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Psychotic Prankster

Psychotic Prankster

Placed a grenade or mine while pickpocketing

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How to unlock the Psychotic Prankster achievement in Fallout 3 - Definitive Guide

Find somebody sleeping, make sure your hidden, pickpocket them, select the grenade, then walk away from them, it should explode and bam the achievement appears.
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15 Feb 2009 02:58

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I went to the Common House in Megaton, only place I could find someone sleeping.
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By ijiekmotors on 28 Mar 2024 23:02
A very easy and rather fun achievement, just remember to save prior to this so you don't alert anyone as they will become hostile (well, they won't but everyone else will)
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11 Jun 2009 18:31

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Nice! But don't you mean, "if you don't want bad karma"?
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By Octobot Super on 08 Aug 2009 19:51
Video no longer works.
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By on 26 Oct 2009 12:25
i understand that and i am going to put a new video in in a few minutes from this post
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By Nitoriism on 26 Oct 2009 19:23
And Octobot personally some people dont care about a little bad/good karma so im making an assumption here so...
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By Nitoriism on 17 Mar 2010 22:05
i dont care about karma its fun to do
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By FinalFireDemon on 02 Jun 2011 12:06
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The easiest way to get this achievement is when you first arrive at tenpenny tower. The ghoul outside is talking through the intercom to the guard captain while he is talking there is no way he will notice you pickpocketing him if you sneak.
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Use the left stick to make sure you are hidden (You dont need to but it helps). Then instead of taking items. Place a grenade or a mine it doesnt matter. Then get away as far as you can. It should unlock after he/she explodes.

I got this outside Megaton where there is this Bum who asks you for water. I wouldnt advise doing that if you are trying to keep up good karma.
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04 Nov 2008 21:19

After picking up the GECK and ambushed by Enclave soldiers you will be taken to Raven Rock. Once the president releases you, there is a guard in the hall. After talking to the first guard that notices you (speech and charisma check), he will go to the intercom to call the president to check your story. Simply crouch behind him, once he's done with the conversation with the president pick pocket, trade the grenade and enjoy.

I did not receive a karma hit for this, however save the game before exiting the cell to insure your success.
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29 Jun 2010 14:43

Things you'll need..

-Stealth Boy
-Frag Grenade
-( I would have a high Sneak before doing in the 80's at least)

Simply what i did was went to the flight deck of Rivet City and i was all the way on the top and noticed one guy was up there by him self. so i you'll notice when your up there he'll go towards a railing and lean on it so i slapped on the Stealth boy and clicked the right stick to crouch and tipped toed over to where he was standing and waited till it said "Hidden" at the top of the screen. Then clicked "A" to pick pocket than tabbed left trigger to goto my side click on "Frag Grenade" and move over to his side which will show up as a "Live Grenade" click out and watch the fireworks happen. And wait for the Achievement to pop.

**Tips for good Karma**
Save before walking out or as soon as you walk out to stay golden..
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07 Apr 2011 02:21

First make sure you have a grenade in your inventory. Then proceed to pickpocket someone by simply going into sneak mode by pressing cn_LSc and then approaching someone from behind and hitting cn_X when close enough, as well as hidden. Then simply select the grenade in your inventory and exit.
It's also worth noting that your pickpocket has to be successful to gain the trophy. If you get caught trying to place the grenade in the NPC's inventory, it will not get transferred.

Best attempted in Megaton, or if you blew it up, it is fairly easy in one of the Rivet City corridors.
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22 Aug 2017 23:24

To plant something on someone you have to "Reverse Pickpocket" it i.e instead of taking something out of someone's pocket, you put something in there instead.

The absolute earliest we've found you can do this is when you get back from minefield during Chapter 1 of the Wasteland Survival Guide Quest. Equip a Stealth Boy, then sneak up on Moira and plant a mine on her but save before you do this as it will kill her and void The Wasteland Survival Guide trophy in the process. Also see here for a possibly even earlier way of getting this:

 

 

(Credit to evilpcguy for the video. Even though this is for the PC version, it should still be relevant).

The easiest and safest place to get this is to plant a grenade or mine in the pocket of Roy Philips who's talking on the intercom in front of Tenpenny Tower. Make sure you save beforehand so you can reload afterwards as this will give you Bad Karma and you need Roy for the "Tenpenny Tower" Quest.

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Note: Save before attempting this achievement.

When crouching you are able to attempt to steal from someone's pockets. While in the inventory screen, move a grenade or mine from your side to theirs. Once you leave the screen, the grenade or mine you planted will explode and kill them. I would suggest reloading your save after getting the achievement if you did this in a city as the entire city will probably now hate you.

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Note: Save before attempting this achievement.

When crouching you are able to attempt to steal from someone's pockets. While in the inventory screen, move a grenade or mine from your side to theirs. Once you leave the screen, the grenade or mine you planted will explode and kill them. I would suggest reloading your save after getting the achievement if you did this in a city as the entire city will probably now hate you.

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Attention: It’s better to save because if you kill someone in the city, all the residents will turn against you.
This can be done at night, when residents in the city are already sleeping. Get into someone's house, click and search the sleeping person. Place a mine or grenade in his pocket, after a while it will explode. You can do this with sleeping raiders if you come across them.
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13 Jul 2011 10:16