Description
The 
Boston Public Library, situated in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston in 2287, served as the primary public library in the city and was the second-largest library in the United States.
Background / History
- Before the Great War, the Boston Public Library was a vibrant institution offering various cultural events and housing an extensive collection of books and historical records.
- After the war, Curator Givens led a team to salvage surviving information, but the library suffered from neglect, water damage, looting, and super mutant attacks, which eventually led to the team’s demise.
Layout
- The library is occupied by Mk 1 turrets, Protectrons, and super mutants of varying levels.
- The main entrance, an Advanced-locked door on the west side, can be unlocked via an easy speech check at the nearby intercom, tricking the security system into recognizing the player character as an employee.
- Inside, a tripwire triggers a grenade bouquet, and the entrance room houses a book return terminal.
- The main hall, to the north, contains enemy corpses, turrets, Protectrons, and Curator Givens’ corpse.
- Additional areas include a computer room with a Master-locked storage room, a courtyard accessed via a collapsed floor ramp, reading rooms, restrooms, and offices.
Notable Loot
- Massachusetts Surgical Journal issue #13: Obtained from the book return terminal in exchange for 50 book return tokens.
- Vault-Tec lunchbox: Found on a table in the room with the book return terminal near the main entrance.
- Library storage room key: Located on a table in the main hall next to Curator Givens’ terminal.
- Intelligence bobblehead: On a large computer in the northwest corner’s computer room.
- Stealth Boy and bottlecap mine: In a small Master-locked storage room off the computer room.
- Overdue books: Nine can be found throughout the library, which are relevant to the “Public Knowledge” quest.
Related Quests
- Public Knowledge
Notes
- Passing the speech check at the library entrance intercom reveals Mayor Hildenbrand’s six-digit access code.
- Bypassing the intercoms or lockpicking the entrance doors will make turrets permanently hostile.
- Triggering the super mutant attack in the storage room can be challenging if turrets are already hostile.
- Some cut content involves a hidden terminal accessed via clipping or jetpack.
Bugs
- Various bugs are reported on different platforms, including getting stuck in rooms and freezing when obtaining the Massachusetts Surgical Journal.
Trivia
- The in-game library is based on the real-world Boston Public Library McKim Building in Copley Square.
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