Talk:Fallout 3 containers and storage

Safe containers
I think the line about the only safe, non-respawning containers being located inside an 'owned' home is incorrect. In my experience specific content container boxes do not respawn making them relatively safe.
 * By specific(non quest) contents, I mean Fire Hose Boxes always contain only Hose Nozels, Refrigerators only contain food, First Aid Kits only contain Aid Items, Ammo Boxes only ammo...
 * If the container holds random goods and is NOT quest related it is probably not safe.
 * If a container initially holds a unique item, quest item, or started out as being Locked, it is a safe bet the container will not respawn no matter what the container type is.
 * Of note however is that NPCs(either random or fixed)will pick-up the contents of nearby containers that occupy the same map cell, the same as they would upgrade themselves by picking an item up directly off the ground. Whether they need to be patrolling near the actual container or just be in the same map cell is up for debate. This may not apply to containers that are locked or otherwise secured, or to containers flagged as 'owned' by a particular NPC or the Player. Occasionally certain(temporary quest) followers will loot the ground, containers, or even the Player to upgrade themselves with better armor or weapons.

For example, I took Sticky to Big Town, unloaded all the extra weapons and armor into a lawn mower container. The one located near the bridge behind Dusty. I then left to rescue Red and Shorty. When I returned, Dusty was armed with a Ripper and Sticky had a Sawed-off Shotgun, both were armed only with hunting rifles when I left. Both of their new weapons were ones I left behind, and upon checking were not in the Lawn Mower where I left them(Though everything else was still there).69.204.11.122 19:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

List of containers
The list of containers talks about an "Armor Case" and "Model House", both of which I could not find as pages and both which I'm not sure what they are actually supposed to be. If someone knows what they mean, please fix the red links for them. KingArmery 20:36, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * "Armor Cases" look like normal Metal Crates but contain armor items (Combat Armor, Recon Armor, Metal Armor, Power Armor, Enclave Power Armor). They are somewhat rare. Six of them are in Rivet City's Armory and single ones can be found in Raven Rock Level 2, Arlington Sewer and L.O.B. Enterprises East Wing.


 * "Model House" likely refers to "Model of Home", a unique container found in Gibson House in Minefield. -- Porter21 (talk) 21:16, November 14, 2009 (UTC)

Containers' capacity
I'd like to know if containers have any kind of capacity. Weight? Number of items?

I'm asking because I'm dumping the most usefull items in Point Lookout (Lever Action Rifles, all the Punga Fruit, Blood Packs, Cameras, Scrap Metal, Teddy Bears etc.) into the footlocker under the Passenger Cot on the boat and I wouldn't like to lose some item if I exceed the capacity. This happened in Oblivion.

Request for Base ID's of containers.
I would like to add the Base ID's of containers that are missing on this wiki. I don't understand why some containers like the refrigerator do but the metal box doesn't.

Either I find them out and add them or someone else does them.

'kay, thanks.