Talk:Steel ingot/Archive 1

Note: Edited this page to place the Abandoned Area at the bottom, and renumbered the total ingots gathered accordingly. This makes more sense, since when gathering all 100 ingots in one run, the 3 in the abandoned area will be picked up last, so now the total ingots gathered actually reflects the amount gathered whilst following the article completely. PIMPinator 10:30, February 1, 2010 (UTC)

What, seriously? Another goddamn fetch quest? Grrr. 74.69.21.12 22:30, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I dont like fetch quests either... I can live with it if its something small like the Suitcases in Anchorage, but not 100.. They're probably easy to miss to.. Hessen 16:03, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Well if you read one of the insider game info, one of the people says that he collected all of the ingots which netted him an achievement. If he can do that within the time that he plays a demo, I'm sure it won't be that hard.

I managed to find all the ingots in one go, almost- I only had to come here once, to find the last 6, which were all localized on that nigh-unreachable ledge mentioned in the article. It's not all that bad, looking for them- certainly a fun endeavor, especially considering that it's also a rationing quest, where you have to conserve your ammo, stimpacks and anti-rad meds as you move around the yard.--Kajex Firedrake 00:29, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry guys to burst your bubbles, but the ingots are easy as hell to find. I watched the video once and got them ALL on three different accounts. But one more thing, I forgot to try this, but can some ingots back to the wasteland as a souvenir? (Even though it sacrifices the almighty Tribal Power armor so it's kinda an unequal trade)--Zyan71.196.144.139 18:02, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Possible Reference?
In an MMo called Guild Wars there are materials called steel ingots, and iron ingots. Used to make weapons or armor. It's possible it could be a reference.-- 21:31, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

No, it is most certainly NOT a reference. Not even CLOSE. Ingots are the common term for metal bars used for a specific purpose, like the ones you often see gold smelted into. Blutteufel 07:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah... look, I've played Guild Wars, and I know what you're talking about. I've also played Lord of the Rings Online, where you can make your own Iron and Steel ingots. So... no.--Kajex Firedrake 21:44, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Geez, do you guys EVER leave your room to interact with the real world? Ingot is a perfectly common term for a lump of refined metal, even before *gasp* pen and paper RPGs were developed!


 * Fourthed. Why must everything in this damn game be a reference? Killchain 07:31, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Because people like to look smart by adding an obscure reference. Spoon 07:38, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

List!
We need a list of steel ingots and the reward items 115.124.0.4 21:35, 24 March 2009 (UTC)


 * 10 Ingots = Laborer Outfit --Swizzler 14:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 20 Ingots = Filtration Helmet --Swizzler 14:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 30 Ingots = Steel Knuckles
 * 40 Ingots = Metal Master Armor
 * 50 Ingots = Metal Blaster
 * 60 Ingots = Bombshell Armor
 * 70 Ingots = Leather Rebel Armor
 * 80 Ingots = The Mauler --Swizzler 14:32, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 90 Ingots = Perforator --Swizzler 14:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 100 Ingots = Tribal Power Armor

This info is also on the Mill Worker Achievement Page. --Swizzler 15:11, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Supply plant
On the list of steel ingots in the Supply plant, one of the entry(the one marked with a six) says that there are the "two dead madmen with bobby pins laying everywhere." Well, I found said ingots but only found two skeletons and a cigarettes lying everywhere. Anyone else? The light in darkness 20:28, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

No, This has been confirmed to be "Bobby Pins" - Aprox 6 - laying around the skeleton (XBOX 360) 98.220.252.187 04:26, 11 May 2009 (UTC) ~Edit to above - Outside the door is a skeleton surronded by Bobby Pins - Inside the door is a skeleton surronded by cigarettes 98.220.252.187 04:27, 11 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Bobby pins are in darkish boxes, so it's conceivable you may miss them, but yes, outside the door, (It seems the setup is that they were trying to pick the lock to "discuss" the situation at the factory.)

Glitch (360)
I have all 4 DLCs and when attempting to acquire the ingots from the roof of the factory building wherein about midway down after turning left at the top of the stairs the ground is no longer solid. Using a Gauss Rifle I confirmed that the rooftop is not even solid up to the stairs thus making it impossible to complete the quest. Anyone else having the same trouble? Update 30 June 2009 2229 -- In regard to Hoogathy's post, I have no way to test this theory as by the time I encountered the bug I did not have a clean save from which to start, if anyone can confirm this possible fix it would be appreciated. Salluas 05:32, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

- Yup. My latest character was collecting ingots when he suddenly fell through the floor you described. At first it was only a small section of the floor, which I could circumvent to get to the top, but now the entire floor has become unpassable, with my character sinking through the moment he sets foot on it.

