Fallout 4 Magazine Locations

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See list of Magazines sorted by location.
Specific perks for magazines are random for
Astoundingly Awesome Tales and for Live & Love.

Astoundingly Awesome Tales (14 magazines)

  1. Outpost Zimonja: on the workshop. Regenerate 1 point of Health per minute.
  2. Skylanes Flight 1981: on top of a restroom toilet below the cockpit of the plane.
  3. Boston Mayoral Shelter: on a table in the lower level bedroom in the southwest corner.
  4. Dunwich Borers: at the bottom of the pit beneath terminal #3.
  5. East Boston Preparatory School: on a desk in the top floor computer room.
  6. Crater of Atom: on the top floor of the middle metal shack built into the rocks.
  7. Sentinel Site: Drop down an elevator shaft, go back up the stairs and watch for it in an office.
  8. Coast Guard Pier: on top the toilet in the locked cell beside the secured storage room.
  9. The Institute: the outside balcony via Holdren’s quarters to the north of the atrium, on a triangular table.
  10. Trinity Plaza: along the east side of the church interior, on the lectern near the Steamer Trunk.
  11. Hubris Comics: in the top floor restroom, on the table by the Steamer Trunk.
  12. Pickman Gallery: in the last tunnel chamber before the ladder up, on the floor below the yellow chest.
  13. Railroad HQ at the Old North Church: on top of a metal desk in the brick crypt area along the western side of the room.
  14. Park Street Station (Vault 1114): in the living quarters, beneath the Laundry sign in the blocked corridor.

Live & Love

  1. Fiddler’s Green Trailer Estates: in a caravan trailer within the eastern section of the estates.
  2. Revere Beach Station: on the upper floor of the promenade building, on top of some concrete blocks near the cooking pot.
  3. WRVR Broadcast Station: on the table near the recording desk.
  4. College Square: in the station entrance, before going down the stairs, look on top the safe behind the counter.
  5. Bunker Hill: at the top of the monument at Bunker Hill.
  6. Diamond City Schoolhouse: on a cement block in the bedroom on the ground floor.
  7. Faneuil Hall: up the various stair cases as far as they will take you, on a small table next to a sofa in the first room.
  8. Goodneighbor: in the northern entrance, in The Third Rail restroom, on the toilet.
  9. Goodneighbor: in the lobby of Hotel Rexford, on a bar counter to the right of the entrance.

Grognak the Barbarian

    Critical Hits with unarmed and melee attacks permanently inflict +5% damage per magazine found.
  1. Sanctuary: on the kitchen table of your old house.
  2. Wicked Shipping Fleet Lockup: on the desk near the key in a small office at the east side of the primary warehouse.
  3. Malden Middle School (Vault 75): on the top floor, on the bed inside the Overseer's office.
  4. Corvega Assembly Plant: on the top floor, in the metal Raider hut that can be reached using the catwalk bridge, near a Steamer Trunk.
  5. Gunner Camp at Mass Pike Interchange: on top the toilet, near a Power Armor Station.
  6. In Vault 81: Katy the teacher will give this magazine to the player as a reward for completing the Miscellaneous Quest: Short Stories in the Classroom.
  7. Museum of Witchcraft: on the table near the south wall on the upper floor.
  8. Hyde Park Raider: on the rooftops of the buildings south of the main path
  9. Back Street Apparel: upstairs in the apartment, on a table in the living room, close to the TV and safe.
  10. Boston Common, near the Park Street Station entrance, in the bandstand by the skeleton.
  11. Andrew Street Station: at the Bus and Apartment Wreckage, on the comic book fan's bed in the busted apartment.

Guns and Bullets

    +5% Critical Damage of Ballistic weapons per issue up to 50%.
  1. Fort Hagen: on the top floor, on the oval table in the kitchen.
  2. Rook Family House: in Barney's bunker, on a metal desk beside the filing cabinet and lantern.
  3. South Boston Military Checkpoint: on top of a metal desk by the east wall.
  4. Gunners Plaza: in mezzanine offices in the southern area, on a table surrounded by sofas in the lounge on the top floor.
  5. Quincy ruins, Genners camp: in the elevated freeway, between a pair of big-rig trailers, on top of the desk near the computer terminal.
  6. Cambridge Police Station: after the Brotherhood reinforcements arrive, in the station chief's office inside a locked safe.
  7. Fraternal Post 115: on top a lectern in the stage area near an American flag and some sandbags.
  8. Ticonderoga Safehouse: in the northwest corner office on the top floor, on a desk.
  9. BADTFL Regional Office: on desk in the Chief's office in the bullpen room on the western side of the building.
  10. The Castle: on top the radio operator's desk in the center of the Castle courtyard.

Hot Rodder

    Unlock new custom paint jobs for your Power Armor suit:

  1. Robotics Disposal Ground: in the concrete hut where the computer terminal is located, on top the desk.
  2. Atom Cats Garage: in Zeke's trailer, on the bedside table.
  3. Funhouse west of the Hospital at the West Roxbury: in the top floor sleeping quarters next to the prize cells.

