Fallout 3
72 Achievements
1,550
73-98h
Vault-Tec C.E.O.
Collected 20 Vault-Tec Bobbleheads
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How to unlock the Vault-Tec C.E.O. achievement in Fallout 3 - Definitive Guide
Location: Raven Rock
Specifics: Raven Rock Level 2, colonel Autumn's quarters, on table
2. Big Guns
Location: Fort Constantine
Specifics: CO quarters, inside open safe
3. Endurance
Location: Deathclaw Sanctuary
Specifics: Deathclaw Sanctuary, initial chamber, next to corpse pile
4. Explosives
Location: WKML Broadcast Station
Specifics: Sealed Cistern, next to ham radio
5. Speech
Location: Paradise Falls
Specifics: Eulogy's Pad, on table
6. Perception
Location: The Republic of Dave
Specifics: Museum of Dave, bookcase
7. Agility
Location: Greener Pastures Disposal Site
Specifics: Office, on table
8. Repair
Location: Arefu
Specifics: Evan King's House, on table
9. Science
Location: Vault 106
Specifics: Vault 106 living quarters, medical bay eastern wall, on shelves
10. Charisma
Location: Vault 108
Specifics: Vault 108 Cloning Lab, on table
11. Lockpick
Location: Bethesda Ruins
Specifics: Bethesda Offices East, top floor, on desk in central room
12. Small Guns
Location: National Guard Depot
Specifics: National Guard Armory, shelf in equipment storage
13. Sneak
Location: Yoo Guai Tunnel
Specifics: Yoo Guai Den, on metal crate, eastern area of central cavern.
14. Barter
Location: Evergreen Mills
Specifics: Bazaar, Jack's northeast alcove; top right shelf behind the Work Bench.
15. Melee Weapons
Location: Dunwich Building
Specifics: Virulent Underchambers, mall maintenance room
16. Unarmed
Location: Rockopolis
Specifics: Rockopolis, next to Argyle's body
17. Medicine
Location: Vault 101
Specifics: Vault 101, Dad's clinic table
18. Strength
Location: Megaton
Specifics: Lucas Simms' house, sheriff's bedroom on table
19. Intelligence
Location: Rivet City
Specifics: Science Lab, on table
20. Luck
Location: Arlington House
Specifics: Arlington house, cellar shelves
And if you are still stuck then you could always watch these videos by OverKill360videos on Youtube.
Medicine - on your father's desk in vault 101
Energy weapons - inside Raven Rock
Strength - Lucas Simms' house in Megaton
Repair - Evan King's house in Arefu
I hope this prevents some achievement hunting disaster for some people :)
If you've encountered any other problems like these, please comment below so I can add them to the guide :)
Here is a list of the bobbleheads featured in this video in
the order they appear.
Medicine-Vault 101,Dad's clinic
Strength-Megaton,Lucas Simm's House
Barter-Evergreen Mills
Bazaar Big Guns-Outside Fort Constantine
Intelligence-Rivet City,Science Lab
Charisma-Vault 108,Cloning Lab
Melee Weapons-- Dunwich Building,Virulent Underchambers
Lockpick-Bethesda Ruins,Bethesda offices east
Speech-Paradise Falls,Eulogy's Pad
Repair-Arefu,Evan King's house
Video Part 2
Here are the final 10 bobbleheads listed in the order they
appear in this video.
Perception-The Republic of Dave,Museum of Dave
Explosives-Outside WKML Broadcast Station, In the sealed cistern
Endurance-Deathclaw Sanctuary
Agility-Greener Postures Disposal Site Building
Small Guns-National Guard Depot, National Guard Depot Armory
Sneak-Yao Guai Tunnels,Yao Guai Den
Unarmed-Rockopolis
Energy Weapon-Raven Rock,Level 2(must advance the story to get inside this area)
Luck-Arlington House
Science-Vault 106,Living Quarters
The only bobblehead that he doesn't show accurately is the bobblehead of small guns, which is shown in the fifth video :)
Credits goes to Flying Orc
There are 20 Bobbleheads that need to be collected in Total. 4 of these Are missable, which means that if you miss them you would have to redo an entire playthough just to get them again so make note of which are missable!