I'm missing one ingot, and I can't go up to look for it... Screw it. 78.23.191.33 11:54, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

I too have all four expansions and have encountered this glitch - not sure if that's the reason for the bug, but oh well. Anyway, I encountered this bug after exploring the region for over 10 minutes, at least. The first time it happened I was caught off-guard. The second time, I knew what I was getting in to, and tried to find a safe route for crossing the roof. I tried hugging the ledges around the domes to hop from object to object. In my experimentation I died many times, and eventually tried to pause the game and reload before the death animation, hit the B button for the Pip-Boy by mistake, and also hit Start - for whatever reason my console froze. So I rebooted and tried again with the ledge-hugging...and the roof was solid again. So for now, I recommend saving right before trying to hop onto the roof, and if you encounter the bug, reboot your system and try again. Maybe the glitch is triggered by certain other actions in the area, and doesn't occur if you try to cross the roof from scratch? That doesn't make much coding sense to me, but it's how I fixed it... --Hoogathy 20:02, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Having four expansions has nothing to do with it, it happens to everyone. Under step 26 there is a warning message telling you about this glitch. All you gotta do is, save right before the part where you would normally fall through, then restart your console, and walk across. Worked for me, and I have all four DLC's as well, so it should work for you. - PlainTwo 20:00, 1 July 2009

Yup, that's the solution I found too. Guess you've confirmed it then. --Hoogathy 01:18, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Restarted twice now (followed the recommendations above) and the entire roof is completely hollow. This is getting on my nerves. 68.84.78.247 02:28, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

=> I restarted twice too and I have exactely the same problem... Just take a breath after you saved and jump from the plank to the small white edge across the big tower on your right, then follow it right to the fence without bailing, save your game here and put your feet on the ground... This is a reliable solution. After picking up the four ingots take the same way to go back, you should be able to jump from the floor at the very end of the white edge. --Y0LAs* 06:01, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

This happened to me too. However, after clearing the cache (restarting Xbox and holding A button until Fallout 3 starts up) fixed this problem. Hopefully that's the answer. The Czech Duck 22:14, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

The problem is caused by Point Lookout, uninstall the add-on and reload your game, the roof will be solid again. Annoying if you have already done Point Lookout but it does fix this. -- 82.25.28.159 19:57, 8 July 2009 (UTC) Joe

Fuck this fuck this...FUCKING BETHESDA, now I'll never get the fucking perforator, that's the whole reason I got this fucking DLC, FUCK! DO I have to Re-buy the dlc if i reinstall it or what? cause fuck that if i have to.Aryeonos 23:25, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * If all you care about is the perforator, then this bug doesn't concern or effect you in any way. You only need 90 ingots to get it and there are only 4 ingots up there, which means you can still get the other 96 which is more then you need with no problems. Kinda leaves your vulgar outburst without merit me thinks.
 * You silly, there are at least 14 or more up there, so no my outburst was perfectly exceptableAryeonos 02:22, September 12, 2009 (UTC)

Removing Point Lookout works. and no you do not have to pay for it again to redownload, Microsoft has your back there. I tried this and it worked after hours of experimenting. Got all the way around the roof only to find I had already picked up those g--damn ingots. -- Anon 15 July, 2009


 * Did you try the other way of jumping from the steps onto the horizontal cylinders, over the fence, then dropping a bulky item on the pipe and jumping onto the catwalk from there? I got the perforator without those four ingots, (on PC).


 * I'm pretty sure its the DLCs. I played the game through once, and had no trouble, but after retrying the game after I beat all the DLC's I had the same problem. Also, rebooting the system fixed it

I have all five DLC on the 360 and the roof is completely solid I brought them in the order of Mothership Zeta, Broken Steel, Point lookout, The Pit and Operation anchorage. Maybe having The Pit installed after PL is the fix, you could try Uninstalling(Deleting) TP and PL and reinstalling them with PL first and TP second, should replicate my favorable results. --CiaoGamer 01:03, December 18, 2009 (UTC)

This doesn't fix the glitch, but if you head up the tower to the south and jump down onto the roof of the building to the north, you can walk across the pipe or the northern edge of the wall. Drop down into one of the first aid boxes and use it for footing while you nab the ingots. To escape, use fast travel, just be sure you killed the wildmen and the trogs. -Klaark, 1/2/10

You know, i definately had the same problem seeing i have all the expansions installed except zeta but i also found that by holding down 'fire' while using an auto axe or similar unique weapon, the mauler or man opener, while walking along the rooftop, it fixed the glitch. Maybe someone confirm? -Themulder1, 9/1/10