La Coiffe

    Unlock new hairstyles for your character.

  1. Fallon's Department Store: on the roof exit on the west side, on the upper floor in the octagonally shaped room, near the Steamer Trunk.
  2. Charlestown Laundry: in a shopping basket on top the washing machines.

Massachusetts Surgical Journal

    +2% limb damage for each magazine issue found up to +18% for a total of 9 magazines.
  1. Parsons State Insane Asylum: the bottom level, inside Lorenzo's quarters.
  2. Medford Memorial Hospital: in a locked room off the balcony on the west side on the 2nd floor.
  3. Med-Tek Research: the lowest floor where the Prevent is located, on a large lab table in the center.
  4. Greater Mass Blood Clinic: use the terminal to access the analyst's room; magazine is on the desk inside.
  5. Sandy Coves Convalescent Home: behind a security door close to the reception area, near the wall of safes.
  6. Cambridge Polymer Labs: on the desk in the Director's office above the reception area.
  7. Greenetech Genetics: on a a table in between between two red sofas in a long room about halfway up the northern section of the building.
  8. Boston Public Library: put 50 Tokens in the overdue book vending machine in the southeast section of the building by the Back Bay exit door.
  9. Cabot House: in the top floor bedroom on the wooden desk on the western side of the room.

Picket Fences

    New items to build in settlement workshops, including statues, picket fences, high-tech lights, potted plants, and patio furniture.

  1. Saugus Ironworks: in the Blast Furnace area, on the wall of the catwalk where Slag speaks is a Bobblehead and the magazine is on the floor.
  2. Weston Water Treatment Plant: before descending into the main treatment chamber, in the metal office that overlooks the generator room.
  3. Beantown Brewery: main room with the vat, in the foreman's concrete wall offices on the upper walkways.
  4. Hardware Town: in the center of the building, upstairs office on the desk with the key.
  5. Combat Zone: in front of the main stage, on a formica table near the bar on the ground level.

RobCo FUN!

    These magazines come with Holotape mini-games to collect and play:

  1. Vault 111: in the cafeteria area in the northeast part of Vault 111, access the computer terminal to play and collect the Red Menace Holotape game.
  2. Museum of Freedom: top floor, where you meet Preston Garvey and his crew, on Sturges' desk beside the terminal, magazine with Atomic Command holotape.
  3. Fort Hagen Command Center: in the room where you speak to Kellogg, behind a desk with the white computer terminal, on the floor: magazine with Pip Fall holotape.
  4. Valentine's Detective Agency: on the desk at the back right corner: magazine with Zeta Invaders game.
  5. Goodneighbor: in the Memory Den, down to the Memory Lounger room in the basement, on a metal desk along the back left wall: magazine with Grognak & the Ruby Ruins Holotape.

Taboo Tattoos

    Different tattoos for your character.

  1. Thicket Excavations area: near two trailers, inside the metal trailer caravan in the excavation area on the marble edge.
  2. Concord Civic Access: in the scavenger's sleeping area, in the western area beside the stairs, on the floor next to the Steamer Trunk.
  3. Irish Pride Industries Shipyard: in the docked ship, on the metal bench.
  4. Horatio's barber shop: at the main atrium area of Vault 81.
  5. Mass Pike Tunnel: in the Local Map, look for a short east-west tunnel off the main tunnels; it leads to a small locked room; on the floor.

Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor

    Receive better prices from vendors..
  1. Walden Pond: inside the pipe tunnel of the interior cave, on the barrel with the lantern on top.
  2. Mystic Pines: on a side table near the TV set along the western wall north of the main entrance inside.
  3. Super Duper Mart: in an area right of the snack bar, to the right of a Milton General Hospital poster, on a magazine stand along the west wall.
  4. Longneck Lukowski's Cannery: by a Barter Bobblehead on the metal catwalk hut in the upper area of the main cannery room.
  5. Big John's Salvage: inside a caravan which is on top of some containers, on top a small table with a lantern.
  6. Wreck of the FMS Northern Star: on the upper level of the ship on the northern side, on a parasol table about mid-deck to find this issue.
  7. Four Leaf Fishpacking Plant: in the basement locker room on the western side of the plant, on a bench.
  8. Gwinnett Brewery: go up to the metal catwalk hut along the upper level. Climb the pipes and catwalks to reach the magazine near the northwest wall.

