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All missables in Fallout 3
Everything you can permanently miss, in the order you reach it: where it is, how to get it and what locks it out.
| Item | Area | Where and how | What locks it out | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength Bobblehead | Megaton | Head inside the Simms house to Simms' deskHow: collect from Lucas Simms' desk | detonating the atomic bomb | |
| Megaton House Key | Megaton | Rewarded by Lucas Simms after successfully disarming the bomb in the town centerExact spot: being checked | detonating the atomic bomb | |
| Food Sanitizer | Super-Duper Mart | Inside the pharmacy backroom, on a metal shelf or awarded by Moira if the optional food objective is metExact spot: being checkedHow: Complete the optional objective to find medicine in the pharmacy | Being checked | |
| Fat Man | Galaxy News Radio | On the dead Brotherhood soldier in the courtyard outside the GNR entrance | Being checked | |
| Mini Nuke | Galaxy News Radio | Carried by the dead Brotherhood soldier outside in the courtyard next to the Fat Man | Being checked | |
| Rolling Pin | Vault 112 | Tranquility Lane, found in several kitchen areas of the housesExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Butter Knife | Vault 112 | Tranquility Lane, inside the abandoned house and various kitchensExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Chinese Assault Rifle | Vault 112 | Carried by the simulation's Chinese invaders during the failsafe sequenceExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Doctor's Lab Coat | Vault 112 (Reality) | Worn by Dr. Stanislaus Braun inside his locked Lounger pod in the pod roomExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Fawkes' Super Sledge | Vault 87 | Equipped by Fawkes when you release him from Isolation Room 05Exact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Grognak the Barbarian | Vault 87 | Living Quarters, in the maintenance room near a metal shelving unitExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Tumblers Today | Vault 87 | Living Quarters, on an equipment table in the reactor utility areaExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine | Vault 87 | Advanced Labs, on a terminal desk inside an experiment observation roomExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Your Confiscated Equipment | Raven Rock | Locker just outside your holding cell on Level 3Exact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Energy Weapons Bobblehead | Raven Rock | Desk inside Sector 2C of Level 2, in Colonel Autumn's bedroomExact spot: being checked | Completing the escape | |
| Modified FEV Virus | Raven Rock | Received directly from President Eden at the mainframe on Level 1Exact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Laborer Outfit | The Pitt | Acquired from the slavers at the train tunnel entrance in the Capital Wasteland before boarding the handcart | Being checked | |
| Slow Burn Flamer | Adams Air Force Base | Carried by an Enclave Hellfire trooper in the airfield depot areaExact spot: being checked | Completing the quest "Who Dares Wins" / ordering the orbital strike | |
| Precision Gatling Laser | Adams Air Force Base | In the armory section of the Mobile Base Crawler, inside a locked storage caseExact spot: being checked | Completing the quest "Who Dares Wins" / ordering the orbital strike | |
| Callahan's Magnum | Adams Air Force Base | Inside a safe in the Mobile Base Crawler control room area (terminal hack required)Exact spot: being checked | Completing the quest "Who Dares Wins" / ordering the orbital strike | |
| Paulson's Revolver | Mothership Zeta | Carried by the companion Paulson; obtained if he dies or via reverse-pickpocketingExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Samurai Armor | Mothership Zeta | Worn by Toshiro Kago; obtained if he dies during combat encountersExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Captain's Sidearm | Mothership Zeta | Found on the console table directly beside the Alien Captain on the Bridge | Being checked | |
| Destabilizer | Mothership Zeta | Located inside the Weapons Lab shooting range, resting on a pedestal behind a locked testing enclosure | Being checked | |
| Ant's Sting | Canterbury Commons | Carried by The AntAgonizer in her lair; awarded by siding with her or looted from her corpseExact spot: being checkedHow: Convince The AntAgonizer to stand down with Speech or defeat her in her lair | Being checked | |
| AntAgonizer's Costume | Canterbury Commons | Carried by The AntAgonizer; awarded by siding with her or looted from her corpseExact spot: being checkedHow: Convince The AntAgonizer to stand down with Speech or defeat her in her lair | Being checked | |
| Protectron's Gaze | Canterbury Commons | Carried by The Mechanist in his lair; awarded by siding with him or looted from his corpseExact spot: being checkedHow: Convince The Mechanist to stand down with Speech or defeat him in his lair | Being checked | |
| Mechanist's Costume | Canterbury Commons | Carried by The Mechanist; awarded by siding with him or looted from his corpseExact spot: being checkedHow: Convince The Mechanist to stand down with Speech or defeat him in his lair | Being checked | |
| Mesmetron | Paradise Falls | Given by Grouse at the entrance gate during the quest "Strictly Business" | Being checked | |
| Timebomb's Lucky 8 Ball | Big Town | Given by Timebomb after healing him with a Medicine skill check of 35 or higherExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Terrible Shotgun | Evergreen Mills | Carried by Smiling Jack in the Evergreen Mills Bazaar; obtained by killing or reverse-pickpocketing himExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Sheet Music Book | Agatha's House | Found in various locations across the wasteland, such as Vault 92 or the Arlington LibraryExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Agatha's Dress | Agatha's House | Carried by Agatha (requires pickpocketing or killing her)Exact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Barkskin perk | Oasis | Awarded automatically after destroying Harold's heart with fire or applying the sap to accelerate his growthExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Linden's Outcast Power Armor | Oasis | Given by Tree Father Birch if you use the sap to stop Harold's growthExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Maple's Garb | Oasis | Given by Leaf Mother Laurel if you apply liniment to accelerate Harold's growthExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Poplar's Hood | Oasis | Given by Cypress if you accelerate Harold's growthExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Yew's Bear Charm | Oasis | Given by Yew if you agree to persuade Birch or Laurel to let Harold growExact spot: being checked | Being checked |
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