I just recently encountered this glitch, much to my frustration. The method that worked for me was saving on the last inch of geometry before my character would plunge to their deaths and restarting, clearing my cache. So, I can confirm that method works. But the reason I decided to post about it was that there was something very wrong with the dead slave next to the ingots one uses the rooftops to reach. His apparel turned most of his skin purple. When I looted the item, the PipBoy could not produce an image of it, and when I dropped the slave outfit a massive exclamation mark appeared before me. I'm certain this has something to do with clearing the cache. It's possible that The Pitt was somehow damaged and the cache was saving some of the data that is now missing entirely. I'm no expert though so that's entirely speculation. Anyone else care to weigh in, or at least someone who can replicate this? 98.115.210.98 13:17, May 19, 2010 (UTC)

After more experimentation, I realized that all content from The Pitt, save the textures unique to the Steelyard, was missing. The AutoAxe I had was also affected. Curious, I went into the Supply Plant figuring it would either fix the problem or something interesting would happen. The area was more or less not there. The floor textures existed, but most were about as solid as air. Almost everything was an exclaimation point now; the walls, various items (including the steel ingots, which is odd considering they worked just fine in the Steelyard), etc. The Trogs were still fine, though the continuously plummeted to their doom due to the walls not existing. When I fell through the geometry, I was teleported into the room containing several ingots behind the locked door. I created a new save file, turned off my console, restarted the game (without clearing my cache), and when I loaded the save everything was as it should be, assuming nothing important dropped while the game bugged out. I'm not entirely sure what caused all of this but it seemed interesting enough to post. 98.115.210.98 13:40, May 19, 2010 (UTC)

Yea that's a pretty interesting glitch. Wanted to weigh in that with GOTY edition, all DLC's installed (not sure what order, I just installed all of them from the disk at the same time) that I did not encounter any of the glitches mentioned, including the pass-through wall near wild bill. Unfortunately, I seem to have missed 2 ingots, and have to go through the whole thing again!Musicfeind2001 02:09, July 2, 2010 (UTC)

Keep forgetting to signature my posts!Musicfeind2001 02:09, July 2, 2010 (UTC)

Possible Despawn Glitch?
Well I've been through the guide on the article about seven times, and still haven't gotten all 100 ingots. I don't see how this could happen, I've searched just about every corner of the Steelyard, as well as the Plant, and no ingots were found. I'm just wondering if anyone has encountered a glitch where ingots despawn and all 100 are not attainible? Thats the only logical explanation I can think of for my situation, I couldn't have missed the same ingots seven times. - PlainTwo

Well, no despawn glitch, just a stroke of bad luck. It happened while doing step 20, the one where you go across the pipe, and kill the trog brute for 2 ingots. I went in VATS to kill the trog, but my shot missed. Now heres the unlucky part. My shot hit the ingot behind the trog, knocking it off the pipe to the ground below. I found it in the small fenced off area where you find the living slave crying about how his brother turned into a trog. So luckily, no glitch, just some bad luck. - PlainTwo

Is it possible to cheat 100 ingots to your inventory, and then still be able to collect the rewards?

Re: Yes it is. Using console punch in the following code "player.additem xx0032de y". Where "xx" is the order in the mod list where "The Pitt" DLC is loaded, and "y" is the number of steel ingots you want. Also yes, you can still claim the rewards. Although I haven't tested it extensively. You may not be able to skip the gathering process of at least 10 ingots before returning to Everett. So my recommendation is use it only when your completely stumped, followed the vids, and tuts to no avail, and/or don't plan on searching anymore... Like me.

I can't reinstall Point Lookout I no longer have the disc.

Yea but can you cheat them into your inventory on a 360?

Inventory code (CC)
Anyone know how to simply use Console Command to get one of these in your inventory? I've tried numerous attempts--the one listed here, using my own console in the game on an ingot I found, etc. Yet it won't work. (I currently have 99 of these damned things but can't find the last one it's taken me over two hours to do all this crap and it's driving me crazy to find this quest, even with cheats). Does anyone have any suggestions on this one so I can get the 100th one and move on?
 * I just used the walkthrough, and found 99 of them myself. Then I went back and it turned out I got distracted or something and skipped one by mistake. The walkthrough was good, but I skipped a step somehow. The one I was missing was by the mine cart in the protectron factory. I picked up 6 instead of 7 or something. You probably did something similar, I suggest you just go back through it and make sure. Since I work off of the 360 I can't help you with console commands, I'm sorry.--Sigan 17:16, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I cannot get the code to work either since I just want to get 10 ingots and be done with it since I did all this stuff on the 360 version already. I think there may be something wrong with the base ID, i.e. it being false. I'll have to look into the G.E.C.K. and find the code for myself. If the current code is false, I'll update it.--Cheeco88 14:51, 3 January 2012.