These are the 4 bobbleheads that should be noted:
1. Medicine - On your father's desk in Vault 101
Make sure you pick this one up as soon as you can, If you've missed it fear not, you have 1 more chance to get this one by doing the quest ''Trouble on the Homefront''
2.Energy Weapons - Inside Raven Rock
Make sure you pick this Bobblehead up BEFORE leaving Raven rock. The bobblehead can be found in the room on the left of the quest marker located at the end.
3. Strength - Lucas simms house in megaton
Make sure you pick up the bobblehead located inside Lucas simms' house. To get in either pick the lock, or either kill/pickpocket mr simms for the key.
4. Repair - Evan King's house in Arefu
Can become unobtainable if tried to force lockpick his house and fail, breaking the lock.
Please note that the infiltrator perk if chosen, can give you one more, final attempt at getting it.
As for the normal bobbleheads they are as following:
5. Sneak - Can be found in the Yao Guai Tunnels in the Yao Guai Den.
6. Unarmed - Located in Rockopolis.
7. Luck - inside Arlington House
8. Science - Can be found in Vault 106 below in the Living Quarters.
9. Small Guns - National Guard Depot, In the National Guard Depot Armory
10. Agility - Greener Postures Disposal Site Building
11. Endurance - Deathclaw Sanctuary (Reccomended: Have A Stealth boy to make this easier, they deathclaws can easily kill you in there!)
12. Explosives - Outside WKML Broadcast Station, In the sealed cistern
13. Perception - The Republic of Dave, located in the back building the Museum of Dave
14. Bazaar Big Guns - Outside Fort Constantine
15. Speech -Paradise Falls inside Eulogy's Pad
16. Lockpick - Bethesda Ruins, inside Bethesda offices east
17. Melee Weapons - Dunwich Building in the Virulent Underchambers
18. Charisma - Vault 108 downbelow in the Cloning Lab
19. Intelligence - Rivet City inside the Science Lab
20. Barter - Can be found inside Evergreen Mills
Down below I have added a few video's showing you the locations.
Happy hunting!
** I do not take credit for any of the video's. They where made by YOGSCAST Will over on Youtube.
Highly Missable!
This is an example of what a Bobblehead looks like:
The following Bobbleheads are easily missed:
- Raven Rock: You only get one chance to enter Raven Rock and that is during the main story Quest "The American Dream". If you don't get it when you're in Raven Rock then there is no chance of getting it again without starting a new game or loading an earlier save.
- Vault 101: You have 3 chances to get this trophy: One at the very beginning of the game during the "Growing Up Fast" Quest, another during the "Escape!" Quest and finally during the "Trouble on the Homefront" Side Quest.
- Megaton: The one in Lucas Simms' house is missable if you decide to blow up Megaton or don't increase your Lockpick Skill to a high enough level to be able to pick lock on his front door.
If you don't have the Broken Steel DLC installed then all the other Bobbleheads can be gotten at anytime before the main Quest "Take it Back!" but if you do have it installed, then you can get them anytime you want.
You only need to pick up the Bobbleheads for them to count, you don't need to use the display stand in your house. See here for a written location guide of all the Bobbleheads in the Main Game: LINK (credit to the Fallout Wiki for the link). Here's another written guide (the info you want is in the bottom half of the post): LINK (credit to iron_granny69). Also see here for an interactive map: LINK (credit to zazoum for this). To enable the Bobblehead locations Guide within the interactive map, go the Items menu then click on both the S.P.E.C.I.A.L and Skills buttons then position your mouse/trackpad cursor over the highlighted Bobblehead location's name plate to reveal a mini-map showing where it is.
Video Guide:
(Credit to Flying Orc for the video. Although these are for the Xbox 360 version, the info is still valid).
This trophy will pop once you collect your 20th Bobblehead.
Notes:
- This trophy is another potential slow popper so don't be worried if it doesn't pop for 5-10secs.
- The easiest way to check your progress towards this is via the Bobblehead stand in your Megaton/Tenpenny Tower Home/apartment and cross reference them with the above video and text Guides.
