The garden gnome is one of three types of garden gnomes found in Fallout 3.
Characteristics[]
Garden gnomes come in four sizes: large, normal, medium and tiny. They are useful only as Rock-It Launcher ammunition or as a decoration. Normal-sized gnomes are by far the most common and stand about 20 inches tall. Medium versions of both intact and damaged gnomes exist, and only stand about 6 inches high. Gnomes can sometimes be found interacting with teddy bears, aligned in certain positions, playing certain roles.
Variants[]
Locations[]
- SatCom Array NN-03d - In the NN-03d-B tower there is a chessboard with 16 miniature garden gnomes.
Abandoned apartments - Three tiny damaged garden gnomes can be found on the terminal in the room with the Nuka-Cola vending machine.
People's Bank of Point Lookout - A gnome is located in the bottom left deposit box. It is a miniature intact garden gnome holding a mini plunger in its left hand and standing next to a mini toilet.
Presidential metro - Right before getting on the train, it is taking a picture of two teddy bears tied on the railway line using spikes.- Old Olney underground - After emerging from the sewer, there is a gnome drinking, smoking, and watching TV in a bathtub while a bear waits for him with a briefcase across the room by the door.
- Old Olney S. Wilson Building - Tucked away behind some filing cabinets in the northwestern corner at the same level as the door to the Olney Powerworks entrance, there is a setup of a teddy bear "playing cards" with an intact garden gnome that is using metro tickets as cards.
- Mobile base crawler - In the lower launch platform base there is a counter with a small gap down the center of it lengthwise and a red motor hanging above it. A garden gnome can be found in this gap, apparently bowling using a pool ball and 10 miniature milk bottles.
Robot assembly - At the very end of the assembly line, at the top right corner of the map, on the other side of the electronics access panel.
Notes[]
- Dropping them after putting them into the inventory, then picking them back up will revert them to their default size.
- With one gnome in the inventory already, any others picked up will automatically revert to the default size.
- If placed upside-down on their heads, garden gnomes will stay perfectly balanced on their own and remain upside down while hovering a short distance above the surface they are placed on.
Gallery[]
Chess game at SatCom Array NN-03d
Gnomes with signs in the Chryslus Building
Gnome with a deathclaw hand
Mini gnomes in the abandoned apartments
Chess game in Olney Powerworks
Funny scene in the Presidential metro
Playing strippoker in the S. Wilson Building
Gnome in a wooden crate over the flooded sinkhole
Gnome in the People's Bank of Point Lookout
Bear and gnome in the robot assembly