sorry for sounding dumb
...but are the ingots and the Ammo Press linked in some way? I ask because there's an ammo press video on this page, and you definitely don't need the ingots to access the press. Not sure if it's misplaced or if I'm really missing something. --Skeeter Valentine 23:06, September 6, 2009 (UTC)

You just need 10 to finish the first quest.Aryeonos

all on the first go through?
probably a dumb question, but do i have to get all the ingets on the first go through?

also a question you will all hate, if i finished the game, then how do i go to the pit if the game ended?

-You don't have to get them all on your first run.

I'm pretty sure you don't have to get them all on the first run but someone did mention that the first time in when you have to get 10 to return to everett, that their weight does not calculate. So I'm gettin them my first try, less dumping my salvage! As for finishing the game, you can do The Pitt before you finish, or if you have the Brotherhood of Steel DLC you can keep playing post-endgame. :) Musicfeind2001 02:14, July 2, 2010 (UTC)

Wild Bill
I have collected 98 ingots, and have figured out that the only two I am missing are the two that spawn with "Wild Bill". Only problem is, Wild Bill never spawned where he was supposed to, and the last two ingots are nowhere to be found. Any help?

Thought the same thing
But even though I never saw Wild Bill I got all 100 Ingots. I found the last two on a pipe not far from the catwalks that you can walk on and find at the end.

-Sometimes the game will glitch and wild bill will not appear. you can only fix this on pc.

WTF? O_O
Ok, I got all of the damn things, wheres my !@$#ing acchievement? i got all of them in 2 runs, first, i got about 40. then, i beat the pitt, did all of the other dlcs, came back, and got all of the rest. do you have to get them all on 1 try? please help!

Fn6000 03:16, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

I think that you need to hand 100 in to the foreman. Have you handed em in? and no I did mine in two sessions and got the achievement.

I'm missing number 100, I got all of the Ingots in the Abandoned Area and Supply Plant but I can't find the 79th Ingot in the Steel Yard, Help Please? -Riond55

Steelyard #9 ingots alternative acquisition
I could not jump from the dumpster over the barbedwire fence. I play on 360 and can't see how that's a possible jump. I have 10 Strength and was carrying about 150lbs but couldn't make the jump. There is another way to reach those two ingots. After getting the ones described in #26, jump to the the pipe running parallel to the walkway and you can jump down behind the fence you're supposed to jump over in #9. This route is shown on this video. Digeratess 19:05, April 11, 2010 (UTC)

I got rather irritated too until I realized I can walk on the SIDE of the dumpster, then jump over the fence. Have you tried that? Also, you can jump from the wide lip of the dumpster onto the fence, you can walk along the top of the fence, just carefully. Musicfeind2001 02:17, July 2, 2010 (UTC)

Missing 2 Ingots
I found 91 ingots on my own before consulting this guide. It turns out I was missing the four from #26 in the steel yard, and I hadn't found the three in the abandoned area because I had not gone back through there yet. Add that up and I'm still missing two.

I just waked back to the beginning of the map and followed this guide step by step and I can not find any more. The only thing I can think of is that there were only four in the locked room inside the supply plant. The guide says:
 * If only four are found in Tom McMullins's room of death, the next two can be found by backtracking to the Automated Maintenance terminal and proceeding down the hall through the northernmost doorway. There are several Trogs and Wildmen, again, if they have not already killed each other. The 2 ingots can be found in an overturned mine cart.

I'm guessing the "northernmost doorway" mentioned is the one to the right that leads to the hallway where you find the first eight ingots. The only other overturned cart is in the corner, and if I jump over it there are no ingots in it. Jimnms 14:29, April 25, 2010 (UTC)

same as above...

I'm at this point also. I started in the supply depot before I consulted this walkthrough, and then went back through the supply depot and double checked according to the walkthrough, but i'm still missing 2 ingots. I followed it to the letter... guess i'm onto round 2. Try again. I'll update afterward.Musicfeind2001 02:19, July 2, 2010 (UTC)

This was actually simpler than I'd expected. On step 3 it says to turn right then immediate left and look behind the barrels, well I got my left and right reversed and was looking behind barrels next to the little building. Stupid mistake, but quite a headache. Check your left/rights when you go through again. Musicfeind2001 02:30, July 2, 2010 (UTC)

falling though floor
many thanks saving befor and rebooting worked great

abandoned area
I found nothing to loot... :(