Tesla Science

    Energy weapons will permanently inflict +5% Critical Damage for each magazine found, up to +45% for nine magazines total.
  1. Arcjet Systems: near the computer terminal in the CEO's office on the second floor.
  2. Mahkra Fishpacking: on top of a table in the northwest corner of the lowest level, to the right of a safe and a dead Raider.
  3. Reeb Marina: in the warehouse kitchen, on top of a wooden bench near a sweetroll.
  4. Rocky Cave, or Virgil's Laboratory: on the broken fridge to the left of Virgil's terminal.
  5. Poseidon Energy: on top of the metal desk near a Steamer Trunk where a Bobblehead is also found, on the central metal catwalk hut.
  6. HalluciGen, Inc.: in the northeast corner of the Weaponization Research Lab on the first floor.
  7. Mass Fusion Building: in the upper offices above the glass floor, on a computer bank in the southeast mezzanine.
  8. General Atomics Factory: on a metal desk against the eastern wall in the upper floor office, above the entrance lobby.
  9. University Point: top floor, in the northern computer room through the open curtains, on a small table in the corner.

Total Hack

    Hack Protectrons, spotlights and turrets.

  1. Wildwood Cemetery: beneath the tree in the center, hack Protectrons.
  2. Wattz Consumer Electronics: on the terminal desk along the north wall of the basement server room; hack spotlights.
  3. Shamrock Taphouse: held by a female mannequin standing atop the table in the game room. Hack turrets.

Tumblers Today

    Each magazine gives a Lockpicking bonus.
  1. Malden Center: in the Raider camp deep into this location, in one of the cargo carriages at the station, near a guard post.
  2. Poseidon Energy Turbine #18-F: in the northwest corner of the facility, near a Steamer Trunk on a metal shelf in the control room.
  3. Easy City Downs: on the southwest side of the racetrack, on a chest near the black sofa in the commentator's area.
  4. West Roxbury Station: in an open locar in the maintenance room at the eastern platform.
  5. Fens Street Sewer: near a Holotape on the metal drawers around the cell-like area around the northwest tunnels and catwalks.

U.S. Covert Operations Manual

    Become more difficult to detect while sneaking.
  1. USAF Satellite Station Olivia: in a secured room in the southeast interior, on the desk beside the nuke.
  2. Slocum Joe's building in Lexington: in the basement, down the elevator further to the lowest level, to the executive office, at the top of the double stairwells, on the desk beside the terminal.
  3. National Guard Training Yard: in the cafeteria inside the Barracks, on a table beside a cooler.
  4. Revere Satellite Array: up the stairs of the satellite in the center area that doesn't have a dish on top, in hut at the top, on a small table beside a lantern.
  5. Federal Ration Stockpile: in Red Tourette's base up a staircase in the southeast tunnels, close to the exit, on the main table in front of the sofa.
  6. Fort Hagan Command Center: in a bedroom to the east of the armory, on top the nightstand beside the bed, in front of the radio.
  7. Libertalia. Climb: about halfway up the main shanty ship, on a small table beside a red chair near the edge of a walkway.
  8. Fort Strong: pick the locks on a couple doors in the southeast corner of the ground level to gain access to General Brock's office, on the desk beside the terminal.
  9. Abandoned Shack in the southwest: down the floor hatch, in the Federal Survival Center on the lowest level, on the light blue computer bank beside a terminal and Steamer Trunk.
  10. USS Constitution,: in the Captain's cabin, on a corner table. This may require the completion of a quest to access this room.

Unstoppables

    +1% chance (per issue) to avoid all damage from an attack.
  1. Westing Estate: on top of the shack (near the river) that has a lantern on the floor by the mattress.
  2. Shaw High School: in the Library office in the north area, near a Steamer Trunk on the lower level.
  3. Suffolk County Charter School: in the upper floor library room, near a Holotape and steamer trunk.
  4. Hubris Comics: on the shop counter of Hubris Comics, just in front of Grognak's Axe in the display case.
  5. D.B. Technical High School: by the basement level swimming pool, near the southeast corner wall, on a table above the Fat Man.

Wasteland Survival Guides (1-9)

  1. Ranger Cabin: on the sideboard table. Increases the amount of healing from fruits and vegetables by 50%.
  2. Gorski Cabin: in the underground bunker, on a metal desk near the journal terminal. 5% less damage from insects.
  3. Sunshine Tidings Co-op: on the floor in a locked cabin near the silos beside the mattress and Steamer Trunk. 50% healing from irradiated packaged food & drinks.
  4. Lynn Woods: in the main shack at Lynn Woods, on a sleeping bag near the Steamer Trunk. Various settlement decorations.
  5. Old Gullet Sinkhole: inside the sinkhole, next to the cooking pot station on a concrete block. Allows Diamond City to be permanently marked on your map.
  6. Crater House: on the western side of the crater, on a table at the lower level of a stilt shack. Reduces the price of food and drinks from vendors by 10%.
  7. Nahant Oceanological Society: in the third room on the ground floor, on the metal desk with the typewriter. Swim 25% faster.
  8. Egret Tours Marina: on the diner counter near the coolant recharge station. This magazine causes players to take 5% less damage from melee attacks.
  9. USS Riptide: on a table beneath the bridge on the water's level. Collect more meat from animal kills.