Finding a vacuum cleaner : Fallout 3

» Tue May 25, 2010 10:04 am

Okay so here's the thing. I'm trying to make the "Rock-It Launcher" weapon and I've already blown up megaton and I'm in the Jefferson Memorial. So I'm curious guys besides Craterside Supply in Megaton where can I find a vacuum cleaner?

» Tue May 25, 2010 7:48 pm

They're all over the place, the problem is you run into them and don't pick them up, and when you need them you forget where the last one you saw was.

I would check either maintenance style areas, like metros, or pre-war houses, like the ones in minefield. Prolly you're best bets. Nowhere specific comes to mind.

» Tue May 25, 2010 8:29 pm

Try the shot 'Lucky's' by Tenpenny Tower. It has near enough all the misc items needed for the crafted weapons.

If that fails, just look around pre-war houses; you'll find one soon enough.

» Tue May 25, 2010 9:34 am

They're all over the place, the problem is you run into them and don't pick them up, and when you need them you forget where the last one you saw was.

I would check either maintenance style areas, like metros, or pre-war houses, like the ones in minefield. Prolly you're best bets. Nowhere specific comes to mind.

Yes this.

» Wed May 26, 2010 2:06 am

I remember seeing one when I went to RobCo. Factory yesterday.. I forgot where, within the building, but I did see one there.

» Tue May 25, 2010 5:27 pm

I believe there is one in the Super-Duper mart pharmacy.

» Tue May 25, 2010 10:43 pm

I believe there is one in the Super-Duper mart pharmacy.

The hospital basemant has half a dozen, IIRC.

» Tue May 25, 2010 10:37 pm

I have a list of parts and other stuff that I always pick up even if it means I have to go home to unload and go back.Do you have a follower with you.They make wonderful packmules.(sorry Charon,you know I love you!)

» Tue May 25, 2010 10:52 pm

Spoiler

up by raven rock should be some dish towers there full of em (at least the big one)

» Tue May 25, 2010 8:52 pm

Thanks for all the help guys. I will definitely check all of these places!! This was all very helpful. Haha I love the Rock-It Launcher

» Tue May 25, 2010 10:21 pm

i seem to be have the exact same thing your having, except with pressure cookers.

why is it when i actully NEED some of that junk that litters the wasteland it ends up being rarer than a friendly super mutant. (seriously, theres like... 2)

» Wed May 26, 2010 12:43 am

There's both pressure cookers and vacuum cleaners in Minefield. Along with a lot of other custom weapon components.

» Tue May 25, 2010 5:02 pm

i seem to be have the exact same thing your having, except with pressure cookers.

why is it when i actully NEED some of that junk that litters the wasteland it ends up being rarer than a friendly super mutant. (seriously, theres like... 2)

Yeah! It definitely svcks! when you don't need it, you can easily find it. When you need it, you CAN'T! But now I know where I can find one so there isn't a problem :celebration:

» Tue May 25, 2010 1:21 pm

Okay so here's the thing. I'm trying to make the "Rock-It Launcher" weapon and I've already blown up megaton and I'm in the Jefferson Memorial. So I'm curious guys besides Craterside Supply in Megaton where can I find a vacuum cleaner?

the rocket launcher isn't that great but it is a bit fun to use so just keep exploring and you'll find plenty but the others told you some places to look, chriso said try lucky's near tenpenny tower and i'm pretty sure you'll find one or two there, that place has pretty much a little of everything and also minefield, so whichever place you're closest to.

» Tue May 25, 2010 7:23 pm

the rocket launcher isn't that great but it is a bit fun to use so just keep exploring and you'll find plenty but the others told you some places to look, chriso said try lucky's near tenpenny tower and i'm pretty sure you'll find one or two there, that place has pretty much a little of everything and also minefield, so whichever place you're closest to.

Okay thanks for the help! :fallout:

» Tue May 25, 2010 3:53 pm

I love the Rock-It launcher! I mean, you run out of ammo, and you can turn anything handy into more. I like scorched books, myself; it has a "pen is mightier than the sword" sort of vibe to it.

Only thing I wonder is if you can get a Big Guns adept companion to use it... and if they can, will they gather their own ammo, or do you have to supply them.

» Wed May 26, 2010 1:15 am

I love the Rock-It launcher! I mean, you run out of ammo, and you can turn anything handy into more. I like scorched books, myself; it has a "pen is mightier than the sword" sort of vibe to it.

Only thing I wonder is if you can get a Big Guns adept companion to use it... and if they can, will they gather their own ammo, or do you have to supply them.

Exactly!! The Rock-It Launcher is a weapon where ammo is never scarce and VERY easy to find!!! Finally someone who has the same view on it as me!

» Tue May 25, 2010 11:32 am

I love my launcher! I think if you give a follower a different weapon you have to supply them with ammo.And as far as parts most of the old neighborhoods have a lot of stuff.

» Tue May 25, 2010 1:48 pm

whenever i get a rock it launcher i go to the store. i take all the tin cans i can find, and i have enough ammo to take down the brotherhood of steel.

» Tue May 25, 2010 12:47 pm

whenever i get a rock it launcher i go to the store. i take all the tin cans i can find, and i have enough ammo to take down the brotherhood of steel.

I just use all and any of the random junk I can find haha then I can take people down. With the Rock-It Launcher I feel almost unstoppable *evil laugh*

» Tue May 25, 2010 2:12 pm

I love my launcher! I think if you give a follower a different weapon you have to supply them with ammo.And as far as parts most of the old neighborhoods have a lot of stuff.

Exactly!!! The Rock-It Launcher is just flatout EPIC

» Tue May 25, 2010 3:28 pm

If you go to the National Archives, go to the main entrance with the tall stairs, and at the top of the stairs, inch around that small border to get to a corner on the side of the building, there is a vaccuum cleaner there.