17. Mount Blair (Workshop)
- COLLECTIBLES: Bobblehead (2), Holotape (2), Magazine (2), Power Armor
- CRAFTING: Tinker, Weapons (2), Workshop
- DANGER: Explosive cannister! Heat! Long Drop!+++ Radiation!
- ITEMS: Arms and Ammo; Harvestable: Ash, Iron; Health and Chems+
- INFO: Expected Enemy: Varies; Landmark; Scavenge Rating: 3 (5+); Size: 5+; Sleeping; Threat Level: 25–35
- LOCK: Door (Key, B), Safe (2)
- ITEM EXAMPLES: Antifreeze Bottle, Adjustable Wrench, Ball-Peen Hammer, Blasting Caps Box+, Blood Pack, Bobby Pin Box, Bone Cutter, Canned Dog Food, Coffee Cup, Coffee Pot, Cooking Pan, Cooking Pot, Duct Tape, Economy Wonderglue, Fumigus Blowtorch, Fuse+, Fusion Core, Gum Drops, Lantern, Missile Launcher, Office, Pack of Duct Tape, Pickax, Pillow, Purified Water, Sealed Charleston Herald, Table Spoon, Turpentine, Used Oil Can, Walking Cane.
- WORK: Food [9], Water [8], Ore [1]
Mount Blair has been strip-mined, with its original summit removed before the bombs dropped. The gigantic bucket wheel excavator is still in operation, and the huge surface area means only a small portion of the superstructure forms the workshop base. Note the steep mining channel that snakes from the scaffold entrance to the superstructure’s south; these can trap you if you fall in, so locate the sloped exit (by a small red digging machine) to avoid being pinned down. Elsewhere, expect hotspots of fire and craggy, rough ground. The workshop is on the superstructure; access it via the excavator arm to the northwest or the conveyor arm to the southeast (via numerous gantry steps or scaffold step access points). Climb the main tower to reach an elevator leading to two upper levels; both are small but offer some incredible views of almost all of Appalachia! Also check to the southeast; there’s two large bulldozer garages and two ruined metal trailer houses to check for additional junk. One of the bulldozer garages is of particular interest. If you have the ID card, you can head past an Overseer’s holotape box, enter a basement, and gather some choice junk from the generator room under the garage.
