Learn where to find every single Fallout: New Vegas skill book in the base game
Looking for all the Fallout: New Vegas skill books locations to increase your chances of survival in the Mojave Wasteland? Skill books have become just as coveted as bottle caps in the years since the bombs fell, and each holds immense power in the irradiated hellscape of Fallout: New Vegas.
Books are just one of many collectibles in the Open-world game, and each holds a unique power and story to uncover. There are 13 distinct types of skill books, each associated with a specific skill and permanently boosting it by three points once read. If you have the Comprehension perk, you can increase that permanent boost gained from reading skill books from three points to four. Within the base game, you can find three to five copies of each skill book type, spread across the Mojave Wasteland, hidden in forgotten nooks, guarded by treacherous creatures, or given as quest rewards. We’ve compiled a compendium revealing the hidden locations of every skill book within the base game for you to find, read, and maybe use as decoration.
All Fallout: New Vegas skill books
The following books permanently increase the associated skill by three points once read:
The following books permanently increase the associated skill by four points once read if you have the Comprehension perk:
Where to find all the Fallout: New Vegas skill books
Here are the locations of all Fallout: New Vegas skill books within the base game:
Science
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor
Brewer’s Beer Bootlegging – Located inside Brewer’s Beer Bootlegging, on the counter next to the beer keg.
Camp Forlorn Hope – Inside the tent next to the Administration building.
Helios One – Located on the desk inside the main facility. You need to have the keycard to enter.
Nipton Town Hall – At the front of the town hall, next to the mayor’s chair.
REPCONN Headquarters – Inside the building, near the workbench. You’ll need a keycard to access this area.
Sneak
Duck and Cover!
Camp Searchlight – In the fire station, on top of the safe, next to the bed.
Goodsprings – In the trailer across from the school, on the shelf.
NCR Sharecropper Farms – Inside the farmhouse, on the table.
Vault 3 – In the underground area, in the room with the terminal that opens the armory door.
Medicine
D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine
Followers Safehouse – On the counter, next to the bed.
Helios One – On the desk in the main facility, beneath the cafeteria. You need to have the keycard to enter.
Mesquite Mountains Crater – In the trailer, on the shelf.
Novac – In the motel, on the table.
Repair
Dean’s Electronics
Nellis Air Force Base – On the workbench, in the hangar where you meet Sam for the first time.
Sloan – Inside the basement of the house with the water purifier.
Southern Nevada Wind Farm – On the desk in the office.
Explosives
Duck and Cover!
Mojave Outpost – On the table in the tent.
Nellis Air Force Base – On the workbench in the hangar where you meet Sam for the first time.
Ranger Station Foxtrot – On the table in the tent.
Sloan – In the basement of the house with the water purifier.
Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual
Cannibal Johnson’s Cave – On the bed in the cave.
Cottonwood Cove – Next to the bed in the house.
Hidden Supply Cave – On the table, in the large room with the safe.
Jacobstown – On the table in the house with the two dogs.
Melee Weapons
Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual
Cannibal Johnson’s Cave – On the bed in the cave.
Cottonwood Cove – Next to the bed in the house.
Hidden Supply Cave – On the table, in the large room with the safe.
Jacobstown – On the table in the house with the two dogs.
Guns
Guns and Bullets
Gomorrah – On the table in the room where you meet Joan.
Nevada Highway Patrol Station – In the office, on the table.
Raul’s Shack – On the table near the campfire.
Vault 34 – On the table, in the room with the chessboard.
Speech
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor
Brooks Tumbleweed Ranch – On the table, inside the shack.
Cerulean Robotics – On the table in the office.
Lucky Jim Mine – On the table in the mine’s office.
NCRCF – In the room with the two couches, next to the bed.
Energy Weapons
Nikola Tesla and You
Hidden Valley – Inside the house with the pool table.
Old Nuclear Test Site – In the shack, on the table.
REPCONN Headquarters – In the office, on the table.
Unarmed
Lying, Congressional Style
Fisherman’s Pride Shack – On the table, inside the shack.
Nipton Road Reststop – In the trailer, on the bed.
The Tops Casino – On the bed in the Presidential Suite.
Vault 11 – In the room with the chessboard, on the table.
Barter
Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor
Allied Technologies Offices – On the table, in the office.
Cap Counterfeiting Shack – On the table, in the kitchen.
Primm – On the table inside the trailer.
Vault 22
