Hoff

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	Fallout 3 character Hoff
	Biography and appearance Race Human, Caucasian Gender Male Affiliation Ernest Roe Role Traveling Doctor and Caravan Merchant Location Loops through Canterbury Commons, Temple of the Union, Agatha's house, Paradise Falls, Arefu, Evergreen Mills, Megaton, and Rivet City Dialogue File Hoff's dialogue Gameplay Quests Merchant Empire Statistics Alignment Good SPECIAL Strength: 5 Perception: 5 Endurance: 4 Charisma: 7 Intelligence: 5 Agility: 5 Luck: 5 Derived Stats Hit Points: 135 → 185 Tag Skills Barter: 54 → 100 Melee Weapons: 50 → 100 Speech: 54 → 100 Repair: 15 (65 after investment) Level 5 → 15 (1.5 times current player level) Technical Base ID 00063bf7 Ref ID 00063c06 Actor Jeff Baker

 

“

Let's see... what The Good Doctor has in his magic bag, shall we?

”— Doc Hoff, Fallout 3.

Doc Hoff, or as he likes to call himself "The Good Doctor" (for his specialty in selling medicine and chems), is a caravan merchant in Fallout 3.

Background

Sarcastic and pessimistic about humanity's survival, he sells food, medical supplies, and drugs, and may also repair your gear. Doc Hoff is convinced he's helping to ease humanity's suffering in its dying years, for a price.

Daily schedule

Doc Hoff appears outside of frequent stops every time you fast travel to that location, go through a loading screen to that location, or wait at the site for a couple of hours. A good way to find him is to fast travel to Rivet City and go down the metal stairs. If he isn't there, wait for one or two hours so a merchant spawns. If the merchant isn't Doc Hoff, wait for one or two hours again. Repeat until you get him to spawn.

Related non-player characters	RefID	BaseID
Doc Hoff's Caravan Guard	00052bbf	00069c49
Doc Hoff's pack brahmin	0002d59a	00027ded

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

	This character is a merchant.	Caps: 483-1197* Sells: drugs, Schematics - Nuka grenade
	This character can repair items.	Repair cap: 79*
	This character is involved in quests.	Merchant Empire

* After second investment.

Quests

• Merchant Empire: After talking to Ernest Roe about caravan merchant investment, his repair skill jumps to 65 (allowing him to repair items to a max of 79%). His inventory (and the number of available caps) also improves, and after the second investment, he rewards you with 5-7 stimpaks, depending on your level.

Inventory

	Apparel	Pre-War businesswear Reading glasses
	Weapon	10mm submachine gun
	Carried items	Schematics - Nuka grenade
	Drops on death	empty

Notes

• Doc Hoff sells one of the Nuka-grenade schemtics in the game.
• Doc Hoff is one of the merchants who sell refined punga fruit and wild punga fruit after the Point Lookout add-on is installed.
• Agatha's broadcast occasionally thanks Doc Hoff for "keeping an old lady alive and well".

Notable quotes

• "Here to see the good doctor? Excellent."
• "Tell me what you need, and maybe I've got your fix."

Appearances

Doc Hoff only appears in Fallout 3.

Bugs

• PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Doc Hoff can appear at the Jefferson Memorial during the time of the quest "Take It Back". He is almost always instantly killed by Liberty Prime, and his body can be very difficult to find with all the dead Enclave soldiers. Fortunately, his corpse will take more time to disappear, making him easier to locate if you wait about five to seven days after you finish the mission.
• PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 When starting a new game, it is possible that Doc Hoff will spawn without his pack brahmin and caravan guard.
• PC Sometimes Doc Hoff and his guard will be separated from his pack brahmin and make rounds separately. One way to fix this is by finding the separated brahmin and using two console commands to move Doc and his guard to your position near the brahmin: moveto.player 63c06 (and) moveto.player 522bc1

Gallery

• 
  Doc Hoff in front of Megaton.
• 
  Doctor Albert Hoffman