- The Bobbleheads you gain from the vision sequence in the Point Lookout DLC do not count towards the Bobblehead Trophies because they don't actually exist.
- Bobbleheads have no weight so you don't have to worry about becoming overencumbered.
The locations of all 20 bobbleheads can be found here. I have mentioned above in certain achievements/quests the two that can be missed. The other 18 can be obtained at any point in the game, unless you blow up Megaton which I also mentioned above.
The locations of all 20 bobbleheads can be found here. I have mentioned above in certain achievements/quests the two that can be missed. The other 18 can be obtained at any point in the game, unless you blow up Megaton which I also mentioned above.
Note for PC Users: Again, to save you a lot of time and searching, use the command "player.placeatme 38832 X" to spawn a number of bobbleheads on the ground around you, X being the amount. This will spawn the exact same one but it doesn't matter for the achievement. You don't have to collect all 20 different ones, just 20 total.
Bobblehead - Strength: Found in Megaton in the house of Lucas Simms (Sheriff) on the table in the bedroom. His house is on the right after entering Megaton. Get it before you blow up Megaton, if that's what you're going to do, of course. Location on the map.
Bobblehead - Perception : Found in Dave's Republic. Dave's Museum is on the bookshelf on the right side of the room.
Bobblehead - Endurance : Found in Deathclaw Hideout. Near the entrance on a table not far from the rotting corpse of a Brahmin.
Bobblehead - Charisma : Found in Vault 108. Cloning Lab, on a table in a room with many beds and a copy of the book "Lies: A Primer for a Congressman."
Bobblehead - Intelligence : Rivet City - Scientific Laboratory. On one of the tables in the center of the laboratory. The Science Laboratory can be accessed through the Middle Deck.
Bobblehead - Agility : Griner Pastures Landfill - Service Room.
Bobblehead - Luck : Arlington Cemetery - North, Arlington House, on a shelf in the basement.
Bobblehead - Barter : Evergreen Mills - Evergreen Mills Bazaar - In a dark grotto-burrow, in the corner of the room to the right of Smile Jack (the merchant). Jump over the workbench, the bobblehead is on the right shelf.
Bobblehead - Heavy weapons : Fort Constantine - Command residence (small bungalow), in the basement.
Bobblehead - Energy Weapon : Raven Rock - On the right table in Colonel Autumn's bedroom: after passing the large door from Sector 2B to Sector 2C, where two Enclave soldiers come out of the right door, turn left. Take it before you leave the Enclave base - it will be impossible to return there!
Bobblehead - Explosives : WKML Broadcasting Station - Sealed tank, drainage chamber (manhole) behind the station. The entrance is hidden among the stones.
Bobblehead - Hack : Bethesda Ruins - Bethesda Offices - East, on the table with the lamp on.
Bobblehead - Medicine : Vault 101 - Dad's table (medical table). It can be collected when passing the K.O.Z.A. exam, escaping from the Vault, or returning to Vault 101 during the quest Trouble on the Home Front.
Bobblehead - Dunwich Building Melee Weapons - Poisoned Dungeons, in the center of the room next to the exit from the Dunwich Building.
Bobblehead - Repair : Arefu - Evan King's House (requires Hacking 50+, karma is removed). After entering, look left. It stands on a white table.
Bobblehead - Science : Vault 106 - Living rooms, on a shelf in the easternmost room.
Bobblehead - Light Weapons : National Guard Base - National Guard Armory, sitting on a rack in a locked vault in the basement. The switch that opens the door to the armory is located on the 3rd floor, which can only be reached by going through the Base - Training Center and Base - Offices.
Bobblehead - Stealth : Yao-Gui Tunnels - Yao-Gui Lair, on top of a metal box north of the large pool of water.
Bobblehead - Speech : Paradise Falls - Undertaker's Den, on the table behind the terminal.
Bobblehead - Unarmed : Rockopolis - In the mountains west of Casey Smith's Garage and north of Herdershade. The entrance is decorated with multi-colored flags. The baby doll lies behind Argyle's body.