- Armaments and Ammo
- Armaments and Ammo: Mini Nuke
- Armaments and Ammo: Trunk
- Danger: Explosive Barrels!
- Danger: Long Drop!
- Faction: Super Mutant
- Faction: Synths (Institute)
- Health or Chems
- Quest Visit: The Battle of Bunker Hill (the Institute)
- Quest Visit: Liberty Reprimed (Brotherhood of Steel)
Perhaps the greatest fallacy about the Institute is where it’s actually located. Some assume the organization is headquartered in the old Commonwealth Institute of Technology’s central domed building—in Cambridge, on the north side of the Charles River. And why not? After all, at some point it had been fortified and was clearly meant to keep out intruders. And that’s exactly what the Institute wants people to think. In truth, the above-ground Institute facility is merely a façade. A structure meant to both instill fear in the people of the Commonwealth and hide the true scope and depth of the actual Institute.
The perimeter has several doors you can enter and a small trailer in the southern courtyard. The southern courtyard has a central area where a large enough explosion could unearth passages into the Institute (if you’re with the Brotherhood of Steel during the specified quests).
Inside, the structure has a central rotunda and two wings, along with Super Mutants battling synths. There are an abundances of exits on the ground floor, but the only stairwell that reaches the roof is on the eastern wing (close to the steamer trunk in the classroom). The roof views of Boston are impressive.