Lad's Life is a skill magazine in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics
Reading this magazine raises your Survival skill by 10 points (20 points with the Comprehension perk) for 60 seconds (180 seconds with Retention).
Locations
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
| Broc Flower Cave | On the floor of the lower irradiated chamber, in the middle area near the skeletons. |
| Camp Golf | House Resort, second floor, on a bed in the northern center room (with terminal). |
| Camp Golf | Camp Golf tent, the one with McCredie in it, on the middle right desk. Must be stolen. |
| Camp Golf | Campground just east of Camp Golf, in a caravan close to the road and Lake Las Vegas lakebed. |
| Camp McCarran | Inside a tent nearest to the two trucks and a trailer. |
| Camp McCarran | Concourse, in the waiting area section with the pool table, on the floor, just in front of the second most right bench. |
| Cannibal Johnson's Cave | On one of the shelves. |
| Captain Dean Boat Rentals | As you enter, on the bottom shelf to the left. |
| Charleston cave | On a shelf in a room near a submerged section, at the back of the cave. |
| Cottonwood Cove | On a dead mercenary southeast across the river in a small cave. |
Dry Wells  | In a lead-lined metal box together with a Today's Physician, west on the map on a ledge with several ammunition boxes and stimpaks. |
| Goodsprings | Inside the first house to north-east of Doc Mitchell's house, sitting on a step ladder. |
| Goodsprings | Goodsprings schoolhouse, on the floor near the middle of the room next to the large group of ruined desks. |
| Goodsprings Cave | Held by a dead female wastelander, near a duffle bag at the back of the cave. |
| Goodsprings Cemetery | Just east of the water tower down the hill where a lot of radscorpions are hanging out. Also a dead mercenary with loot. |
| Jacobstown | Jacobstown Lodge, up the right hand staircase; first room on the left, on a bed with a shelf and surgical instruments piled on it. Doctor's bag on the floor in doorway. |
| Junction 7 Rest Stop | In Parker's Restaurant and Fountain, ground level, near and upside down table under a ruined book. |
| Lake Mead Cave | At the back (south) of the cave, among some suitcases and ammunition box. |
| Mountain Shadows Campground | On a picnic table just east of the campground. |
| NCR Ranger safehouse | In a pool of green water near two skeletons east from the Ranger safehouse and North to north-east of Black Mountain. |
| Nellis Air Force Base | Nellis schoolhouse, inside the teacher's desk (very easy lock), with a Patriot's Cookbook and a Today's Physician. |
| Powder Ganger Camp South | Inside a crate of burnt books, just south of the NCR Correctional Facility. |
| Ranger Station Alpha | Inside the leftmost camp. |
| Ranger Station Delta | On the table inside the tent. |
| Ranger Station Foxtrot | On the table inside the tent, to the left of the Duck and Cover!. Not visible and only obtainable by disabling the table. |
| Red Rock Canyon | NW tent around the fire, on the floor with/under a Programmer's Digest and Milsurp Review. |
Securitron de-construction plant  | Outside on the right most picnic table closest to the gate in the South side entrance. |
| South Vegas Ruins | Zapp's Neon Signs, along with Boxing Times next to Nuka-Cola Quartz in upstairs office on shelf. |
| Sunstone Tower roof | Office room one level below the roof, in a Hard Locked filing cabinet in the corner, together with a True Police Stories. |
| Techatticup Mine | Right of the entrance in the area with the 2 NCR hostages. |
| The Courier's Mile | At the center of the map, between a burning car and a warhead under some ruined books. |
| The Tops | 13th floor, on top of the fire place in Benny's suite. |
| The Tops | 13th floor, in the High Roller suite. |
| Yangtze Memorial | In the abandoned shack to the northwest, to the right of the shelves in the back. |
| Westside Co-op | On the counter, next to a Salesman Weekly near Etienne. |
| Z-9 Crotalus DNA preservation lab | In the west room with a non-functional terminal, in a bin up high in the cabinet. |
Zion Fishing Lodge  | Behind the couch. |
| Zion Valley Welcome Booth | On one of the wooden benches in front of the booth. |
Behind the scenes
Lad's Life is a reference to Boys' Life, the monthly magazine of the Boy Scouts of America.