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Fallout 3Vault-Tec bobblehead
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Vault-Tec bobblehead figures are promotional Vault-Tec items in Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and Fallout: Wasteland Warfare. Although found in the game files, Vault-Tec bobbleheads do not appear in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background[]

Vault-Tec bobbleheads are found on the eastern side of the former United States, in the regions of the Capital Wasteland, the Commonwealth and Appalachia. Bobbleheads were exclusive Vault-Tec merchandise available to executive-level employees of the Vault-Tec Corporation.[1] They were also offered as a gift to individuals who had been accepted into Vaults.[2]

Variants[]

Fallout 3[]

A bobblehead will provide a permanent increase to a statistic (+1) or skill (+10) on pick-up and can be stored at the player's house on special stands.

Fallout 4[]

Each bobblehead will permanently increase a SPECIAL statistic by 1 on pickup or provide a special bonus corresponding to the type of bobblehead.

Fallout 76[]

Bobbleheads function similarly to Fallout 4, except they provide a temporary benefit, lasting two hours without any perks.

Notes[]

  • In Fallout 3, regardless of where the bobbleheads are found, they all wear Vault 101 jumpsuits. In Fallout 4, they wear Vault 111 jumpsuits. In Fallout 76, they wear Vault 76 jumpsuits.
  • Although bobbleheads do not appear in Fallout: New Vegas, the snow globes serve as the game's collectibles, just as the bobbleheads do in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4, though the snow globes give no bonuses or affect the game in any way as the bobbleheads do.
  • Despite being created before the war, the Barter bobblehead (and the Bobblehead: Caps, which uses its model) hold a bottle cap aloft. Doctor Mobius did extensively speculate on post-War currencies, however, and used caps as test currency for the Sink.[3]

Behind the scenes[]

  • The bobbleheads were also used as a Fallout 3 promotional item by Bethesda Softworks and are included in the Collector's Edition of the game. They are similar to the ones in-game but are shorter and in a generic standing-with-arms-folded pose.
  • Bobbleheads are also used as a promotional item for pre-orders of Fallout 4, this time all the different poses are available, although only one, random bobblehead is issued per pre-order.
  • A bobblehead appears in id Software's video game RAGE.
  • Various bobbleheads models are sold in the Bethesda store, beginning as promotional items for Fallout 3.
  • An exclusive bobblehead was released in Loot Crate's November 2015 box, posed with his hands on his hips and his shoulders back.
  • In the video game Rocket League, it is possible to acquire a Vault Boy bobblehead antenna.
  • The Charisma bobblehead is seen in a workshop in the first trailer for Fallout 4.

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References[]

  1. Vault-Tec headquarters terminal entries; Vault-Tec Bobblehead
  2. Letter from Vault-Tec
  3. Borous: "*{Quiet, trying not to embarrass himself}What? Like... stuff? Things?*"
    Klein: "YES. THINGS.
    Borous: "*{Quiet, skeptical}I don't know... might be some old Nuka Cola or Sunset Sarsaparilla bottlecaps lying around. It... It's not "currency" per se... Still, might be enough to trick the Sink's trade routines. Mobius put that test line for caps in the code as a debug command, I think.*"
    Dala: "I don't believe that was Mobius' reason. His wild speculation concerning post-holocaust economic systems was quite extensive. And of high decibel."
    Klein: "ENOUGH! SURRENDER THESE SO-CALLED BOTTLECAPS, NUKA AND SUNSET ALIKE. IN THEIR ROLE AS THINGS, THEY WILL SERVE AS ADEQUATE TEST SUBJECTS."
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