finish Head of State. I've checked this with two characters, and the official guide confirms it. Dcruze 06:19, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


 * That's a bummer, since Head of State is so buggy. My game right now, they just keep walking back and forth on a bridge.  I've given up on it for the time being, but that's a shame cuz I need those two books still.
 * --AnyLameName 18:36, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok I now checked it out. The books in the raider-camp on the highway near the Temple of the Union will ONLY spawn, if the enclave has shown up the first time, and this means you must have done the Quest in Jefferson Memorial, where your father is killed in the rotunda. IF the quest "Head of the state" must be done also I don't know (but assume it). After doing both quest and going from scrapyard to the temple of union a enclave helicopter dropped enclace troops on the highway near the (now fully spawned) raidercamp, the raiders easily being killed by the enclave. Both books where there in the raidercamp. This means that the information on the mainpages for both books are wrong, till now telling that solving "Head of the State" is enough to spawn the books. I will not change those two tables. Maybe someone encouraged enough can do this. Thanks.

Fairfax Ruins
I read in the notes that there are only 23 Jerky Vendors, but I found one that doesn't seem to be listed. Can anyone proof-read and check it on their map? Thanks.


 * I haven't done Fairfax yet on this playthrough, so I can check it out when I get there.
 * --AnyLameName 15:05, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, on my double-check it's more S-SE, close under the highway.

Little Lamplight
Can anyone confirm/clarify the Little Lamplight location? It seems quite wrong. Not only is there no room that is clearly north of the entrance (the path forks immediately), but there isn't a book on a toilet in the southeast corner of any room. One room has a restroom in it's southeast corner, and that has toilets, but I didn't see a book there. If that's where it is supposed to be then we should at least be more specific, but I'm thinking that it's a mistake.

--AnyLameName 06:55, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Had Same problem. Nothing on the toilet on northern part of little lamplight restrooms under trading shop of knick knack.

Kasurami 18:30, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Checked with GECK. It is actually on the Murder Pass. Changed it.
 * Kasurami 18:42, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Awesome, thanks. Now it being on Murder Pass means I need to get permission to go through the back gate, correct?
 * --AnyLameName 19:11, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes. Both skill books currently in little lamplight category are both in murder pass, not far from both entrance and each other
 * Kasurami 03:23, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

WTF happened to the last 2 books?
Why is there only 23 and not 25? was there only 23 ever printed/distributed around the DC area?

We can't really be sure unless there's a guide that states the purpose for the 2 'missing' books that we may not have noticed we found, or we may not have even found them yet. However this game has quite a few bugs so its possible that some may get thrown off the map or something. The reason there are so few is basically that of, if there were hundreds as would've probably been printed it would be all too easy to get 100 in barter and the same goes for other skills/books. Possibly this was bethesda's attempt at being random, or they saw the slight importance of the barter skill as being able to lower many costs in the game and decided to screw us over in that lmao

V101 Demo cell
That would be the empty Vault 101 in the Bethesda demo videos, right? Nitty 14:15, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

pre-war book writers tell the future?
isn't junktown a post war town? and isnt tales of a junktown jerky vendor a pre war book? am i crazy or what?

Just because the book is circulated around the Wastelands doesn't mean that it was a pre war book. It could have easily been written by one of the more successful traders or merchants to travel through or live in Junktown, at some point after the war. After all, even Moira manages to get a book both published and distributed fairly quickly in the post-war environment. SagaDC 21:29, March 23, 2010 (UTC)